News

Publication

[Apr 30, 2024]

Léa's review article titled "Stimuli-sensitive polymer prodrug nanocarriers obtained by reversible deactivation radical polymerization" is accepted in Chemical Society Reviews. Congrats Léa!

[Apr 30, 2024]

Alvaro's article titled "Polymeric Nanozyme with SOD Activity Capable of Inhibiting Self- and Metal-Induced α-Synuclein Aggregation" is accepted in Chemistry: A European Journal. Congrats Alvar!

[Mar 27, 2024]

Léa's article titled "Thermosensitive Polymer Prodrug Nanoparticles Prepared by an All-Aqueous Nanoprecipitation Process and Application to Combination Therapy" is accepted in Journal of Controlled Release. Congrats Léa!

[Feb 19, 2024]

Our review article titled "Subcutaneous Drug Delivery from Nanoscale Systems" is accepted in Nature Reviews Bioengineering. Congrats Lorenzo and Marianne!

[Jan 26, 2024]

Ping's article titled "Coarse-Grained Model-Assisted Design of Polymer Prodrug Nanoparticles with Enhanced Cytotoxicity: A Combined Theoretical and Experimental Study" is accepted in Angewandte Chemie, International Edition. Congrats Ping!

[Oct 10, 2023]

Our collaborative article "Polyfluoroalkyl Chain-Based Assemblies for Biomimetic Catalysis" is accepted in Chemistry: A European Journal. Congrats to all!

[Sep 22, 2023]

Julien received the 2023 Prix des Innovateurs Ile-de-France, which rewards researchers under the age of 45 and their teams for the quality of their work in the healthcare field.

[Sep 5, 2023]

Maëlle's article titled "Degradable Latexes by Nitroxide-Mediated Aqueous Seeded Emulsion Copolymerization Using a Thionolactone" is accepted in Macromolecules. Congrats Maëlle!

[Feb 23, 2023]

Our collaborative article titled "RAFT-Mediated Emulsion Polymerization-Induced Self-Assembly for the Synthesis of Core-Degradable Waterborne Particles" is accepted in Angewandte Chemie, International Edition . Congrats to all!

[Feb 21, 2023]

Maëlle's article titled "Degradable Polyisoprene by Radical Ring-Opening Polymerization and Application to Polymer Prodrug Nanoparticles" is accepted in Chemical Science. Well-done Maëlle!

[Feb 13, 2023]

Our collaborative article titled "Degradable Vinyl Polymer Particles by Radical Aqueous Emulsion Copolymerization of Methyl Methacrylate and 5,6-Benzo-2-methylene-1,3-dioxepane" is accepted in Polymer Chemistry. Congrats to all!

[Feb 5, 2023]

Very happy that our review article "In Situ Encapsulation of Biologically Active Ingredients into Polymer Particles by Polymerization in Dispersed Media" made the front cover of Prog. Polym. Sci.!

[Feb 1, 2023]

Our work on the development of new anticancer treatments has been highlghted in CNRS Le Journal!.

[Jan 19, 2023]

Théo's article titled "Increasing the Hydrophilicity of Cyclic Ketene Acetals Improves the Hydrolytic Degradation of Vinyl Copolymers and the Interaction of Glycopolymer Nanoparticles with Lectins" is published in Biomacromolecules. Congrats Théo!

[Dec 13, 2022]

Maelle's review article titled "In Situ Encapsulation of Biologically Active Ingredients into Polymer Particles by Polymerization in Dispersed Media" is published in Prog. Polym. Sci.. Bravo!

[Oct 25, 2022]

Our study in J. Am. Chem. Soc. has been highlighted in the press!

- International press release by the CNRS

- Interview on Europe 1 and France Info during the news

- Interview during the Radio show "Le Journal des Sciences" broadcasted on France Culture

- Articles in the French newspapers Les Echos, Le Figaro, Le Monde, Le Progrès, etc.

- French Press Agency dispatch published by many websites (20Minutes, Yahoo!, Santé Magzine, Le Point, L'Express, France24, Ouest France, etc.)

- Articles in Science & Avenir, The Conversation, Doctissimo, Femme Actuelle, etc.

[Oct 10, 2022]

Maelle's article titled "Degradable Vinyl Copolymer Nanoparticles/Latexes by Aqueous Nitroxide-Mediated Polymerization-Induced Self-Assembly" is published in Macromolecules. Congrats!

[Oct 4, 2022]

Very happy that our article "A Polymer Prodrug Strategy to Switch from Intravenous to Subcutaneous Cancer Therapy for Irritant/Vesicant Drugs" made the front cover of J. Am. Chem. Soc.!

[Oct 4, 2022]

Alexandre's article titled "A Polymer Prodrug Strategy to Switch from Intravenous to Subcutaneous Cancer Therapy for Irritant/Vesicant Drugs" is published in J. Am. Chem. Soc. Congrats to all!

[Aug 4, 2022]

Theo's article titled "Degradable Glycopolyester-Like Nanoparticles by Radical Ring-Opening Polymerization" is accepted in Biomacromolecules. Congrats to all!

[Jun 23, 2022]

Our collaborative article titled "Degradable Polyampholytes from Radical Ring-Opening Copolymerization Enhance Cellular Cryopreservation" is accepted in ACS Macro Letters. Congrats to all!

[Jun 12, 2022]

Our study in Nature Communications has been highlighted in the press!

