Dufes Lab

Research in the field of cancer nanomedicine at University of Strathclyde

[Dufes Lab @DufesLab]

Delighted and deeply honoured to have been shortlisted for a Strathclyde Teaching Excellence Award in the “Best in Science” category! Thank you to the students who have nominated and shortlisted me!
#StrathTEAs
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@SIPBS_Strath
@UniStrathclyde

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Delighted to have given an invited talk at the Biomat 2026 Congress in Le Croisic, France, last week. It was a pleasure to share our work and connect with colleagues in the field!
@SIPBS_Strath @StrathScience
#nanomedicine #genedelivery #cancer

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Check out our latest paper in Pharmaceutics on camptothecin-bearing PEGylated DAB dendriplexes for prostate cancer gene therapy, benchmarking NanoAssemblr microfluidics versus hand mixing and mapping how FRR/TFR tune size, charge, uptake and gene expression.
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Check out our latest paper in Pharmaceutics on PEGylated zein micelles for prostate cancer therapy: how PEG chain length and transferrin targeting shape docetaxel delivery and in vitro performance.
@SIPBS_Strath @UniStrathclyde @MDPIpharma #nanomedicine #drugdelivery #Cancer

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@pinkbools @UniStrathclyde @StrathUnion Huge thanks to you and the Movember student team for organising such a fantastic event. I was delighted to take part and support such an important cause!

[Marie Boyd 🇺🇦 @pinkbools]

Great event organised by our fabulous @UniStrathclyde movember student team who have raised an amazing amount for prostate cancer research. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to host. @StrathUnion #ProstateCancer #letsgetmalestalking #menshealth.

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@pinkbools Thank you Marie!

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@SIPBS_Strath Thank you!

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@IntouchRx @SIPBS_Strath @StrathScience @UniStrathclyde Thank you Intouch!

[Dufes Lab @DufesLab]

Congratulations to Dr Zainab Al-Quraishi who successfully defended her PhD thesis today! Thank you to the Examiners Professor Joshua Boateng and Dr Lina Akil and to the Convenor Professor Nik Rattray!
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@StrathScience
@UniStrathclyde
#nanomedicine #CancerResearch

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@pinkbools @SIPBS_Strath @StrathScience @UniStrathclyde Thank you!

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Happy to share that our laboratory has received a Laboratory Efficiency Assessment Framework (LEAF) “Bronze” award, recognising measurable sustainability actions in standard laboratory operations
#LEAF #SustainableScience #GreenerLabs

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@Soryia @SIPBS_Strath @StrathScience @UniStrathclyde Thank you Soryia!

[Dufes Lab @DufesLab]

I am thrilled and very honoured to share that I have been awarded Senior Fellowship of Advance HE (SFHEA)!
I am grateful to everyone who supported me: thank you!
#SFHEA #AdvanceHE #HigherEducation
@SIPBS_Strath @StrathScience @UniStrathclyde

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@IntouchRx @SIPBS_Strath @StrathScience @UniStrathclyde Thank you Intouch!

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@pinkbools @SIPBS_Strath @StrathScience @UniStrathclyde Thank you!

[Dufes Lab @DufesLab]

Zainab Al-Quraishi presented a poster on the microfluidic formulation of dendriplexes at the British Society of Nanomedicine annual meeting in Belfast
#nanomedicine #research #bsnm @BritSocNanoMed
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@StrathScience
@UniStrathclyde

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Check out our latest paper on angiopep–functionalised dendriplexes increasing gene expression in the brain following IV administration (just published in International Journal of Nanomedicine)
@SIPBS_Strath @UniStrathclyde @DovePress #nanomedicine #genedelivery #braindelivery

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Deeply honoured to have been invited to attend the Royal Garden Party at the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh!
#RoyalGardenParty #Edinburgh #Grateful

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Zainab Al-Quraishi presented a poster on the microfluidic formulation of dendriplexes at the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) Nucleic Acids forum in London
#nanomedicine #research
@SIPBS_Strath
@StrathScience
@UniStrathclyde