SUPPORT
- Select Lecture Slides
- Protocols
- Journal Search Engines and Other Related Links
- Grad School 101 Links
- Fellowships
- Employment Links for People with PhDs in Science and Engineering
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- Timeline of nanotechnology including microtechnology from Stiepel et al. 2022 https://doi.org/10.1002/btm2.10421
- Controlled release defined and illustrated with release of drug from polymeric particles from Stiepel et al. 2022 https://doi.org/10.1002/btm2.10421
- Graphic of local versus systemic administration of drug from Stiepel et al. 2022 https://doi.org/10.1002/btm2.10421
- PEGylation and its benefits from Stiepel et al. 2022 https://doi.org/10.1002/btm2.10421
- Active versus passive targeting of drug carriers from Stiepel et al. 2022 https://doi.org/10.1002/btm2.10421
- Enhanced permeability and retention (EPR) explained from Stiepel et al. 2022 https://doi.org/10.1002/btm2.10421
- Immunological response to PEG from Stiepel et al. 2022 https://doi.org/10.1002/btm2.10421
- Explaining HLB used for emulsions
- Passive and Active Transport: Methods which drugs can be taken up by cells in the body
- Explaining carrier saturation and transporter kinetics
- The in’s and out’s of applying for tenure-track faculty positions (.pdf)
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Particle Fabrication and Characterization
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- Single emulsion sonicated nanoparticles (.docx .pdf)
- Single emulsion homogenized nanoparticle (.docx .pdf)
- Double emulsion nanoparticles using a homogenizer (.docx .pdf)
- Double emulsion sonicated nanoparticles (.docx .pdf)
- Fluorescamine Assay to Determine Protein Content in Polymer nanoparticles (.docx .pdf)
Cell Culture
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- Caco-2 Cell Culture Protocol (.docx .pdf)
- RAW Macrophage Cell Maintenance (.docx .pdf)
- Freezing down mammalian cells (.docx .pdf)
- Working Volumes for Tissue-Culture Vessels (.xls .pdf)
- MTT viability assay (.docx .pdf)
- Greiss Nitric Oxide (NO) assay (.docx .pdf)
- Standard curve frequently asked questions (.docx .pdf)
- BCA Kit Quantification of Proteins (.docx .pdf)
- Subculture and cryopreservation of Leishmania donovani (.docx .pdf)
Florescent Staining
Monocytes
JOURNAL SEARCH ENGINES AND OTHER RELATED LINKS
Acing the Grad School Interview (Google Doc)
How to Read a scientific paper (link)
Journal Impact Factors
Piled High and Deeper Comics (link)
Undergraduate Research Fellowships
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- NSF Research Experience for Undergraduate (REU)
- List from Emory
- UNC Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship
- UNC Summer Undergraduate Research Experience
- UNC Moore Undergraduate Research Apprentice Program
- Carolina Summer Research Fellows
- UNC Fellowship List for Undergraduate Research
- Ohio State Pharmacy Summer Undergraduate Fellowship
- Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship
- Boren Scholarships
- STEM Scholarships
Graduate Fellowships in Science and Engineering (most require US citizenship)
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- Database of fellowships maintained by Johns Hopkins for predoctoral students
- National Science Foundation
- National Institutes of Heath (F31)
- Hertz Foundation
- The Dolores Zohrab Liebmann Fund: Graduate Fellowships
- U.S. Department of Defense: National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship Program
- Whitaker Foundation
- American Association for University Women (AAUW) Educational Foundation
- Tau Beta Pi Association, Inc.
- Society of Women Engineers
- National Physical Science Consortium
- Sigma Delta Epsilon/ Graduate Women in Science
Post-Graduate Fellowships in Science and Engineering (most require US citizenship)
- Database of fellowships maintained by Johns Hopkins for Post Docs
- National Institutes of Heath (F32)
- Loreal Women in Science
- The Irvington Institute Fellowship Program of the Cancer Research Institute
- The Life Science Research Foundation
- The Burroughs Welcome Fund
- Ford Foundation
EMPLOYMENT LINKS FOR PHDS IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
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- General Sites