Publications
“Molecular description of the LCST behavior of an elastin-like polypeptide”, Biomacromolecules, p. ASAP, 2014. ,
“Co-opting biology to deliver drugs”, Biotechnology and Bioengineering, p. ASAP, 2014. ,
“A Simple Assay for Proteases Based on Aggregation of Stimulus-Responsive Polypeptides”, Analytical Chemistry, p. ASAP, 2014. ,
“Rational Design of “Heat Seeking” Drug Loaded Polypeptide Nanoparticles That Thermally Target Solid Tumors”, Nano Letters, p. ASAP, 2014. ,
“Controlled Apoptosis by a Thermally Toggled Nanoscale Amplifier of Cellular Uptake”, Nano Letters, vol. 14, no. 4, pp. 2058–2064, 2014. ,
“Enzymatic Polymerization of High Molecular Weight DNA Amphiphiles That Self-Assemble into Star-Like Micelles”, Advanced Materials, p. ASAP, 2014. ,
“Genetically encoded “smart” peptide polymers for biomedicine”, MRS Bulletin, vol. 39, no. 01, pp. 35 - 43, 2014. ,
“A depot-forming glucagon-like peptide-1 fusion protein reduces blood glucose for five days with a single injection”, Journal of Controlled Release, vol. 172, no. 1, pp. 144–151, 2013. ,
“A genetically engineered thermally responsive sustained release curcumin depot to treat neuroinflammation”, Journal of Controlled Release, vol. 171, no. 1, pp. 38–47, 2013. ,
“Growing polymers from peptides and proteins: a biomedical perspective”, Polymer Chemistry, vol. 5. pp. 266-276, 2013. ,
“Plasmonic Waveguide Modes of Film-Coupled Metallic Nanocubes”, Nano Letters, vol. 13, no. 12, pp. 5866–5872, 2013. ,
“Actively targeting solid tumours with thermoresponsive drug delivery systems that respond to mild hyperthermia”, International Journal of Hyperthermia, vol. 29. pp. 501-510, 2013. ,
“Hydration Layer Coupling and Cooperativity in Phase Behavior of Stimulus Responsive Peptide Polymers”, Journal of the American Chemical Society, vol. 135, no. 30, pp. 11299–11308, 2013. ,
“Spectroscopic Study of a DNA Brush Synthesized in situ by Surface Initiated Enzymatic Polymerization”, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, vol. 117, no. 34, pp. 9929–9938, 2013. ,
“A unified model for de novo design of elastin-like polypeptides with tunable inverse transition temperatures”, Biomacromolecules, vol. 14, no. 8, pp. 2866–2872, 2013. ,
“Sortase-Catalyzed Initiator Attachment Enables High Yield Growth of a Stealth Polymer from the C Terminus of a Protein”, Macromolecular Rapid Communications, vol. 34, no. 15, pp. 1256–1260, 2013. ,
“Cylindrical Polymer Brushes with Elastin-Like Polypeptide Side Chains”, Macromolecules, vol. 46, no. 12, pp. 4966–4971, 2013. ,
“Calcium binding peptide motifs from calmodulin confer divalent ion selectivity to elastin-like polypeptides”, Biomacromolecules, vol. 14, no. 7, pp. 2347–2353, 2013. ,
“Predicting Transition Temperatures of Elastin-Like Polypeptide Fusion Proteins”, Biomacromolecules, vol. 14, no. 5, pp. 1514–1519, 2013. ,
“Injectable protease-operated depots of glucagon-like peptide-1 provide extended and tunable glucose control”, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 110, no. 8, pp. 2792-2797, 2013. ,
“Three-in-One Chromatography-Free Purification, Tag Removal, and Site-Specific Modification of Recombinant Fusion Proteins Using Sortase A and Elastin-like Polypeptides”, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, vol. 52, no. 13, pp. 3703–3708, 2013. ,
“Self-Assembly of Thermally Responsive Nanoparticles of a Genetically Encoded Peptide Polymer by Drug Conjugation”, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, vol. 52, no. 6, pp. 1683 - 1687, 2013. ,
“Direct Fluorescence Detection of RNA on Microarrays by Surface-Initiated Enzymatic Polymerization”, Analytical Chemistry, vol. 85, no. 1, pp. 426 - 433, 2013. ,
“Uptake of silver nanoparticles and toxicity to early life stages of Japanese medaka (Oryzias latipes): Effect of coating materials”, Aquatic Toxicology, vol. 120-121, pp. 59 - 66, 2012. ,
“Protein polymer hydrogels by in situ, rapid and reversible self-gelation”, Biomaterials, vol. 33, no. 21, pp. 5451 - 5458, 2012. ,