Gang Han Lab - Group News - UMass Chan Medical School

01/11/21

Coloring Afterglow Nanoparticles for High‐Contrast Time‐Gating‐Free Multiplex Luminescence Imaging

Han Lab paper published in Advanced Materials

10/29/20

Han Lab paper published in Journal of the American Chemical Society

Our JACS paper, with its record high NIR to visible organic TTA upconversion efficacy and sun-light compatibility, is now online and is featured in JACS twitter account:
JACS Tweet

06/30/20

Han Lab publishes paper in Angewandte Chemie

Our Angewandte Chemie paper shows the power of a twisted Bodipy molecule in photodynamic therapy. This paper is now featured in Angewandte Chemie twitter account: Angewandte Chemie Tweet

06/18/20

Gang Han receives UMass Tech seed funding to explore safer class of MRI contrast agents

Gang Han, PhD, received seed funding from the UMass Technology Development Fund to explore a new, safer, biogenic class of MRI contrast agents as an alternative for commonly used gadolinium-based contrast agents.

01/13/20

Chosen Best Of 2019 by Cell

“Mammalian Near-Infrared Image Vision through Injectable and Self-Powered Retinal Nanoantennae” one of Best of Cell 2019

10/07/19

Han Lab summer research fellowship intern given poster award

“Synthesis of an amphiphilic nanoparticle-embedded hydrogel for in situ delivery of anti-cancer drugs.”

09/30/19

Gang Han paper gets inside back cover of Advanced Materials

Genetic Probe Enhanced MRI: Enhancing Prostate‐Cancer‐Specific MRI by Genetic Amplified Nanoparticle Tumor Homing

09/23/19

Dr. Gang Han interviewed by BBC News and Daily Mail

‘If we had near-infrared vision, we could see the universe in a whole new way.”

09/16/19

Dr. Gang Han gives press conference at American Chemical Society Meeting in San Diego

Nanoparticles could someday give humans built-in night vision

09/12/19

Department Promotion

Congratulations to this BMP faculty member!

06/27/19

Dr. Gang Han awarded 2 year DOD Idea Award

Photoregulated Immunotherapy

04/08/19

Dr. Gang Han receives NIH Innovative Research in Cancer Nanotechnology award

5-year NIH Innovative Research in Cancer Nanotechnology R01 award

03/28/19

Gang Han's upconversion nanoparticle research featured on NIH Director's Blog

03/18/19

UMass Chan scientists develop technology to give night vision to mammals

By: Jim Fessenden, UMass Chan Medical School Communications

“We believe that this research is a major advance in the field of biotechnology."

12/26/18

Dr. Gang Han has been awarded tenure in Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology Department

Congratulations to Dr. Gang Han!

12/17/18

Gang Han, PhD, recognized as Highly Cited Researcher 2018

11/15/18

BMP’s Gang Han, PhD, discusses Photodynamic Therapy – A Non-Toxic Way to Fight Cancer.

Horiba highlights Photodynamic Therapy research in the Han Lab

10/23/18

BMP’s Gang Han and Thoru Pederson featured in special edition of Small Methods journal

By: Jim Fessenden, UMass Chan Medical School Communications

Special section in Small Methods portrays a small sample of the innovative life science research at UMMS

03/27/18

UMass Chan awarded NIH S10 grant for in vivo imaging system

A team of UMMS researchers including BMP’s Miller and Han labs were awarded an NIH shared instrumentation grant.

06/29/17

Gang Han, colleagues develop tumor-targeting MRI contrast based on human protein

By: Megan Bard / UMass Chan Medical School Communications

A team led by Gang Han, PhD, has designed a human protein-based, tumor-targeting Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) contrast that can be easily cleared by the body. The discovery holds promise for clinical application, including early stage tumor detection because of the enhanced MRI contrast.

08/10/15

Nanoluminous pearls developed by scientists at UMass Chan

A microscopic crystal created by researchers at UMass Chan Medical School brings the potential use of persistent luminescence nanoparticles for bioimaging one step closer to both the research laboratory and the clinic.