Assoc Prof. @UNC @DPMP_UNC | mRNA LNPs | @MIT PhD/PDoc (Anderson/Langer) | @NIH @NIGMS R35 MIRA PI; @NIH @NIBIB Trailblazer R21 PI | NSF GRFP, Goldwater Scholar
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Excited to share that I have been promoted to Associate Professor with tenure at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill! Thank you to all of the trainees, mentors, collaborators, colleagues, family, and friends for everything along the way! @UNC @UNCPharmacy @DPMP_UNC
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Congratulations to @ryannwoodring , @ENarasipura , @YuZhangUNC , & @j_kellner22 on successfully completing their PhD program and graduating last week! Wishing you all continued success in your next chapter. 🎓👏 @UNCPharmacy
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Happy to share our latest manuscript in JACS "Characterizing the Impact of the Cell Cycle on mRNA Lipid Nanoparticles"!! @rachel_vkm amyaponte @PalasTiwade @ENarasipura vincentfung sawyerandersen nicolegill mikeemanuele
Link here: pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.102…
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Happy to share our latest manuscript titled "Non-viral gene delivery for non-small cell lung cancer" at Annals of Translational Medicine! Congrats to the team - Vincent Fung, Nicole Gill, and Sawyer Andersen!
Link here: journals.lww.com/atm/fulltex…
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New pub from @TheFentonLab in @NatureProtocols , “mRNA lipid nanoparticle formulation, characterization and evaluation”
Read at 🔗 below
DOI: doi.org/10.1038/s41596-024-0…
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Congratulations to #UNCPharmacy professor Owen Fenton for receiving the 2025 @AAPSComms Emerging Leader Award! This award recognizes Owen's significant impact in the pharmaceutical sciences and his leadership in the global pharmaceutical community!
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Huge congratulations to @TheFentonLab on the 2025 @AAPSComms Emerging Leader Award! Recognized for his significant impact in PharmSci and his "bright future as a leader in the global community." We’re proud of his achievements & work during his time with DPMP!
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Excited to receive the 2025 American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS) Emerging Leader Award!! A sincere thank you to the organizers and to the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS) | @aapscomms for this recognition!!
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Honored to join the group of past recipients including @JulieNguyenLab, @BowenLi_Lab, Raman Bahal, @gzzhujoy, Qi (Tony) Zhou, @yizhoudonglab, and James Moon!! Also a sincere thank you to @UNCPharmacy, to @DPMP_UNC, and to all Fenton Lab Team Members past and present!!
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Also, a sincere thank you to @JulieNguyenLab for spearheading my nomination, to @alkabanov for his support, and to all past and present mentors that I have had throughout my career!!
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Happy to share our manuscript "CloneFast: A simple plasmid design and construction guide for labs venturing into synthetic biology" in Cell Press @STARProtocols! Congrats Vincent Fung & @PalasTiwade!
Link: sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
@UNC, @UNCPharmacy, @DPMP_UNC, @CellPressNews
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Owen S. Fenton retweeted
Using ‘supporting molecules’ (SUMs) to improve mRNA LNP therapies bit.ly/44EGkYP
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Happy to share our latest manuscript published in Nature Reviews Bioengineering @natrevbioeng @NaturePortfolio - "Using 'Supporting Molecules' (SUMs) to improve mRNA LNP Therapies!" @rachel_vkm, Vincent Fung, @UNC, @UNCPharmacy , @DPMP_UNC
Link here: rdcu.be/evGFb
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Congratulations to @TheFentonLab for 2 recent awards.
Received an @RNADiscovery Collaborative Award, in collaboration with Dr. Rihe Liu.
Also received a Pump-Priming Award, with international collaboration with Dr. Emma McErlean and @QUBelfast
Great work!
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Owen S. Fenton retweeted
We're incredibly grateful to the #NIH for supporting our research with a $3 million 4-year R01 grant to develop targeted probiotic yeast therapies for inflammatory bowel diseases.
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Congratulations to the two amazing recipient groups of this year’s RNA Discovery Collaborative Award!
🏆 Dr. Mauro Calabrese, Dr. Hyejung Won, and Dr. Keri Smith, MSQM, PhD.
🏆 Dr. Rihe Liu and Dr. Owen Fenton.
Follow @RNADiscovery for more!
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Excited to share that Fenton lab has been awarded a Pump-Priming Grant to support our team's research efforts with Emma McErlean!! Huge thanks to @UNC and @QUBelfast and all involved for supporting our team!!
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Huge congrats to Fenton Lab member @PalasTiwade for winning the Feng Liu Graduate Excellence Award! This award is given to a @DPMP_UNC PhD student who has a significant number of pubs, has shown research excellence, and embodies Dr. Liu. Way to go, Palas! @UNC, @UNCPharmacy
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Excited to share that Fenton lab has been awarded a UNC RNA Discovery Collaborative Grant in collaboration with the lab of Prof. Dr. Rihe Liu! Huge thanks to the @RNADiscovery for this award, super excited to work on this!
@UNC @UNCPharmacy @DPMP_UNC @ChadPecot
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Happy to share our MS "Customizable Polymeric Nanoparticle Materials Optimized on Hypoxic Cells Facilitate mRNA Expression in the Lungs In Vivo" at Adv. Healthcare Materials! advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley…
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