News: Lipid Nanostructures Laboratory
June-2017
- Mark Higham starts URIS Internship (Undergraduate Research Internship Scheme). Welcome Mark!
May-2017
- Federica Fedele starts the summer research internship. Welcome Federica!
- URIS-2017 (Undergraduate Research Internship Scheme) Summer internship interviews completed, Mark Higham was successful.
April-2017
- Paid URIS-2017 (Undergraduate Research Internship Scheme) Summer internship is available in our laboratory. Please find details here and apply online asap: only for UCLan sutdents!
- Kulkarni, C.V.*, Vinod Kumar Vishwapathi, Abraham Quarshie, Zeinab Moinuddin and James Page, Invited Talk in Faraday Joint Interest Group Conference 2017, April 11-13, 2017, University of Warwick, United Kingdom.
- Hifza successfully defended her BSc research project viva. Congratulations!
- Rory and Caleb submitted research proposals for MChem projects. Well done!
March-2017
- Second year Chemistry Poster Assessment was completed in an innovative manner similar to the conferene poster presentations.
- Innovative digital MCQ assessments using IML handsets were successfully completed for First and Second Year Chemistry Students.
- Rory Collier and Caleb Scott started their MChem Research Projects. Welcome Rory and Caleb!
February-2017
- Dr. Kulkarni delivered an invited Talk ‘Significance of Self-Assembled Lipid Nanostructures in Daily Life’ at the “Advances in Biochemistry” Workshop organized by Sinhgad College Pune on 16th February 2017, India.
January-2017
- Dr Kulkarni visited CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory Pune for research collaboration with various groups.
- Mini-project team submitted their project report for Semester 1.
December-2016
- Dr. Kulkarni delivered an invited Talk ‘Self-Assembled Lipid Nanostructures’ at the Sinhgad College Pune on 28th December, 2016, India.
November-2016
- Manuscript is now published online: Ultrasonic Processing of Butter Oil (Ghee) into Oil‐in‐water Emulsions, Kulkarni, C.V.* Journal of Food Processing and Preservation.
- IML-Click online voting system was successfully employed for FZ2028 Chemistry Practical Assessment.
- Prof. Michael Rappolt, University of Leeds delivered research seminar and visited the lab.
- Lab member participated in an Open Day for Chemistry.
October-2016
- Manuscript Accepted: Effect of High Pressure on Internally Self-Assembled Lipid Nanoparticles: A Synchrotron Small Angle X-ray Scattering (SAXS) Study Kulkarni, C.V*, Anan Yaghmur, Milos Steinhartd, Manfred Kriechbaum and Michael Rappolt. Langmuir
- Manuscript Accepted: Lipid Self-Assemblies and Nanostructured Emulsions for Cosmetic Formulations. Kulkarni, C. V.*. Cosmetics.
- Dr Kulkarni delivered invited talk “Lipid Self-Assembly and Nanostructures in Our Daily Life” on 12th October, 2016, at Cardinal Newman College, Preston, United Kingdom.
- Miniproject team Rory Collier, Gabrielle Forrest, Aaminah Vali and Caleb Stott started working on Semester 1 group project.
- Hifza Kiran Yaqoob started her Bachelor's research project. Welcome Hifza!
September-2016
- Dr Kulkarni became a member of the Editorial Board of 'Asian Journal of Science Research'.
- Dr Kulkarni became a member of the Editorial Board of 'Global Journal of Multidisciplinary Research'.
August-2016
- Manuscript Accepted: Ultrasonic Processing of Butter Oil (Ghee) into Oil‐in‐water Emulsions, Kulkarni, C.V.* Journal of Food Processing and Preservation.
- Book edited by Prof Ales Iglic, Dr C V Kulkarni and Prof. Michael Rappolt is now published: Advances in Biomembranes and Lipid Self-Assemblies, Volume 24.
July-2016
- Dr Kulkarni delivered an Invited Talk on "Applications of Lipid Nanostructures and Hybrid Systems for Drug Delivery" at 10th International Conference on Nanomedicine and Nanotechnology in Health Care, July 25-27, 2016 Bangkok, Thailand. He also moderated the conference and chaired a few sessions.
