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Work performed performed prior to UVA
Development of chemically-defined, peptide-based nanoparticles as non-inflammatory vaccines
Si Y, Wen Y, Chen J, Pompano RR, Han H, Collier JH, & Chong AS. “MyD88 in antigen-presenting cells is not required for CD4+ T-cell responses during peptide nanofiber vaccination,” MedChemComm (2018), 9, 138-148. DOI: 10.1039/C7MD00367F
Mora-Solano C, Wen Y, Han H, Chen J, Chong AS, Miller ML, Pompano RR, & Collier JH. "Active immunotherapy for TNF-mediated inflammation using self-assembled peptide nanofibers," Biomaterials (2017), 149, 1–11. [Pubmed]
Pompano RR*, Chen J*, Verbus EA (#), Han H, Fridman A, McNeely T, Collier JH, & Chong AS. “Titrating T-Cell Epitopes within Self-Assembled Vaccines Optimizes CD4+ Helper T Cell and Antibody Outputs,” Advanced Healthcare Materials (2014), 3(11): 1898-908. *Equal contributions. [PubMed] [PDF]
Chen J*, Pompano RR*, Santiago FW, Maillat L, Sciammas R, Sun T, Han J, Topham DJ , Chong AS, & Collier JH “The use of self-adjuvanting nanofiber vaccines to elicit high-affinity B cell responses to peptide antigens without inflammation,” Biomaterials (2013) 34(34): 8776–8785. *Equal contributions. [PubMed]
Purpose-driven microfluidic device design
Pompano RR, Platt CE (#), Karymov MA, & Ismagilov RF “Control of initiation, rate, and routing of capillary-driven flow of liquid droplets through microfluidic channels on SlipChip,” Langmuir (2012) 28(3): 1931-1941 [PubMed]
Nichols KP, Pompano RR, Li L, Gelis AV, & Ismagilov RF "Toward Mechanistic Understanding of Nuclear Reprocessing Chemistries by Quantifying Lanthanide Solvent Extraction Kinetics via Microfluidics with Constant Interfacial Area and Rapid Mixing," J American Chemical Society (2011) 133(39):15721-15729. [Full Text]
Pompano RR, Liu W, Du W, & Ismagilov RF “Microfluidics Based On Spatially-Defined Arrays of Droplets in One, Two, and Three Dimensions,” Annual Review of Analytical Chemistry (2011) 4:59-81. (Review article) [Full Text]
Analysis of complex biochemical networks (blood clotting) using microfluidics and numerical simulations
Shen F, Pompano RR, Kastrup CJ & Ismagilov RF "Confinement Regulates Complex Biochemical Networks: Initiation of Blood Clotting by "Diffusion Acting"," Biophysical Journal (2009) 97, 2137-2145. [PubMed]
Kastrup CJ, Boedicker JQ, Pomerantsev AP, Moayeri M, Bian Y, Pompano RR, Kline TR, Sylvestre P, Shen F, Leppla SH, Tang WJ & Ismagilov RF "Spatial localization of bacteria controls coagulation of human blood by 'quorum acting'," Nature Chemical Biology (2008) 4, 742-750. [PubMed]
Prior research interests
Russell LE, Pompano RR, Kittredge KW & Leopold MC "Assembled nanoparticle films with crown ether-metal ion "sandwiches" as sensing mechanisms for metal ions," J of Materials Science (2007) 42, 7100-7108. [Full Text]
Pompano RR, Wortley PG, Moatz LM, Tognarelli DJ, Kittredge KW & Leopold MC "Crown ether-metal "sandwiches'" as linking mechanisms in assembled nanoparticle films," Thin Solid Films (2006) 510, 311-319. [Full Text]
Tognarelli DJ, Miller RB, Pompano RR, Loftus AF, Sheibley DJ & Leopold MC "Covalently networked monolayer-protected nanoparticle films," Langmuir (2005) 21, 11119-11127. [Full Text]
Liu J, Shang XM, Pompano R & Eisenthal KB "Antibiotic assisted molecular ion transport across a membrane in real time," Faraday Discussions (2005) 129, 291-299.