- International press release by the CNRS

- Interview during the Radio show "Le Journal des Sciences" broadcasted on France Culture

- Interview during the Radio show "CQFD" broadcasted on Radio Télévision Suisse (RTS)

- Interview in the French newspaper Les Echos

- Interview/article published by Université Paris-Saclay in the news section

[May 27, 2022]

Very happy that our review article "(Bio)degradable and Biocompatible Nano-Objects from Polymerization-Induced and Crystallization-Driven Self-Assembly" made the front cover of Biomacromolecules!

[May 27, 2022]

Justin's review article titled "(Bio)degradable and Biocompatible Nano-Objects from Polymerization-Induced and Crystallization-Driven Self-Assembly" is accepted in Biomacromolecules. Congrats Justin!

[May 24, 2022]

Amaury's article titled "Vinyl Copolymers with Faster Hydrolytic Degradation than Aliphatic Polyesters and Tunable Upper Critical Solution Temperatures" is accepted in Nature Communications. Congrats to Amaury and all co-authors!

[May 05, 2022]

Congratulations to Maëlle Lages who successfully defended her PhD, titled "La Synthèse de nanoparticules polymères vinyliques dégradables par copolymérisation radicalaire par ouverture de cycle (rROP) " in front of the following committee: Jutta Rieger, Maud Save, Guillaume Delaittre, Yohann Guillaneuf, Franck D'Agosto and Julien Nicolas.

Presentation

[Mar 30, 2022]

Léa delivered a lecture titled "Anticancer Thermo-Sensitive Polymer Prodrug Nanoparticles Prepared by an All-Water Nanoprecipitation Process" at the 13th PBP World Meeting in Rotterdam, NL. Congrats!

Event

[Mar 22, 2022]

Congratulations to Théo Pesenti who successfully defended his PhD, titled "La Copolymérisation Radicalaire par Ouverture de Cycle des Acétals de Cétène Cycliques : Une Nouvelle Voie d’Accès pour la Synthèse de Polymères Dégradables et Fonctionnels pour la Thérapie Anticancéreuse" in front of the following committee: Catherine Lefay, Julien Bernard, Anne Imberty, Samir Messaoudi and Julien Nicolas.

Publication

[Jan 28, 2022]

Chen (Justin)'s article titled "A Simple Route to Aqueous Suspensions of Degradable Copolymer Nanoparticles Based on Radical Ring-Opening Polymerization-Induced Self-Assembly (rROPISA)" is accepted in Chemistry of Materials. Congrats Justin!

[Dec 9, 2022]

Congratulations to Chen (Justin) Zhu who successfully defended his PhD, titled "Degradable Vinyl Polymer Nanoparticles by Radical Ring-opening Copolymerization-Induced Self-Assembly (rROPISA)" in front of the following committee: Christine Bressy, Yohann Guillaneuf, Muriel Lansalot, Simon Harrisson, Laurence Moine and Julien Nicolas.

Event

[Dec 6, 2022]

Congratulations to Marianne Ferrere who successfully defended her PhD, titled "Synthesis and Evaluation of Hydrophilic Polymer Prodrugs for the Subcutaneous Administration of Cytotoxic Drugs" in front of the following committee: Rachel Auzély-Velty, Thomas Pons, Dominique Hourdet, Randall Mrsny, Elias Fattal and Julien Nicolas.

Publication

[Jan 26, 2022]

Our collaborative article titled "One-Step Synthesis of Degradable Vinylic Polymer-Based Latexes via Aqueous Radical Emulsion Polymerization" is accepted in Angewandte Chemie, International Edition. Congrats to all!

[Sept 20, 2021]

Ping's paper titled "Supramolecular Organization of Polymer Prodrug Nanoparticles Revealed by Coarse-Grained Simulations" is accepted in Journal of the American Chemical Society. Congrats!

[Jun 10, 2021]

Interview (in French) of Julien by the CNRS (Délégation Ile-de-France Sud) "Les Nanomédicaments, à Petite Echelle pour de Grandes Applications"

[Jun 9, 2021]

Our collaborative paper titled "Simulations of the Upper Critical Solution Temperature Behavior of Poly(Ornithine-co-Citrulline)s Using Martini-Based Coarse-Grained Force Fields" is accepted in Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation. Congrats!

[Dec 16, 2020]

Chen's article titled "Towards Nanoparticles with Site-Specific Degradability by Ring-Opening Copolymerization Induced Self-Assembly in Organic Medium" is accepted in Polymer Chemistry. Congrats!

[Nov 13, 2020]

Theo's Viewpoint titled "Degradable Polymers from Radical Ring-Opening Polymerization (rROP): Latest Advances, New Directions and Ongoing Challenges" is accepted in ACS Macro Letters. Congrats!

[Oct 27, 2020]

Julien delivered an invited lecture titled "Well-Defined Polymer-Prodrug Conjugates for Cancer Therapy" at the 12th European and Global Summit for Nanomedicine congress (CLINAM 2020), Basel, Switzerland

Publication

[Oct 18, 2020]

Our collaborative paper titled "DFT Calculation-Assisted Prediction of the Copolymerization Between Cyclic Ketene Acetals with Traditional Vinyl Monomers" is accepted in Polymer Chemistry. Congrats to all!

[Sep 14, 2020]

Amaury's paper titled "Synthesis of Poly(Asparagine-co-Phenylalanine) Copolymers, Analogy with Thermosensitive Poly(Acrylamide-co-Styrene) Copolymers and Formation of PEGylated Nanoparticles" is accepted in European Polymer Journal. Congrats!

