News & Events
November 2023:
Congratulations to Keyaara Robinson and Dr. Michniak-Kohn on their recent publication “Isothiocyanate-rich moringa seed extract reduces skin inflammation in mouse ear edema model” https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667031323000751
Congratulations to Bo Michniak – Kohn who was recently admitted as a Fellow of The Royal Society of Chemistry!
October 2023:
Congratulations to Namrata Matharoo and Dr. Michniak-Kohn on their recent publication: “A Comparative Evaluation of Desoximetasone Cream and Ointment Formulations Using Experiments and In Silico Modeling” https://lnkd.in/eMfMTmKp
September 2023: Another publication! Congratulations to Dr. Michniak-Kohn on her recent publication “The Antioxidant Potential of Resveratrol from Red Vine Leaves Delivered in an Electrospun Nanofiber System” https://lnkd.in/gd5UXTws
August 2023:
Congratulations to Amitkumar Virani, Nirali Dholaria, MS, Namrata Matharoo and Bo Michniak – Kohn on their recent publication “A Study of Microemulsion Systems for Transdermal Delivery of Risperidone Using Penetration Enhancers”. Great job team!
July 2023:
We are pleased to announce on July 6, Dr. Bozena Michniak-Kohn received an Honorary Doctoral Degree from Poznan University of Medical Sciences. Congratulations on a well-deserved honor! Please click here to view the Docor Honoris Causa
March 2023:
Another publication!
Congratulations to Jemima D. Shultz, Hana Mohd, Parin Shah, M.S., Ph.D. and Bo Michniak – Kohn for the recent publication “Design and development of raw clay-based formulations emulsions loaded with ascorbyl glucoside, in vitro evaluations on topical delivery and cell viability” https://lnkd.in/exHtNErd
February 2023:
LDD Group gathers to say goodbye to Anze Zidar and Alice Tomnikova who were visiting Rutgers as part of the ORBIS Project.
We were delighted to have a visit from Kishore Shah, one of our honorary CDR Members.
January 2023:
Starting 2023 off on a positive note with two publications!
Congratulations Amitkumar Virani, Vinam Puri, Hana Mohd and Bo Michniak – Kohn on their recent MDPI publication “Effect of Penetration Enhancers on Transdermal Delivery of Oxcarbazepine, an Antiepileptic Drug Using Microemulsions”
Publication can be found at:
https://lnkd.in/ei8UMZb3
Congratulations Aneta Kalvodová, Kristýna Dvořáková, Bo Michniak – Kohn on their recent publication “The contest of nanoparticles: Searching for the most effective topical delivery of corticosteroids”.
December 2022:
Our LDD Holiday Party 2023
November 2022:
We are thrilled to be able to gather once again in person!
October 2022:
We had two successful publications this month! Congratulations to both teams!
“Antifungal Nail Lacquer for Enhanced Transungual Delivery of Econazole Nitrate” – congratulation to the team of Vinam Puri, Riya Savia, Kevin Chen, Keyaara Robinson, Amitkumar Virani, and Bozena Michniak-Kohn! You can view the full publication here
“Quality by Design Guided Development of Polymeric Nanospheres of Terbinafine Hydrochloride for Topical Treatment of Onychomycosis Using a Nano-Gel Formulation” – by Vinam Puri, Anna Froelich, Parinbhai Shah, Shernell Pringle, Kevin Chen and Bozena Michniak-Kohn. You can view the full publication here
August 2022
“Expert Systems for Predicting the Bioavailability of Sun Filters in Cosmetic Products, Software vs. Expert Formulator: The Benzophenone-3 Case”, our latest publication! You can read the full publication here
January 2022:
Starting 2022 off with a new publication! “In vitro release, ex vivo penetration, and in vivo dermatokinetics of ketoconazole-loaded solid lipid nanoparticles for topical delivery” published on 1/7/2022. Congratulations to Mohhammad Ramzan, Samuel Gourion-Arsiquaud (Ph.D.), Afzal Hussain, Jaspreet Singh Gulati, Qihong Zhang, Sonia Trehan, Ph.D, Vinam Puri, Bo Michniak – Kohn & Indu Pal Kaur
https://lnkd.in/dYY2cK64
September 2021:
We had two successful thesis defenses this month!
Congratulations to Benjamin Goodyear who successfully defended his thesis “Design, Development, and Applications of QbD Elements for Topical Polymeric Drug Delivery Nanotechnology” on September 8, 2021
Congratulations to Vinam Puri who successfully defended his thesis “Design & Development of Topical Formulations for Ungual Drug Delivery of Antifungal Moieties” on September 30, 2021.
