Research Themes
A. Biomimetic Polymers and Hydrogels
Combita, D.; Nazeer, N.; Bhayo, A.; Ahmed, M*. Biomimetic and Hydrophilic Vitamin B5 Analogous Methacrylamide Polymers Prevent Surface Fouling. ACS Appl. Polym. Mater. 2021, Accepted.
Combita, D.; Ahmed, M. Thermoresponsive and Antifouling Hydrogels for Radiative Energy Driven Water Harvesting System. 2021, Mat. Chem. Front. 5, 917-928
c. Kabir, A.; Ahmed, M. Elucidating the role of Thermally Flexible Hydrogels in Protein Refolding. 2020, ACS Appl. Biomater. 3, 7, 4253–4262
d. Nazeer, N.; Ahmed, M.* Hydrophilic and Salt Responsive Polymers Promote Bacterial Aggregation. 2019, Eur. Polym. J. 119, 148-154.
Kabir, A.; Dunlop, M.; Acharya, B.; Bissessur, R.; Ahmed, M.* Water Recycling Efficacies of Extremely Hygroscopic, Antifouling Hydrogels. RSC Adv. 2018, 8, 38100-38107.
B. Antimicrobial Peptides and Nanoparticles
Nazeer, N.; Simmons, J. R.; Rainey, J. K.; Rodriguez-LeCompte, J. C.; Ahmed, M*. Antibacterial and Immunomodulatory Activities of Physiologically Stable, Self-Assembled Peptide Nanoparticles. J. Mater. Chem. B. 2021, 9, 9041-9054
Nazeer, N.; Rodriguez-LeCompte, J. C.; Ahmed, M*. Bacterial Specific Aggregation and Killing of Immunomodulatory Host Defense Peptides, Pharmaceuticals, 2021, 14, 839. https://doi.org/10.3390/ph14090839.
Nazeer, N.; Diaz, S. U.; Rodriguez-Lecompte, J.C.;* Ahmed, M. Avian Antimicrobial Peptides in the Gastrointestinal Tract: Alternatives to Foodborne Pathogens. British Poult. J. 2021, DOI: 10.1080/00071668.2021.1919993.
Ahmed, M. Peptides, Polypeptides and Peptide-Polymer Hybrids for Gene Delivery. Biomater. Sci., 2017,5, 2188-2211.
C. Anticancer Drug Delivery Carriers
Kabir, A.; Nazeer, N.; Bissessur, R.; Ahmed, M.* Diatoms Embedded, Self-Assembled Carriers for Dual Delivery of Chemotherapeutics in Cancer Cell Lines. Int. J. Pharm. 2019, 118887. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2019.118887.
D. Collaborative Projects
Tabatabaei, M. S.; Islam, R.; Ahmed, M*. Size and Macromolecule Stabilizers Dependent Performance of Gold Colloids in Immuno-PCR. Anal. Bioanal. Chem. 2021, Accepted.
Tabatabaei, M.S.; Islam, R.; Ahmed, M*. Applications of Gold Nanoparticles in ELISA, PCR, and Immuno-PCR Assays: A Review. 2021, Anal. Chim. Acta. 1143, 250-266.
Larsen, P.; Ahmed, M*. Evaluation of Antioxidant Potential of Honey Drops and Honey Lozenges. Food Chem. Adv. 2021, Under review.
Uribe-Diaz, S.; Nazeer, N.; Ahmed, M.; Rodriguez-LeCompte* Folic acid enhances proinflammatory and antiviral molecular pathways in chicken B-lymphocytes infected with a mild Infectious bursal disease virus. British Poultry J. 2021, Accepted.
Babaei-Ghazvini, A.; Cudmore, B.; Dunlop, M. J.; Acharya, B.;* Bissessur, R.; Ahmed, M.; Whelan, M. W. Effect of Magnetic Field Alignment of Cellulose Nanocrystals in Starch Nanocomposites: Physicochemical and Mechanical Properties. 2020, Carb. Polym. 247, 116688.
Losada-Medina, D.; Yitbarek, A.; Uribe-Diaz, S.; Nazeer, N.; Ahmed, M.; and Rodríguez-Lecompte JC*. Identification, Tissue Characterization And Innate Immune Role of Angiogenin-4 Expression in Young Broiler Chickens. Poult. Sci. 2020, 99, 2992-3000.
Naseri, N.; Butler, H.; MacNevin, W.; Ahmed, M.; Ahmadi, A*. Low Temperature Solvent-based 3D Printing of PLGA: A Parametric Printability Study. Drug Develop. Industrial Pharm. 2020, 46, 173-178
Kabir, A.; Dunlop, M.; Acharya, B.; Bissessur, R.; Ahmed, M.*Polymeric Composites with Embedded Nanocrystalline Cellulose for the Removal of Iron(II) from Contaminated Water. Polymers, 2018, 10, 1377.