https://www.olenataratulalab.org/publications daily 0.75 2026-03-12 https://www.olenataratulalab.org/labmembers daily 0.75 2025-03-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6515ed68c5e0e32ff9bb1999/1695935851141-TG6OXCSGZSRLYUI6QJZH/Olena+final.png Lab Members Olena Taratula, PhD (PI) Associate Professor (Sr. Res) OSU/OHSU College of Pharmacy Office: 4N005 RLSB Email https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6515ed68c5e0e32ff9bb1999/0a06c9a5-a80a-4973-8d7d-a6e976d10f48/EE4564E6-7C35-4DDA-A17A-8A0FD7E4A1C5.jpg Lab Members Ana Paula Mesquita Souza, MEng PhD Student Research: Ectopic Pregnancy, Choriocarcinoma, Nanomedicine, Drug Delivery Email https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6515ed68c5e0e32ff9bb1999/2e29061e-f444-404f-98a6-a13f77cc5ecb/Screenshot+2024-08-27+at+8.52.26%E2%80%AFPM.png Lab Members Vladislav Grigoriev, BS Faculty Research Assistant Research: Cancer Cachexia, Gene Therapy, Animal Surgical Procedures Email https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6515ed68c5e0e32ff9bb1999/dfc7ffd7-c488-4a81-bb4e-dd71280958dc/950130a6-c679-4d2f-923b-cb968dc4ed3a.jpg Lab Members Karthickraja Duraisamy, PhD Postdoctoral Scholar Research: Hyperthermia, Ectopic Pregnancy, Designed Nanomedicine Email https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6515ed68c5e0e32ff9bb1999/7248901b-9d90-4b6c-8ac0-b9c1ff36f7d1/Screenshot+2024-10-23+at+1.02.42+PM.png Lab Members - Make it stand out Joana Janvier, BS Research Intern Research: Inflammation, Gene Therapy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6515ed68c5e0e32ff9bb1999/611e3dcb-7c76-447a-9f74-4992100891a4/dde76992-778f-4af1-b555-707ec91d2ccb.JPG Lab Members Akshay R Vyawahare, PhD Postdoctoral Scholar Research: Targeted Drug Delivery Email https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6515ed68c5e0e32ff9bb1999/761655d6-3326-4cea-a3e1-3f60543839a8/Screenshot+2024-09-13+at+10.45.49%E2%80%AFAM.png Lab Members - Make it stand out Shahzad Khosravi, HS Student Research Intern Research: Drug Delivery, Therapeutic Peptides https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6515ed68c5e0e32ff9bb1999/b474d51c-1e23-4cd8-91ed-a2d63bded55b/Screenshot+2024-09-13+at+10.50.59%E2%80%AFAM.png Lab Members - Make it stand out Amy Le, Undergraduate Student Research Intern Research: Muscle Regeneration, Gene Therapy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6515ed68c5e0e32ff9bb1999/e73dc36e-b5e0-41f7-962d-4e84441d3cd0/IMG_0147.jpeg Lab Members - Make it stand out Manali Phawde, MSc. Master’s Student Research: Nanomedicine, Drug Delivery, Cancer Therapeutics https://www.olenataratulalab.org/home daily 1.0 2026-03-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6515ed68c5e0e32ff9bb1999/f045919e-d47f-4aa4-8cf5-aa23f321fa82/PremPaperImage.png Home Our research on a new approach that can safely and effectively destroy melanoma tumors using low-powered light has been featured at OSU Newsroom. Click the image to learn more! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6515ed68c5e0e32ff9bb1999/fb20ee1f-1e53-4b11-9a58-820fa037af61/OPB+Video+Taratula+Lab.jpg Home OPB's All Science, No Fiction Spotlights Our Lab’s Work on Magnetic Hyperthermia for Ovarian Cancer! Click The Thumbnail to Watch it! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6515ed68c5e0e32ff9bb1999/38ddc8a6-1c46-4637-aff7-08043f2be20a/Screenshot+2025-11-20+at+10.44.47+AM.png Home Dr. Olena Taratula has been selected as part of the 2025-26 cohort of the Research Advancement Fellows program. Click the image to learn more! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6515ed68c5e0e32ff9bb1999/d5d7bc5b-39d2-40c9-8bb3-d806b5ff400b/Screenshot+2025-11-20+at+10.45.33+AM.png Home Dr. Olena Taratula has joined the Moxie Program, a program to expand the impact of our work beyond academia. Click the image to learn more! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6515ed68c5e0e32ff9bb1999/fee9840b-848e-4c03-a16b-7db33d2f9811/CC_paper_pressrealease.jpg Home Our research on Targeted Polymersomes for Choriocarcinoma was featured on OSU's Newsroom! Click the image to learn more! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6515ed68c5e0e32ff9bb1999/1695935854998-HXTVGPAF8XCQ8AOSAMOD/Olena+6+%28002%29.jpg Home May 2023 – We are thrilled to announce that our research on nanomedicine for placental imaging and magnetic hyperthermia for managing ectopic pregnancy has been funded by NIH/NCATS (R01). We look forward to collaborating with Dr. Myatt’s team at OHSU. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6515ed68c5e0e32ff9bb1999/1695935855014-C7MPNJNO9MH3ORV3LKX5/Image.jpg Home Our work on Nanomedicine approach to manage ectopic pregnancy was published in Small! Graphic: Parinaz Ghanbari. Work was highlighted by KGW8, KAT, Healio, and others. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6515ed68c5e0e32ff9bb1999/1695935855040-OC31O4MBJ8ZK8X2A5NOJ/Olena%2Bfinal.jpg https://www.olenataratulalab.org/research daily 0.75 2025-03-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6515ed68c5e0e32ff9bb1999/e39754f8-b27b-4ce1-af79-3cd2f6338088/Screenshot+2024-10-29+at+8.56.40+PM.png Research - Nano-Theranostic Modality for Visualization of the Placenta and Photo-Hyperthermia for Potential Management of Ectopic Pregnancy. Moses et al. Small 2022 Graphics by: Parinaz Ghanbari https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6515ed68c5e0e32ff9bb1999/2a41b85c-450a-42d9-8fff-23f99d75e80c/MTX_EctopicPregnancy.jpg Research - Glutathione-Responsive Methotrexate Polymersomes for Potential Management of Ectopic Pregnancy. Mamnoon et al. Small 2023 Graphics by: Parinaz Ghanbari https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6515ed68c5e0e32ff9bb1999/fee9840b-848e-4c03-a16b-7db33d2f9811/CC_paper_pressrealease.jpg Research - ENT-1-Targeted Polymersomes to Enhance the Efficacy of Methotrexate in Choriocarcinoma Treatment. Mamnoon & Mesquita et al. Small Science 2025. Graphics by Parinaz Ghanabri Schumann C, Nguyen DX, Norgard M, Bortnyak Y, Korzun T, Chan S, Lorenz AS, Moses AS, Albarqi HA, Wong L, Michaelis K, Zhu X, Alani AWG, Taratula OR, Krasnow S, Marks DL, Taratula O. Increasing lean muscle mass in mice via nanoparticle-mediated hepatic delivery of follistatin mRNA. Theranostics 2018; 8(19):5276-5288. doi:10.7150/thno.27847. 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