July 2021:
Review our latest publication “Mechanistic evaluations of ketoconazole lipidic nanoparticles for improved efficacy, enhanced topical penetration, cellular uptake (L929 and J774A.1), and safety assessment: In vitro and in vivo studies” in the Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology https://authors.elsevier.com/c/1dU0B6JBqDcZRE
May 2021:
New Publication! “Systematic Development and Characterization of Novel, High Drug-Loaded, Photostable, Curcumin Solid Lipid Nanoparticle Hydrogel for Wound Healing” For more details click the link below:
Congratulations to Katrina Tun, our 2020-2021 Rutgers Aresty student for the great job she did this past year working with her mentor, Vinam Puri! To see Katrina’s poster: Katrina’s poster
March 2021:
“Deodorants and antiperspirants: identification of new strategies and perspectives to prevent and control malodor and sweat of the body” new publication by
January 2021:
“Nanostructured Non-Ionic Surfactant Carrier-Based Gel for Topical Delivery of Desoximetasone” a new publication by Dr. Parin Shah, Vinam Puri,
Benjamin Goodyear, Nirali Dholaria and Dr. Michniak-Kohn in the MDPI Special Edition Click here for access
November 2020:
“Deformable Liposomal Hydrogel for Dermal and Transdermal Delivery of Meloxicam” a new publication by Dr. Julia Zhang, Dr. Tomasz Osmalek and Dr. Michniak-Kohn in the International Journal of Nanomedicine! Great job!
October 2020:
Congratulations to Dr. Julia Zhang who successfully defended her thesis “Dermal and Transdermal Delivery of Oxicams using Deformable Liposomes” on October 30th!
September 2020:
Congratulations to Dr. Parin Shah who successfully defended his thesis “Development and Evaluation of Desoximetasone Loaded Niosomes for Topical Drug Delivery using Quality by Design (QbD) Approach” on September 3, 2020!!
July 2020:
New publication; “Quality by Design: A Systematic Approach Using an Advanced Statistical Tool to Optimization of Niosomes Preparation for the Topical Delivery” by Parin Shah, Ben Goodyear, Anika Haq, Vinam Puri and Dr. Michniak-Kohn published in the World Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences . Conratulations team!
2020 WORLD JOURNAL OF PHARMACY AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES
June 2020:
Good luck to Anika Alam Haq who has started working at the FDA as an ORISE Fellow!
Congratulations to Julia Zhang for her recent publication in the International Journal of Pharmeutics! Julia’s title is “Flavosomes, novel deformable liposomes for the co-delivery of anti-inflammatory compounds to skin”
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378517320304841?dgcid=author
Congratulations to Dr. Dina Ameen!
Congratuations to Dr. Dina Ameen for successful completion of her PhD on June 1st. Dina’s thesis topic was “The Transdermal Route as an Alternative for the Delivery of Drugs for Neurodegenerative Diseases”.
May 2020:
Another paper from Bo Michniak – Kohn, Professor & Director of the Center for Dermal Research CDR and Laboratory for Drug Delivery LDD at Rutgers University. Example of one of many international collaborations and this one is with Thailand’s Chiang May University and Prof. Chadarat Ampasavate and her graduate Phunsuk Anantaworasakul who worked in the LDD. This shows how formulation expertise can deliver natural actives across skin layers with improved outcomes.
2020 Pharmaceutics Thailand-12-00463
April 2020:
Lisa Hongmei Lin was a visiting scientist at Rutgers University from the School of Chinese Materia Medica, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing China. She was at the research laboratory of Prof. B. Michniak-Kohn Director of the Center for Dermal Research from February 2017 to February 2018. Her main research was on drug carriers for natural compounds and topical product formulation. One of our papers has just been published.
March 2020:
Congratulations to Dr. Anika Haq! Dr. Haq is shown below with her thesis committee: Dr. Tamara Minko; Mark Chandler; Dr. Bozena Michniak-Kohn; and Dr. Leonid Kagan
Congratulations to Dr. Anika Haq who successfully defended her Ph.D. Thesis on March 23rd 2020. Her title was “ Application of solubility-physicochemical-thermodynamic (SPT) theory for designing a topically applied thymoquinone polymer film to treat infected wounds “. Anika was a student of Prof. Bozena Michniak-Kohn at the Center for Dermal Research CDR, Rutgers-The State University of New Jersey and she was in the Graduate Program in Basic Pharmaceutical Sciences at the Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy at Rutgers. Congratulations, Anika!!!! We wish you well in your future career !!!!