Zhang Lab

Engineering Programmable Peptides, Lipid Nanoparticles and Microfluidic Systems

For precision delivery of RNA, therapeutics and bioactive molecules.

Led by Lei Zhang, PhD · Professor & Principal Investigator

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PEPTIDENANOCARRIERCELL01 — 02

NANJING · CHINANanjing Normal University

State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology

School of Food Science and Pharmaceutical Engineering

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Peptide-Programmed Drug Delivery

We design peptide and lipopeptide building blocks, control their programmed assembly, and develop the resulting structures as delivery carriers for drugs, nucleic acids and bioactive molecules.

RNA & Lipid Nanomedicine

We develop lipid- and peptide-enabled delivery systems for mRNA, siRNA and small-molecule therapeutics, with emphasis on carrier architecture, targeting and biological performance.

Microfluidic Delivery Engineering

We use microfluidic flow, interfacial effects and oscillatory shear to reprogram delivery-carrier architecture, control spatial organization and hierarchical loading, and enable reproducible, scalable manufacturing.