publications

D. A. Subramanian, A. Chin, Y. Shi, G. W. Liu, R. Langer, G. Traverso

Identification and validation of cyclic peptides with mucin-selective, location-specific binding in the gastrointestinal tract. 

ACS Nano (2025). Link. 

V. R. Feig*, S. Park*, P. G. Rivano*, J. Kim, B. Muller, A. Patel. C. Dial, S. Gonzalez, H. Carlisle, F. Codreanu, A. Lopes, A. E. Erdogan, N. Fabian, A. Guevara, A. Pettinari, J. Li, J. Liang, G. W. Liu, M. W. Tibbitt, G. Traverso

Self-aggregating long-acting injectable microcrystals. 

Nature Chemical Engineering (2025). Link.

M. Jimenez, J. L’Heureux, E. Kolaya, G. W. Liu, K. B. Martin, H. Ellis, A. Dao, M. Yang, Z. Villaverde, A. Khazi-Syed, Q. Cao, N. Fabian, J. Jenkins, N. Fitzgerald, C. Karavasili, B. Muller, J. D. Byrne, G. Traverso

Synthetic extremophiles: species-specific formulations for microbial therapeutics and beyond. 

Nature Materials (2024). Link. 

trainees are underlined

G. W. Liu, M. J. Pickett, J. L. P. Kuosmanen, K. Ishida, W. A. M. Madani, G. N. White, J. Jenkins, S. Park, V. R. Feig, M. Jimenez, C. Karavasili, N. B. Lal, M. Murphy, A. Lopes, J. Morimoto, N. Fitzgerald, J. H. Cheah, C. K. Soule, N. Fabian, A. Hayward, R. Langer, G. Traverso 

Drinkable in situ-forming tough hydrogels for gastrointestinal therapeutics. 

Nature Materials (2024). Link.

trainees are underlined

J. S. Lee*, H. Kim*, G. Carroll, G. W. Liu, A. Kirtane, A. Hayward, A. Wentworth, A. Lopes, J. Collins, S. Tamang, K. Ishida, K. Hess, J. Li, S. Zhang, G. Traverso 

A multifunctional decellularized gut suture platform. 

Matter (2023). Link.

G. W. Liu*, E. Guzman*, N. Menon, R. S. Langer

Lipid nanoparticles for nucleic acid delivery to endothelial cells. 

Pharmaceutical Research (2023). Link. 

*co-first authors

G. W. Liu*, J. W. Pippin*, D. G. Eng, S. Lyu, S. J. Shankland, S. H. Pun 

Nanoparticles exhibit greater accumulation in kidney glomeruli during experimental glomerular kidney disease. 

Physiological Reports (2020). Link.

*co-first authors

G. W. Liu*†, S. L. Johnson*, R. Jain, D. J. Peeler, S. J. Shankland, S. H. Pun† 

Optimized nonviral gene delivery for primary urinary renal progenitor cells to enhance cell migration. 

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research A (2019). Link.

*co-first authors; †co-corresponding authors; trainees are underlined

Y. Cheng*, G. W. Liu*, R. Jain, J. W. Pippin, S. J. Shankland, S. H. Pun

Boronic acid copolymers for direct loading and acid-triggered release of Bis-T-23 in cultured podocytes. 

ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering (2018). Link.

*co-first authors; trainees are underlined

G. W. Liu*, A. N. Prossnitz*, D. G. Eng, Y. Cheng, N. Subrahmanyam, J. W. Pippin, R. J. Lamm, C. Ngambenjawong, H. Ghandehari, S. J. Shankland, S. H. Pun 

Glomerular disease augments kidney accumulation of synthetic anionic polymers. 

Biomaterials (2018). Link. 

*co-first authors

P. Jing, J. Wu, G. W. Liu, E. G. Keeler, S. H. Pun, L. Y. Lin 

Photonic crystal optical tweezers with high efficiency for live biological samples and viability characterization. 

Scientific Reports (2015). Link.

G. W. Liu*, B. R. Livesay*, N. A. Kacherovsky, M. Cieslewicz, E. Lutz, A. Waalkes, M. C. Jensen, S. J. Salipante, S. H. Pun

Efficient identification of murine M2 macrophage peptide targeting ligands by phage display and next-generation sequencing. 

Bioconjugate Chemistry (2015). Link.

*co-first authors

4. N. Kacherovsky, G. W. Liu, M. C. Jensen, S. H. Pun 

Multiplexed gene transfer to a human T-cell line by combining Sleeping Beauty transposon system with methotrexate selection. 

Biotechnology & Bioengineering (2015). Link.

P. Z. Elias, G. W. Liu, H. Wei, M. C. Jensen, P. J. Horner, S. H. Pun

A functionalized, injectable hydrogel for localized drug delivery with tunable thermosensitivity: synthesis and characterization of physical and toxicological properties.

Journal of Controlled Release (2015). Link.

J. S. Claxton, P. C. Sandoval, G. Liu, C.-L. Chou, J. D. Hoffert, M. A. Knepper 

Endogenous carbamylation of renal medullary proteins. 

PLoS One (2013). Link.

P. Wanakule, G. W. Liu, A. T. Fleury, K. Roy

Nano-inside-micro: Disease-responsive microgels with encapsulated nanoparticles for intracellular drug delivery to the deep lung. 

Journal of Controlled Release (2012). Link.