[Mar 31, 2020]

Our collaborative review article titled "3D Extracellular Matrix Mimics: Fundamental Concepts and Role of Materials Chemistry to Influence the Stem Cell Fate" is accepted in Biomacromolecules. Congrats to all!

[Dec 10, 2019]

Julien delivered an lecture titled "Heterotelechelic Polymer Prodrug Nanoparticles for Imaging and Combination Therapy" at the The SFNano - C'Nano Joint Meeting 2019, Dijon, France

Presentation

[Oct 1, 2019]

Julien delivered an lecture titled "Synthesis of Degradable Latexes by Radical Ring-Opening Polymerization in Dispersed Media" at the 36th Club Emulsion, Arkema, Colombes, France

Publication

[Sep 28, 2019]

Yi Yan Yang and Julien published in Nature Chemistry a Meeting Report about the 47th IUPAC congress titled "A Chemical Centenary to Celebrate"

[Aug 27, 2019]

Julien delivered an invited lecture titled "Degradable Vinyl Materials for Biomedical Applications from Controlled Radical Ring-Opening Copolymerization" and a lecture titled "Radical Ring-Opening Copolymerization-Induced Self-Assembly (rROPISA)" at the 258th American Chemical Society National Meeting & Exposition, San Diego, CA, USA

Presentation

[Jul 09, 2019]

Justin delivered a lecture titled "Degradable Vinyl Polymer Nanoparticles by Copolymerization-Induced Self-Assembly (rROPISA)" at the 47th IUPAC World Chemistry Congress, Paris, France. Well done!

Presentation

[Jul 08, 2019]

Julien delivered a lecture titled "Biodegradable Vinyl Polymers" and "Polymer Prodrug Nanocarriers for Anticancer Therapy" at the 47th IUPAC World Chemistry Congress, Paris, France.

Presentation

[Jul 03, 2019]

Justin and Théo delivered a lecture titled "Degradable Vinyl Polymer Nanoparticles by Copolymerization-Induced Self-Assembly (rROPISA)" and "Design of Degradable and Functionalized Vinyl Polymer Nanoparticles for Cardiac Therapy", respectively, at the Journée Annuelle du GFP Ile-de-France 2019, Neuville-sur-Oise, France. Well done guys!

Award

[Jun 28, 2019]

Julien is one of the 2 recipients of the 2019 Biomacromolecules/Macromolecules Young Investigator Award from the American Chemical Society! Many thanks to all past & present students/colleagues/collaborators who made this happened!

[Jun 28, 2019]

Alexandre's paper titled "The Crucial Role of Macromolecular Engineering, Drug Encapsulation and Dilution on the Thermoresponsiveness of UCST Diblock Copolymer Nanoparticles Used for Hyperthermia" is accepted in European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics. Excellent news!

[Jun 17, 2019]

Gianpiero's paper titled "Light Sheet Fluorescence Microscopy versus Confocal Microscopy: In Quest of a Suitable Tool to Assess Drug and Nanomedicine Penetration into Multicellular Tumor Spheroids" is accepted in European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics. Congrats!

[Jun 6, 2019]

Alysia and Daniele's paper titled "Protein-Functionalized Nanoparticles Derived from End-Functional Polymers and Polymer Prodrugs for Crossing the Blood-Brain Barrier" is accepted in European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics. Congrats guys!

[Jun 04, 2019]

Julien delivered an invited lecture titled "New Polymers and Strategies for Drug Delivery Applications" at the 3rd BIOMAT congress - Materials for Health 2019, La Grande Motte, France.

Presentation

[May 23, 2019]

Julien delivered an invited lecture titled "Well-defined Polymer Prodrug Nanocarriers from the “Drug-initiated” Approach" at the CSPS/CC-CRS Annual Symposium, Vancouver, Canada.

Publication

[May 24, 2019]

Daniele's paper titled "Drug-Initiated Synthesis of Heterotelechelic Polymer Prodrug Nanoparticles for in Vivo Imaging and Cancer Cell Targeting" is accepted in Biomacromolecules. Congrats!

[Mar 31, 2019]

Julien delivered a lecture titled "Polymer prodrug nanocarriers for anticancer therapy" at the 257th American Chemical Society National Meeting & Exposition, Orlando, FL, USA

Presentation

[Mar 25, 2019]

Julien delivered an invited lecture titled "New Polymer-Based Drug Delivery Systems for Cancer Therapy " at the 3rd European Conference on Pharmaceutics, Bologna, Italy.

Publication

[Mar 18, 2019]

Elise's paper titled "Radical Ring-Opening Copolymerization-Induced Self-Assembly (rROPISA)" is accepted in Macromolecules. Congrats!

[Feb 18, 2019]

Our collaborative article titled "Structure-pDNA Complexation and Structure-Cytotoxicity Relationships of PEGylated, Cationic Aminoethyl-Based Polyacrylates with Tunable Topologies" is accepted in Polymer Chemistry. Congrats to all!

[Feb 02, 2019]

Our review article titled "From Poly(Alkyl Cyanoacrylate) to Squalene as Core Material to Design Nanomedicines" is accepted in Journal of Drug Targeting. Congrats to all!

[Jan 23, 2019]

Divya's review article titled "Cathepsin-Sensitive Nanoscale Drug Delivery Systems for Cancer Therapy and other Diseases" is accepted in Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews. Great news!

[Dec 28, 2018]

Daniele's article titled "Heterotelechelic Polymer Prodrug Nanoparticles: Adaptability to Different Drug Combinations and Influence of the Dual Functionalization on the Cytotoxicity" is accepted in Journal of Controlled Release. Congrats!

