Tarek Fahmy

Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Phone:
(203) 432-1043

Room / Office:
Malone 412

Office Address:

55 Prospect Street
New Haven, CT 06511

Mailing Address:

P.O. Box 208260
New Haven, CT 06520

Website: Fahmy Lab

Biomaterials for drug and antigen delivery to the immune system
Development of novel MRI contrast agents for detection of specific T cells and antigen-presenting cells; biological driven-design of materials for drug delivery.

Early Career Award from the Coulter Foundation for his project "Multimodal Nanoparticles for Targeting Autoimmune T Cells in Systemic Lupus Erythema-tosus: A Strategy for Non-invasive Diagnosis and Targeted Drug Delivery," a collaboration with Dr. Joseph Craft, Chief of Rheumatology and Professor of Internal Medicine and Professor of Immunobiology at Yale. (2006)

Criscione JM, Le BL, Stern E, Brennan M, Rahner C, Papademetris X, Fahmy TM. Self-assembly of pH-responsive fluorinated dendrimer-based particulates for drug delivery and noninvasive Imaging. Biomaterials. 2009 Aug;30(23-24):3946-5.
Demento S, Eisenbarth SC, Foellmer HG, Platt C, Caplan MH, Saltzman WM, Mellman I, Ledizet M, Fikrig E, Flavell RA, Fahmy TM. Inflammasome-activating biodegradable nanoparticulates as vaccine delivery systems. Vaccine. 2009 May 18;27(23):3013-21.
Steenblock E, Wrzesiniski, Flavell RA, Fahmy TM. Antigen presentation on artificial acellular substrates: Modular systems for flexible, adaptable immunotherapy. Expert Opin. Biol. Therapy. 2009 Apr;9(4):451-64.
Steenblock E, Fahmy TM, A comprehensive platform for T cell stimulation based on biodegradable artificial antigen-presenting cell microparticles. Molecular Therapy. 2008 Apr;16(4):765-72.
Fadel TR, Haller G, Pfefferle L, Fahmy TM, Enhanced cellular activation with single-wall carbon nanotubes presenting antibody stimuli. Nanoletters. 2008 Oct;8(10):3310-4.
Stern E, Steenblock E, Reed MA, Fahmy TM, Label-free electronic detection of the antigen-specific immune response. Nanoletters. 2008 Oct;8(10):3310-4.
Fahmy TM, Fong P, Park J, Constable T, Saltzman WM, Nanosystems for simultaneous imaging and drug delivery to T cells. AAPS J. 2007 Jun 8;9(2):E171-80.