The Freeman Lab and Researchers at the University of California, San Diego, have developed a low-cost test strip that uses sugar to detect COVID-19 within minutes. “We tapped into nature to reimagine viral diagnostics,” said Ronit Freeman, co-corresponding author of the paper. Freeman is an associate professor of applied physical sciences and biomedical engineering in the… Continue reading Turning the Tables on the virus with Low cost sugar-coated COVID-19 test strips
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Innovator Q&A: Improving Health Outcomes with Convergent Sciences
Ronit Freeman sat down with Innovate Carolina to discuss the intersection between scientific innovation, entrepreneurship, research and teaching, and how collaboration across disciplines propels discovery. Read the full story to find out how she approaches multidisciplinary approaches to spark scientific innovation here!
Sugar-coated COVID-19 test takes advantage of coronavirus’ sweet tooth
Researchers in the Freeman Lab take advantage of the virus’s sweet tooth by creating a sugar-coated COVID-19 test strip. This test strip has been effective at detecting all known variants of the coronavirus, including delta. They work to determine if the self-test known as GlycoGrip can detect infections caused by the omicron variant too. Read… Continue reading Sugar-coated COVID-19 test takes advantage of coronavirus’ sweet tooth
Freeman and Hagood labs awarded grant by Eshelman Institute for Innovation
The Freeman Lab is excited to announce a new cross-campus grant awarded by the Eshelman Institute for Innovation to pursue research in lung fibrosis. Dr. Ronit Freeman and Dr. Jim Hagood of the UNC School of Medicine will receive $350,000 towards their interdisciplinary research into peptide-based fibrosis therapeutics. This exciting novel drug technology will have… Continue reading Freeman and Hagood labs awarded grant by Eshelman Institute for Innovation
New Paper in Acta Biomaterialia
A new paper titled “Hydrogen Bonding Stiffens Peptide Amphiphile Supramolecular Filaments by Aza-Glycine Residues” is due to be published in the upcoming issue of Acta Biomaterialia. The paper is authored by Jacqueline M. Godbe, Ronit Freeman, Jacob A. Lewis, Ivan R. Sasselli, M. Hussain Sangji, and Samuel I. Stupp. You can find the paper online… Continue reading New Paper in Acta Biomaterialia
COVID-19 Sensing Paper in ACS Sensors
A new paper from the Freeman Lab, titled “Catching COVID: Engineering Peptide-Modified Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy Sensors for SARS-CoV-2”, is due to be published in the upcoming issue of ACS Sensors. The paper was written in collaboration with Zachary Schultz and Taylor Payne of Ohio State University, and was funded by the Reserach Corporation for Scientific… Continue reading COVID-19 Sensing Paper in ACS Sensors
New Paper in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
A new paper from the Freeman Lab, titled “A Programmable Toolkit to Dynamically Signal Cells Using Peptide Strand Displacement”, is due to be published in the upcoming issue of ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. If you’re curious to learn how we can guide cell behavior using programmable surfaces, you can find the paper online here!
UNC Innovation Showcase
On Wednesday, April 14th, UNC Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz, Chapel Hill Mayor Pam Hemminger and other community leaders will kick off a special celebration: the 10-year anniversary of the Innovate Carolina roadmap, which established today’s active network of people and programs that help innovators and ventures make their ideas work. The Freeman Lab will be among the groups… Continue reading UNC Innovation Showcase
Freeman Lab Published in New RSC Book
The Freeman Lab has contributed to a new book published by the Royal Society of Chemistry. Peptide-Based Biomaterials is the latest in RSC’s Soft Matter Series, and features a chapter written by Freeman Lab graduate students Margaret Daly and Stephen Klawa, in collaboration with Dr. Freeman. Their chapter, “New Functions Emerging from Peptide-DNA Materials”, is the… Continue reading Freeman Lab Published in New RSC Book
Ronit Freeman to Speak at the State of Innovation Forum
This week, at 9am EST on Wednesday, October 7, Innovate Carolina will be hosting their annual State of Innovation Forum online via Zoom. Along with other University leaders and innovators, Dr. Ronit Freeman will be speaking at the forum about her NSF-RAPID and RCSA grant research research into the transmission, detection, treatment, and prevention of… Continue reading Ronit Freeman to Speak at the State of Innovation Forum
Molecular approaches to detect and mitigate COVID-19
Dr. Ronit Freeman’s proposals for the Research Corporation for Science Advancement’s COVID-19 Initiative, and her subsequent awards to research ways to capture and disable coronavirus spikes, have been featured on the UNC College of Arts and Sciences website. You can read the article here. Dr Freeman will be collaborating with Rommie Amaro, professor of chemistry… Continue reading Molecular approaches to detect and mitigate COVID-19
Freeman Lab Undergraduates Receive Summer Award for Research-Intensive Courses (SARIC)
We are happy to announce that two Undergraduates working in the Freeman Lab have received the Summer Award for Research-Intensive Courses (SARIC) for Undergraduate research this Summer 2020! Jade Dang will be using the award to explore fluorescent-based methods in probing the properties of peptide-DNA and catalytic material, while Dingyuan Liu will be tracking cell… Continue reading Freeman Lab Undergraduates Receive Summer Award for Research-Intensive Courses (SARIC)