As #COVID19 continues to spread, drug developers are turning to a class of vaccines that have never been licensed before chemistryworld.com/news/rna-vacci…

Canadian gov't stepping up to accelerate COVID-19 research with grant support benefiting two PRiME - Precision Medicine Initiative at UofT faculty with powerful approaches enabling the development of new diagnostics and therapeutics. #COVID19 #rapidresponse

.UConn Health physicians have been working with Joseph Luciani, the Director of the Proof of Concept Center UConn Tech Park to produce face shields for healthcare workers using #3Dprinting. today.uconn.edu/2020/04/farmin… UConn Engineering Joe Luciani

Another fun collaboration with Joe Luciani on journal artwork that highlights successful co-delivery of nucleic acids and small molecule drugs - research we carried out with our great collaborators in Ireland! @nuigalway Alyssa Hartmann UConn Chem Bioconjugate Chem

So proud of Joe's hard work to make face shields for UConn Health - his work started here at our home, then into his lab space, and now produced with the help of local CT businesses, helping everyone to do their part. Joe Luciani

Excited to share that the first Rouge Lab member defended their PhD this week! Congrats to Alyssa Hartmann Alyssa Hartmann – who did a fantastic job in our group these last 5 years and will be greatly missed by the all when she goes off to join the NCI for a post doc! UConn Chem

Excited to announce our MIRA R35 grant was funded! Grateful to the NIH @NIGMS for this funding and to my awesome group for all their hard work! Looking forward to developing new tools to study the cellular trafficking of therapeutic nucleic acids UConn UConn Chem UConn Research

Please RT! Interested in nucleic acids, nanomaterials, and tracking them in cells? Our lab is hiring a #postdoc in the area of DNA and RNA therapeutics. Check out our website for more info! #NIH UConn Chem #RNA

Exciting for so many reasons: chemistry, nucleic acids, and women in science!

Congrats @Haniengineer_ Dingran Chang Alam (/αƖ𝜙m/) Mahmud for developing a sensor for SARS-CoV-2 that detects virus in the saliva (and even in the mouth) in 2 min. A new solution for rapid testing and a great collaboration @KelleyLabUofT, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Sinai Health & University of Toronto. #COVID19

Thinking about going to grad school? Come to UConn Chem! Our group has openings, with projects spanning #organic, #technology, and #ML. Questions about us or UConn? DM/email me Apply! chemistry.uconn.edu/graduate/prosp… ACS Grads & Postdocs #chemtwitter #gradschool #chemistry #chemjobs

Anyone have questions about the new #COVID19 mRNA vaccines? Together with Nature Nanotechnology, we will host a Q&A webinar discussing lipid nanoparticles for mRNA delivery with Prof. Katie Whitehead and Yizhou Dong! 17th February 2pm GMT! Register here: register.gotowebinar.com/register/50663…

Investments in nanoscience research made #COVID19 vaccines possible. Here's how.

Delighted to share that I have been promoted to Associate Professor at UConn Chem UConn CLAS. So grateful to my students, mentors and collaborators along the way who have helped make this moment possible. Looking forward to the next chapter and to more great science! #tenure

It's really amazing to see how detailed yet accessible the NYTs is making it to understand RNA NP vaccines. nytimes.com/interactive/20…

Virtual UConn ECE Chem Lab Day was Mega-fun! A GIGA-sized thank you to Dr. Lin & Dr. Rouge for helping introduce the BHS UConn ECE/ #APChemistry Ss to nano-Au phenomenon #BerlinPurpose #BerlinPassion

It was a great day for the group, had a fun time being at our first in person conference Ana Perez in 2 years! #AAPS-NERDG #biologicalbarriers UConn Chem

We are hiring! Open postdoc position in the following areas: gene silencing/catalytic RNA applications, bioconjugation chemistries/nanomaterial synthesis.

Delighted to share our latest collaborative work (UConn UConn Chem , Dublin City University DCU School of Chemical Sciences ) on understanding how the chemistry of our nucleic acid delivery formulation plays a role in membrane destabilization and cellular delivery of DNA pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…