Padmaja Magadala

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Department: Pharmaceutical Sciences
Advisor: Mansoor Amiji

Biography

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Padmaja grew up in India, where she earned her Bachelor’s in Medicine and Bachelors in Surgery (MBBS) degree. Upon moving to the United States eight years ago, she attended California State University, Hayward, and graduated with Masters of Science (Healthcare Administration). She briefly worked, as MTPCCR fellow at, UCSF, San Francisco. She joined the Ph.D. program in the department of pharmaceutical sciences at Northeastern in Fall of 2006. While not studying or working in the lab, she enjoys cooking, reading fiction and dancing.

Projects

Pancreatic Cancer Gene Therapy with EGFR-Targeted Gelatin-Based Nanoparticle Systems

Presentations

HER2/neu – TARGETED GELATIN-BASED NANOPARTICLES FOR GENE DELIVERY AND TRANSFECTION IN PANCREATIC CANCER CELLS, Padmaja Magadala, American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists Annual Meeting and Expo, San Diego, CA

Publications

Multifunctional Polymeric Nanosystems for Tumor-Targeted Delivery, Padmaja Magadala, Lilian E. van Vlerken, Aliasgar Shahiwala and Mansoor M. Amiji, V. Torchilin (Ed), Multifunctional Pharmaceutical Nanocarriers: Development of the Concept, New York, NY: Springer Publishing, V., P.33-66 (2008)
Epidermal growth factor receptor-targeted gelatin-based nanoparticles for reporter and therapeutic gene delivery in human pancreatic cancer cells, , AAPS, V.10, P.S2 (2008)