NOVA Lab

Nanoplatforms for Optical-Versatile Applications

Welcome to NOVA Lab

Based at Shriners Children’s Boston and affiliated with the Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School.

The NOVA Lab (Nanoplatforms for Optical-Versatile Applications Lab) develops translational nanomedicine and photonic medicine platforms at the intersection of nanotechnology, optical imaging, and disease biology. By engineering the physicochemical and optical properties of nanoparticles, fluorophores, and drug-delivery systems, we seek to understand in vivo transport and nano–bio interactions and translate these insights into safer, more effective approaches for disease detection and therapy. Our research spans therapeutic nanoplatforms, fluorescence-guided imaging, photonic medicine, and plasmonic biosensing.

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Latest News

We are seeking highly motivated candidates for two positions: POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOW & RESEARCH ASSISTANT

NOVA Lab is joining the Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, expanding its research and collaborative opportunities.

Hanmi Fine Chemical Visited NOVA Lab We had a wonderful meeting with Hanmi Fine Chemical about our on going project!

NOVA Lab received an NIH R21 award to develop a safe intranasal iron nanochelation therapy for Alzheimer’s disease.

NOVA Lab welcomed Sepin Cho from Seoul National University for research discussions on the biomedical applications of chiral nanoparticles.

NOVA Lab is beginning a new chapter with an additional affiliation at Shriners Children’s Boston and an upcoming relocation to its research environment.