Advanced materials for biomedical applications
Awards:
2015 1000Plan Professorship for Young Talents by the Chinese Government
2015 Pujiang Talents by Shanghai Government
2014 Chicago Biomedical Consortium Postdoctoral Research Award
2014 The University of Chicago 21st Annual Charles B. Huggins Symposium, Oral Presentation Award
2012 University of Chicago Biological Sciences Division Postdoc Association, Travel Award
2010 239th National American Chemical Society Meeting in Physical Chemistry Division, Outstanding Student Poster Award
2010 239th National American Chemical Society Meeting in Colloid and Surface Chemistry Division, Best Student Oral Presentation at the Biofunctional Architectures Symposium Session
2010 American Chemical Society Meeting-in-Miniature, Graduate Student Awardee
2010 Research ShowCASE Graduate Student Poster Contest, 2nd Prize
2009 The Microscopy Society of Northeastern Ohio Fall Meeting, 1st Place Graduate Physical Poster
2009 Research ShowCASE Graduate Student Poster Contest, 1st Prize
2008 Research ShowCASE Graduate Student Poster Contest, 1st Prize
2007 Research ShowCASE Graduate Student Poster Contest, Honorable Mention
2004 Excellent Undergraduate Thesis of Hubei Province, P.R.China
2003 Excellent Student of Wuhan University, Wuhan University
2002 Excellent Student of Wuhan University, Wuhan University
2001 Excellent Student of Wuhan University, Wuhan University
1、Qishuai Feng, Yajing Shen, Yingjie Fu, Megan E. Muroski, Peng Zhang, Qiaoyue Wang, Chang Xu, Maciej S. Lesniak, Gang Li*, Yu Cheng*, “Self-Assembly of Gold Nanoparticles Shows Microenvironment-Mediated Dynamic Switching and Enhanced Brain Tumor Targeting”, Theranostics, 2017, 7(7), 1875-1889.（https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5479275/）
2、Yajing Shen, Congyu Wu, Taro Q. P. Uyeda, Gustavo R. Plaza*, Bin Liu, Yu Han, Maciej S. Lesniak, and Yu Cheng*, “Elongated Nanoparticle Aggregates in Cancer Cells for Mechanical Destruction with Low Frequency Rotating Magnetic Field”, Theranostics, 2017, 7(6), 1735-1748.（https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5436524/）
3、Yingjie Fu, Qishuai Feng, Yifan Chen, Yajing Shen, Qihang Su, Yinglei Zhang, Xiang Zhou *, Yu Cheng*, “Comparison of Two Approaches for the Attachment of a Drug to Gold Nanoparticles and Their Anticancer Activities”, Molecular Pharmaceutics 2016, 13,3308. （http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.6b00619）
4、Ramin A. Morshed, Megan E. Muroski, Qing Dai, Michelle L. Wegscheid, Brenda Auffinger, Dou Yu, YuHan, Lingjiao Zhang, Meijing Wu, Yu Cheng*, Maciej S. Lesniak*. “Cell-Penetrating Peptide-Modified Gold Nanoparticles for the Delivery of Doxorubicin to Brain Metastatic Breast Cancer”, Molecular Pharmaceutics 2016, 13, 1843.（http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.6b00004）
5、Megan E. Muroski, Ramin A. Morshed, Yu Cheng*, Tarun Vemulkar, Rodri, Mansell, Yu Han, Lingjiao Zhang, Karen S. Aboody, Russell P. Cowburn, Maciej S. Lesniak,* “Controlled Payload Release by Magnetic Field Triggered Neural Stem Cell Destruction for Malignant Glioma Treatment”, PLOS ONE, 2016, 11: e0145129.（http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0145129）
6、Yu Cheng, Megan E. Muroski, Dorothee C.M.C. Petit, Rhodri Mansell, Tarun Vemulkar, Ramin A. Morshed, Yu Han, Irina V. Balyasnikova, Craig M. Horbinski, Xinlei Huang, Lingjiao Zhang, Russell Cowburn, Maciej S. Lesniak, "Rotating Magnetic Field Induced Oscillation of Magnetic Particles for in vivo Mechanical Destruction of Malignant Glioma", Journal of Controlled Release 2016, 223: 75.（http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168365915302819）
