Mark G.

Professor of Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering, Material Sciences & Medicine, Distinguished Professor of Translational Research, BUnano Director

[Mark G. @Grinstaff]

Drs. Wong & Douam & our teams are excited to share our paper in @NatureBiotech reporting on how modified self-amplifying RNA (saRNA) enables potent low dose vaccines, because unlike mRNA, saRNA is functional for a month. https://t.co/LRWL5lYxLI @BostonU_BME @neidl @BUCollegeofENG

[Mark G. @Grinstaff]

Excited about the publication in @biomaterials about clickable polyamidosaccharides from our lab: a breakthrough in synthetic polysaccharide mimetics. #breastcancer . Bravo Kaitlynn, Maddie, Zoe, and Christian @BUChemistry @BUexperts https://t.co/g3eALZu7i7

[Mark G. @Grinstaff]

Congratulations to Kayla Bobbitt @BUChemistry
#proudtoBU @BU_Tweets

[U.S. National Science Foundation @NSF]

Today, NSF announced it has made offers & will award 2,500 Graduate Research Fellowships for the 2026-2027 academic year to outstanding graduate students across the U.S. pursuing research-based degrees in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. https://t.co/IYju3vBuuC

[Mark G. @Grinstaff]

A remarkable meeting of @NSF #Trailblazer EngineeringImpact Award recipients. Exciting discussions for PIs and their trainees . @BostonU_BME @BU_MSE #proudtoBU

[The Johns Hopkins Institute for NanoBioTechnology @INBT_JHU]

Johns Hopkins hosted the first-ever NSF Trailblazer Workshop, bringing together the inaugural cohorts of NSF Trailblazer Engineering Impact Award recipients alongside selected trainees, industry leaders, and policy stakeholders. https://t.co/xGR7G1zt0h

[Mark G. @Grinstaff]

Great ORS 2026 meeting. Congrats to Erik, Jacob and Seongjue on their oral presentations and to Henry, Dev, Bor-Lin, and Christian in their poster presentations. @ORSsociety #ors2026 @BostonU_BME @BIDMCSurgery @NazarianLab @Christian_D19

[Mark G. @Grinstaff]

Excited to share our review on advancements in therapeutic applications of HA-based biomaterials @ChemRev . Great collab w/ @niu_group Prof. Niu & his students, Na-Chuan Jiang & Poom Ungolan, & one of my students, Kaitlynn Sockett.  #hyaluronicacid
👇🏻
https://t.co/B9VAu6E44t

[Mark G. @Grinstaff]

Happy Halloween from the Grinstaff Group - our annual costume surprise was a great success

[Boston University Nanotechnology Innovation Center @BunanoCenter]

BUnano Center director @Grinstaff and former BUnano alumni Dr. Brett Tingley and Dr. Andrew Martin and Dr. Aaron Colby collaborated on a recent publication on using nanoparticles for antiviral therapy for coronavirus infections https://t.co/CEtqKB5sDP

[Mark G. @Grinstaff]

Congratulations to Dr Brett Tingley, the lab’s most recent @BostonU_BME PhD who successfully defended his dissertation “Therapeutic TAC-nology & Targeted Drug Delivery for Precision Medicines”. He will be joining our group as a Postdoctoral Associate . #proudtoBU

[Mark G. @Grinstaff]

Extremely honored to be inducted into @CRSScience College of Fellows in recognition of my work on drug delivery & novel materials, and their translation toward diverse biomedical applications . #crs2025 @BUCollegeofENG @BUexperts #proudtoBU

[Mark G. @Grinstaff]

End of one journey, start of another one …

@BostonU_BME @BUChemistry @BUCollegeofENG @BU_CAS

[Mark G. @Grinstaff]

Congratulations to Dr. Joshua McGee on brilliantly defending his dissertation “Overcoming The Innate Sensing Of Self-Amplifying RNA For Improved Vaccines & Therapeutics”. #proudtoBU @BostonU_BME #saRNA

[Mark G. @Grinstaff]

Congratulation to Dr. Sara El-Arid, our newest Ph.D. who brilliantly defended her dissertation “Development of scalable synthetic methods to access architecturally complex polymer materials”. She will join Dr. Amanda Garner’s lab as postdoc @UMichPharmacy @BUChemistry #proudtoBU

[AlbroLab @AlbroLab]

Thanks for highlighting our work! @Grinstaff @BergholtLab

[BU Engineering @BUCollegeofENG]

Congratulations to Wilson Wong, member of the Class of 2025 of the AIMBE College of Fellows!
https://t.co/P90uKJgh5Y

[Mark G. @Grinstaff]

Congrats to Christian, Anisha, & Taylor for their @ACS_AMI paper
https://t.co/8j2j75AZNY.
They report a novel dual purpose nanoparticle which lubricates & protects cartilage & is a diagnostic probe for differentiating health from degraded cartilage using computed tomography.

[Mark G. @Grinstaff]

Congratulations to Dr. Christian DeMoya on the brilliant defense of his dissertation titled “Addressing the pathological mechanisms of osteoarthritis using rationally designed biomaterials”,
#proudtoBU @BostonU_BME @BUgradBME

[Mark G. @Grinstaff]

Last day of #ORS2025 . Exciting meeting with former postdoc Dr Janne Mäkelä of @UniEastFinland chairing a session and Erik Ersland of @AlbroLab delivering his talk on new results using Raman spectroscopy in horses to evaluate cartilage quality and repair success . @BuMechE

[Mark G. @Grinstaff]

Great talks and posters by Sadat and Dev @AlbroLab . Wonderful to meet up at @ORSsociety poster session with Dr Brad Nelson who is doing amazing work at @CSUVetMedBioSci #ORS2025

[Mark G. @Grinstaff]

Great @ORSsociety meeting #ORS2025

[Mark G. @Grinstaff]

Huge thanks to INRAD for bringing the now FDA-approved Trilogy Breast Tissue Marker to market! Exciting past work by Dr. Kaplan & Dr. Bloch! 🔬📢 https://t.co/rxqy7XNu7D This is 4th #GrinstaffLab clinical product - research that improves clinical care #proudtoBU #BreastCancer