Dec. 8 – Jennifer and Michaela won NCSU’s Undergraduate Research Award Grants for the Spring of 2014! Congratulations!!

Aug. 8 – Dr. Gu was invited to deliver a talk on “Smart Insulin" in the Carolina Science Cafe series, supported by the NC Science Festival.

11/2013- Jin's paper has been published by Advanced Healthcare Materials! Congratulations! A new insulin delivery method using the focused ultrasound as a remote trigger was developed. It has also been featured by Science Daily, The Guardian, UK Mail Daily, Kurzweilai, The Engineer. Read more…

Nov. 18 – Tianyue and Ran's paper has been accepted by Advanced Functional Materials! It will also be highlighted as a Cover Story! Congratulations!!

Nov. 12 – As a Co-PI, Dr. Gu won the Research Innovation Seed Fund (RISF) Award at NC State! The team includes Dr. Fran Ligler, Dr. Gufeng Wang and Dr. Gu. Congratulations!

Nov. 10 – Abby, Emily, Maggie and Michaela joined the BHEL! Welcome on board!

Nov. 1 – Dr. Gu was invited to speak at the 13th Annual Diabetes Technology Meeting in San Francisco. Thanks so much for the committee's invitation!

Oct. 2 – Jin's paper has been accepted by Advanced Healthcare Materials! It will also be highlighted as a Cover Story! Congratulations!!

Oct. 1 – Both Adriano and Vinayak's proposed research projects on “Biomimetic Anti-Cancer Drug Delivery Platform" and “Novel Drug Delivery Systems for Diabetes Treatment" won the Abrams Scholar Awards AGAIN! They will be paid to conduct research for the 2013-2014 academic year. There is also a total budget of $ 1000 for supplies to support their research projects.Congratulations!!

Sep. 16 – Dennis joined the BHEL! Welcome on board!

Sep. 9 – Dr. Gu was invited to give a talk on “Therapeutic Protein Delivery" in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at UCLA.

Aug. 12 – Wujin joined the BHEL! Welcome on board!

Aug. 7 – Dr. Gu was invited to give a talk on “Closed-Loop Drug Delivery" in the Department of Pharmaceutical Science at Campbell University.

Aug. 7 –Yue joined the BHEL! Welcome on board!

Aug. 6 – Dr. Gu received the TraCS $50K Pilot Award! Congratulations! TraCS grant is supported by the NIH's Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA) program.

Jul. 30 – Dr. Gu was invited to give a talk on “Therapeutic Protein Delivery" in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at NCSU.

July. 18 – A new formulation for the closed-loop delivery of insulin using microgels was published on ACS Nano and reported by Science Daily, Kurzweilai, WorldPharmaNews… The particles are smartly swelling in the hyperglycemic solution to release encapsulated insulin (see the animation below). The paper is one of the top 20 most read research articles in ACS Nano in July 2013. Read more…

Jul. 1 – Feature in UNC Endeavors: The Nano-Network

Jun. 27 – Dr. Gu was invited to give a talk on “Smart Insulin" in the Division of Endocrinology at UNC.

Jun. 6 – Dr. Gu delivered multiple invited talks in China and Singapore and met many friends there. Many thanks for their host!

May. 28 –“Injectable Nano-Network for Glucose-Mediated Insulin Delivery" was highlighted as a Cover Paper of ACS Nano and reported by TIME Magazine, Science Daily, C&EN, MIT News, Science Translational Medicine and Nano Today. The paper is one of the top 5 most read research articles in ACS Nano from 2012 to 2013. read more…

May. 15 – Dr. Gu won the NC State Faculty Research and Professional Development Award. Congratulations!

May. 10 – Okello joined the BHEL! Welcome on board!

Apr. 15 – Dr. Gu was accepted to join the “NANO @ NC State".

Mar. 16 – BHEL joined the Open House Day of COE.