- Manuscript accepted: Kulkarni, C.V.*, Z. Moinuddin and Y. Agarwal, Effect of Fullerene on the Dispersibility of Nanostructured Lipid Particles and Encapsulation in Sterically Stabilized Emulsions, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 480, 69-75.
June-2016
- Dr Kulkarni joined the Editorial Board of the journal 'Scientific Reports' for Chemical Biology section.
May-2016
- MChem students, James and Abraham successfully defended their Thesis-Vivas. Congratulations!
April-2016
- MChem students submitted their final project reports. Well Done!
- Dr Kulkarni delivered presentation on "Fats (Lipids): Are They Any Useful?" in the 'Teachers Programme', RSC Analyst Competition Heats, 20th April, 2016, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, United Kingdom.
March-2016
- Zeinab Moinuddin and Chandrashekhar V. Kulkarni*. Poster Presented in the 'Functional Nanomaterials in Industrial Applications: Academic Industry Meet', 29-31st March, 2016, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, United Kingdom.
- Book edited by Prof Ales Iglic, Dr C V Kulkarni and Prof. Michael Rappolt is now published: Advances in Biomembranes and Lipid Self-Assemblies, Volume 23.
February-2016
- A paper in Journal of Visualized Experiments (JOVE) is now online together with its Video. Patil-Sen, Y., A. Sadeghpour, M. Rappolt and C.V. Kulkarni*, (2016) Facile Preparation of Internally Self-assembled Lipid Particles Stabilized by Carbon Nanotubes. Journal of Visualized Experiments, 108, p. e53489.
- Lab member participated in Applicant Day for Chemistry
January-2016
- Med-Chem Lectures and Tutorials (New Frontiers in Chemistry) started for FZ1028.
- A new Mini-project team (for Semester 2) started their project on lipids nanostructures.
December-2015
- Practical for FZ1120 finished: Lab-book submission deadline: 11th Dec, 2015 till 15:00 hrs.
- Mini-project team submitted their report. Well Done!
November-2015
- Lab member participated in the Open Day event for Chemistry
- Team of Authors and Journal support personnel completed film shooting for Journal of Visualized Experiments at the University of Leeds, UK.
October-2015
- Blog on a book published by Prof Iglic, Dr Kulkarni and Prof Rappolt: The Complex World of Lipid Membranes: From Cell Communication to Drug Delivery.
- Poster Presentation: Zeinab Moinuddin and Chandrashekhar V. kulkarni* in the Research Interns Poster Exhibition and Award Event, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, 7th October, 2015 United Kingdom
- Mini-project Team (Jake Carter, Hazel Dixon, Joe Rawlinson and Jordon Wilkinson) started their project in the group
- James Page and Abraham Quarshie started their MChem projects on nanostructured lipid systems. Welcome James and Abraham!
- Chemistry Lab-Practicals for new academic year started for FZ1120: Applied Skills for Chemists
September-2015
- We have a job opening for Graduate Research Intern (Paid, UCLan Students only).
Visit the link: Bio-Nano-Materials Researcher (Intern) for more details, and to apply. - Teaching for new academic year started for FZ1120: Applied Skills for Chemists
August-2015
- The next book of a series edited by Prof Ales Iglic, Dr C V Kulkarni and Prof Michael Rappolt is now published: Advances in Planar Lipid Bilayers and Liposomes, Volume 22.
- Lab now has a new address: changed to 'School of Physical Sciences and Computing' from 'School of Forensic and Investigative Sciences'.
July-2015
- Lab participated in 'Future Researchers' Scheme: 12th Year students worked with us to get introduced to 'research projects'.
- Shravasti Misra, Yash Agarwal and Malavika Arun participated in the 'Analytical Research Forum 2015' held at the Royal Society London, 3rd July, 2015.
June-2015
- Zeinab Moinuddin joined the group as URIS-2015 student. Welcome back Zeinab!
- Manuscript Accepted: Y.Patil-Sen, A. Sadeghpour, M. Rappolt and C.V. Kulkarni* Facile Preparation of Internally Self-assembled Lipid Particles Stabilized by Carbon Nanotubes Journal of Visualized Experiments, In Press.
May-2015
- Dr Kulkarni delivered invited seminar "Novel Hybrid Carriers for Pharmaceutical Applications: Lipid Nanostructures and Beyond" at the Centre for Pharmaceutical Engineering Science, School of Pharmacy, University of Bradford, United Kingdom.
