Areas of Focus
- Design and evaluation of drug delivery carriers across the blood-labyrinth barrier in the inner ear
- Application of intelligent DNA nanostructures as drug delivery carriers in nanomedicine
- Development of nanobiomaterial strategies against melanoma and their clinical application
Work Experience
- 2012-2022 - Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine
- 2014-2016 - Postdoctoral research at Emory University, USA
- 2022-Present - Shanghai University School of Life Sciences
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2006 - Bachelor from China Pharmaceutical University
- 2009 - Master from Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine
- 2012 - PhD from Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine
- Hosted 2 National Natural Science Foundation projects, 1 Shanghai Science and Technology Commission project
- 2019 - First Prize in Scientific and Technological Progress for research on genetically induced acquired hearing loss
Publications
- Epigallocatechin gallate-loaded tetrahedral DNA nanostructures as a novel inner ear drug delivery system, Chen YM, Gu JY, Liu Y, Xu K, Song J, Wang XL, Yu DH (co-corresponding author), Wu H, 2022
- An enhanced antioxidant strategy of astaxanthin encapsulated in ROS-responsive nanoparticles for combating cisplatin-induced ototoxicity, Gu JY, Wang XL, Chen YM, Xu K, Yu DH (co-corresponding author), Wu H, 2022
Awards
- 2019: First Prize in Scientific and Technological Progress for research on genetically induced acquired hearing loss
