@SimmsLab

Briana L. Simms, PhD.— Beyoncé of dendrimers. ✨We address public health challenges from the benchtop! ✨Polymers, drug delivery & wound healing, oh my!

 University of Cincinnati
Joined October 2022
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Prof. SP8@IR_SP83 Feb 2024
Some of my favorite black chemists. Some mentors, friends, inspirations, influences. Welcome to black history month, we celebrate black excellence all year round but this month we’re a little more direct about it 🙌🏽
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Koch Institute at MIT@kochinstitute31 Jan 2024
Congratulations to Paula Hammond on winning the 2024 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Chemistry! Hammond is honored for her "innovative methods to create novel materials one molecular layer at a time." fi.edu/en/franklin-institute…
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Sydney Floryanzia 👑@neurochemequeen19 Jan 2024
Replying to @DrCatharineY
@reinventedmag , we do both!! 👑🧬 #PrincessesWithPowertools
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University of Cincinnati Chemistry@UCincinnatiChem14 Dec 2023
Introducing the new official account of the Chemistry Graduate Program at University of Cincinnati. Follow this space for updates about our awesome students and faculty + info about the chemistry program!
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Prof. SP8@IR_SP811 Dec 2023
Don’t forget, the CMCC is running an REU program. Curious about what happens when you smash, mash, and bash reactions? We are too! Applications are open until 1/31. Feel free to reach out if you have questions. chem.tamu.edu/cmcc/education…
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Dr. Ashley Ross@RossLabUC1 Dec 2023
Excited to share our latest paper, which was in collab with the White lab @echemuc @UcChem ! We have developed an echem aptamer-based sensor for Neuropeptide Y detection! The sensor responds rapidly & we hope to use it for animal studies! Congrats Jordan! pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs…
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Dr. Simone A. Douglas-Green@DrBlackBoots24 Oct 2023
Assistant Professor @SimmsLab from @uofcincy kicks off our final session, Cell Systems Engineering at #AfroBioTech2023 to discuss her exciting work on designing functional nanomaterials that cross the blood-brain-barrier!
Dr Briana Simms at the podium starting her presentation on “How did we get here: Design strategies for nanomaterials crossing the blood-brain-barrier”

ALT Dr Briana Simms at the podium starting her presentation on “How did we get here: Design strategies for nanomaterials crossing the blood-brain-barrier”

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Samira Musah@ProfSamiraMusah3 Oct 2023
I am tremendously grateful to receive the 2023 @NIH Director's New Innovator Award to develop new therapeutic modalities for degenerative glomerulopathies. Many thanks to my mentors, trainees, family, and friends for their support/contributions to this journey. Onward! @MusahLab
NIH Common Fund@NIH_CommonFund3 Oct 2023
Early-stage investigators proposed innovative high-impact research ideas for the @NIHDirector’s New Innovator Award. See the projects the awardees will pursue: commonfund.nih.gov/newinnova… #NIHHighRisk
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Silva Lab at Duke - @thesilvalab.bsky.social@thesilvalab31 Aug 2023
Thanks to the Duke Science and Technology initiative for this profile of our work. They also highlighted one of our great undergrads Sofia Guerrero, a 2023 Goldwater Scholar, doing amazing work with mitochondria and stress! #DukeDST dst.duke.edu/our-work/resili…
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Always here for you. #BlackInChemWeek2023 Let’s Gooo !
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Ke’La@kelakimble7 Aug 2023
So glad I logged into this Twitter today to catch the #BlackInChemRollCall !! I’m Ke’La (: a 5th yr PhD candidate at UC San Diego. I work on custom built mass specs to study the composition of sea spray aerosols. #BlackInChemWeek2023
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BlackInChem@BlackInChem6 Aug 2023
BlackInChem is BACK!!! Join us this upcoming week for #BlackInChemWeek2023 as we celebrate Black chemists! Stay tuned!! 💃🏾🪩🕺🏽
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UC-Chem@UcChem3 Aug 2023
What an excellent performance and team!
Dr. Ashley Ross@RossLabUC3 Aug 2023
HUGE congrats to my REU student Naimah for winning the overall poster award AND for winning best layout! Also thank you to her awesome grad mentor @moriahweese for supporting her all summer! What a team! @UcChem #NSFREU
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Sydney Floryanzia 👑@neurochemequeen3 Aug 2023
And since it’s August, here is that calendar!
Sally James@jamesian17 Jun 2023
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Great champion against stereotypes is already @UW @neurochemequeen Sydney Floryanzia. She has calendar of #scientists in their labs, rocking the princess look. #TEDx talk ted.com/talks/sydney_floryan…

