Jul 24
Prakash Nallathamby has been named a 2026 recipient of the University of Notre Dame IDEA Center’s Research Commercialization Grant (RCG), alongside bioengineering doctoral student Aurelie Brownsberger. The RCG program provides targeted, translational funding designed to accelerate the real-world impact of Notre Dame research by advancing the commercial readiness of promising University inventions. The award recognizes …
Jun 19
Berthiaume Institute for Precision Health · Technology Bridge Fund We’re delighted to announce that the pdnano lab has received a Berthiaume Institute for Precision Health (BIPH) Technology Bridge Fund award. The Technology Bridge program supports promising precision-health projects in generating the additional preliminary data needed to strengthen high-impact grant resubmissions. The funded project — Multispecific …
May 09
The Provost’s TPAC-RL Faculty Newsletter (Spring 2026) went out this week, and I’m grateful that several of the lab’s milestones from the past academic year were included in the round-up of faculty achievements. The newsletter is sent to the university’s Teaching, Professor of the Practice, Advising, Clinical, Research, and Library faculty community, and it’s a …
May 09
I am thrilled to share that our invited Feature Review — led by graduate researcher Aurelie Brownsberger as lead author with significant contributions from undergraduate researchers in our group— is now published in MDPI’s Journal of Nanotheranostics (JNT), as part of the Special Issue: Feature Review Papers in Nanotheranostics. Title: Intrinsically Selective Nanoplatforms for Precision …
Apr 20
A few weeks ago, I shared the news of Kendall Bradley’s outstanding performance at the Northern Indiana Regional Science and Engineering Fair (NIRSEF). I am thrilled to follow up with another reason to celebrate. At the Hoosier Science and Engineering Fair / Indiana State Science Fair, Kendall earned the 2nd Place Award from the American …
Mar 23
I am thrilled to share that Aurelie Brownsberger, a graduate researcher working on a PD[N]ano Lab project, was selected for an oral presentation at the 14th Annual Harper Cancer Research Day, held on Monday, March 23, 2026 at the University of Notre Dame. This is a meaningful distinction. Of the more than 100 abstracts submitted …
Aug 30
Dr. Nallathamby presented on his abiotic biomimicking antibacterial Nanoparticles, and how they were successfully tested against A. baumannii BA1605 S.aureus USA300, P.aeruginosa FRD1, K. pneumoniae, C.striatum, E. faecalis, and S. pyogenes. We saw little to no evolution of resistance at doses above the MIC. Additionally, we observed what looks like inflammation-free wound healing in mouse and rat models. The wound size stabilizes as soon as the formulation is …
Aug 21
Congratulations to REUs Argerie Guevara (NURF’21), and Kevin Armknecht (NURF’23) and Carlie Kudary (#BIPH) on the prolonged antibacterial action formulation of standard antibiotics to tackle MRSA and P.aeruginosa. More to come this year. #AMR #GOIRISH https://doi.org/10.1093/milmed/usae079
Jun 19
I am super thrilled to have organized and chaired the session on “Precision Health and Diagnostics” at Techconnect 2024, which was held from June 17 to 19 at National Harbor in Maryland. Precision health and diagnostics have revolutionized treatment regimens by replacing them with ones that are more effective, less toxic, and positively impact survival. …
May 24
Really useful information on working with the DoD’s medical enterprise. MTEC annual meeting in Baltimore, MD. Phage Mimicking antibacterial nanoparticles was a hit. New Partnering opportunity on the horizon. Exciting times ahead! #GOIRISH #MTEC #AMR #NEXTGEN #ANTIBIOTICS
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