People

Niren Murthy, Ph.D.
Principal Investigator, Laboratory for Biomaterials and Molecular Imaging
Assistant Professor
Phone: 404-385-5145
Location: GT: BME - 2116
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Short Biography
AREAS OF RESEARCH
- New Materials for the Delivery of Biotherapeutics
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
- Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California at Berkeley, Department of Chemistry, 2001-2003
- Ph.D. University of Washington, 2001
- M.S. University of Illinois, 1996
- B.S. University of Redlands, 1992
SELECTED RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS
- Talsma S, Babensee J, Murthy N, Wiliams R. Development and in vitro validation of a targeted delivery vehicle for DNA vaccines. J Control Release 112(2): 271-9, 2006.
- Hao J, Kwissa M, Pulendran B, Murthy N. Peptide crosslinked micelles: A new strategy for the design and synthesis of peptide vaccines. International Journal of Nanomedicine 1, 97-103, 2006.
- Heffernan M; Murthy N. Polyketal nanoparticles: A new pH sensitive biodegradable drug delivery vehicle. Bioconj. Chem. 16(6): 1340-1342, 2005.
- Murthy N, Xu M, Schuck S, Kunisawa J, Shastri N, Frechet J. A new delivery vehicle for protein based vaccines: Acid degradable protein loaded microgels. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 100, 4995-5000, 2003.
- Murthy N, Campbell J, Fausto N, Hoffman AS, Stayton PS. Bioinspired pH-Responsive Polymers for the Intracellular Delivery of Biomolecular Drugs. Bioconjugate Chemistry 14(2), 412-419, 2003.
- Murthy N, Campbell J, Fausto N, Hoffman A, Stayton S. pH Responsive Polymeric Carriers That Target Uptake and Enhance The Intracellular Delivery of Oligonucleotides. Journal of Controlled Release 89, 365-374, 2003.
- Murthy N, Thng YX, Schuck S, Xu MC, Frechet JM. A novel strategy for encapsulation and release of proteins: hydrogels and microgels with acid-labile acetal crosslinkers. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 124, 12398-12399, 2002.
