Annual Kohane Lab BBQ 2023
Our Annual Kohane Lab BBQ was held on July 17th this year. We were lucky to have great weather, food and company. Thanks so much to Dan and Lauren for hosting!
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Meet the Kohane Lab’s Summer Interns! (Part 2)
The Kohane Lab has welcomed our second half of summer interns! Jackson Dickie: Jackson is a rising junior at Weston High School. His research interest is in the uses and applications of nanomedicine. In his free time, he enjoys cooking as well as playing the trumpet and piano. Hannah Cinea: Hannah is going into her senior year Read More …
Yuan Wang, Ph.D.
Research Interests: Yuan’s research focus on designing modified liposome or hydrogel to treat corneal pain. She is also interested in exploring cell-based therapy to treat cancer. Hobbies: Watching TV, traveling, cycling and hiking Email address: yuan.wang@childrens.harvard.edu
Enhancement of polymer thermoresponsiveness and drug delivery across biological barriers by addition of small molecules.
Zhang Z, Li X, Do C*, Kohane DS*: Enhancement of polymer thermoresponsiveness and drug delivery across biological barriers by addition of small molecules. Heliyon 2023; 9:e16923 read more
Dali Wang Publication Attracts Interest
“An aptamer-based depot system for sustained release of small molecule therapeutics” was published in Nature Communications. The editors at Nature Communications have selected it as one of the 50 best papers recently published in the area and have selected it for their Editors’ Highlight page. The first author, Dali Wang, is now faculty at Shanghai Read More …
Squaraine dye-sensitized upconversion with enhanced stability and minimized aggregation-caused quenching.
Hu JHu J, Zhao B, Wen R, Zhang X, Zhang Y, Kohane DS*, Liu Q*: Squaraine dye-sensitized upconversion with enhanced stability and minimized aggregation-caused quenching. Nano Lett 2023; 23: 5209-5216 read more
Wei Zhang Promoted to Assistant Professor at HMS
On April 1st, Dr. Zhang was promoted to Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology at Harvard Medical School. Congratulations!
Meet the Kohane Lab’s Summer Interns! (Part 1)
The Kohane Lab has welcomed our first half of summer interns! Alice Lassalle: Alice is currently in her last year of study at ESPCI, a French engineering school (the equivalent of a Master of science). Her research interests include drug delivery devices and biomaterials. In her free time she enjoys exercising, going to museums, listening Read More …
An aptamer-based depot system for sustained release of small molecule therapeutics
Wang D, Li Y, Deng X, Torre M, Zhang Z, Li X, Zhang W, Cullion K, Kohane DS*, Weldon CB*: An aptamer-based depot system for sustained release of small molecule therapeutics. Nat Commun 2023; 14:2444 read more
Benzonatate as a local anesthetic
McGuire A, Ostertag-Hill CA, Aizik G, Li Y, Kohane DS: Benzonatate as a local anesthetic. PLOS ONE 2023; 18: e0284401 read more