- Shravasti Misra and Yash Agarwal from Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India joined the group as Project Students. Welcome Shravasti and Yash!
April-2015
- Book edited by Prof Ales Iglic, Dr C V Kulkarni and Prof. Michael Rappolt is now published: Advances in Planar Lipid Bilayers and Liposomes, Volume 21.
- URIS 2015 Project, Interviews scheduled on 22nd May, 2015.
March-2015
- Manuscript Accepted: Kulkarni, M*, Y. Patil-Sen, I. Junkar, C.V. Kulkarni, M. Lorenzetti and A.Iglič. Wettability Studies of Topologically Distinct Titanium Surfaces, Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces.
- Open (Paid) Position (for UCLan undergrads only): URIS 2015 Project; Apply here.
- Nicholas Gaunt was recently conferred with the degree of MSc (by Research) in recognition of a programme of work entitled ‘Carbon Nanotubes for the Stabilization of Lipid Nanostructured Particles’. He published one first author paper (in Nanoscale) and presented his work in three national/international conferences. Congratulations Nick!
February-2015
- Book edited by Dr Kulkarni is highlighted on the recent issue of University's 'BreakThrough' magazine (last page).
- Malavika Arun joined the group as a Research Student from Mahatma Gandhi University Kottayam, Kerala, India.
- Kulkarni,C.V*, Yogita Patil-Sen, Mukta Kulkarni and Ales Iglic. In 59th Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society, Baltimore, 7-11th Feb, 2015 United States of America (P)
- We have an opening for URIS-2015 Summer Internship (only for UCLan Students). More details will be available soon.
January-2015
- Manuscript is now online: Kulkarni,C.V*, Z. Moinuddin, Y. Patil-Sen, R. Littlefield, and M. Hood. Int. J. Pharmaceutics, 479, 416-421.
- Manuscript Accepted: Kulkarni,C.V*, Z. Moinuddin, Y. Patil-Sen, R. Littlefield, and M. Hood. Lipid-Hydrogel Films for Sustained Drug Release, Int. J. Pharmaceutics.
- Sana Sayed joined the group as a Graduate Researcher. Welcome Sana!
December-2014
- Zeinab Moinuddin and Chandrashekhar V. kulkarni*. Poster Presented in the 4th Annual Postgraduate Symposium on Nanotechnology, 15th December, 2014, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom.
- Miniproject Team submitted their final project report
- Manuscript is now online: Nicholas P. Gaunt, Yogita Patil-Sen, Matthew J. Baker, Chandrashekhar V. Kulkarni* Carbon Nanotubes for Stabilization of Nanostructured Lipid Particles Nanoscale, (2015), 7, 1090-1095.
November-2014
- Prof. Michael Rappolt, University of Leeds, UK visited the Group and some Senior Researchers in Chemistry
- Nicholas Gaunt defended the Viva examination for MSc by Research Degree on 26th November, 2014.
- Manuscript Accepted: Nicholas P. Gaunt, Yogita Patil-Sen, Matthew J. Baker, Chandrashekhar V. Kulkarni* Carbon Nanotubes for Stabilization of Nanostructured Lipid Particles, Nanoscale.
- Dr. Kulkarni delivered presentation on "Nano and Biotechnological Applications of Lipid Nanostructures" at the Centre for Materials Science (Seminar Series), University of Central Lancashire, Preston 5th November, 2014 United Kingdom.
October-2014
- We have an opening for Graduate Researcher (Paid, UCLan Students only): Visit Open Positions for more details.
- We have two openings for (Self-supported) PhD Studentships: Visit Open Positions for more details.
- Zeinab Moinuddin, Yogita Patil-Sen, Rowan Littlefield and Chandrashekhar V. Kulkarni*. Poster Presented in the Research Interns Poster Exhibition and Award Event, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, 8th October, 2014.
- Zeinab Moinuddin submitted her report on URIS work in summer. Well Done!
- Mini-Project Team (Jaida Begum, James Page, Michael Briscoe and Bradley George Crowder) starts their project on Carbon Nanotubes.
September-2014
- Nicholas P. Gaunt submitted his MSc (by research) Thesis. Well Done!
