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Dhanush Lakmal Yapa Amarasekara

Mississippi State UniversityORCID 0000-0001-5143-1722Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Research Focus:drug response / drug discovery· 2 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Organism:human· 1

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Kenneth HulugallaiD· 2 shared Nicholas C. FitzkeeiD· 2 shared Tanveer ShaikhiD· 2 shared Thomas A. WerfeliD· 2 shared Veeresh B. ToragalliD· 2 shared Elizabeth R. McCaffrey· 1 shared Gabriel J. Alcantara· 1 shared Madison A. Hejny· 1 shared

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BiophysicsACS Nano MedicinePeer-reviewedMar 20, 2026

Precision control of nanoparticle delivery with engineered biomimetic protein coronas

Tanveer Shaikh, Dhanush Lakmal Yapa Amarasekara, Kenneth Hulugalla…·Nicholas C. Fitzkee

This paper engineers biomimetic protein coronas on nanoparticles to improve tumor targeting and reduce immune recognition, achieving 4% ID/g tumor accumulation.

3 citations

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BiophysicsJournal of Colloid and Interface SciencePeer-reviewedOct 10, 2025

Using a Bacterial Protein to Selectively Target Bacterial Biofilms: Treatment of S. epidermidis Biofilms with Targeted Photothermal Gold Nanoparticles

Tanveer Shaikh, Dhanush Lakmal Yapa Amarasekara, Radha P. Somarathne…·Nicholas C. Fitzkee

This paper develops targeted photothermal gold nanoparticles using a bacterial protein to selectively destroy S. epidermidis biofilms with high efficiency.

7 citations

humanexperimental assay

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