Luis Brito

Luis Brito

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Department: Pharmaceutical Sciences
Advisor: Mansoor Amiji

Biography

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Luis grew up in Islip Terrace, NY a town on Long Island. Luis has a BS in Human Physiology from Boston Univerisity and an MS in Pharmaceutical Sciences from Northeastern University. Prior to joining the PhD program, Luis worked at 2 pharmaceutical / biotech companies while doing his masters part time. He joined Dr. Amiji’s lab in June of 2006 and subsequently joined IGERT in the fall of 2006. Luis has 3 patent applications in the drug delivery field.

Projects

Presentations

  • Oral Presentation: Targeted Gene Delivery with Lipopolyplexes for the Treatment of Coronary Restenosis, Luis Brito, American Chemical Society, New Orleans, Apr 2008
  • Poster Presentation: Gene Delivery and Transfection Studies in Human Endothelial and Smooth muscle cells using Lipopolyplexes embedded within a Polymer Matrix, Luis Brito, NU Expo, Feb 2008
  • Oral Presentation: Gene Delivery and Transfection Studies with Lipopolyplexes in Human Endothelial and Smooth Muscle Cells. Poster Presentation, Luis Brito, Graduate Material Links at Northeastern University , Nov 2007
  • Poster Presentation: Gene Delivery and Transfection Studies with Lipopolyplexes in Human Endothelial and Smooth Muscle Cells. Poster Presentation, Luis Brito, Nano DDS Conference, Nov 2007
  • Engineered Gelatin Nanoparticles for Intracellular siRNA Delivery and Gene Silencing, Zeu Hong Tzeng, Luis Brito, Sushma Kommareddy, Mansoor Amiji, BIO International Convention, Boston, MA, May 2007
  • Engineering gelatin nanoparticles for intracellular siRNA delivery and gene silencing, Z. H. Tzeng, L. Brito, S. Kommareddy, M. M. Amiji,, Poster session presented at the BIO Internationl Convention, Boston, MA, May 2007
  • Synthesis and in Vitro Transfection Studies with RGD-modified Thiolated Gelatin Nanoparticles, Luis Brito, Mansoor Amiji, Northeastern University Research and Scholarship Expo 2007, Boston, MA, Mar 2007

Publications

  • In vitro and in vivo studies of local arterial gene delivery and transfection using lipopolyplexes-embedded stents, Brito, L., Chadrasekhar, S., Little, S.R., and Amiji, M.M., Journal of Biomedical Materials Research, Part A., V.DOI: 10.1002/jbm.a.32488, P. (2009)
  • Poly(beta-amino ester) and Cationic Phospholipid-Based Lipopolyplexes for Gene Delivery and Transfection in Human Aortic Endothelial and Smooth Muscle Cells, Brito L, Little S, Langer R, Amiji M., Biomacromolecules, DOI:10.1021/bm7011373, V.Online pre-release, P.0 (2008)
  • Gene delivery and transfection studies with lipopolyplexes in human endothelial and smooth nuscle cells, L. Brito, S. Little, M. M. Amiji, Proceedings of the American Chemical Society: Division of Polymeric Materials, Science, and Engineering 78, V., P. (2008)
  • A review of nanoparticulate carriers for the treatment of coronary restenosis, Brito L, Amiji M., International Journal of Nanomedicine, V.2(2), P.1-19 (2007)
  • Nanoparticulate Carriers for the Treatment of Coronary Restenosis, Luis Brito and Mansoor Amiji, International Journal of Nanomedicine, V.2, N. 2, P.143 (2007)