Education
- Degree: PhD in BME, 2013
- Advisor: Kam W. Leong
- Research Project: Non-viral Transfection and Direct Reprogramming of Fibroblasts to Neurons and Glia: Importance of Physical and Chemical Microenvironments
Research Interests
PUBLICATIONS
- Perez-Pinera P, Kocak DD, Vockley CM, Adler AF, Kabadi AM, Polstein LR, Thakore PI, Glass KA, Ousterout DG, Leong KW, Guilak F, Crawford GE, Reddy TE, . RNA-guided gene activation by CRISPR-Cas9-based transcription factors. Nature Methods. 2013 Jul. PMID: 23892895
- Christoforou N, Chellappan M, Adler AF, Kirkton RD, Wu T, Addis RC, Bursac N, . Transcription factors MYOCD, SRF, Mesp1 and SMARCD3 enhance the cardio-inducing effect of GATA4, TBX5, and MEF2C during direct cellular reprogramming. Plo S One. 2013 Jan;8(5):e63577. PMCID: PMC3660533
- Adler AF, Grigsby CL, Kulangara K, Wang H, Yasuda R, . Nonviral direct conversion of primary mouse embryonic fibroblasts to neuronal cells. Molecular therapy. Nucleic Acids. 2012 Jan;1:e32. PMCID: PMC3411320
- Adler AF, Speidel AT, Christoforou N, Kolind K, Foss M, . High-throughput screening of microscale pitted substrate topographies for enhanced nonviral transfection efficiency in primary human fibroblasts. Biomaterials. 2011 May;32(14):3611-9. PMCID: PMC3052739
- Adler AF, . Emerging links between surface nanotechnology and endocytosis: impact on nonviral gene delivery. Nano Today. 2010 Dec;5(6):553-569. PMCID: PMC3048656
- Adler AF, Petersen LK, Wilson JH, Torres MP, Thorstenson JB, Gardner SW, Mallapragada SK, Wannemuehler MJ, Narasimhan B, “High Throughput Cell-based Screening of Biodegradable Polyanhydride Libraries”, Combinational Chemistry & High Throughput Screening. 2009 Aug, 12(7), 634-45. PMCID: PMC305273
- Adrew F. Adler, Alessondra T. Speidel, Nicolas Christoforou, Kirsitan Kolid, Morten Foss, Kam W. Leong, High-throughput screening of microscale pitted substrate topographies for enhanced nonviral transfection efficiency in primary human fibroblasts, Biomaterials, Volume 32, Issue 14, May 2011, 3611-3619.
- Le DM, Kulangara K, Adler AF, Leong KW, Ashby VS, Dynamic Topographical Control of Mesenchymal Stem Cells by Culture on Responsive Poly-caprolactone Surfaces, Advanced Materials, 2011 Aug, 23(29), 3278-3283.
- Andrew F. Adler, Kam W. Leong, Emerging links between surface nanotechnology and endocytosis: Impact on nonviral gene delivery, Nano Today, December 2010, 5(6), 553-569.
- Adler AF, Peterson LK, Wilson JH, Torres MP, Thorstenson JB, Gardner SW, Mallapragada SK, Wannemuehler MJ, Narasimhan B, "High Throughput Cell-based Screening of Biodegradable Polyanhydride Libraries", Comb Chem High Throughput Screen, 2009 Aug, 12(7), 634-45.
- Syandan Chakraborty, I-Chien Liao, Andrew Adler, Kam W. Leong, Electrohydrodynamics: A facile technique to fabricate drug delivery systems, Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews, Volume 61, Issue 12, Nanofibers in Regenerative Medicine and Drug Delivery, 5 October 2009, 1043-1054.
- Laura De Laporte, Alyssa Huang, Melissa M. Ducommum, Marina L. Zelivyanska, Misael O. Aviles, Andrew F. Adler, Lonnie D. Shea, Patterned transgene expression in multiple-channel bridges after spinal cord injury, Acta Biomaterials, Volume 6, Issue 8, August 2010, 2889-2897.
POSTERS
- Andrew F. Adler, Alessondra T. Speidel, Nicolas Christoforou, Kristian Kolind, Morten Foss, Kam W. Leong, Enhancement of transfection efficiency with substrate topography: high throughput discovery, Duke Synthetic Biology Symposium, April 16, 2011
- Andrew F. Adler, Alessondra T. Speidel, Nicolas Christoforou, Kristian Kolind, Morten Foss, Kam W. Leong, Enhancement of transfection efficiency with substrate topography: high throughput discovery, BME Departmental Retreat, May 12, 2011
- Andrew F. Adler, Alessondra T. Speidel, Kristian Kolind, Morten Foss, Kam W. Leong, Modulation of transfectability with substrate topography: emerging links to endocytosis, BMES Annual Meeting, October 8, 2010
- Andrew F. Adler, Kam W. Leong, Modulation of transfection and endocytosis by substrate topography, Kewaunee Event, April 8, 2010
ORAL PRESENATIONS
- Andrew F. Adler, Alessondra T. Speidel, Nicolas Christoforou, Kristian Kolind, Morten Foss, Kam W. Leong, Enhancement of transfection efficiency with substrate topography: Reverse transfection and siRNA, BMES Annual Meeting, October 14, 2011
- Andrew F. Adler, Alessondra T. Speidel, Nicolas Christoforou, Kristian Kolid, Morten Foss, Kam W. Leong, Enhancement of transfection efficiency with substrate topography: high throughput discovery, BME Departmental Retreat, May 12, 2011
AWARDS
- NSF GRF Fellowship Honorable Mention (2010)
- BME Annual Retreat Best Poster Award (2011)