Ran.An

Assistant Professor at University of Houston

[Umut A. Gurkan @UAGurkan]

Happy to share that @ZoeSekyonda's recent paper was selected as front cover in @analystrsc.

In this article, we present a rapid hemoglobin-oxygen dissociation measurement approach to screen for and detect hemoglobin-oxygen affinity abnormalities and to evaluate the function and efficacy of hemoglobin modifying therapies within minutes.
@cwru @CaseEngineer @CWRUBME

Cover art illustration credit: Grace Gongaware

Read the full open access article here:
https://t.co/wWVWiieW9Y

[Ran.An @RanAnPhD]

@UAGurkan Thank you, Dr. Gurkan!

[Ran.An @RanAnPhD]

Thrilled to receive the #NSFCAREER Award! Many thanks to #NSF for supporting the project "Alternating Current Electrophoresis in Spatially Non-Uniform Electric Fields". Grateful to colleagues, collaborators, and our group members!
https://t.co/s2FyBlQDgR

[Umut A. Gurkan @UAGurkan]

Happy to share this collaborative publication on a much needed new affordable point-of-care test for #betathalassemia:

Point-of-Care Diagnostic Test for Beta-Thalassemia https://t.co/9CskRkpv7c #mdpibiosensors via @Biosensors_MDPI
👇
https://t.co/vZuXh4TB0Z

[Umut A. Gurkan @UAGurkan]

“In today's competitive environment, we cannot assume that curiosity-driven advances in science will someday be useful. We must also be pursuing questions targeted at needed breakthroughs.” L. Rafael Reif, 17th President of @MIT

[Ran.An @RanAnPhD]

@Dr_Joe_Newman Same new pi here. Now I’m concerned about my invited talk in October

[Umut A. Gurkan @UAGurkan]

Congratulations to @ArwaFraiwan @ZoeSekyonda @RanAnPhD and @HemexHealth for this new invention, which will make #diabetes screening and testing more accessible everywhere! Coming to #Gazelle soon. @CaseEngineer @cwru

[Ran.An @RanAnPhD]

Please find our paper in British Journal of Haematology: "Sickle red blood cell-derived extracellular vesicles activate endothelial cells and enhance sickle red cell adhesion mediated by von Willebrand factor." support: @nih_nhlbi

https://t.co/AuxcyA7eyn

[Umut A. Gurkan @UAGurkan]

We had many reasons to celebrate this week: Dr. @utkugoreke successfully defended his Ph.D. dissertation (& a paper accepted in @BloodAdvances), Dr. @RanAnPhD started a tenure-track faculty position at @UHBiomedEng, and we got new grants. Happy holidays!

[Umut A. Gurkan @UAGurkan]

New paper in Biosensors & Bioelectronics: "A microfluidic device for assessment of E-selectin-mediated neutrophil recruitment to inflamed endothelium and prediction of therapeutic response in sickle cell disease." support: @nih_nhlbi 👇 https://t.co/qLpITpind4

[Hemex Health @HemexHealth]

Incredible results from our latest study using Gazelle Multispectral for Hb variant screening! We were able to accurately screen 265 newborns for haemoglobinopathies. #newborn #hemoglobinopathies #GazelleMultispectral #health

https://t.co/Ja3DBXm2YS

[Umut A. Gurkan @UAGurkan]

We have a new special commentary published in Current Opinion in Hematology with @RanAnPhD: "Emerging functional microfluidic assays for the study of thromboinflammation in sickle cell disease. @cwru @CaseEngineer 👉 https://t.co/AhcB1Umypr

[Umut A. Gurkan @UAGurkan]

A Novel Approach for Glycosylated Hemoglobin Testing Using Microchip Affinity Electrophoresis: just published in @IEEEXplore Trans. on BME. @CaseEngineer & @HemexHealth collaboration. Support: @NIDDKgov. Authors: @ZoeSekyonda @ArwaFraiwan @RanAnPhD
👉https://t.co/wrv3b6DSMX

[Umut A. Gurkan @UAGurkan]

Bittersweet to say goodbye to @RanAnPhD, who just completed his postdoc in our lab at @CaseEngineer @cwru and joined @UHBiomedEng as a tenure-track Assistant Professor. Photo from our last meeting before Ran and his wife left for Houston. Good luck Ran, you will be missed.

[Ran.An @RanAnPhD]

@UAGurkan @CaseEngineer @cwru @UHBiomedEng Thank you Dr. Gurkan! It has been such a fantastic and precious experience working with you! I’m so proud of having worked in your lab. Thank you for all the mentorship and help!

[Umut A. Gurkan @UAGurkan]

Gazelle Hb Variant by @HemexHealth is in use at more than 700 locations in the world, changing lives everyday. Here is one example: @JcrcUganda 🇺🇬. Meet and hear from the happy users: Faith and Faith. Seeing the real world impact of research is priceless. @cwru @globalgti

[Ran.An @RanAnPhD]

@UAGurkan @nih_nhlbi @CaseEngineer @cwru Thank you for your mentorship!!

[Umut A. Gurkan @UAGurkan]

Congratulations to @RanAnPhD postdoctoral research associate in our lab for winning a 5-year @nih_nhlbi K25 Mentored Quantitative Research Development Award! His work is on red cell extracellular vesicles, complement activation, and thromboinflammation. @CaseEngineer @cwru

[Oded Rechavi @OdedRechavi]

The reason reviewers can continue asking "What's the mechanism?" forever

[Anirban Sen Gupta @JishnuSenGupta]

We report in @acsnano feasibility studies on intravenous NP that renders platelet-mimetic adhesion to injury & directly deliver thrombin to augment fibrin for hemostasis! @Sen_Gupta_Lab @CWRUBME @CaseEngineer collab w @UAGurkan @macky_neal @MarvNieman labs
https://t.co/WoP4zKtwIQ