BME lab @UTEP designing improved drug carriers to deliver medical agents to specific sites in the body 🧬🧫πŸ§ͺπŸ”¬ Tweets by lab members & @wilsonpoon

Joined June 2022
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Poon Lab @ UTEP retweeted
Very proud of @ThePoonLab undergrad students who presented their summer research posters yesterday at the COURI Summer Symposium! πŸ‘πŸ»πŸ‘πŸ» Xiomara presented her receptor KO work πŸ‘©β€πŸ”¬πŸ§ͺπŸ§«πŸ”¬, while Rayce showcased his lateral flow assay development for wound management πŸ‘¨β€πŸ”¬πŸ₯🩹🦠! #proudPI
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Poon Lab @ UTEP retweeted
Huge congrats to @Mariomata099 for successfully defending his MS thesis yesterday - accepted as is with no corrections! πŸ‘¨β€πŸŽ“βš—οΈπŸ”¬πŸ He is the 1st @UTEPBME grad of @ThePoonLab & I'm so proud of what he has pioneered in not only my lab, but also the IBN imaging core! πŸ₯³πŸŽ‰πŸΎπŸ‘πŸ» #proudPI
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Poon Lab @ UTEP retweeted
What a privilege it is to once again be the history speaker at the @UTEP Engineering Pre-Commencement Order of the Engineer & Hooding Ceremony! Congrats to all the new initiates & a special shout-out to @Mariomata099, soon-to-be 2nd MS grad from @ThePoonLab ! πŸŽ“πŸ₯‚πŸΎπŸ™ŒπŸ»
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Poon Lab @ UTEP retweeted
Extremely proud of @ThePoonLab this academic year, we cleaned up at the MMBME Annual Banquet last night!πŸ₯³πŸŽ‰πŸΎπŸ₯‚ 4 graduates, 2 research awards, 2 departmental achievement awards, 2 academic honors, and 2 student organization recognitions! πŸŽ“πŸŽ–οΈπŸ†πŸ₯‡ #proudPI
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Poon Lab @ UTEP retweeted
Our latest research from @ThePoonLab - "Development of Chemical Tags for Universal Lipid Nanoparticle Visualization and Tracking in 2D and 3D Imaging" - is now published in @NanoLetters! βœ¨πŸ”¬πŸ§«πŸ Learn more about our SPARKLE tags here: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs…
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Poon Lab @ UTEP retweeted
Thank you @CTiannano for inviting me to visit @VT_Science! πŸ¦ƒπŸŽ“πŸ§ͺβš—οΈ It was a pleasure giving my lecture in Advanced Nanomedicine, sharing @ThePoonLab research, and connecting with the brilliant faculty & students! Grateful for the hospitality & insightful conversations! βœ¨πŸ”¬πŸ‘¨πŸ»β€πŸ”¬πŸ’‘
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Poon Lab @ UTEP retweeted
Friends! I'll be at #ACSSpring2025 in San Diego this week! Come check out my talk in the @ACS_BIOT / @POLY_ACS session on Delivery and Targeting of Nanoparticles on Tues Mar 25 afternoon! πŸššπŸ‘¨πŸ»β€πŸ”¬πŸ§ͺβš—οΈ Also, please send recommendations for restaurants, cafes, and bars! πŸ½οΈβ˜•οΈπŸ»
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Poon Lab @ UTEP retweeted
Thanks @HuPharm_college and Dr Baskaran for inviting me to share the cool research happening in @ThePoonLab at their departmental seminar series! πŸ‘¨πŸ»β€πŸ”¬πŸ’ŠπŸ”¬βœ¨ What a beautiful campus to visit with (some) blooming cherry blossoms! 🌸🌸🌸
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Wrapping up an inspiring 2 days at the 2nd Annual @UTSystem Trauma Research Symposium! πŸ€•πŸš‘πŸ¦ΎπŸ¦Ώ It was great presenting our posters & engaging with the trauma research community. Very grateful to @UTTRC4 for the funding support - we're inspired to keep pushing forward! πŸ‘¨πŸ»β€πŸ”¬πŸ”¬βš—οΈπŸ’‰
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Poon Lab @ UTEP retweeted
Had an amazing time at @TAMESTX 2025 this week in Irving as a TAMEST ProtΓ©gΓ©! πŸ™ŒπŸ» πŸŽ‰πŸ’‘ Many thanks to my @UTEPBME program director Thomas Boland for the nomination, and the organizers for selecting my work as one of the top 20 to be featured in the Poster Challenge! πŸ‘¨πŸ»β€πŸ”¬πŸ… πŸ”¬ ✨
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Happy new year! πŸŽ‰ We're kicking off 2025 with excitement as we expand into our newly renovated molecular biology lab space! πŸ§¬βš—οΈπŸ”¬βœ¨ Ready for fresh beginnings and new discoveries ahead!