- Nicholas P. Gaunt, Matthew J. Baker, Gary Bond, Yogita Patil-Sen and Chandrashekhar V. Kulkarni* Poster Presented in 'New Advances in Carbon Nanomaterials' Faraday Discussion 173, London, UK, 1-3 September, 2014.
August-2014
- Rowan Littlefield submitted final project report on his work in a group. Well Done!
- Nicholas P. Gaunt receives Royal Society of Chemistry - Conference Bursary to attend Faraday Discussions (FD173) Meeting to be held in September in London
- Yogita Patil-Sen, Younes Turki, Amelia Smith, Adam Squires, Tapas Sen and Chandrashekhar V. Kulkarni* Poster Presented in Bicontinuous Cubic Phases conference, Noosa, Australia; 30th July-2nd August 2014
July-2014
- Zeinab Moinuddin, Yogita Patil-Sen, Nicholas Gaunt and Chandrashekhar V. Kulkarni*. Poster Presented in Macro Group UK Young Researchers’ Meeting, Durham University 24-25 July 2014.
- Nicholas P. Gaunt, Matthew J. Baker, Gary Bond, Matija Tomsic and Chandrashekhar V. Kulkarni*. Poster Presented in Macro Group UK Young Researchers’ Meeting, Durham University 24-25 July 2014.
- Rowan Littlefield joined group as Visiting Student from USA. Welcome Rowan!
- Book edited by Prof Ales Iglic and Dr C V Kulkarni is now published: Advances in Planar Lipid Bilayers and Liposomes, Volume 20.
June-2014
- Kulkarni M.V., Y. Patil-Sen, A.M. Manthanwar, B.K. Kakati, A. Iglic and C.V. Kulkarni*; Modulating Nanoscale Behaviour of Monoolein by Adding Biologically Relevant Molecules; Poster presented in "Professor CNR Rao 80th Birthday Symposium" organized by RSC in London 23-24th June, 2014.
- Kulkarni C.V.*, A.M. Manthanwar and B.K. Kakati; Novel Computational and Experimental Approaches for the Optimal Design and Synthesis of Self-Assembling Molecules; Poster presented in "Professor CNR Rao 80th Birthday Symposium" organized by RSC in London 23-24th June, 2014.
- Dr Yogita Patil-Sen receives Royal Society of Chemistry, Chemistry Biology Interface Division travel grant
- Zeinab Moinuddin joined group as URIS Researcher. Welcome Zeinab!
- ‘Lipid Nanostructures Group’ weekly meetings started from 3rd June; every Tuesday 10:00-12:00
May-2014
- Dr Yogita Patil-Sen receives SCI/RSC Sir Eric Rideal Travel Award. Congratulations!
- Dr Yogita Patil-Sen receives an accommodation subsidy to take part in the Bicontinuous Cubic Phases Conference in Australia. Congratulations!
- URIS Project has been selected for UK-USA Student Exchange Program. Congratulations!
- Mukta Kulkarni, PhD student from University of Ljubljana visits the group for about 2 month. Welcome Mukta!
- Dr Kulkarni visited some Austrian Universities for scientific activities.
- Dr Kulkarni delivered lectures to Undergraduates (Microscopy: Principles and Advances) and Doctoral Training Centre (Lipid Nanostructures: Significance and Applications) at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia with a partial support from Erasmus Teaching Mobility Scheme.
April-2014
- Nicholas Gaunt attended ‘Making Pharmaceuticals-Conference’ at Birmingham, UK
- Amelia Smith submited her final bachelors report. Well Done!
March-2014
- Book edited by Prof Ales Iglic and Dr C V Kulkarni is now published: Advances in Planar Lipid Bilayers and Liposomes, Volume 19.
February-2014
- Nicholas Gaunt is visiting Slovenia from 22nd February, 2014 for 2 months overseas research work at the Laboratory of Biophysics, University of Ljubljana (with co-sponsorship from the overseas Lab).
- Dr Kulkarni moved to the new office: from MB063 to JBF005.
- URIS Application successful, student to join in June, 2014.
January 2014
- Dr. Kulkarni was awarded Hind Rattan (Jewel of India) Award and Certificate of Excellence by NRI Welfare Society of India to for his research recognition on 25th January, 2014 in New Delhi, India.
