The CAO Lab
@ University of Washington
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Welcome to the Cao Lab in the Department of Pharmaceutics at the University of Washington. We specialize in the cutting-edge fields of mucosal immunoengineering and microbiome pharmaceutics. Our mission is to integrate the principles of drug delivery and immunology to design innovative therapeutic strategies for a broad range of diseases, including infectious, allergic, inflammatory, and autoimmune conditions.
Lab news
Lab news
February 2024 - Welcome Jack to our lab!
January 2024 - Congrats Lindsey and the team on receiving the DMTSPR Consortium grant!
September 2024 - Welcome Kiki, Yitong, and Giulia to our lab!
July 2024 - Lindsey gives a poster presentation at GPEN conference in Copenhagen! And she won the 3rd place Poster Prize!
June 2024 - Shijie's paper on injectable butyrate micelles for inducing long-acting immune modulation and preventing autoimmune arthritis is now online at Journal of Controlled Release.
June 2024 - Welcome Vincent Chan (Nelson-Mendenhall Summer Scholar) from Seattle University to do summer research in our lab.
May 2024 - The Cao Lab received a Seed Grant from the Northwest Nanotechnology Infrastructure (NNI).
April 2024 - Shijie's paper on a serine conjugated butyrate prodrug with enhanced oral bioavailability is now online at Nature Biomedical Engineering.
March 2024 - Welcome Katie to our lab!
February 2024 - The first paper from the Cao lab is now online at Pharmacology & Therapeutics. Congratulations Lindsey and Shijie!
January 2024 - The Cao Lab received the UW School of Pharmacy Faculty Innovation Fund!
January 2024 - Congratulations to Lindsey on her selection into the UW Microbial Interactions and Microbiome Center (mim_c) Trainee Program!
January 2024 - Welcome Catherine to rotate with us in the Winter quarter!
December 2023 - Shijie's paper on a tolerance-inducing vaccine technology for food allergies is now online at Cell Reports Medicine.
December 2023 - The Cao Lab received the PhRMA Foundation Faculty Starter Grant in Drug Delivery!
November 2023 - Shijie joined the UW Molecular Engineering & Science Institute (MolES) as a faculty member.
November 2023 - Shijie joined the UW EDGE center as a CTS Investigator.
October 2023 - Welcome Elijah to rotate with us in the Fall quarter!
August 2023 - Welcome Charlie and Sudheshna to our lab!
June 2023 - Congratulations to Lindsey on her selection into the Pharmacological Science Training Program (PSTP)!
June 2023 - We are thrilled to announce the official launch of the Cao Lab! We welcome Lindsey and Brad as they join our team!
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