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Happy belated birthday to our masters student @Mariomata099! πŸ₯³πŸŽ‰πŸŽŠ Today's cake flavor is figgy foggy Chantilly! 🌸🍰🍯🍫
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Poon Lab @ UTEP retweeted
Super proud of @ThePoonLab students @Deepalibisht09 & @DenicePete83047 for doing an excellent job presenting their posters at #BMES2024 this afternoon! Thanks to everyone who stopped by to check out our research! #proudPI #newPI 🀩🀩🀩
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Poon Lab @ UTEP retweeted
Yearly dinner outing of @ThePoonLab & @LabSrivastava at @BMESociety national meetings continues to it’s Y2, this time at @fogodechaobr πŸ₯©πŸ₯™ #BMES2024
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Poon Lab @ UTEP retweeted
Very busy day today - commuted 3h to NIH in Bethesda this morning from Baltimore πŸš†πŸš‡, but it was so worth it to learn about BME collab opportunities, presenting my research, & networking with program officers! πŸ‘¨β€βš•οΈπŸ‘·β€β™‚οΈπŸ‘¨β€πŸ”¬ Thank you @NIBIBgov & @DrPlattLab for organizing this! #newPI
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Our lab is at the @BMESociety Annual Meeting in Baltimore, MD this week! We have 3 poster presentations by our PI (@wilsonpoon) and 2 @UTEPBME PhD students (@Deepalibisht09 & @DenicePete83047)! πŸ‘¨πŸ»β€πŸ”¬πŸ‘©πŸ½β€πŸ”¬πŸ‘¨πŸ½β€πŸ’» Come check out our latest #LNP research! πŸ§¬βš—οΈπŸ§«πŸ”¬πŸ’‰πŸπŸ«βœ¨ #BMES2024
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New Fall 2024 @ThePoonLab group photo just dropped! We've grown quite a bit since last year, officially introducing our new (and some returning) lab members in this thread! πŸ‘¨β€πŸ”¬πŸ‘©β€πŸ”¬πŸ§‘β€πŸ”¬
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Angel rejoins the lab as a staff member - he is our research technician / lab manager! We also have two new graduate students - Jael rejoins as a BME PhD student, and Che joins as a BME MS student! πŸ«€πŸ§«πŸ§¬πŸ’‰
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We also have 4 (!) undergrads in the group - Estefania, Melissa, and Hannia rejoin as COURI MERITUS students, and Xiomara is our new OCSEO undergraduate research assistant! πŸ§ͺβš—οΈπŸ”¬βœ¨
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Poon Lab @ UTEP retweeted
Had a great time at @SFBiomaterials Southwest Regional Meeting today! πŸŒžπŸœοΈπŸƒ Finally met my @UTTRC4 mentor @Guda_Lab in-person and my @ThePoonLab students @HanniaBalcorta & @Mariomata099 did fantastic jobs presenting their #LNP research posters! πŸ‘¨β€πŸ”¬πŸ‘©β€πŸ”¬πŸ”¬ #proudPI #newPI
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