- Dr. Kulkarni was awarded Bharat Gaurav (Pride of India) Award and Certificate of Excellence by India International Friendship Society for his contribution to the field on 9th January, 2014 in New Delhi, India.
- Short interview (about Hind Rattan Award) telecasted on Doordarshan Television (DD News and DD Urdu, India) on 5th and 6th February, 2014.
- Dr. Kulkarni delivered a few invited talks at Indian Research Institutions during his recent business trip to India:
- "Lipid Nanostructures: Self-Assembly Working for Nano- and Bio-Technology" on 30th January, 2014 under CFPE Seminar Series at the National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, India.
- "Nano- and Bio-technology of Lipids" on 16th January, 2014 at the Hyderabad University (Central), Hyderabad, India.
- "Bio-Nano-Science of Lipid Nanostructures" on 13th January, 2014 at the Vidyasagar University, Midnapore (Kolkata), India.
- "Lipid Nanostructures" on 11th January, 2014 at the Department of Chemistry, Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla, India.
December 2013
- Invited talk in the 3rd Drug Delivery Global Summit & Trade Exhibition, Drug Delivery & Formulation: New
Advances; 03 Dec - 04 Dec 2013 in London, United Kingdom. - DR Yogita Patil-Sen joined as the group as a Visiting Postdoc. Welcome Yogita!
- Dr Kulkarni became (permanent) editor of Book Series named Advances in Planar Lipid Bilayers and Liposomes, Elsevier B.V
November 2013
- Published Online: Book edited by A. Iglic and C.V. Kulkarni Advances in Planar Lipid Bilayers and Liposomes, Volume 18, Elsevier B.V., ISBN: 978-0-12-411515-6
October 2013
- Nicholas Gaunt started MSc by Research. Welcome back Nick!
- Amelia Smith joined the group as a Bachelor Project Student. Welcome Amelia!
- Invited talk in the "International Conference on Advanced Polymeric Materials (ICAPM 2013)" held on 11, 12 and 13 October 2013 at Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, India.
- Public Lecture on 'Bio-NanoScience' at the Yashwantrao Chavan College of Science, Karad, Dist-Satara, on 24th October, 2013, India.
- Bharat Gaurav (Pride of India) Award and Certificate of Excellence has been announced to Dr Kulkarni by India
- International Friendship Society for his contribution to the field to be received on 9th January, 2014 in New Delhi, India.
. September 2013
- Short Consultancy Project on 'Stabilizing Emulsions' successfully completed with a Food Based International Company
- Nicholas Gaunt joined the group as a Research Intern on a Consultancy Project. Welcome Nick!
- Invited talk in the "3rd Annual World Congress of Marine Biotechnology-2013 (WCMB-2013)", held on September 23-25, 2013 in Hangzhou, China.
- Mitesh Hood joined the group as Research Intern. Welcome Mitesh!
- Dr Kulkarni became father :-) Its a Son: Anay! Congratulations!
August 2013
- Hind Ratan (Jewel of India) Award and Certificate of Excellence has been announced to Dr Kulkarni by NRI
Welfare Society of India to for his research recognition to be received in January, 2014 in New Delhi, India. - Recently published work has been accepted for: Inside Front Cover:Nanoscale, 2013, 5, 8728
July 2013
- Manuscript Accepted for Nanoscale: Lipid Nanoscaffolds in Carbon Nanotube Arrays Paukner, C.P, Koziol,
K.* and C.V.Kulkarni* - Visit by Prof. Sir Harry Kroto to UCLan, Dinner with the Nobel Laureate!
- Younes visits University of Reading for SAXS/WAXS experiments.
June 2013
- Welcome to Younes Turki, a Visiting Student (with Dr. Tapas Sen) from Polytech Paris-UPMC, France.
- First get-together of Guild Research Fellows at UCLan.
May 2013
- Manuscript Accepted for Soft Matter: Pressure Effects on a Protein-Lipid Model MembraneKulkarni, C.V.*, O. Ces,
R. H. Templer and J. M. Seddon*
April 2013
- Dr Kulkarni became a member of the Editorial Board of Elsevier Book Series: Advances in Planar Lipid Bilayers and Liposomes (from Volume 17).
March 2013
- Dr. Kulkarni joined as a Guild Research Fellow-Material Science at the Centre for Materials Science, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, United Kingdom and started a new 'Lipid Nanostructures Group.