[Dec 18, 2018]

Interview by Novacap of Julien, Johanna and Daniele following the 2018 Novacap award of the French Academy of Sciences (in French).

[Dec 17, 2018]

Congratulations to Johanna Tran who successfully defended his PhD, titled "Polyesters Fonctionnels par Polymérisation Radicalaire par Ouverture de Cycle, une Plateforme Nanoparticulaire pour la Délivrance de Principe Actif pour les Maladies Cardiovasculaires" in front of the following committee: Muriel Lansalot, Jean Coudane, Simon Harrisson, Didier Gigmes, Elias Fattal, Patrick Couvreur and Julien Nicolas.

Event

[Dec 13, 2018]

Congratulations to Alexandre Bordat who successfully defended his PhD, titled "Stratégies Alternatives pour la Délivrance D'anticancéreux par Encapsulation Physique dans des Nanoparticules Polymères Thermosensibles ou par Couplage Chimique en Prodrogues Polymères" in front of the following committee: Rachel Auzély, Dominique Hourdet, Elisabeth Garanger, Elias Fattal, Nicolas Tsapis and Julien Nicolas.

Event

[Dec 10, 2018]

Congratulations to Daniele Vinciguerra who successfully defended his PhD, titled "Drug-Initiated Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Heterotelechelic Polymer Prodrug Nanoparticles" in front of the following committee: Anne-Françoise Mingotaud, Bruno De Geest, Maria Jesus Vicent, Boris Vauzeilles, Francesco Nicotra, Yohann Guillaneuf, Patrick Couvreur and Julien Nicolas.

Award

[Dec 05, 2018]

Daniele received the best oral communication award at the SFNano 2018 congress in Montpellier. Congratulations!

Press

[Dec 05, 2018]

Interview of Julien by Université Paris-Saclay "Julien Nicolas: Boosting Drug Efficiency".

[Nov 30, 2018]

Johanna's article titled "Degradable Copolymer Nanoparticles from Radical Ring-Opening Copolymerization between Cyclic Ketene Acetals and Vinyl Ethers" is accepted in Biomacromolecules. Congrats!

[Nov 14, 2018]

Julien delivered an invited lecture titled "Drug-Initiated Synthesis of Polymer Prodrug Nanocarriers for Anticancer Therapy" at the 5th International Conference on Electronic Materials and Nanotechnology for Green Environnement (ENGE 2018), Jeju, South Korea.

Award

[Oct 16, 2018]

Julien received the 2018 "Prix Novacap de l'Académie des Sciences" during the Award Ceremony at the French Academy of Sciences.

[Oct 9, 2018]

Alexandre's review article titled "Thermoresponsive Polymer Nanocarriers for Biomedical Applications" is accepted in Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews. Congrats!

[Oct 9, 2018]

Julien's collaborative Editorial titled "Best Practices for New Polymers and Nanoparticulate Systems - How Not To Be Soft With Reporting Standards" is published in Chemistry of Materials.

[Sep 15, 2018]

Julien delivered an invited lecture titled "Drug-Initiated Synthesis of Polymer Prodrug Nanocarriers for Anticancer Therapy" at the 5th Symposium on Innovative Polymers for Controlled Delivery (SIPCD 2018), Suzhou, China.

Press release

[Oct 5, 2018]

Press release by the CNRS concerning our collaborative article in J. Control. Release, titled: "Des polymères pour une libération contrôlée de différents médicaments"

[Aug 28, 2018]

Elise's article titled "Degradable Polymer Prodrugs with Adjustable Activity from Drug-Initiated Radical Ring-Opening Copolymerization" is accepted in Chemical Science. Excellent job!

[Aug 05, 2018]

Daniele's article titled "A Facile Route to Heterotelechelic Polymer Prodrug Nanoparticles for Imaging, Drug Delivery and Combination Therapy" is accepted in Journal of Controlled Release. Congrats!

[Jul 25, 2018]

Julien received the 2018 Prix Novacap de l'Académie des Sciences for his outstanding research in the field of innovative polymers for biomedical applications.

[July 3, 2018]

Julien delivered an invited lecture titled "Synthesis of Degradable Vinyl Polymers for Biomedical Applications" at the French Chemical Society 2018 (SCF 18) congress, Montpellier, France.

Presentation

[May 28, 2018]

Julien delivered an invited lecture titled "Synthesis of Degradable Vinyl Polymers for Biomedical Applications" at the Bordeaux Polymer Conference (BPC 2018), Bordeaux, France.

Presentation

[Apr 11, 2018]

Julien delivered an invited lecture titled "Vinyl Polymers for Biomedical Applications" at the 15th European Symposium on Controlled Drug Delivery (ESCDD 2018), Egmond aan Zee, The Netherlands.

Press

[Mar 7, 2018]

Interview (in French) about Nanomedicine during the Radio show "La Méthode Scientifique" broadcasted on France Culture.

[Feb 15, 2018]

Julien's invited Research article entitled "Self-Stabilized, Hydrophobic or PEGylated Paclitaxel Polymer Prodrug Nanoparticles for Cancer Therapy" made the front cover of Polymer Chemistry!

[Jan 22, 2018]

Elise's article titled "Tunable Degradation of Copolymers Prepared by Nitroxide-Mediated Radical Ring-Opening Polymerization and Point-by-Point Comparison with Traditional Polyesters" is accepted in Macromolecules. Bravo!

