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Group Highlights:

Mar 2013:
Elizabeth Kelley was selected to participate in the 63rd Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting.

Feb 2013:
Elizabeth Kelley publishes a review in Chemical Society Reviews titled "Stimuli-Responsive Copolymer Solution and Surface Assemblies for Biomedical Applications."

Sept 2012:
John Larsen publishes a manuscript in the Journal of Gene Medicine titled "Requirements for the Nuclear Entry of Polyplexes and Nanoparticles During Mitosis."

Mar 2012:
Meghan Reilly publishes a manuscript in Molecular Pharmaceutics titled "Polyplexes Traffic Through Caveolae to the Golgi and Endoplasmic Reticulum en Route to the Nucleus."

Jan 2012:
Meghan Reilly publishes a manuscript in Molecular Pharmaceutics titled "Histone H3 Tail Peptides and Poly(ethylenimine) have Synergistic Effects for Gene Delivery."

Nov 2011:
Elizabeth Kelley selected to present in the ACS Excellence in Graduate Student Research Symposium

July 2011:
Elizabeth Kelley receives award at Polymers Gordon Research Conference

May 2011:
Dr. Sullivan awarded the 2011 College of Engineering Outstanding Junior Faculty Award

Oct 2010:
Tejal Naik receives second place award in the 2010 UMBC undergraduate research symposium

Oct 2010:
Dr. Sullivan writes chapter on "Self-Unpackaging Gene Delivery Scaffolds" in Organelle-Specific Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology

Apr 2010:
Elizabeth Kelley receives NDSEG Graduate Fellowship

Apr 2010:
Peter Millili graduates with doctoral degree

Mar 2010:
Abbygail Palmer receives NOBCChE P&G Fellowship

Oct 2009:
Tejal Naik wins 1st  prize at UD Undergraduate Research Symposium

Apr 2009:
Peter Millili wins poster competition for the Delaware Valley Chapter of the International Society of Pharmaceutical Engineers

Apr 2009:
Stephanie Myrick gets honorable mention in the Student Research Poster Competition at the 2009 ASBMB Conference

Apr 2009:
Peter Millili is awarded the Department of Chemical Engineering Teaching Fellowship

Millicent O. Sullivan
Assistant Professor
Chemical Engineering
University of Delaware
Phone: 302-831-8072
Fax: 302-831-1048
Email: msulliva@udel.edu
Full CV
Honors and Awards:
Merck Faculty Fellow, 2008
NSF CAREER Award, 2008
UDRF Research Award, 2007
 
 

 

Publications

2013

Kelley, E.G., Albert, J.N.L., Sullivan, M.O., and Epps, III, T.H. "Stimuli-Responsive Copolymer Solution and Surface Assemblies for Biomedical Applications" Chem. Soc. Rev. Advance Article.

2012

Larsen, J.D., Ross, N.L., and Sullivan, M.O. "Requirements for the Nuclear Entry of Polyplexes and Nanoparticles During Mitosis" J. Gene Med. 14(9-10): (2012) 580-589.

Reilly, M.J., Larsen, J.D., and Sullivan, M.O. "Polyplexes Traffic Through Caveolae to the Golgi and Endoplasmic Reticulum en Route to the Nucleus." Mol. Pharmaceutics. 9(5): (2012) 1280-1290.

Larsen, J.D., Reilly, M.J., and Sullivan, M.O., “Using the Epigenetic Code to Promote the Unpackaging and Transcriptional Activation of DNA Polyplexes for Gene Delivery.” Mol. Pharmaceutics. 9(5): (2012) 1041-1051.

Reilly, M.J., Larsen, J.D., and Sullivan, M.O. "Histone H3 Tail Peptides and Poly(ethylenimine) Have Synergistic Effects for Gene Delivery." Mol. Pharmaceutics. 9(5): (2012) 1031-1040.

2011

Kelley, E.G.*, Smart, T.P.*, Jackson, A.J., Sullivan, M.O., and Epps, III, T.H. “Structural Changes in Block Copolymer Micelles Induced by Cosolvent Mixtures.” Soft Matter. 7(15): (2011) 7094-7102.