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WRG_Chem@ChemWrg1 Aug 2023
Year 1 down! Yay us 😁 @OSU_CBC @OhioStateCBE
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Brandi James@PhotoChem_BJ9631 Jul 2023
Oh, I was just taking a stroll down @UcChem halls and happened to find these two amazing and aspiring professors, @SimmsLab and Dr. Tanea Reed (Visiting Mentor from EKU) together! I had to snap a photo with them! @UC_ArtSci #mentorship #EXCELLENCE #RepresentationMatters
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Dr Meming@Dr_Meming31 Jul 2023
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STEAMid@mysteamid5 Jul 2023
Want to achieve success in anything you desire? Dr. Isaiah Speight (@IR_SP8) wants you to bet on yourself! Build a supportive community that understands your ambitions and believes in your goals. Don't be afraid to take risks and try new things. Invest in yourself and your ambitions to reach new heights. #successmindset #investinyourself #betonyourself #takerisks #dreambig #beambitious #communitymatters #BlackinChem #BlackinSTEM #BlackinSTEAM #BlackChemist
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André K Isaacs@drdre400029 Jun 2023
Supreme Court wants no consideration of race in admissions while legacy admission remains, benefiting white people. The tactic: use ‘colorblindness’ to prevent black/brown kids from higher ed. and systematically destroy public high school ed. to ensure we don’t get in on merit.
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Marian AF@ackun_amatata28 Jun 2023
Be sure to submit your abstract for this year’s #Afrobiotech Conference that will be held in ATL from 10/22-10/24! Abstracts are due on July 14th! aiche.org/sbe/conferences/af…
Flyer for Afro Biotech conference that reads Afro Biotech October 22-24, 2023 Hyatt Centric Midtown Atlanta Atlanta, GA “The AfroBiotech Conference will showcase the innovation, contributions and leadership from diverse disciplines that can advance biotechnology while also inspiring the next generation of diverse professionals and identifying, communicating, and exploring recent advancements in biotechnology.” Conference topics: Regenerative Engineering Health and Medical Applications Cell Systems Engineering Synthetic and Computational Biology Nucleic Acid and Genome Design Bioengineering and Our Community Conference chairs Karmella Haynes, Chair Marian Ackun-Farmmer, Co-Chair Organizing committee Lydia Contreras Weslee Glenn Simone Douglas-Green Jamal Lewis Monet Roberts Christin Salley Catherine Whittington (member affiliations omitted due to character limit) Submit abstract, register, and learn more… aiche.org/afriobiotech Interested in sponsoring… contact: sales@aiche.org

ALT Flyer for Afro Biotech conference that reads Afro Biotech October 22-24, 2023 Hyatt Centric Midtown Atlanta Atlanta, GA “The AfroBiotech Conference will showcase the innovation, contributions and leadership from diverse disciplines that can advance biotechnology while also inspiring the next generation of diverse professionals and identifying, communicating, and exploring recent advancements in biotechnology.” Conference topics: Regenerative Engineering Health and Medical Applications Cell Systems Engineering Synthetic and Computational Biology Nucleic Acid and Genome Design Bioengineering and Our Community Conference chairs Karmella Haynes, Chair Marian Ackun-Farmmer, Co-Chair Organizing committee Lydia Contreras Weslee Glenn Simone Douglas-Green Jamal Lewis Monet Roberts Christin Salley Catherine Whittington (member affiliations omitted due to character limit) Submit abstract, register, and learn more… aiche.org/afriobiotech Interested in sponsoring… contact: [email protected]

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