7、Lijie Zhai, Kristen L. Lauing, Alan L. Chang, Mahua Dey, Jun Qian, Yu Cheng, Maciej S. Lesniak, Derek A. Wainwright, “The Role of IDO in Brain Tumor Immunotherapy”, Journal of Neuro-Oncology, 2015, 123,395. （https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11060-014-1687-8）
8、Hongying Liu, Tennyson L. Doane, Yu Cheng, Feng Lu, Shriya Srinivasana, Jun-Jie Zhu, Clemens Burda, “Control of Surface Ligand Density on PEGylated Gold Nanoparticles for Optimized Cancer Cell Uptake”, Particle and Particle Systems Characterization , 2015, 32, 197.（http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ppsc.201400067/full）
9、Yu Cheng, Qing Dai, Ramin Morshed, Xiaobing Fan, Michelle L. Wegscheid, Derek A. Wainwright, Yu Han, Lingjiao Zhang, Brenda Auffinger, Alex L. Tobias, Esther Rincón, Bart Thaci, Atique U. Ahmed, Peter Warnke, Chuan He, Maciej S. Lesniak, “Blood-Brain Barrier Permeable Gold Nanoparticles: An Efficient Delivery Platform for Enhanced Malignant Glioma Therapy and Imaging ”, Small, 2014, 10, 513.（http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/smll.201400654/full）
10、Tennyson Doane, Yu Cheng, Nipun Sodhi, and Clemens Burda, “NIR Photocleavage of the Si−C Bond in Axial Si-Phthalocyanines”,The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2014, 118,10587.（http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jp505656e）
11、Derek A. Wainwright, Alan L. Chang, Mahua Dey, Irina V. Balyasnikova, Chung Kwon Kim, Alex Tobias, Yu Cheng, Julius W. Kim, Jian Qiao, Lingjiao Zhang, Yu Han, Maciej S. Lesniak “Durable therapeutic efficacy utilizing combinatorial blockade against IDO, CTLA-4 and PD-L1 in mice with brain tumors”, Clin Cancer Res., 2015, 21,662（http://clincancerres.aacrjournals.org/content/20/20/5290.short）
12、Yu Cheng, Tennyson L. Doane, Chi-Hung Chuang, Assem Ziady, Clemens Burda,“Near Infrared Light -Triggered Generation and Release of a Photodynamic Therapy Drug from Gold Nanoparticle Carriers”, Small, 2014, 10, 1799.（http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/smll.201303329/full）
13、Michelle M. Wegscheid, Ramin Morshed, Yu Cheng, Maciej S. Lesniak “The Art of Attraction: Applications of Multifunctional Magnetic Nanomaterials for Malignant Glioma”，Expert Opin Drug Deliv. 2014, 11(6).（http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1517/17425247.2014.912629）
14、Eun Ji Chung, Yu Cheng (共同第一作者), Ramin Morshed, Kathryn Nord, Yu Han, Michelle Wegscheid, Brenda Auffinger, Derek A. Wainwright, Maciej S. Lesniak, Matthew V. Tirrell. “Fibrin-Binding, Peptide Amphiphile Micelles for Targeting Glioblastoma”, Biomaterials, 2014, 35, 1249. （http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0142961213013082）
15、Yu Cheng, Ramin Morshed, Brenda Auffinger, Alex Tobias, Maciej S. Lesniak. “Multifunctional Nanoparticles for Brain Tumor Diagnosis and Therapy”, Adv. Drug Deliv. Rev. 2014, 66, 42. （http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169409X13002019）16、Brenda Auffinger, Ramin Morshed, Alex L. Tobias, YuCheng, Atiqu e U. Ahmed, Maciej S. Lesniak. “Drug-Loaded Nanoparticle Systems and Adult Stem Cells: A Potential Marriage for the Treatment of Malignant Glioma?”, Oncotarget, 2013, 4, 378.（https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3717302/）
17、Ramin Morshed, Yu Cheng, Brenda Auffinger, Michelle Wegscheid, Maciej Lesniak. “The potential of polymeric micelles in the context of glioblastoma multiforme therapy”, Frontiers of Pharmacology , 2013, 4, 157.
