| 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 |

May 2013 :

• UGA and various news agencies highlight our recent work on HDL Nanoparticles. UGA News, Franklin chronicles, ABH, R&D
• Our work on Biodegradable synthetic high-density lipoprotein nanoparticles for atherosclerosis was published in PNAS. Congrats Sean and Shanta!
• Kasey Darley and Dhillon Zaver graduated today -- Congratulations 2013 Undergraduates!

April 2013 :

• Welcome Krupa Merchant, Chinmaya Sharma, Harris Waqar, Vanshika Tripathi and Trent Berding to join the group.
• Congratulations Kasey Darley for winning NEGS ACS 2012-2013 Outstanding Undergraduate Student of the Year award.
• Congratulations Sean Marrache for winning NEGS ACS 2012-2013 Outstanding Graduate Student of the Year award.
• Kasey Darley gives a talk on her work at NCUR 2013. Abstract
• Sean presented two posters at the 245th ACS National Meeting in New Orleans, LA. Abstract-1 Abstract-2.
• Sam presented a poster on platinum prodrugs at the annunal CURO symposium. Link
• Kasey gave a talk on nanoparticles for ischemic injury at the annunal CURO symposium. Link

March 2013 :

• Sean presented a poster on HDL based nanoparticles at UGA Women@The Frontier Panel and Poster Exhibits during Thinc@UGA event. This poster was selected as one of the best posters
• Shanta gives an invited talk at the Charlotte Research Institute, UNCC.
• Congratulations Sean and Shanta for their Patent on Apoptosis-targeting nanoparticles.

February 2013 :

• Shanta gives an invited talk at the Preadipocyte Targeted Pharmaceuticals monthly meetings of the UGA Obesity Initiative.
• Shanta gives an invited talk at the College of Pharmacy, UGA.
• Shanta gives an invited talk at the College of Medicine, CMU in Michigan, USA.

January 2013 :

• Congratulations Sean, Josh, Shanta for their Patent.
• Congratulations Sean Marrache on being selected for an ACS Travel Award from the Division of Biological Chemistry to attend the spring ACS meeting in New Orleans, April 7-11, 2013. Link
  
• Congratulations Kasey Darley, She is one of the nine students selected from UGA to present their work at NCUR 2013. UGA News Abstract
• Welcome Akil Kalathil, Malikah Christie, and Sam Kennedy to join the group.

November 2012 :

• Shanta receives the "Targeting Mitochondria 2012 Award for Scientific Contribution". Link UGA News Franklin Chronicles
• Shanta gives an invited talk at the "3^rd World Congress on Targeting Mitochondria 2012" in Berlin, Germany. Link
  
• Kasey Darley is a 2012 Initiate for Palladia, a Women's Society at the University of Georgia. Membership in Palladia is considered the highest honor a woman may attain at the University of Georgia.

October 2012 :

• Our work was highlighted in Pharmaceutical Formulation and Quality, a John Wiley and Sons newsletter. Link
  
• World Congress on Targeting Mitochondria recognizes our work and highlighted in their webpage -- link.
• Our work on "Mitochondria Targeted Nanoparticles" was highlighted in UGA columns: Special Delivery.
  

September 2012 :

• Experts critiques on our recent work: Slipping therapeutics to the mitochondria. Nature SciBx article and Nature SciBx Distillery.
  
• Our work on "Mitochondria Targeted Nanoparticles" was highlighted in UGA News/Today, Franklin Chronicles.
  
• Our work on targeted nanoparticles for delivery of therapeutics to the mitochondria of cells was published in PNAS. Congrats Sean and Shanta!
  
• Shanta becomes a faculty member in Center for Drug Discovery at UGA
  
• Shanta gives an invited lecture at Georgia Institute of Technology
  
• Welcome Dr. Rakesh Pathak to join the group
  

August 2012 :

• Shanta presents a poster on "Multifunctional Nanoparticles for Noninvasive Imaging and Therapy of Vulnerable Atherosclerotic Plaque" at Gordon Research Conference in Waterville Valley, NH. Link
  
• Sean and Josh presented posters on their work at the Chemistry Department, UGA.
  