Blocker, K.M. and Sullivan, M.O.  “Non-viral Gene Delivery for Applications in Regenerative Medicine.”  For Engineering Biomaterials for Regenerative Medicine:  Novel Technologies for Clinical Applications.  Sujata N. Bhatia (ed.), Springer, 2011.

Blocker, K.M., Kiick, K.L., and Sullivan, M.O. “Surface Immobilization of Plasmid DNA with a Cell-Responsive Tether for Substrate-Mediated Gene Delivery.”Langmuir. 27(6): (2011) 2739-2746.

2010

Sullivan, M.O. "Self-Unpackaging Gene Delivery Scaffolds." Organelle-Specific Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology. Ed. Volkmar Weissig and Gerard G. M. D'Souza. (New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2010). 207-230.

Millili, P.G., Yin, D.H., Fan, H., Naik, U.P., and Sullivan, M.O. “Formulation of a Peptide Nucleic Acid Based Nucleic Acid Delivery Construct.” Bioconjugate Chem. 21: (2010) 445-455.

Millili, P.G., Selekman, J.A., Blocker, K.M., Johnson, D.A., Naik, U.P., and Sullivan, M.O. “Structural and Functional Consequences of Poly(ethylene glycol) Inclusion on DNA Condensation for Gene Delivery.” Microscopy Research and Technique. 73: (2010) 866–877.

2009

Millili, P.G., Naik, U.P., and Sullivan, M.O., “Multiscale Experimental Biology and Nucleic Acid Delivery:  Cancer Therapeutic Approaches via Rational Formulation Design.”  Cancer Therapy, 7:  (2009) 429-448.  Invited.

Naik, M., Nigam, A., Padmini, M., Millili, P., Czymmek, K., Sullivan, M., and Naik, U. , “CIB1 Deficiency Results in Impaired Thrombosis: The Potential Role of CIB1 in Outside-in Signaling Through Integrin αIIbβ3.” J. Thromb. Haem. 7: (2009) 1906-1914.

2008

Sullivan, M.M., Barker, T.H., Funk, S.E., Puolakkainen, P.A., and Sage, E.H. , “Altered Tissue Repair in Hevin-null Mice: Inhibition of Fibroblast Migration by a Matricellular SPARC Homolog.” Wound Rep. Regen. 16: (2008) 310-319.

2006

Sullivan, M.M., Barker, T.H., Funk, S.E., Karchin, A., Seo, N.S., Hook, M., Sanders, J.E., Starcher, B., Wight, T.N., Puolakkainen, P.A., and Sage, E.H. , “Matricellular Hevin Regulates Decorin Production and Collagen Assembly.” J. Biol. Chem. 281: (2006) 27621-27632.

2004

Brekken, R.A., Sullivan, M.M., Workman, G., Bradshaw, A.D., Carbon, J., Siadak, A., Murri, C., Framson, P.E., and Sage, E.H. “Expression and Characterization of Murine Hevin (SC-1), a Member of the SPARC Family of Matricellular Proteins.” J. Histochem. Cytochem. 52: (2004) 735-748.

Sullivan, M.M. and Sage, E.H. “Hevin, a Matricellular Glycoprotein and Potential Tumor-Suppressor of the SPARC/BM-40/Osteonectin Family.” Int. J. Biochem. Cell Biol. 36: (2004) 991-996.

2003

Sullivan, M.M.O., Green, J.J., and Przybycien, T.M. “Development of a Novel Gene Delivery Scaffold Utilizing Colloidal Gold-Polyethylenimine Conjugates for DNA Condensation.” Gene Ther. 10: (2003) 1882-1890.

1994

Vandervelde, T.J., Ow, M.M., Thorpe, W.R., Hartmann, W.M., and Rakerd, B. “Localizing Broadband Noise in a Reverberation Room.” J. Acoust. Soc. Amer. 96: (1994) 3257.

Articles in Preparation:

Millili, P.G., Myrick, S.L., Naik, U.P., and Sullivan, M.O. “Development of a Cell-Responsive DePEGylation DNA Delivery System.”