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Dr Emma McErlean

School of Pharmacy

Dr Emma McErlean

School of Pharmacy

Dr McErlean’s research focuses on the design and development of cell penetrating peptide delivery systems for gene therapy targeting neurological diseases and for ex vivo adoptive cellular therapies. Her work brings together a unique combination of expertise in nanomedicine, drug delivery, biotechnology and biopharmaceuticals.

 

Open to PhD applications in the field of nano-drug delivery, biopharmaceutics, nucleic acid therapies and ex vivo cellular therapies.

  • Development of nanomedicines for cancer and neurological diseases
  • Design of non-viral delivery systems

 

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  • askmhls@qub.ac.uk
  • https://twitter.com/dremmamcerlean?lang=en

Research Interests

Dr. McErlean is currently offering a fully funded PhD studentship focusing on the development of non-viral delivery systems for ex vivo genetic modification of natural killer cells for adoptive cellular therapies.

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Current Research Opportunities

  • Peptide-based nanoparticles for brain targeted gene delivery

Public outreach & key achievements

Recent articles:

  • 1016/j.jconrel.2020.11.037
  • https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpharm.2021.120223
  • https://doi.org/10.1186/s12951-021-00856-x
  • https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpharm.2021.120366

Research students

Name: Ashley Levickas
PhD title: SILENT: Stealth-Like Internalisation of Genetic Cargo for Ex vivo Natural Killer Cell Therapies
Years of Study: 2022-2025
Country: Northern Ireland


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