[Dec 22, 2017]

Yinyin's article titled "Hydrophobic or PEGylated, Self-Stabilized Paclitaxel Polymer Prodrug Nanoparticles for Cancer Therapy" is accepted in Polymer Chemistry. Congrats!

[Dec 11, 2017]

Our collaborative article titled "Antibody-Functionalized Polymer Nanoparticle Leading to Memory Recovery in Alzheimer’s Disease-like Transgenic Mouse Model" is accepted in Nanomedicine NBM. Congrats to all!

[Dec 18, 2017]

Julien has been awarded by an European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator grant (2018-2023) for a research project titled THERMONANO. The idea is to develop a new strategy for the administration of anticancer drug that is simple, efficient, comfortable for the patient and significantly less costly than traditional chemotherapies.

[Dec 4, 2017]

Johanna delivered a lecture titled "Radical Copolymerization of Vinyl Ethers and Cyclic Ketene Acetals: a New Platform to Challenge Traditional Polyesters for Biomedical Applications" at the SFNano 2017 meeting, Bordeaux, France. Bravo !

Event

[Nov 28, 2017]

Congratulations to Elise Guégain who successfully defended her PhD, titled "Degradable Polymer Prodrugs Synthesized by Nitroxide-Mediated Radical Ring-Opening Polymerization" in front of the following committee: Sophie Guillaume, Sagrario Pascual, Sébastien Lecommandoux, Philippe Guégan, Yohann Guillaneuf, Elias Fattal, Patrick Couvreur and Julien Nicolas.

Publication

[Nov 28, 2017]

Our feature article titled "Telechelic Polymers from Reversible-Deactivation Radical Polymerization for Biomedical Applications" is accepted in Chemical Communications. Congrats to all!

[Nov 28, 2017]

Press release by the CNRS concerning our collaborative article in Angewandte Chemie, International Edition, titled: "Elaboration de nouveaux biomatériaux polymères dégradables et fonctionnels"

[Nov 22, 2017]

Julien delivered a lecture titled "New Polymers and Strategies for Drug Delivery Applications" at the GFP 2017 meeting, Paris, France.

Publication

[Nov 6, 2017]

Our collaborative paper (with Didier Gigmes and Didier Letourneur's groups) titled "Radical Copolymerization of Vinyl Ethers and Cyclic Ketene Acetals as a Versatile Platform to Design Functional Polyesters" is accepted in Angewandte Chemie, International Edition. Congrats to all!

[Oct 17, 2017]

Elise delivered a lecture titled "Development of Degradable Polymer Prodrug Nanoparticles for Cancer Therapy" at the 34ème Club Emulsion, Lyon, France. Congrats!

Publication

[Oct 14, 2017]

Julien published a collaborative article in l'Actualité Chimique (in French) titled: "Polymères et Interactions avec les Milieux Biologiques" as part of a themed issue titled "Polymères de Demain, Boosters d'Innovations".

[Sep 19, 2017]

Julien delivered an invited lecture titled "Innovative Polymers for Drug Delivery Applications" at the Chemistry division of the French Academy of Sciences, Paris, France.

Publication

[Sep 14, 2017]

Megan's paper (collaboration with Brent Sumerlin's group) titled "Radical Ring-Opening Copolymerization of Cyclic Ketene Acetals and Maleimides Affords Homogeneous Incorporation of Degradable Units" is accepted in ACS Macro Letters. Congrats!

[Aug 21, 2017]

Julien delivered an invited lecture titled "New Polymers and Strategies for Drug Delivery Applications" at the 254th American Chemical Society National Meeting & Exposition, Washington, DC, USA.

Presentation & Award

[Jun 23, 2017]

Elise delivered a lecture and received the second best oral communication award during the 2017 Doctoral School meeting in Châtenay-Malabry, France. Bravo !!

Award

[May 23, 2017]

Julien received the 2017 Polymer Chemistry Lectureship award during the Advanced Polymers via Macromolecular Engineering (APME) 2017 congress in Ghent, Belgium.

Presentation

[May 23, 2017]

Julien delivered an invited lecture titled "New Polymers and Strategies for Drug Delivery Applications" at the Advanced Polymers via Macromolecular Engineering (APME) 2017 congress in Ghent, Belgium.

Publication

[Apr 19, 2017]

Yinyin's paper titled "Structure-Cytotoxicity Relationship of Drug-Initiated Polymer Prodrug Nanoparticles" is accepted in Polymer Chemistry. Congrats Yinyin!

[Mar 29, 2017]

Yinyin's paper titled "Fluorescent Polymer Prodrug Nanoparticles with Aggregation-Induced Emission (AIE) Properties from Nitroxide-Mediated Polymerization" is accepted in Chemical Communication. Congrats Yinyin!

[Mar 29, 2017]

Our collaborative article titled "A Comprehensive Kinetic Study of the Conventional Free-Radical Polymerization of Seven-Membered Cyclic Ketene Acetals" is accepted in Polymer Chemistry. Congratulations to all!

[Mar 17, 2017]

Julien presented a seminar titled "Drug-Initiated Synthesis of Polymer Prodrug Nanoparticles" during the minisymposium "Polymers for Medicine" at the Institute of Materials, EPFL

Publication

[Jan 20, 2017]

Our Perspective article titled "Polymer Nanoparticles for the Delivery of Anticancer Drugs" is accepted in Médecine/Sciences.

[Nov 17, 2016]

Julien received the French Polymer Society (GFP) / French Chemical Society (SCF) award during the 45th GFP meeting in Marseille, France.

