Shewaye Lakew Mekuria
About
Grants and Awards
2013, PhD scholarship award at National Taiwan University of Science and Technology 2015, Conference fund award from ministry of science in Taiwan (MOST 105-2922-I-011-002) 2016-2017, Postdoctoral researcher award from MOST at National Taiwan University of Science and Technology 2017-2018, Co-investigator on Mega research grants award at University of Gondar. 2019-2021, Visiting researcher awarded by Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality. 2019-2021, Postdoc Fellow at Donghua University, Shanghai, 201620, China.
Supervision
15+ MSc Students
Publication
1. Shewaye Lakew Mekuria, Zhijun Ouyang,Cong Song, João Rodrigues, Mingwu Shen, Xiangyang Shi, Dendrimer-Based Nanogels for Cancer Nanomedicine Applications. Bioconjugate Chem. 2022, 33, 1, 87-96. 2.Shewaye Lakew Mekuria, Jin Li, Cong Song, Yue Gao, Zhijun Ouyang, Mingwu Shen, and Xiangyang Shi, Facile Formation of PAMAM Dendrimer Nanoclusters for Enhanced Gene Delivery and Cancer Gene Therapy. ACS Applied Bio Materials 2021, 4, 7168-7175. 3.Shewaye Lakew Mekuria, Cong Song, Zhijun Ouyang, Mingwu Shen, Anna Janaszewska, Barbara Klajnert-Maculewicz, and Xiangyang Shi, Synthesis and shaping of core-shell tecto dendrimers for biomedical applications. Bioconjugate Chem. 2021, 32, 225-233. 4.Abegaz Tizazu Andrgie, Shewaye Lakew Mekuria, Kefyalew Dagnew Addisu, Balkew Zewge Hailemeskel, Wei‐Hsin Hsu, Hsieh‐Chih Tsai, Juin‐Yih Lai, Non‐anticoagulant heparin prodrug loaded biodegradable and injectable thermos-responsive hydrogels for enhanced anti-metastasis therapy. Macromol. Biosci. 2019, 19, e1800409. 5.Shewaye Lakew Mekuria, Kefyalew Dagnew, Addisu, Hsiao-Ying Chou, Balkew Zewge Hailemeskel, Hsieh-Chih Tsai, Potential fluorescence and magnetic resonance imaging modality using mixed lanthanide oxide nanoparticles. Colloid Surf. B: Biointerfaces 2018, 167, 54-62. 6.Kefyalew Dagnew Addisu, Balkew Zewge Hailemeskel, Shewaye Lakew Mekuria, Abegaz Tizazu Andrgie, Yu-Chun Lin, and Hsieh-Chih Tsai, Bioinspired, manganese chelated alginate-poly (dopamine) nanomaterials for efficient in vivo T1-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2018, 10, 5147-5160. 7.Balkew Zewge Hailemeskel, Kefyalew Dagnew Addisu, Adhimoorthy Prasannan, Shewaye Lakew Mekuria, Chen-Yu Kao, Hsieh-Chih Tsai, Synthesis and characterization of diselenide linked poly(ethylene glycol) nanogel as multi-responsive drug carrier. Appl. Surf. Sci., 2017, 449, 15-22. 8.Tilahun Ayane Debele, Shewaye Lakew Mekuria, Hsieh-Chih Tsai, Synthesis and characterization of redox-sensitive heparin-β-sitosterol micelles: Their application as carriers for the pharmaceutical agent, doxorubicin, and investigation of their antimetastatic activities in vitro. Mater. Sci. Eng. C 2017, 75, 1326-1338. 9.Shuian-Yin Lin, Vijaya Rohini Parasuraman, Shewaye Lakew Mekuria, Sydney Peng, Hsieh-Chih Tsai, Plasma initiated graft polymerization of 2-methacryloyloxyethyl phosphorylcholine on silicone elastomer surfaces to enhance bio(hemo)compatibility. Surf. Coat. Tech. 2017, 315, 342-349. 10.Tilahun Ayane Debele, Shewaye Lakew Mekuria, Hsieh-Chih Tsai, A pH-sensitive micelle composed of heparin, phospholipids, and histidine as the carrier of photosensitizers: Application to enhance photodynamic therapy of cancer. Int. J. Biol. Macromol. 2017, 98 125-138 11.Shewaye Lakew Mekuria, Tilahun Ayane Debele, Hsieh-Chih Tsai, Encapsulation of gadolinium oxide nanoparticle contrasting agents in PAMAM dendrimer templates for enhanced magnetic resonance imaging in vivo. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2017, 9, 6782-6795. 12.Szu-Yuan Wu, Hsiao-Ying Chou, Chiou-Hwa Yuh, Shewaye Lakew Mekuria, Yu-Chih Kao, and Hsieh-Chih Tsai, Radiation sensitive dendrimer-based drug delivery system. Adv. Sci. 2017, 5, 1700339. 13.Tilahun Ayane Debele, Shewaye Lakew Mekuria, Hsieh-Chih Tsai, Polysaccharide based nanogels in the drug delivery system: Application as the carrier of pharmaceutical agents. Mater. Sci. Eng. C 2016, 68, 964-981 14.Shewaye Lakew Mekuria, Tilahun Ayane Debele and Hsieh-Chih Tsai, PAMAM dendrimer based targeted nano-carrier for bio-imaging and therapeutic agents. RSC Adv. 2016, 6, 63761. 15.Tilahun Ayane Debele, Shewaye Lakew Mekuria, Shuian-Yin Lin and Hsieh-Chih Tsai, Synthesis and characterization of bioreducible heparin-polyethyleneimine nanogels: application as imaging-guided photosensitizer delivery vehicle in photodynamic therapy. RSC Adv. 2016, 6, 14692-14704. 16.Shewaye Lakew Mekuria, Tilahun Ayane Debele, Hsiao-Ying Chou, and Hsieh-Chih Tsai, IL-6 antibody and RGD peptide conjugated poly(amidoamine) dendrimer for targeted drug delivery of HeLa cells. J. Phys. Chem. B 2016, 120, 123-130. 17.Shewaye Lakew Mekuria, Hsieh-Chih Tsai, Preparation of self-assembled core-shell nano structure of conjugated generation 4.5 poly (amidoamine) dendrimer and monoclonal Anti-IL-6 antibody as bioimaging probe. Colloid Surf. B: Biointerfaces 2015, 135, 253-260. 18.Dessie Tibebe, Yezbie Kassa, Adane Melaku, Shewaye Lakew Investigation of spatio-temporal variations of selected water quality parameters and trophic status of Lake Tana for sustainable management. Microchem. J. 2019, 148, 374-384. 19.Shewaye Lakew, Ermias Dagne, Dawit Abate, Antifungal Substances from Essential Oils, 2011, AAU, http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/513