News

May 2023 – High school students from the Caddo-Kiowa Technology Center in Fort Cobb participated in a week-long summer research camp.

May 2023 – Alex Frickenstein published a co-author original research article in the journal ACS Nano. The study was led by Prof. Priyabrata Mukherjee (OUHSC).

K. Elechalawar, G. Rao, S. K. Gulla, M. M. Patel, A. Frickenstein, N. Means, R. V. Roy, L. Tsiokas, S. Asfa, P. Panja, C. Rao, S. Wilhelm, R. Bhattacharya, P. Mukherjee, “Gold nanoparticles inhibit macropinocytosis by decreasing KRAS activation”
ACS Nano, 2023, published online.
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.3c00920  | PDF (11.3 MB)

April 2023 – Together with the Office of Diversity, Inclusion, and Community Engagement at the College of Medicine, we hosted high school students from the Caddo-Kiowa Technology Center for our BE4NANO Day at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center (OUHSC). Thank you all for your support!

April 2023 – Vinit Sheth and the team published an original research article in the journal ACS Nano.

V. Sheth, X. Chen, E. M. Mettenbrink, W. Yang, M. A. Jones, O. M’Saad, A. G. Thomas, R. S. Newport, E. R. Francek, L. Wang, A. N. Frickenstein, N. D. Donahue, A. M. Holden, N. Mjema, D. E. Green, P. L. DeAngelis, J. Bewersdorf, S. Wilhelm, “Quantifying intracellular nanoparticle distributions with three-dimensional super-resolution microscopy”
ACS Nano, 2023, published online.
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.2c12808 | PDF (3.4 MB)

April 2023 – The winners of the inaugural Wilhelm Lab Olympics are: Lin, Thao, Zephan, Sarah, Majood, and Vinit, aka “Team Vinit”. Thank you to our lab’s party planning committee for organizing!

April 2023 – Tekena Harcourt received the Wayne Steen Award for his exceptional leadership as a Diversity & Inclusion Scholar. Congratulations, Tekena!!

April 2023 – Four Wilhelm Lab students were recognized with OU SBME awards in AY 2022/2023:

• Amberlynn Demko – Outstanding Sophomore
• Emmy Francek & Majood Haddad – Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistants
• Dr. Wen Yang – Outstanding PhD Graduate

Congratulations to all SBME award winners!

April 2023 – We participated in the 2023 National American Indian Science and Engineering Fair (NAISEF) in Stillwater at OK State University.

March 2023 – We hosted high school students from the Caddo-Kiowa Technology Center for our BE4NANO Day. Thanks to the OU SRNML, SBME, and GCoE outreach teams for the support!

March 2023 – We participated in the Caddo-Kiowa Technology Center STEM Day together with 150 high school students. Thanks to the Gallogly College of Engineering outreach team, the Stephenson School of Biomedical Engineering, and Prof. Rebecca Scott for the support.