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DiagNano invited to give a talk at the Georgia Life Sciences Summit

2008-09-13T07:21:00.003-05:00

DiagNano has been invited to give a presentation to the 2008 Georgia Life Sciences Summit on September 24, 2008. Also attending will be Mayor Shirley Franklin of Atlanta, Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue, and Senator Bob Dole.

New article published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society

2008-09-06T06:25:00.003-05:00

Here is my most recent article that was just published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society titled "One-Pot Synthesis, Encapsulation, and Solubilization of Size-Tuned Quantum Dots with Amphiphilic Multidentate Ligands". Check out the link below to read the abstract and download the full article if you get access to it.

http://pubs.acs.org/cgi-bin/abstract.cgi/jacsat/asap/abs/ja804755q.html

New article coming out in the Journal of the American Chemical Society

2008-08-26T19:03:00.003-05:00

I just found out that my most recent manuscript submission was accepted for publication in the Journal of the American Chemical Society. Check back later for a link to the article once it's published.

Key Lime Update

2008-08-09T06:31:00.003-05:00

The key limes are doing pretty well. I only have 5 or so now though because a wind storm knocked a few over while I was at work. This is a photo of the one from before. It has a new set of leaves and seems to be growing fairly well. I'm hoping it behaves like the apple, which was a little slow at first, but has really taken off now that it has some leaves.

2008-08-01T20:38:00.003-05:00

I was recently quoted in The Scientist about a column they were doing on in vivo imaging. Click the link to check it out:

The Scientist

Key Lime Tree Update

2008-07-26T07:00:00.003-05:00

This is an update about the key limes that we planted. We have a few that have sprouted and this one is the best of the batch and is growing pretty nicely. We've got quite a bit of growth in the last week (see the picture of last week to see the progress) and hopefully the others start putting out some new leaves over the next week or two.

New paper published in Journal of the American Chemical Society

2008-07-25T11:10:00.003-05:00

We have a new paper that was just published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society titled "Oxidative Quenching and Degradation of Polymer-Encapsulated Quantum Dots: New Insights into the Long-Term Fate and Toxicity of Nanocrystals in Vivo". Check out the link below to read the abstract and download the full article if you get access to it.

http://pubs.acs.org/cgi-bin/abstract.cgi/jacsat/asap/abs/ja8040477.html

2008-07-18T21:22:00.005-05:00

We had some key limes the other day so I collected the seeds in an attempt to germinate them. Key limes are a great fruit to grow from seed because they grow true to seed and can produce fruit within a few years, whereas many fruits do not grow true and most take many years before there is a chance of fruit production. Here are a few pics. I gave a little extra help to two of the seeds by removing the seed coat. The others, I just allowed to germinate to the point where I could just see the root coming out and then planted them. They haven't sprouted yet, but I'll post updates on the progress of the seedlings.

Back to work

2008-06-30T12:05:00.003-05:00

Got back from Destin, FL a few days ago. Now its back to work.

DiagNano featured in Fortune Small Business

2008-06-16T14:11:00.002-05:00

DiagNano competed in the 2008 Rice Business Plan competition this past April. We placed first in our challenge round and there is a great writeup about us on the Fortune Small Business website.

New paper published in Analytical Chemistry

2008-03-11T17:47:00.002-05:00

I just had a paper published recently in Analytical Chemistry called Minimizing Nonspecific Cellular Binding of Quantum Dots with Hydroxyl-Derivatized Surface Coatings

DiagNano to compete in the 2008 Rice Business Plan Competition

2008-03-01T10:32:00.002-05:00

DiagNano has been accepted as a Semi-Finalist to the Rice Business Plan Competition! Out of over 280 applicants, 36 Semi-Finalists have been chosen to compete for over $600,000 in prizes.

DiagNano places 3rd overall in the Georgia Tech Business plan competition!

2008-03-01T10:30:00.003-05:00

DiagNano has placed 3rd overall in the 2008 Georgia Tech Business Plan competition!

DiagNano to present a poster at the Georgia Life Sciences Summit

2007-09-22T11:21:00.000-05:00

DiagNano has been invited to present a poster at the Georgia Life Sciences Summit in Atlanta, Ga. The conference will be held on October 3, 2007, with more than 500 expected attendants.

DiagNano invited to participate in the 2007 I2P business competition in Austin, TX

2007-07-04T11:47:00.001-05:00

DiagNano has just been invited to participate in the I2P business plan competition hosted in Austin, TX! The competition will be held November 2-3 at the University of Texas.

DiagNano makes it to the final round in the NanoNexus Competition!

2007-06-13T10:11:00.003-05:00

My business team, DiagNano, has placed in the top 6 and made it to the finals of the NanoNexus business competition at Oak Ridge National Labs April 2-4 2007 in Oak Ridge, TN. Click for a full writeup from Oak Ridge.

Magneto-Optical Micobeads for Sensitive Detection

2007-02-19T16:43:00.000-05:00

Colleagues in my lab from Georgia Tech and Emory University have developed dual-modality silica microbeads capable of sensitive detection in a number of bio-applications, using magnetic and optical functionalities. Highlighted in a recent Georgia Tech new release, these beads show promise in blood and urine diagnostics as well as in biodefense. The beads are loaded with both semiconductor nanocrystals (QDs) and iron oxide nanoparticles, giving them tunable optical properties as well as magnetic properties. This work was recently published in the ACS journal Analytical Chemistry.