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363
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2018 - Fellow, National Academy of Inventors
  • 2012 - Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)

Overview

Omid C. Farokhzad is affiliated with Harvard Medical School in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their research spans multiple subfields including molecular biology, spectroscopy, biomedical engineering, biomaterials, and materials chemistry.

Their recent scholarly output includes notable papers such as:

  • Rapid, deep and precise profiling of the plasma proteome with multi-nanoparticle protein corona, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Marriage of black phosphorus and Cu2+ as effective photothermal agents for PET-guided combination cancer therapy, 2020, Nature Communications
  • A materials-science perspective on tackling COVID-19, 2020, Nature Reviews Materials
  • Biomaterials and nanomedicine for bone regeneration: Progress and future prospects, 2021, Exploration
  • Reactivation of the tumor suppressor PTEN by mRNA nanoparticles enhances antitumor immunity in preclinical models, 2021, Science Translational Medicine

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Farokhzad include:

  • Wei Tao
  • Asim Siddiqui
  • Róbert Langer
  • Jinjun Shi
  • John E. Blume

Key venues where their work has been regularly published are:

  • Nano Letters
  • Cancer Research
  • Biomaterials
  • Nature Communications
  • Exploration

The main topics investigated in their body of work are:

  • Advanced Proteomics Techniques and Applications
  • Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery
  • RNA Interference and Gene Delivery
  • Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics
  • Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques
  • Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis
  • Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications

Omid C. Farokhzad has received recognitions including being named a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors in 2018 and a Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) in 2012.

Best Publications

  • Nanocarriers as an emerging platform for cancer therapy

    Dan Peer;Jeffrey M. Karp;Jeffrey M. Karp;Seungpyo Hong;Omid C. Farokhzad

  • Cancer nanomedicine: progress, challenges and opportunities.

    Jinjun Shi;Philip W. Kantoff;Richard Wooster;Omid C. Farokhzad;Omid C. Farokhzad

  • Nanocarriers as an Emerging Platform for Cancer Therapy

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  • Cytotoxicity and Genotoxicity of Silver Nanoparticles in Human Cells

    P. V. AshaRani;Grace Low Kah Mun;Manoor Prakash Hande;Suresh Valiyaveettil

  • Factors Affecting the Clearance and Biodistribution of Polymeric Nanoparticles

    Frank Alexis;Eric Pridgen;Linda K. Molnar;Omid C. Farokhzad

  • Impact of Nanotechnology on Drug Delivery

    Omid C Farokhzad;Omid C Farokhzad;Robert D. Langer;Robert D. Langer

  • Nanoparticles in Medicine: Therapeutic Applications and Developments

    L Zhang;FX Gu;JM Chan;AZ Wang

  • Cancer Nanotechnology: The impact of passive and active targeting in the era of modern cancer biology

    Nicolas Bertrand;Jun Wu;Xiaoyang Xu;Nazila Kamaly

  • Degradable Controlled-Release Polymers and Polymeric Nanoparticles: Mechanisms of Controlling Drug Release

    Nazila Kamaly;Basit Yameen;Jun Wu;Omid C. Farokhzad;Omid C. Farokhzad

  • Cellular uptake of nanoparticles: journey inside the cell.

    Shahed Behzadi;Vahid Serpooshan;Wei Tao;Majd A. Hamaly

  • Targeted nanoparticle-aptamer bioconjugates for cancer chemotherapy in vivo

    Omid C. Farokhzad;Jianjun Cheng;Jianjun Cheng;Benjamin A. Teply;Ines Sherifi

  • Targeted polymeric therapeutic nanoparticles: design, development and clinical translation

    Nazila Kamaly;Zeyu Xiao;Pedro M. Valencia;Aleksandar F. Radovic-Moreno

  • Nanotechnology in Drug Delivery and Tissue Engineering: From Discovery to Applications

    Jinjun Shi;Alexander R. Votruba;Omid C. Farokhzad;Omid C. Farokhzad;Robert Langer

  • Nanoparticle Delivery of Cancer Drugs

    Andrew Andrew Wang;Robert Langer;Omid C. Farokhzad

  • Challenges and Key Considerations of the Enhanced Permeability and Retention Effect for Nanomedicine Drug Delivery in Oncology

    Uma Prabhakar;Hiroshi Maeda;Rakesh K. Jain;Eva M. Sevick-Muraca

  • Formulation of functionalized PLGA-PEG nanoparticles for in vivo targeted drug delivery

    Jianjun Cheng;Benjamin A. Teply;Benjamin A. Teply;Ines Sherifi;Ines Sherifi;Josephine Sung

  • Preclinical Development and Clinical Translation of a PSMA-Targeted Docetaxel Nanoparticle with a Differentiated Pharmacological Profile

    Jeffrey Hrkach;Daniel Von Hoff;Mir Mukkaram Ali;Elizaveta Andrianova

  • Nanoparticle-aptamer bioconjugates: a new approach for targeting prostate cancer cells.

    Omid C. Farokhzad;Sangyong Jon;Ali Khademhosseini;Thanh-Nga T. Tran

  • Quantum Dot−Aptamer Conjugates for Synchronous Cancer Imaging, Therapy, and Sensing of Drug Delivery Based on Bi-Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer

    Vaishali Bagalkot;Liangfang Zhang;Etgar Levy-Nissenbaum;Sangyong Jon

  • Targeted delivery of cisplatin to prostate cancer cells by aptamer functionalized Pt(IV) prodrug-PLGA–PEG nanoparticles

    Shanta Dhar;Frank X. Gu;Robert Langer;Omid C. Farokhzad;Omid C. Farokhzad

  • Self-assembled lipid--polymer hybrid nanoparticles: a robust drug delivery platform.

    Liangfang Zhang;Juliana M. Chan;Frank X. Gu;June Wha Rhee

Frequent Co-Authors

Wei Tao
Wei Tao Harvard Medical School
Morteza Mahmoudi
Morteza Mahmoudi Michigan State University
Frank X. Gu
Frank X. Gu University of Toronto
Xiaoyang Xu
Xiaoyang Xu New Jersey Institute of Technology
Liangfang Zhang
Liangfang Zhang University of California, San Diego
Ulrich H. von Andrian
Ulrich H. von Andrian Harvard University
Ali Khademhosseini
Ali Khademhosseini Terasaki Foundation

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