Sindhu Thevuthasan

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Projects

Nanoparticle-Cell Interactions and Intracellular Fate; Roles of Particle Surface Properties

Lead Institution

Oregon State University

Principal Investigator

Bettye Maddux

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

The growing commerce in micro- and nanotechnology is expected to increase human exposure to submicrometer and nanoscale particles, including certain forms of gold and amorphous silica. Adverse…

Physicochemical determinants of distribution and fate of nanoparticles following in vivo exposure

Lead Institution

Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Justin Teeguarden

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

The risks associated with the use of nanomaterials have been recently under investigation (1) as increasingly more nanosized products are developed and commercialized. The advent of nanotoxicology as…