Frank Gu
Associate Professor
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
University of Waterloo
Canada
Biography
Dr. Frank Gu, received his PhD in Queens University. Frank Gu is a Chemical Engineering Associate Professor at the University of Waterloo and is also the Canada Research Chair in Nanotechnology Engineering. Professor Gu heads an interdisciplinary research group that combines functional polymers and polymer metal oxide materials to solve problems in medicine, agriculture and environmental protection.
Research Interest
Nanotechnology and nanomedicine Biomaterials Biosensor and diagnostics
Publications
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Gu F, Zhang L, Teply BA, Mann N, Wang A, Radovic-Moreno AF, Langer R, Farokhzad OC. Precise engineering of targeted nanoparticles by using self-assembled biointegrated block copolymers. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2008 Feb 19;105(7):2586-91.
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Dhar S, Gu FX, Langer R, Farokhzad OC, Lippard SJ. Targeted delivery of cisplatin to prostate cancer cells by aptamer functionalized Pt (IV) prodrug-PLGA–PEG nanoparticles. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2008 Nov 11;105(45):17356-61.
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Cheng J, Teply BA, Sherifi I, Sung J, Luther G, Gu FX, Levy-Nissenbaum E, Radovic-Moreno AF, Langer R, Farokhzad OC. Formulation of functionalized PLGA–PEG nanoparticles for in vivo targeted drug delivery. Biomaterials. 2007 Feb 28;28(5):869-76.
