Alexa Stern

This paper shows that mesophase spacing in liquid crystalline nanocarriers predicts hydrophilic payload release kinetics, linking material composition to functional performance.

This study evaluates how linear and branched PEGylation affects nanoparticle uptake and distribution in tumor and immune cells, showing branched PEG increases spleen accumulation and linear PEG enhances tumor uptake by immune cells.

This study shows synthetic mucus biomaterials reduce Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm thickness and viability when combined with DNase and/or -amylase.

This study investigates how tissue-specific ECM properties affect nanoparticle diffusion and cellular uptake, finding that PEGylation strategy impacts ECM penetration and uptake differently across tissues.

This paper describes a method to isolate airway mucins from pig trachea at a large scale for pulmonary disease research, showing higher mucin content and microviscosity compared to gastric mucins and human mucus.