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15 Dec 2024
Excited to share that my lab has been awarded a #NIH #R35 #MIRA Grant from the National Institute of General Medicine @NIGMS! This grant will allow my lab to investigate and manipulate cells in low oxygen environments using lipid nanoparticles! @UNC @UNCPharmacy @DPMP_UNC
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Owen S. Fenton retweeted
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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Jan 12
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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Owen S. Fenton retweeted
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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Owen S. Fenton retweeted
3 Sep 2025
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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Owen S. Fenton retweeted
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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28 Aug 2025
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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28 Aug 2025
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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28 Aug 2025
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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20 Aug 2025
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
11 Jul 2025
Using ‘supporting molecules’ (SUMs) to improve mRNA LNP therapies bit.ly/44EGkYP
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11 Jul 2025
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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Owen S. Fenton retweeted
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
3 Jul 2025
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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Owen S. Fenton retweeted
26 Jun 2025
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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19 Jun 2025
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!!
@UNCPharmacy @DPMP_UNC
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11 Jun 2025
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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5 Jun 2025
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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27 May 2025
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…
@PalasTiwade @ma_yutian @rachel_vkm @ENarasipura @UNC @UNCPharmacy @DPMP_UNC
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Owen S. Fenton retweeted
New publication out in @ACS_AMI “ A Metabolite Co-Delivery Strategy to Improve mRNA Lipid Nanoparticle Delivery” from @TheFentonLab; Palas Tiwade, PhD, PhD candidates Rachel VanKeulen-Miller, Eshan Narasipura & Nicole Gill. vivo”
🔗doi.org/10.7150/thno.103372
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