Office: Leigh Hall Rm 114A

email: tan@ufl.edu

Office Phone: (352) 392-2410

Lab Phone: (352) 392-1679; (352) 392-1743

Mailing Address: PO Box 117200 Gainesville FL32601-7200 USA

Cirriculum Vitae

Dr. Weihong Tan

University of Florida Distinguished Professor, University of Florida

V. T. and Louis Jackson Professor, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Univeristy of Florida

Professor, Department of Physiology and Functional genomics, University of Florida

Associate Director, Center for Research at the Interface of Bio/Nano, University of Florida

Adjunct Professor, Biomedical Engineering Department and Deptment of Chemistry, Hunan University, China

Member, Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, Florida

Faculty Member, McKnight Brain Institute, Center for Structural Biology, University of Florida

Faculty Member, Shands Cancer Center, University of Florida

Faculty Member, University of Florida Genetics Institute

Dr. Kwame Sefah
Post doctorate and lab manager
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Our Group


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Molecular Engineering and Bionanotechnology Subgroup

Department of Chemistry

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Mingxu You
Graduate Student
From 2008
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Lu Peng
Graduate student
From 2008
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Tao Chen
Graduate Student
From 2008
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Emir Yasun
Graduate student
From 2008
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My research interest includes developing novel nanostructures for biomedical applications and introducing DNA engineering into nanotechnology to explore new functions. Enrichment and detection of rare proteins and small biomolecules from biological fluids using surface modified aptamer conjugated nanoparticles

Ismail öçsoy
Graduate Student
From 2009
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Da Han
Graduate Student
From 2009
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  I am interested in the design and systhesis of nanostructure-based biosensors for biodiagnostics.

Cuichen Wu
Graduate student
From 2010
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Cheng Cui
Graduate Student
From 2011
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Huseyin Erdal
Graduate student
From 2011
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Weijia Hou
Graduate student
From 2012
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Dr. Tao Zhang
Visiting scholar
From 2012
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Dr. Na Shao
Visiting scholar
From 2012
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Joshua Dajac
Undergraduate Student
From 2012
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Chemical Biology
Subgroup

Shands Cancer Center

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Xiangling Xiong
Graduate Student
From 2007
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Elizabeth Jimenez
Graduate Student
From Fall 2008
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Interested in aptamer based cancer cell detection and therapy. Currently I'm using a lipid-Aptamer probe to study cell-cell communication and tissue engineering. Discovering the biomarkers which bind William's new lung cancer aptamers.

Guizhi Zhu
Graduate Student
From 2009
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Diane Turek
Graduate student
From 2011 spring
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I'm currently working on aptamer assembly for potential biomedical application. I study the activation of immune response to kill cancer cells and I also have an interest on aptamers targeting MRSA.

Sena Cansiz
Graduate student
From 2011
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Liqin Zhang
Graduate student
From 2011
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Carole Champanhac
Graduate student
From 2011
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I-Ting Teng
Graduate student
From 2012
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I am working on cytotoxicity of an ovarian apatamer and starting the selection of an aptamer for pancreatic cancer cells.  

Benjamin Arline
Graduate student
From 2012
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Yanyue Wang
Graduate student
From 2012
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Liping Qiu
Visiting student
From 2012
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Dr. Yan Jin
Visiting scholar
From 2012
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Dr. Cuisong Zhou
Visiting scholar
From 2013
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Dr. Jiehua Xu
Visiting scholar
From 2013
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Yun Min Chang
Undergraduate student
From 2010
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Stefanie Delgado
Undergraduate student
From 2013
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