Presentation

[Nov 17, 2016]

Julien delivered an invited lecture titled "Drug-Initiated Synthesis of Polymer Prodrug Nanoparticles" at the 45th GFP meeting in Marseille, France.

Publication

[Nov 11, 2016]

Our collaborative review article titled "Pulmonary Surfactant Protein A: A Mediated Enrichment of Surface-Decorated Polymeric Nanoparticles in Alveolar Macrophages" is accepted in Molecular Pharmaceutics. Congratulations to all!

[Oct 7, 2016]

Our collaborative review article titled "Radical Ring-Opening Polymerization: Scope, Limitations and Application to (Bio)Degradable Materials" is accepted in Chemical Reviews. Congratulations to all!

[Oct 5, 2016]

Julien has joined the editorial team of Chemistry of Materials (ACS) as Associate Editor.

[Sep 26, 2016]

Elise delivered a lecture titled "The Drug-Initiated Strategy: A Convenient Way to Design Polymer Nanoparticles for Anticancer Therapy" at the 4th Congress on Innovation in Drug Delivery: Site-Specific Drug Delivery, Antibes-Juan-les-Pins, France. Congratulations!

Presentation

[Aug 25, 2016]

Julien delivered an invited lecture titled "Comb-like PEG-based Vinyl Copolymers for Biomedical Applications" at the 252nd American Chemical Society National Meeting & Exposition, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

Publication

[Aug 15, 2016]

Yinyin's article titled "Simple Synthesis of Cladribine-Based Anticancer Polymer Prodrug Nanoparticles with Tuneable Drug Delivery Properties" is accepted in Chemistry of Materials. Congratulations!

[Jul 12, 2016]

Julien delivered an invited lecture titled "Vinyl Polymers for Biomedical Applications" at the Warwick Polymer Conference 2016, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK.

Presentation

[Jul 8, 2016]

Julien delivered an invited lecture titled "Polymer Nanoparticles for Biomedical Applications" at the 7ème journée GFP-IdF, ICPME, Université Paris-Est, Thiais.

Publication

[Jun 3, 2016]

Johanna's article titled "Efficient Synthesis of 2-Methylene-4-Phenyl-1,3-Dioxolane, a Cyclic Ketene Acetal for Controlling the NMP of Methyl Methacrylate and Conferring Tunable Degradability" is accepted in Polymer Chemistry.

[May 24, 2016]

Julien delivered an invited lecture titled "Degradable PEG-Based Materials by Nitroxide-Mediated Radical Ring-Opening Copolymerization" at the Belgian Polymer Group annual meeting 2016, Hasselt, Belgium.

Presentation

[Apr 7, 2016]

Julien delivered an invited lecture titled "Drug-Initiated Synthesis of Polymer Prodrug Nanoparticles" at the 10th World Meeting on Pharmaceutics, Biopharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical (PBP) Technology, Glasgow, UK.

Cover

[Mar 22, 2016]

Julien's invited Perspective article entitled "Drug-Initiated Synthesis of Polymer Prodrugs: Combining Simplicity and Efficacy in Drug Delivery" made the front cover of Chemistry of Materials!

[Mar 14, 2016]

Yinyin delivered a lecture titled "Efficient Anticancer Polymer Prodrug Nanoparticles from Drug-Initiated Controlled/Living Radical Polymerization" at the 251st American Chemical Society National Meeting & Exposition, San Diego, USA. Congratulations!

Presentation

[Mar 7, 2016]

Julien delivered an invited lecture titled "Drug-Initiated Synthesis of Polymer Prodrug Nanoparticles" at the 11th International Conference and Workshop on Biological Barriers, Saarbrücken, Germany.

Publication

[Jan 29, 2016]

Julien's invited Perspective article titled "Drug-Initiated Synthesis of Polymer Prodrugs: Combining Simplicity and Efficacy in Drug Delivery" is accepted in Chemistry Materials.

[Jan 27, 2015]

Julien presented two seminars titled "Advanced polymer nanoparticles against cancer and the Alzheimer's disease" and "Vinyl polymers for biomedical applications" at the Institute of Toxicology and Genetics (ITG) and at the Macromolecular Architectures (MacroArc) Research Team at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), respectively.

Publication

[Jan 10, 2016]

Our collaborative paper titled "Nitroxide-Mediated Polymerization of Vinyl Chloride at Low Temperature: Kinetic and Computational Studies" is accepted in Macromolecules.

[Dec 25, 2015]

Our collaborative paper titled "Cyclopentyl Methyl Ether as a Green Solvent for Reversible-Addition Fragmentation Chain Transfer and Nitroxide-Mediated Polymerizations" is accepted in RSC Advances.

[Dec 20, 2015]

Julien delivered three lectures (incl. one as invited speaker) titled "Nitroxide-Mediated Radical Ring-Opening Copolymerization: A Single Cyclic Ketene Acetal Comonomer to Control the Polymerization of Methacrylates and to Confer Degradability", "Conjugation and Bioconjugation from α-Functional Polymers Obtained by Nitroxide-Mediated Polymerization (NMP) Initiated by N-Hydroxysuccinimidyl- or Azlactone-Functionalized Alkoxyamines" and "The Drug-Initiated Method: a Convenient Approach for the Synthesis of Efficient Polymer Prodrug Nanoparticles" at the International Chemical Congress of the Pacific Basin Societies (Pacifichem 2015), Honoluu, Hawai, USA.

