Biophysics@McMaster

Each year, we finish our biophysics course (#Biophys1S03) with a video project, and the students go above and beyond every time 📽️🍿. We award the #BiOscars 🏆 (well, a box of Timbits) to the best ones; check out some snippets of this year’s winners! 👏🎉

So grateful for having this wonderful woman by my side for so many years now 🥰 , and I'm looking forward to another great year! Happy New Year to everyone 🥳🎉🎆

@DamienGrapton @McMasterScience @MacSciGrad @McMAstroBio Thanks for reaching out; Alix would be happy to chat! Hope all is well!

Did the first RNA on Earth form in small droplets produced by geysers? Alix stumbled across something interesting when she investigated the role of different prebiotic minerals in the formation of life. New paper in @Life_MDPI mdpi.com/2041412 . @MDPIOpenAccess .

Holiday group lunch 2022🥳🎅! So proud and grateful to be part of this fantastic team🥰. Also, I am ROCKING this holiday sweater! 😉 #HappyHolidays and a #HappyNewYear to everyone! @McMasterU @McMasterScience @MacSciGrad

We are honored and excited to share that Synth-Med has joined the #portfolio of Horizons Ventures! We are looking forward to enhance our #redbloodcell based #platform and to develop the next generation of #drug #delivery vehicles.@HorizonsHK

First results are very promising but the platform needs to be extensively tested in-vivo and clinically. #targeteddrugdelivery #nanoparticles #SmartBlood #FunctionalBlood @McMasterU @MDPIOpenAccess @McMasterScience @MacSciGrad . doi.org/10.3390/membra…

If you are looking for an opinionated review of the potential of red blood cell #RBC based drug delivery, check out @KrivicHannah 's new paper in @Membranes_MDPI . doi.org/10.3390/membra… @MDPIOpenAccess @McMasterScience @MacSciGrad .

Stealth-care system: Scientists test 'smart' #redbloodcells to deliver antibiotics that target specific #bacteria @mcmastereng @ACSBioMed doi.org/gq5vkq phys.org/news/2022-10-s…

Physicists at @McMasterScience have identified a natural delivery system that uses red blood cells to safely carry potent antibiotics through the body to selectively attack and kill dangerous bacteria. ow.ly/ORTu50Lr7BW

This approach minimizes dosage and side effects. The beautiful #artwork was done by the fantastic @Ella_Maru ! #scienceart #sciencecommunication #targeteddrugdelivery #novelmedicine #smartdrugs @mcmasteru @mcmasterscience eurekalert.org/news-releases/…

. @KrivicHannah ‘s new paper is out in @ACS_Infectious! These smart red blood cells can deliver #drugs to different targets. In this case we deliver a very potent antibiotic safely to specifically kill #ecoli. doi.org/10.1021/acsinf…

We will use this device to optimize #inhalabledrug delivery and also to understand the role of geysers for the #originsoflife and if RNA could have formed in small droplets when they are sprayed by springs and geysers in volcanic environments on the #earlyEarth. @McMasterScience

It was so interesting and so much fun chatting with @Avis_Favaro! Great win for @McMasterU having her in residence! AND we got a free social media lesson how to improve our posts by a real grand master 😉. @McMasterScience

Here’s the study on mushroom materials for space - note that device was also custom designed for this use in Canada frontiersin.org/articles/10.33… @MACBiophysics

This is a red blood cell repurposed to deliver #antibiotics to kill #ecoli #bacteria-the band of lines beneath it. Tests are underway to see if it’s another way to get medications into us. @MACBiophysics @MacGlobalNexus #pharmaceuticals

These blocks are made of #mushrooms. We're testing if they can withstand simulated temperature changes on other planets. Here is our most recent study for @NASA frontiersin.org/articles/10.33… @FrontiersIn #buildingmaterials #constructioninspace #space #Terraform @mcmaster

Could these bricks be used to build houses on Mars? @NASA thinks so and we're helping them test that out in our lab @McMasterU. #astrobiology #mushrooms #space #habitats #planets #planetsimulator frontiersin.org/articles/10.33… @macdonmj

Our first 'hybrid' midterm: it's fully in-person but students get questions and enter answers online! 📚👍 #sustainable #21centuryteaching #immediatefeedback @McMasterU @McMasterScience