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Kristy Ainslie's Lab

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Researching new vaccines & drug delivery methods to treat infectious & autoimmune diseases & cancer. 🏳️‍🌈 Ally. Mom 2 boys. She/her/hers. Chem Engineer. Views are my own.

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Kristy Ainslie's Lab @kristy-ainslie-lab.bsky.social · Jul 17

Inspired by CRS meeting - A new Micro/Nanotechnology for Therapeutic, Vaccine, and Imaging Applications timeline!

Original article Stiepel et al.: doi.org/10.1002/btm2...

Link timelines: ainslielab.web.unc.edu/support/

Editable timeline: docs.google.com/presentation...

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Kristy Ainslie's Lab @kristy-ainslie-lab.bsky.social · 8d

Thanks for posting our work!

Kristy Ainslie's Lab @kristy-ainslie-lab.bsky.social · 9d

Thrilled to congratulate Elizabeth Gurysh on her first-author paper in Nature Portfolio, showcasing exciting work on immunotherapy-driven clearance of orthotopic glioblastoma.

Open Access: rdcu.be/eIJmv

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Science Magazine @science.org · 12d

NSF today released instructions for the next round of applicants to its Graduate Research Fellowship Program. A key group—second-year Ph.D. students—is no longer eligible, and students who are still able to apply will face an unusually narrow timeframe. https://scim.ag/3KlQkQk

‘Completely shattered.’ Changes to NSF’s graduate student fellowship spur outcry

The announcement comes months later than usual, leaving many would-be applicants stranded

www.science.org

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Kristy Ainslie's Lab @kristy-ainslie-lab.bsky.social · 23d

Group lunch at the newly reopened Med Deli! Great to see it open again and wonderful food as always!

Kristy Ainslie's Lab @kristy-ainslie-lab.bsky.social · 25d

Congrats High School student Jacob Bachelder on your first author pre-print publication in Chemrxiv! "Six-Array Transepithelial Electrical Resistance Device"

doi.org/10.26434/che...

Kristy Ainslie's Lab @kristy-ainslie-lab.bsky.social · 25d

Thanks!

Kristy Ainslie's Lab @kristy-ainslie-lab.bsky.social · 25d

Congrats Ryan Woodring on your 1st author pub "Biodegradable nanofibrous scaffolds enhance standard of care for glioblastoma via localized targeted therapy"

Open Access: go.unc.edu/AinslieLabTMZ

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Kristy Ainslie's Lab @kristy-ainslie-lab.bsky.social · Sep 5

Over the years, I’ve baked cupcakes for lab members’ birthdays, colleagues at work, and friends in my neighborhood. Some of the students in the division asked me to collect the recipes, so I’ve put them together in a free PDF download: go.unc.edu/Cakes

Enjoy! 🧁

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Liz Szabo @lizszabo.bsky.social · Aug 31

High-dose flu shots associated with protection against myocarditis or pericarditis compared with regular flu shots in the largest individually randomized trial of an enhanced influenza vaccine.

jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Risk of Myocarditis or Pericarditis With High-Dose vs Standard-Dose Influenza Vaccine

This prespecified secondary analysis of a randomized clinical trial investigates the risk of myocarditis or pericarditis with high-dose vs standard-dose inactivated influenza vaccine among older adult...

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Kristy Ainslie's Lab @kristy-ainslie-lab.bsky.social · Aug 27

Two memes of the week this week!

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Kristy Ainslie's Lab @kristy-ainslie-lab.bsky.social · Aug 17

Welcoming the lab back to the 1st week of classes w/ homemade lunch!

Korean beef rice bowl, Roasted veggie over an orzo, garbanzo & feta salad, Southwest chix farro bowl w/ grilled corn, black beans, pico de gallo, roasted onion & peppers, & cauliflower & Cashew barley bowl with baked tofu

Kristy Ainslie's Lab @kristy-ainslie-lab.bsky.social · Aug 15

Our lab's meme of the week this week! I'm a sucker for any Schitt's Creek meme.

Kristy Ainslie's Lab @kristy-ainslie-lab.bsky.social · Aug 14

Some lab birthday treats from this summer. Double decadence brownies, peach upside down cake, lemon cupcakes, and reverse cookies & cream cupcakes.

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Kristy Ainslie's Lab @kristy-ainslie-lab.bsky.social · Jul 17

I’m looking forward to presenting at the Controlled Release Society Annual Meeting today during Tech Session VI: Immuno Delivery III!

🗓 Thursday, July 17, 2025
🕟 4:30 PM EDT
📍 Room 119 B

Kristy Ainslie's Lab @kristy-ainslie-lab.bsky.social · Jul 17

JCR Article double feature alert!

Intranasal influenza vaccine w/ a nanocomplex particulate adjuvant targeting mast cells & TLR9
doi.org/10.1016/j.jc...

Multivalent subunit influenza vaccine using mixed polymeric microparticle degradation rates doi.org/10.1016/j.jc...

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Kristy Ainslie's Lab @kristy-ainslie-lab.bsky.social · Jul 17

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Kristy Ainslie's Lab @kristy-ainslie-lab.bsky.social · Jul 16

Excited to be co-chairing a fantastic Immuno Delivery session at the CRS this Wednesday alongside Helena Florindo!

We have an outstanding lineup of speakers :
✨ Ayelet David
✨ Vincent J. Venditto
✨ Paul Sagoe
✨ Milan paul
✨ Ana Baião
✨ David Peeler
✨ Madhan Mohan Chandra Sekhar Jaggarapu

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Kristy Ainslie's Lab @kristy-ainslie-lab.bsky.social · Jul 16

I’m looking forward to presenting at the CRS Meeting Thursday during Tech Session VI: Immuno Delivery III!

🗓 Thurs 7/17/25
🕟 4:30 PM
📍 Room 119 B

My talk, “Engineering Tolerance: Acetalated Dextran Microparticles in the Generation of B-regs and T-regs,”

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Kristy Ainslie's Lab @kristy-ainslie-lab.bsky.social · Jul 12

Great to visit UMich Pharmacy and thanks for the swag!

Kristy Ainslie's Lab @kristy-ainslie-lab.bsky.social · Jul 7

Congrats Nicole Rose on your successful PhD defense!! 🎉🎉

Kristy Ainslie's Lab @kristy-ainslie-lab.bsky.social · Jul 2

Pics from Nicole's graduation party! 🎉🎉

Kristy Ainslie's Lab @kristy-ainslie-lab.bsky.social · Jul 1

Congrats Sophie on your review!

Open Access: www.preprints.org/manuscript/2...

Kristy Ainslie's Lab @kristy-ainslie-lab.bsky.social · Jul 1

A peach upside down cake for my lab tech Allie's birthday! 🍑

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American Institute for Medical & Biological Engineering (AIMBE) @aimbe-official.bsky.social · Jun 20

AIMBE has launched our new Citizen Advocate for Science Letter: takeaction.io/aimbe/scienc...

We ask the broader scientific community to widely share this letter (✍️ <1 minute) with friends, family, and other concerned citizens to urge their elected officials to protect biomedical research funding 👇

Write Your Lawmakers - AIMBE

aimbe.org

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · Jun 17

Cancer vaccines will be a big part of the future of immunotherapy. A new, super review @thelancet.com
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

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