Member

[Dec 03, 2015]

Welcome to Alexandre Bordat, the newest member of the group, who joined us as PhD.

[Nov 05, 2015]

Julien delivered an invited plenary lecture titled "Advanced Polymer Nanoparticles For Efficient Drug Delivery" at the Applied Nanotechnology and Nanoscience International Conference (ANNIC 2015), Paris, France.

Member

[Nov 03, 2015]

Welcome to Johanna Tran, the newest member of the group, who joined us as PhD.

[Oct 9, 2015]

Following his review article in Nature Chemistry, Julien was interviewed by the CNRS Institute of Chemistry on potential biomedical applications from degradable vinyl polymers.

[Oct 1, 2015]

Vianney's review article entitled "Degradable Vinyl Polymers for Biomedical Applications" made the front cover of Nature Chemistry!

[Oct 01, 2015]

Welcome to Daniele Vinciguerra, the newest member of the group, who joined us as PhD.

[Sep 22, 2015]

Vianney's review article titled "Degradable Vinyl Polymers for Biomedical Applications" is accepted in Nature Chemistry. Congratulations!

[Sep 02, 2015]

Julien delivered an invited oral presentation titled "The Drug-Initiated Method: A Convenient Way for the Synthesis of Efficient Anticancer Polymer Prodrug Nanoparticles" at the International Symposium on Amphiphilic Polymers, Networks, Gels and Membranes (APNGM15), Budapest, Hungary.

Member

[Sep 01, 2015]

Welcome to Nada Ibrahim, the newest member of the group, who joined us as Post-Doc.

[Jul 8, 2015]

Julien delivered an oral presentation titled "The Drug-Initiated Method: A New Route to More Potent Nanoparticles for Anticancer Therapy" in the "Highlights in Chemistry" symposium at the 2015 French Chemical Society meeting SCF'15, Lille, France.

Publication

[Jun 29, 2015]

Vianney's article titled "A Ring to Rule Them All: A Cyclic Ketene Acetal Comonomer Controls the Nitroxide-Mediated Polymerization of Methacrylates and Confers Tunable Degradability" is accepted in Chemical Communications. Congratulations!

This article is open access

[Jul 2, 2015]

Elise's review article entitled "Nitroxide-Mediated Polymerization of Methacrylic Esters: Insights and Solutions to a Long Standing Problem" made the front cover of Macromolecular Rapid Communications!

[Apr 16, 2015]

Moritz's article titled "Solvent Selection Causes Remarkable Shifts of the "Ouzo Region" for Poly(Lactide-co-Glycolide) Nanoparticles Prepared by Nanoprecipitation" is accepted in Nanoscale. Congratulations!

[Mar 23, 2015]

Moritz's review article titled "Design Attributes of Long-Circulating Polymeric Drug Delivery Vehicles" is accepted in European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics. Congratulations!

[Mar 19, 2015]

Vianney's article titled "One-Step Synthesis of Azlactone-Functionalized SG1-Based Alkoxyamine for Nitroxide-Mediated Polymerization and Bioconjugation" is accepted in Macromolecules. Congratulations!

This article is open access

[Mar 19, 2015]

Elise's article titled "On the Structure-Control Relationship of Amide-Functionalized SG1-Based Alkoxyamines for Nitroxide-Mediated Polymerization and Conjugation" is accepted in Polymer Chemistry. Congratulations!

This article is open access

[Fev 20, 2015]

Elise's feature article titled "Nitroxide-Mediated Polymerization of Methacrylic Esters: Insights and Solutions to a Long Standing Problem" is accepted in Macromolecular Rapid Communications. Well-done!

[Feb 3, 2015]

Julien presented a seminar titled "Design of Polymer Nanoparticles Against Cancer and the Alzheimer's Disease" at the Institut Charles Sadron (ICS) in Strasbourg, France.

Publication

[Jan 28, 2015]

We have published two book chapters titled "The Drug-Initiated Method: A Convenient Approach for the Synthesis of Efficient Polymer Prodrug Nanoparticles" and "Kinetic Studies of Elementary Reactions in SET-LRP / SARA ATRP" are published in Controlled Radical Polymerization; Matyjaszewski, K.; Sumerlin, B.; Tsarevski, N.; Chiefari, J. Eds.; ACS Symposium Series.

[Jan 30, 2015]

Welcome to Nicolas Genevaz, the newest member of the group, who joined us as Post-Doc. Nicolas obtained a funding from LFB.

[Jan 20, 2015]

Trung's review article titled "Lipid Prodrug Nanocarriers in Cancer Therapy" is accepted in Journal of Controlled Release. Congratulations!

[Jan 12, 2015]

Welcome to Johann Tran, the newest member of the group, who joined us as Master 2 student.

[Jul 05, 2015]

Welcome to Imen Ben Chrait, the newest member of the group, who joined us as Master 2 student.

[Dec 12, 2014]

Julien delivered an invited oral presentation titled "Advanced Polymer Nanoparticles for Drug Delivery" at the 4th Zing Polymer Chemistry Conference, Cancún, Mexico.

Presentation

[Dec 3, 2014]

Vianney presented a poster titled: "New degradable vinyl copolymers by controlled radical polymerization" at the DIM Nano-K workshop, Paris, France.

Event

[Oct 31, 2014]

Congratulations to Vianney Delplace who successfully defended his PhD entitled "Synthesis of Degradable PEGylated Vinyl Polymers by Nitroxide-Mediated Radical Polymerization" in front of the following committee: Patrick Theato, Franck D'Agosto, Mathias Destarac, Didier Gigmes, Elias Fattal, Didier Desmaële, Patrick Couvreur and Julien Nicolas.

