Cancer Nanomedicine Laboratory
We are inventing novel technologies to treat advanced cancers and to detect disease at early stages. We are a young bioengineering laboratory that develops new nanotechnologies, including nanomedicines—tiny particles that target drugs to tumor sites, and nanosensors—tiny devices that detect markers of disease. Please check out our recent innovations using the “Learn more” button below…
Daniel A. Heller, PhD
Associate Professor
Research Focus
Chemist Daniel Heller focuses on biomaterials and nanoscale engineering for molecular sensors and targeted therapeutics.Education
PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignLab Members
Daniel A. Heller
Lab Head
Januka Budhathoki-Uprety
Research Scholar
Prakrit Jena
Research Scholar
Merav Antman-Passig
Research Fellow
Hanan Baker
Graduate Student
Christopher Horoszko
Graduate Student
Hiro Kiguchi
Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Fellow
Jaclyn Kubala
Graduate Student
Rachel Langenbacher
Graduate Student
Janki Shah
Senior Research Technician
Ramya Sridharan
Graduate Student
Ryan Williams
Research Scholar
Laura Wilson
Administrative Assistant
Zvi Yaari
Research Scholar
Publications
- TV Galassi, PV Jena, J Shah, G Ao, E Molitor, Y Bram, A Frankel, J Park, J Jessurun, DS Ory, A Haimovitz-Friedman, D Roxbury, J Mittal, M Zheng, R E Schwartz, DA Heller*. “An Optical Nanoreporter of Endolysosomal Lipid Accumulation Reveals Enduring Effects of Diet on Hepatic Macrophages In Vivo.” Science Translational Medicine 10 (2018) eaar2680.
- Y Shamay, J Shah, DF Tschaharganeh, D Roxbury, J Budhathoki-Uprety, M Işık, A Mizrachi, K Nawaly, JL Sugarman, E Baut, MR Neiman, DC Johnson, R Sridharan, KL Chu, VK Rajasekhar, JD Chodera, SW Lowe, DA Heller*, “Quantitative Self-Assembly Prediction Yields Targeted Nanomedicines” Nature Materials (2018)
Selected Achievements
- NSF CAREER Award (2018)
- Pershing Square Sohn Prize for Young Innovators in Cancer Research (2017)
- NIH Director’s New Innovator Award (2012)
- Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship (2010)
- Beckman Institute Graduate Fellowship (2006)
