WELCOME

The Hong Research Group is located in the Department of Biopharmaceutical Sciences at University of Illinois at Chicago. The newly-renovated first-class laboratory is located within the UIC college of pharmacy that is in the heart of the Illinois Medical District, which includes the University of Illinois Medical Center, Rush University Hospitals, and other health science colleges and hospitals.

WHAT WE DO?

Our research focus lies at the interface of materials science, biology and nanotechnology to develop novel polymeric nanodevices for biological analysis, diagnostics and therapeutics. The ultimate goal of our laboratory is to achieve marriage of biomimetics and nanotechnology. Our work is being conducted in a highly interdisciplinary and collaborative environment that provides opportunities for students with backgrounds and/or interests in chemistry, engineering, biology, medicine and pharmaceutical sciences.

More specifically, we are interested in understanding and controlling biological interactions of polymers with cells at the nano-scale. The fundamental understanding will lead us to more translational cancer research fields including: i) Targeted drug delivery with enhanced targeting efficacy using newly designed nanocarriers; ii) Local, transdermal delivery of drugs such as chemo-preventive medicine; and iii) Biomimetic multifunctional devices for effective detection and isolation of rare cells such as circulating tumor cells (CTCs).

Group

From left to right, Seungpyo Hong, Ja Hye Myung, Yang Yang, Fahad Fawad (Sayam Uddin), Suhair Sunoqrot, Ryan Pearson, Khyati Gajjar, Myung-Han Yoon, Su-Eon Jin, Kevin Shyu, Chanwoo Lee, Jin Woo Bae

Missing members: Jelena Saric, Jacqueline Handley, Chelsea Stowell

 

RECENT NEWS (for more, click here!)

07/02/2013

Dr. Hong presents an invited talk focusing on our CTC detection project at the National University of Singapore.

06/30-07/05/2013

Dr. Hong joins the ICMAT 2013 conferece in Singaore. He is one of the co-orgranizers for Symposium Z "Bio-inspired engineering for multifunctional biosurfaces" where he also delivers an invited talk.

06/26-29/2013

Dr. Hong visits Korea and gives invited seminars in the Department of Biotechnology at Yonsei University, Seoul and in the College of Pharmacy at Korea Univeristy, Sejong City, both in Korea.

06/03-06/2013

Dr. Hong participates in the 12th World Pharma Congress held in Philadelphia, PA where he gives a shortcourse lecture on Cancer Nanotechnology as well as an invited talk on our nanoscale drug delivery projects.

05/15/2013

The Hong lab welcomes new groups members! Matthew Pasko (Bioengineering), Marilyn Gaske (Chemistry), and Ashley Cha (Chemistry, GPPA) are the new undergraduate researchers. Frehiwot and Jeeho are two returning members over the summer. Welcome all!

05/06/2013

Suhair successfully defends her dissertation, becoming the second PhD from the lab! Congratualtions Dr. Sunoqrot!

05/01/2013

The Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation for Childhood Cancer announces that our collaborative project (PI: Dr. Jianjun Chen at U of Chicago) is selected to be funded for the next two years!

04/25/2013

Jason receives the Riback fellowship from the College of Pharmacy that supports PharmD students' research activities over the summer. Congratulations!

04/23/2013

Ryan is selected as a Dean' Scholar this year! The prestigious award is given by the Dean of the Gradiuate College in recognition of a student's scholarly achievement. Congratulations!

04/08/2013

Dr. Hong participates in the 3rd International Conference on Pharmaceutics & Novel Drug Delivery System where he presents an invited talk.