January 22, 2009
Sheena Wang, a graduate student at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, has won first place in the Scientific Art Competition at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
The contest, coordinated by the Chapel Hill Analytical and Nanofabrication Laboratory through the Institute of Advanced Materials at UNC-Chapel Hill, showcased scientific data that had artistic appeal. Submissions were evaluated for their title, description, artistic value, and scientific significance. Wang took the $150 first-place prize with her entry, “The Haunted House”, an electron microscope image of particles in a dry-powder formulation for a nasal vaccine.
All entries are on display on the second floor of Chapman Hall through at least January 30.
Wang joined Professor Tony Hickey’s lab in the Division of Molecular Pharmaceutics in 2006 after completing a master’s degree in chemistry at Johns Hopkins University. Before that, she attended Peking University in Beijing, China.
Wang’s First-Place Entry: The Haunted House
Description accompanying the submission: The porous spherical particles were prepared as a dry powder formulation for nasal vaccine formulation. The liquid solution containing the ingredient (antigen, adjuvant and trehalose) was sprayed from a spray nozzle into a container that has liquid nitrogen in it. Upon evaporation of the nitrogen, the frozen droplets were collected and lyophilized.
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