18、Ramin Morshed, Yu Cheng, Brenda Auffinger, Michelle Wegscheid, Maciej Lesniak. “The potential of polymeric micelles in the context of glioblastoma multiforme therapy”, Frontiers of Pharmacology , 2013, 4, 157.（https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3874582/）
19、Atique U. Ahmed, Bart Thaci, Alex L. Tobias, Brenda Auffinger, Lingjiao Zhang, Yu Cheng, Chung Kwon Kim, Catherine Yunis, Yu Han, Nikita G. Alexiades, Xiaobing Fan, Karen S. Aboody, Maciej S. Lesniak. “A Preclinical Evaluation of Neural Stem Cell-Based Cell Carrier for Targeted Antiglioma Oncolytic Virotherapy”, J. Natl. Cancer Inst. 2013, 105, 968.（https://academic.oup.com/jnci/article/105/13/968/957480）
20、Yu Cheng, Ramin Morshed , Shih-Hsun Cheng, Alex Tobias, Brenda Auffinger, Derek A. Wainwright, Lingjiao Zhang, Catherine Yunis, Yu Han, Chin-Tu Chen, Leu-Wei Lo, Karen S. Aboody, Atique U. Ahmed, Maciej S. Lesniak. “Nanoparticle-Programmed Self-Destructive Neural Stem Cells for Glioblastoma Targeting and Therapy”, Small, 2013, 9, 4123.（http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/smll.201301111/full）
21、Brenda Auffinger, Bart Thaci, Pragati Nigam, Esther Rincon, Yu Cheng, Maciej S. Lesniak. “New Therapeutic Approaches for Malignant Glioma: In Search of the Rosetta Stone.” F1000 Medicine Report , 2012, 4, 18.（https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3438652/）
22、Yu Cheng, Joseph D. Meyers, Ann-Marie Broome, Tennyson L. Doane, Malcolm E. Kenney, Clemens Burda, James P. Basilion “Addressing Brain Tumors with Targeted Gold Nanoparticles: A New Gold Standard for Hydrophobic Drug Delivery?”, Small, 2011, 7, 2301.（http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/smll.201100628/full）
23、Yu Cheng, Joseph D. Meyers, Ann-Marie Broome, Malcolm E. Kenney, James P. Basilion, Clemens Burda “Deep Penetration of a PDT Drug into Tumors by Noncovalent Drug-Gold Nanoparticle Conjugates”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 2583. （http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ja108846h）
24、Yu Cheng, Clemens Burda “Nanoparticle-based Photodynamic Therapy”, Book Chapter of Comprehensive Nanoscience and Technology, 2010, Elsevier.
25、Yu Cheng, Anna C. Samia, Jun Li, Malcolm E. Kenney, Andrew Resnick, Clemens Burda. “Delivery and Efficacy of a Cancer Drug as Function of the Bond to the Gold Nanoparticle Surface”, Langmuir 2010, 26, 2248（http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/la902390d）
26、Tennyson L. Doane, Yu Cheng, Amir Babar, Reghan J. Hill, Clemens Burda “Electrophoretic Mobilities of PEGylated Gold NPs”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 15624.（http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ja1049093）
27、Yu Cheng, Anna C. Samia, Joseph D. Meyers, Irene Panagopoulos, Baowei Fei, Clemens Burda “Highly Efficient Drug Delivery with Gold Nanoparticle Vectors for in Vivo Photodynamic Therapy of Cancer” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 10643.（http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ja801631c）
