Larry D. Unsworth, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor Dept.
of Chemical and
Materials Engineering
Principal Investigator NRC (Canada),
National Institute for Nanotechnology
Adjunct Professor
Faculty of Medicine, Biomedical
Engineering Department
Review
Editor: Frontiers in Neuroengineering
Welcome to Unsworth Lab!
Herein
you will find a brief discussion regarding on-going research in the
area of Cardiovascular Biomaterials. In conjuntion with this,
there are highlights of team members, job postings, and relevant links
of interest.
Vision Statement:
The
development of bioactive and/or bioresponsive surfaces through
understanding and controlling interfacial events at the molecular level.
Recent Publications:
Koutsopoulos, S., Unsworth, L.D., Nagai, Y., and Zhang, S. (2009)
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. (USA), in press.Unsworth, L.D., Sheardown, H. and Brash, J.L. (2008) Langmuir,
24(5):1924-9. Unsworth, L.D., van Oost, J. and Koutsopoulos, S. (2007) The FEBS
Journal, 274(16):4044-56. Nagai, Y., Unsworth, L.D., Koutsopoulos, S. and Zhang, S. (2006)
Journal for Controlled Release, 115(1):18-24.
Full List
LAB HIGHLIGHTS:
Recent Additions:
We have recently expanded our lab and would like to extend a warm welcome to:
PDFs
Sinoj Abraham, Ph.D.
Yuwei Yang, Ph.D.
Ibraheem Bushnak, Ph.D.
Ph.D. Candidates
Maryam Kabiri
Mojtaba Binazadeh
Recent Graduations:
Congratulations to Harsh Deep Singh for successfully defending his M.Sc. in Chemical Enigneering in December 2009! His hard work was evident, GREAT JOB!
Recent Awards:
Congratulations to M. Kabiri and M. Banazadeh for obtaining the University of Alberta Provost Award for their 1st year of Doctoral Studies!
Congratulations to Markian S. Bahniuk
for being awarded the prestigious Alberta Ingenuity Fund,
Nanotechnology Graduate Scholarship. This is an intense competition and
Markian has done an exemplary job in obtaining this funding. To see
what Markian's research entails please visit the research interests section
of the website.
Recent Conferences:
Congratulations to Markian Bahniuk, Aditi Saini and Sinoj Abraham
for having their abstracts accepted for presentation at the 2010 Annual
meeting for the Society for Biomaterials, Seattle Washington, USA.
Congratulations to Aditi Saini for having two abstracts
recently accepted: the 27th Canadian
Biomaterials Society meeting, and the 8th
World Congress in Chemical Engineering. This is an attribute to the
high level of research productivity Aditi has achieved in her M.Sc.
degree thus far. For further details about Aditi's research please
visit the research
interests section of the website.
Congratulations
to
Harsh Deep Singh for having an abstract
recently accepted to the 27
th Canadian
Biomaterials Society meeting. For further details about Harsh's research please
visit the
research
interests section of the website.