Award

[Aug 13, 2014]

Vianney won the Polymer Chemistry poster prize at the 248th National Meeting of the ACS, San Francisco, CA. His poster was entitled: "Nitroxide-Mediated Radical Ring-Opening Copolymerization: Towards the Design of Block Copolymers Comprising a Degradable Block". Congratulations!

Presentation

[Aug 10 & 14, 2014]

Vianney delivered two oral presentations titled "Toward Radical Ring-Opening Living Polymerization via NMP: End-Chain Characterization, Livingness and Control" and "New Biodegradable PEG-Based Copolymers Synthesized by Nitroxide-Mediated Radical Ring-Opening Polymerization, for Biomedical Applications", and presented a poster entitled: "Nitroxide-Mediated Radical Ring-Opening Copolymerization: Towards the Design of Block Copolymers Comprising a Degradable Block" at the National Meeting of the ACS, San Francisco, CA. Well-done!

Presentation

[Aug 11 & 13, 2014]

Julien delivered an invited oral presentation titled "Novel Nanoparticles with In Vivo Anticancer Activity from Well-Defined Polymer Prodrug Amphiphiles" and an oral presentation titled "Novel Multifunctional Polymer Nanoparticles for Active Targeting in Drug Delivery: Application to Cancer and Alzheimer's Disease" at the National Meeting of the ACS, San Francisco, CA.

Member

[Jul 21, 2014]

Welcome to Elise Guéguain, the newest member of the group, who joined us as PhD student. Elise obtained a PhD funding from the Doctoral School "ED 425 Therapeutic Innovation".

[Jun 11, 2014]

Simon's article titled "In the (Very) Long Run We Are All Dead: Activation and Termination in SET-LRP/SARA-ATRP" is accepted in ACS Macro Letters. Congratulations!

[May 28, 2014]

Andrei's article titled "Significant Tumor Growth Inhibition from Naturally Occurring Lipid-Containing Polymer Prodrug Nanoparticles Obtained by the Drug-Initiated Method" is accepted in Chemistry of Materials. Congratulations!

[May 26, 2014]

Julien delivered an oral presentation titled "Precise Engineering of Multifunctional PEGylated Polyester Nanoparticles for Cancer Cell Targeting and Imaging" at the European Polymer Conference (EUPOC) congress, Gargnano, Italy.

Seminar

[May 22, 2014]

Julien presented a seminar titled "Design of Polymeric Nanoparticles for Biomedical Applications" at the Molecular Chemistry Department of Univ Joseph Fourier in Grenoble, France.

Seminar

[May 13, 2014]

Julien presented a seminar titled "Design of Polymeric Nanoparticles for Biomedical Applications" at the ICMPE Institute of Univ. Paris Est in Thias, France.

Member

[May 1, 2014]

Welcome to Dr. Yinyin Bao, the newest member of the group, who joined us as a Postdoctoral researcher. Yinyin obtained a Marie Curie Intra-European Fellowship (IEF) funding.

[Apr 4, 2014]

Julien presented a seminar titled "Design of Polymeric Nanoparticles for Biomedical Applications" at the Polymer Chemistry Laboratory of Univ. Pierre et Marie Curie in Paris, France.

Publication

[Feb 5, 2014]

Nicolas's article titled "Precise Engineering of Multifunctional PEGylated Polyester Nanoparticles for Cancer Cell Targeting and Imaging" is accepted in Chemistry of Materials. Congratulations!

[Dec 6, 2013]

Our collaborative paper titled "RGD Decoration of PEGylated Polyester Nanocapsules of Perfluorooctyl Bromide for Tumor Imaging: Influence of Pre- or Post-Functionalization on Capsule Morphology" is accepted in European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics. Congratulations Odile!

[Oct 28, 2013]

Vianney's review article titled "Recent Trends in the Design of Anticancer Polymer Prodrug Nanocarriers" is accepted in Polymer Chemistry. Congratulations!

[Oct 23, 2013]

Our review article entitled "Stimuli-responsive nanocarriers for drug delivery" is accepted in Nature Materials.

[Oct 16, 2013]

Trung's article titled "Multifunctional Squalene-Based Prodrug Nanoparticles for Targeted Cancer Therapy" is accepted in Chemical Communications. Congratulations!

[Sep 26, 2013]

Julien delivered an oral presentation titled "Nanoparticles with In Vivo Anticancer Activity from Well-Defined Polymer Prodrug Amphiphiles" at the 30th Club Emulsion, ENSCM, Montpellier, France.

Presentation

[Sep 25, 2013]

Julien delivered an oral presentation titled "Polyisoprenoid Nanoparticles with In Vivo Anticancer Activity from Well-Defined Polymer Prodrug Amphiphiles " at the 3rd Conference Innovation in Drug Delivery, Pisa, Italy.

Seminar

[Sep 17, 2014]

Julien presented a seminar titled "Polymeric Nanoparticles for Drug Delivery and Targeting Purposes" at the CEA's Life Sciences Division in Saclay, France.

Publication

[Sep 12, 2013]

Vianney's article titled "Degradable PEG-Based and Comblike Copolymers by Nitroxide-Mediated Radical Ring-Opening Polymerization" is accepted in Biomacromolecules. Congratulations!

[Sep 10, 2013]

Our insight article titled "Stimuli-Responsive Nanocarriers for Drug Delivery" is accepted in Nature Materials.