Lab News & Updates

 Exciting news! Congratulations to our graduate student, Vaishali Sharma, on her new publication, "Impact of Eco-friendly surfactant structure and class on enveloped virus inactivation."

Congratulations to Idris Tohidian and Dr. Caryn Heldt on successfully completing the I-Corps program with their innovative project focused on a continuous viral purification platform

Congratulations to Idris Tohidian and Dr. Caryn Heldt on successfully completing the I-Corps program with their innovative project focused on a continuous viral purification platform

We are excited to announce another publication by Dr. Natalie Nold and the Heldt bioseparation team!  This latest work, "Continuous Purification of a Parvovirus Using Two Aqueous Two-Phase Extraction Steps," highlights a scalable approach for continuous virus purification.

Ph. D. Candidate Seth Kriz has published his literature review on  "Current Experimental, Statistical, and Mechanistic Approaches to Optimizing Biomolecule Separations in Aqueous Two-Phase Systems."

Congratulations to Dr. Natalie Nold, a former graduate student in our lab, on her recent publication! Her paper, "Purification of a Non-Enveloped Virus Using Sequential Aqueous Two-Phase Extraction," presents a novel strategy for efficient virus purification.  Congratulations to all authors!

Seth Begins Postdoctoral Position at the University of Virginia: Congratulations to Seth on graduating and beginning a new position as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Virginia!

Vaishali Selected for a Co-op at Regeneron Pharmaceuticals: Congratulations to Vaishali on being selected for a Ph.D. co-op position at Regeneron Pharmaceuticals!