{"id":3759,"date":"2019-03-01T14:05:38","date_gmt":"2019-03-01T19:05:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/cgibd\/?page_id=3759"},"modified":"2019-05-10T08:35:54","modified_gmt":"2019-05-10T12:35:54","slug":"lai-sam","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/cgibd\/lai-sam\/","title":{"rendered":"Samuel K. Lai, PhD"},"content":{"rendered":"<table style=\"width: 100%\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 22.42%;vertical-align: top\"><span class=\"imageBorder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/pharmacy.unc.edu\/files\/2015\/06\/samlai_jun15-directory.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"smallFont\">\n<h4>Contact Information<\/h4>\n<p>Eshelman School of Pharmacy<br \/>\nCampus Box<br \/>\nChapel Hill, NC 27599-<br \/>\n(O) 919 966-3024<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"email-link\" title=\"\" href=\"lai@unc.edu\" target=\"_self\">lai@unc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Website Links<\/h4>\n<p><a class=\"pub\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/sites\/myncbi\/1beau9tUDaoQt\/bibliography\/46017069\/public\/?sort=date&amp;direction=ascending\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PubMed<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 77.56%\" valign=\"top\"><span class=\"largeFont\"><strong><span class=\"blue\">Associate Professor<br \/>\nEshelman School of Pharmacy<br \/>\nAdjunct Associate Professor<br \/>\nDept. of Microbiology &amp; Immunology<br \/>\nDept. of Biomedical Engineering<br \/>\nDept. Biophysics and Biochemistry<br \/>\nSchool of Medicine<br \/>\nOral Biology Program<br \/>\nSchool of Dentistry<br \/>\nDirector of Pharmaceoengineering Program, School of Pharmacy<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/span><span class=\"largeFont\"><strong><span class=\"blue\">University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Research Summary<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Samuel; Lai studies the interface of mucus, immunology, nanotechnology, biomaterials, biophysics, bioengineering and modeling. The active areas of research in his lab include: (1) elucidating and harnessing antibody-mucin interactions for improved protection against pathogens and microbes at mucosal surfaces; (2) elucidating adaptive immune response (i.e. induction of antibodies) against nanomaterials; (3) engineering bispecific antibodies for targeting drug carriers to heterogeneous disease tissues; and (4) engineering temperate phage vectors for modulation of the mucosal commensal bacterial communities.\u00a0 His was the first group to demonstrate that antibodies can trap both viral and bacterial pathogens in mucus via interactions between mucins and Fc domains on antibodies.\u00a0 His lab has extensive experience with characterizing interactions in native mucus secretions from humans and animals using a variety of imaging techniques, as well as antibody and nanoparticle engineering for a variety of applications.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Relevance of Research to CGIBD Mission: <\/strong>A major focus of the CGIBD is the interaction of microbes with hosts. Samuel Lai has explored antibody-mucin interactions at the mucosal surface. He has also engineered temperate phage vectors for modulation of the mucosal commensal bacterial communities.<\/p>\n<p><strong>CGIBD Focus Area(s):\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>Microbiome<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pilot and Feasibility Award 2011<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"smallFont\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Contact Information Eshelman School of Pharmacy Campus Box Chapel Hill, NC 27599- (O) 919 966-3024 lai@unc.edu Website Links PubMed Associate Professor Eshelman School of Pharmacy Adjunct Associate Professor Dept. of Microbiology &amp; Immunology Dept. of Biomedical Engineering Dept. 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