15/07/2020
Profile Featured in the 1 Million Women in STEM (1WMIS) Initiative as the Role Model
My profile was featured as a role model in 1MWIS [LINK]. The initiative’s mission is to spotlight 1 million STEM women to provide visible role models and inspire the next generation of girls.
09/07/2020
I Gave an Invited talk at Virtual Seminars in Biomedical Science
I gave an invited presentation virtually. The seminars speakers were selected from applicants from around the world!
03/07/2020
I Gave an Invited talk at WIMIN Focus Group at World Molecular Imaging Society (WMIS)
Pleased to be invited as a speaker at WIMIN which was held virtually due to COVID-19. Prof. David Cormode from Upenn Radiology moderated my talk.
I delivered an hour long presentation on spectral CT and how I contributed to the field by developing ultrasmall Hf nanoparticles. For further information check out [HERE]. The video of the talk is securely accessible via this [LINK]
06/12/2020
Thesis was Selected as the Outstanding Thesis in Carbon Science and Technology
The journal Carbon and its publisher Elsevier has awarded the Carbon Journal Prize, given for “an outstanding Ph.D. thesis in carbon material science and technology”. We are pleased to recognize Dr. María Canal Rodríguez, Dr. Fatemeh Ostadhossein and Dr. Juyoung Leem for winning the second place in the competition [LINK].
Through this award I have become the extended advisory board of journal Carbon
03/26/2020
I Have Been Selected as One of the CAS Future Leaders Class of 2020
Delighted to be selected among one of the 30 individuals selected around the world as a CAS Future Leader. The CAS Future Leaders program awards early-career scientists with leadership training and a trip to the ACS National Meeting & Exposition, one of the most respected scientific meetings in the world.
Press release in several links:
Profile feature in the official CAS website [LINK]
YouTube Announcement [LINK]
C&EN Magazine Announcement [LINK]
01/26/2020
Our Paper is Featured on the Inside Back Cover of Advanced Functional Materials
Delighted to see that our work was featured on the cover of Advanced Functional Materials. Also, it got featured in several news outlets [LINK].
11/07/2019
Researchers use color x-ray scanner, ‘GPS particles’ to pinpoint microfractures
“A team of Baltimore-based researchers are using a new color imaging technique to find tiny microfractures in bones previously considered to be invisible using traditional modalities.
X-ray is often used to see dense materials such as bones, but such technology can’t image tiny structures like microcracks. The researchers used a color x-ray scanner developed by researchers from New Zealand, along with novel nanoparticles, to produce a clear image of where such cracks are located [MORE].
09/25/2019
I received BMES career development award
05/21/2019
PhD thesis work on display at Beckman Institute website
“Nanoparticles show great promise for finding, fighting, and following a variety of diseases, including cardiovascular disease, cancer, infections, and genetic disorders,” said Ostadhossein, aBeckman Institute Postdoctoral Fellow who recently completed her Ph.D. in bioengineering at Illinois. [MORE]
04/10/2019
My Ph.D. thesis work has been highlighted in Beckman annual report
Thanks to Beckman Institute for highlighting my PhD research work in 2017-18 annual report (Connections magazine).
03/01/2019
2019 Beckman postdoctoral fellows announced
The Beckman Institute has named five new Postdoctoral Fellows. Their work covers a variety of topics, from diagnosing and treating breast cancer and osteosarcoma, to better fighting fungal infections, to developing energy-efficient manufacturing methods, to exploring the supramolecular assembly of materials [LINK].
19/02/2019
I successfully defended my PhD thesis
“Congratulations to Fatemeh Ostadhossein (seventh from the left) who defended her dissertation, “A Drug-Free Theranostic Approach for Localized and Systemic Diseases via Nanoparticles,” today. She is a member of Professor Dipanjan Pan’s research group.” [LINK]
12/13/2018
New drug seeks receptors in sarcoma cells, attacks tumors in animal trials
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — A new compound that targets a receptor within sarcoma cancer cells shrank tumors and hampered their ability to spread in mice and pigs, a study from researchers at the University of Illinois reports. [MORE]
11/15/2018
Tap water filter aims to remove potentially harmful pharmaceuticals
Tap water: It’s a norm in households around the world, and people don’t often give it a second thought after turning on the faucet. However, what happens when the water that comes out is contaminated?
Dipanjan Pan, associate professor in bioengineering at the University, is working on a way to remove those contaminants — pharmaceuticals — from tap water using a specialized filter. [MORE]
11/13/2018
Illinois Researchers Take Novel Approach to Removing PPCPS from Water
When you dump expired cold syrup or rinse out an almost empty bottle of lotion into the sink, do you ever consider what chemicals are being introduced into the water supply? [MORE]
10/29/2018
Congratulations: Grad student Ostadhossein earns travel award to attend biomedical policy conference
A doctoral student in Associate Professor Dipanjan Pan’s lab, Fatemeh Ostadhossein has earned a $1,400 travel award to attend the AIMBE Public Policy Institute event Oct. 29-30 in Washington, DC. This program educates young researchers about how public policy impacts biomedical engineering [MORE].
08/09/2018
Novel nanoparticle-based approach detects and treats oral plaque without drugs
When the good and bad bacteria in our mouth become imbalanced, the bad bacteria form a biofilm (aka plaque), which can cause cavities, and if left untreated over time, can lead to cardiovascular and other inflammatory diseases like diabetes and bacterial pneumonia [MORE].
The paper has been highlighted in many news resources: EurekAlert, ScienceDaily, Phys.org, Nanowerk, Salamtnews, nplus1, California Dental Association, etc.
05/03/2018
Ostadhossein to receive prestigious AHA fellowship
2/28/2018
Grad student’s research image featured in c&en magazine
Bioengineering graduate student Fatemeh Ostadhossein’s image, 2-D aquarium, was recently featured in Chemical & Engineering News [MORE].
02/23/2017
Luminescence switchable carbon nanodots follow intracellular trafficking and drug delivery
Tiny carbon dots have, for the first time, been applied to intracellular imaging and tracking of drug delivery involving various optical and vibrational spectroscopic-based techniques such as fluorescence, Raman, and hyperspectral imaging [MORE].
01/24/2017
Ostadhossein Earns Gridley McKim Smith Women’s Health Fellowship Award
06/08/2016
Could nanotechnology turn the cancer cell suicide switch back on? An interview with Professor Dipanjan Pan
Drug delivery quantified through nanoparticles inside a cell
For the first time, researchers from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have demonstrated that the success of delivery of drugs from nanoparticles can be quantified inside a cell [MORE].
