Category: Other Posts


  • Katelynn Pranger MS Chemistry Thesis Defense

    Congratulations to Katelyn for successfully defending her thesis and reaching this important academic milestone!!! Her project titled “Comparative Binding Studies of DNA-Based Monoclonal Antibody Mimics,” explores the design and evaluation of DNA-based constructs that emulate monoclonal antibody binding behavior. The work focuses on systematically comparing binding affinities and specificities across different DNA architectures using SPR […]

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  • Rustbelt RNA Meeting 2025

    Sophie Rodionova presented a poster at the Rustbelt RNA Meeting in October 2025 with the “Synthesis and Assembly of RNA Nanoparticles for Prostate Cancer and Diagnostics.” This work is our ongoing efforts in RNA nanotechnology, which focusing on the rational design and assembly of RNA-based nanoparticles for targeted prostate cancer applications and improved diagnostic strategies. […]

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  • ACS Spring 2025

    Attending the ACS National Meeting in San Diego 2025 was an exciting and rewarding experience! One of the highlights was seeing students from St. Mary’s University present research that was conducted in our BioNanoTech Lab at Ball State University during the Summer of 2024. Looking forward to more exciting collaborations and discoveries ahead! 🚀🔬 #ACS2025 […]

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  • Chemistry Research Immersion Summer Program 2024

    The Chemistry Research Immersion Summer Program (CRISP) has concluded for 2024. Congratulations to Rilynne and Caitlin for successfully presenting their research project!   Rilynne is enthusiastically sharing her results obtained after 10 weeks of experience in BioNanoTechnology Lab.       

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  • Visiting Students from StMU

    In summer 2024, our lab has hosted a group of talented summer undergraduate research students from St. Mary’s University (StMU) together with their mentor Dr. Khon. Students have joined us to gain hands-on experience and contribute to our Nucleic Acid Nanotechnology projects.

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  • Chemistry Recruitment Summer 2024

    Hannah and Katelyn presented our lab at recruitment event for the Chemistry Research Immersion Summer Program 2024. We invite interested candidates to apply by following this link: https://www.bsu.edu/academics/collegesanddepartments/chemistry/activities/crisp#accordion_whatifiminterestedinworkingwithaparticularfacultymentor

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