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Big Splash of Project Symphony Team of Fourteen at the ACS National Meeting in Boston MA on August 15‐20, 2015

Sunghee Lee, Ph.D. • Sep 14, 2016

As a capstone experience for student researchers in the summer 2015, fourteen Iona undergraduate research students and their faculty mentor, Dr. Sunghee Lee, proudly joined the international chemistry community and presented their research at the 250th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS) in Boston, MA. Dr. Lee presented the talk at the Division of Colloid and Surface Chemistry, titled “Droplet Interface Bilayer: A Model for Biomembrane Water Permeability Studies”. The students also presented four posters summarizing their research results; (1) “Influence of Tail-Group Lipid Chain Structure on Water Permeability in Artificial Biological Membrane” (2) “Tuning of Membrane Permeability via Various Ion Interactions” (3) “The Formation of Symmetric and Asymmetric Droplet Interface Bilayers: Water Permeability Studies” and (4) “Effects of Solvent and Method of Preparation on Artificial Biological Membrane.”

Exciting News from Project Symphony Research Group: Announcing Our Latest Publication!

By Sunghee Lee • 13 Apr, 2024
We are thrilled to announce the publication of our latest research paper titled "Concentration-Dependent Effects of Curcumin on Membrane Permeability and Structure" in the ACS Pharmacology and Translational Science ( https://doi.org/10.1021/acsptsci.4c00093 ) . This publication represents the culmination of years of hard work, dedication, and collaboration within our research group. In this paper, we delve into how phytochemical curcumin interacts with lipid bilayer. Our findings not only contribute to the existing body of knowledge in this field but also have the potential for successful translation of curcumin into effective medicine. We extend our heartfelt thanks to all the members of our research group for their invaluable contributions, and NSF for funding support. We look forward to continuing our research efforts and sharing more exciting discoveries in the future. Stay tuned for further updates from our research group! Go Project Symphony!

Journal of Physical Chemistry B has now published our work on the effect of soy isoflavones on the model membranes

By Sunghee Lee • 01 Mar, 2024
The Project Symphony team publishes another research paper in peer-reviewed journal, Journal of Physical Chemistry B The article titled “Differential Effects of Soy Isoflavones on the Biophysical Properties of Model Membranes” is published in Journal of Physical Chemistry B, an American Chemical Society publication. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jpcb.3c08390 This paper is coauthored by nine undergraduates, Jamie Gudyka ('24 Biochemistry), Jasmin Ceja-Vega ('23 Biochemistry), Katherine Ivanchenko (’23 Chemistry), Wilber Perla (’25 Chemistry), Christopher Poust (’25 Chemistry), Alondra Gamez Hernandez ('23 Biochemistry), Colleen Clarke (’23 Chemistry), Shakinah Silverberg (’24 Biology/Chemistry), Escarlin Perez ('22 Biochemistry) with Dr. Sunghee Lee. Congratulations to the Project Symphony!

The Project Symphony team publishes another research paper in 2023 in peer-reviewed journal Langmuir

By Sunghee Lee • 11 Nov, 2023
The diligent work of Project Research team has culminated in a peer-reviewed research publication. This is the proud result of 10 undergraduate coauthors over the span of 3 years. The title of the article is “Aspirin Interacts with Cholesterol-Containing Membranes in a pH-Dependent Manner”, and appears in Langmuir, an American Chemical Society publication. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.langmuir.3c02242 This paper is coauthored by ten undergraduates, Michael Krmic (’22 Biochemistry), Escarlin Perez ('22 Biochemistry), Patrick Scollan (’21 Chemistry), Katherine Ivanchenko (’23 Chemistry), Alondra Gamez Hernandez ('23 Biochemistry), Joseph Giancaspro (’21 Biochemistry), Juan Rosario (’21 Biochemistry), Jasmin Ceja-Vega ('23 Biochemistry), Jamie Gudyka ('24 Biochemistry), Riley Porteus ('24 ACS Chemistry), with Dr. Sunghee Lee. Congratulations to the project team!
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