July 2012 :

• 26^th July 2012: "237 years ago, on this day Congress made it happen, delivery of payloads by establishing "United States Post Office". Today our group published a Nanoparticle based postal service for delivery of immunomodulators and photosensitizers for breast cancer in "Integrative Biology". Congratulations to the Photo immune therapy Team: Sean, Josh, and Dhillon. Link
  

June 2012 :

• Welcome DeAngelo J. Mckinley to join the group
  
• Welcome Syvonne J. Timmons to join the group
  

May 2012 :

• Shanta gives an invited talk at the International Conference and Exhibition on Biosensors & Bioelectronics in Las Vegas, Neveda. Abstract
  

April 2012 :

• Shanta gives an invited lecture in Nano@Tech meetings at Georgia Institute of Technology
  
• Dillon gave a talk on his research at the "2012 CURO Symposium". Link Abstract
  
• Kasey presented a poster on her research at the "2012 CURO Symposium". Link Abstract
  

March 2012 :

• Sean presented a poster and gave a talk on his research at the 243rd ACS National Meeting in San Diego, CA. Link
  
• Shanta gives a seminar in Center for Drug Discovery at UGA
  
• Shanta gives a seminar in Food Science and Technology Department at UGA
  

January 2012 :

• Shanta receives Department of Defense Prostate Cancer Research Program Idea Award. Link1 Link2
  

December 2011 :

• Shanta gives a seminar at MTIC-XIV
  
• Welcome David Fischler to join the group
  
• Welcome Joshua Choi to join the group
  

October-November 2011 :

• Congratulations to Anna for winning best poster award at the UGA Conference on Drug Discovery, 2011. Link
  
• Congratulations to Sean on his spectacular departmental seminar!
  

August-September 2011 :

• Shanta was elected as faculty senate member from the department of chemistry. She will be a member until 2014. Link
  
• Shanta presents a poster at AACR conference in San Francisco, CA. Abstract Link
  
• Sean, Ellen, and Anna present posters on their research at the ACS Fall 2011 National Meeting in Denver, CO.
  
• Shanta is appointed as an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, College of Veterinary Medicine. Link
  

July 2011 :

• Shanta presents a poster at Gordon Research Conference in Waterville, ME. Link
  

June 2011 :

• Congratulations Ellen Broering on being selected for an ACS Travel Award from the Division of Biological Chemistry to attend the Denver ACS Fall meeting, August 28-September 1, 2011. Link
  

May 2011 :

• Franklin News: Feature story
  

April 2011 :

• Congratulations to Ellen Broering, David Benson, and Sean Marrache, for wining Kenneth W. Whitten Award for this year.
  
• Shanta receives 2011 Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award. Link
  
• Sean presents a poster on his research at the 3rd Annual Georgia Nanotechnology and Infectious Diseases Symposium
  
• Shanta gives a seminar at College of Veterinary Medicine, UGA
  

March 2011 :

• Welcome Dr. Jitendra Gangwal to join the group
  

January 2011 :

• Lab is renamed to "NanoTherapeutics Research Laboratory"
  
• Shanta gives a seminar at Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore
  
• Shanta gives a seminar at National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS), Bangalore
  
• Shanta gives a seminar at Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science (IACS), Kolkata link
  

October 2010 :

• Welcome Ellen Broering to join the group
  
• Welcome David Benson to join the group
  
• Welcome Clara Ni to join the group
  
• Welcome Andrew Lee Cooper to join the group
  

September 2010 :

• Welcome Anna Williams to join the group
  
• Welcome Sean Marrache to join the group
  
• Shanta gives a seminar at NanoSEC-UGA
  
• UGA welcomes Shanta and other new faculty

August 2010 :

• Dr. Shanta Dhar established a new research Lab, Laboratory of Nanomedicine and Bioinorganic Materials at The University of Georgia, Chemistry Department. The group research interests lie at the interface of chemistry and biology with particular emphasis on nanocarrier mediated delivery of metal-based drugs for their potential applications in various diseases and in the development of nano-vaccines.