Our Lab News
Congratulations Dr. Helna Baby!
Congratulations to Dr. Helna Baby on successfully defending her doctoral thesis! Helna's work ranged from engineering of PLGA microparticles for targeted delivery of RhoA to nucleus pulposus for IVDD therapy to charge-reversed exosomes for mRNA gene delivery to...
Congratulations Dr. Bill Hakim!
Congratulations to Dr. Bill Hakim for successfully defending his doctoral thesis! Bill's work focused on the development of IGF-1 fusion proteins for cartilage regeneration for OA therapy. We will miss his steadfast presence in lab and look forward to seeing all he...
Congratulations Dr. Hengli Zhang!
Congratulations to Dr. Hengli Zhang for successfully defending his doctoral thesis! Hengli's work focused on the delivery of anesthetics for OA through a variety of different methods including PLGA microparticles, fusion proteins, and exosomes. We look forward to all...
New paper on targeted delivery of RhoA Activator to nucleus pulposus by Helna and co-authors!
Congratulations to Helena Mary Baby and co-authors on their new paper in Acta Biomaterialia! Helena engineered positively charged PLGA microparticles that anchor within the nucleus pulposus via electrostatic interactions, providing month-long localized release of a...
Recap from 2026 OARSI World Congress!
The Bajpayee Lab represented Northeastern University at the 2026 OARSI World Congress (April 23–26 2026, West Palm Beach, FL) with three presentations advancing targeted musculoskeletal therapies. Dr. Ambika Bajpayee delivered a plenary talk on Advances in...
Congratulations to Olivia on her Acceptance to UCSF School of Medicine!
We are thrilled to share that lab alumna Olivia has been accepted to the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) School of Medicine as part of the Class of 2030. During her time in the lab, Olivia was working with Dr. Boyer of Bajpayee lab on investigating...
New Review Published in npj Biomedical Innovations
Our latest review, "Peptide-based targeted drug delivery strategies for osteoarthritis treatment," is now live in npj Biomedical Innovations. Hakim et al. survey peptide-based approaches for targeting cartilage, synovium, and subchondral bone, and highlight emerging...
Come see us at the 2026 OARSI World Congress in West Palm Beach, FL!
Dr. Bajpayee will give a presentation on cell-specific targeting appproach for OA treatment. Bill and Helna will have a talk and poster on cartilage repair therapy and IDD intervention. Please stop by our talks and poster! We’re looking forward to it!
Tim awarded Northeastern COE Outstanding Graduate Research Award!
Tim was awarded the Outstanding Research Award (PhD) by the Northeastern University College of Engineering! A well-deserved award for an outstanding alumnus of the lab!