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PhD, Engineering and Biomedical Physics, Cinvestav-Monterrey, 2019
Thesis title: “Controlled release of Antennapedia/Caveolin-1 peptide (AP-Cav) from ultrasound stimulated microbubbles and the inhibitory effect on ex vivo vasodilation-dependent nitric oxide synthesis”.
MS, Engineering and Biomedical Physics, Cinvestav-Monterrey, 2015
BS, Physics, Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas, 2013
Bio:
Angel Navarro, Ph.D. in Engineering Sciences and Biomedical Physics,joined CU Boulder's Borden Lab in 2020. His research focuses on microbubble-tissue interactions and the use of MBs as drug delivery agents for vascular tone control during his graduate studies. As a postdoc, his research specializes in enhancing MB design for advanced uses in ultrasound molecular imaging and ultrasound-assisted drug delivery.

Publications:

Navarro-Becerra, J.A.; Borden, M.A. Targeted Microbubbles for Drug, Gene and Cell Delivery in Therapy and Immunotherapy. Pharmaceutics 2023, 15, 1625..

Navarro-Becerra, J. A.; Castillo, J. I.; Di Ruzza, F.; Borden, M.A. Monodispersity Increases Adhesion Efficiency and Specificity for Ultrasound-Targeted Microbubbles. ACS Biomater. Sci. Eng. 2023, 9 (2), 991–1001..Selected as front cover.

Navarro-Becerra, J. A.; Song, K.-H.; Martinez, P.; Borden, M. A. Microbubble Size and Dose Effects on Pharmacokinetics. ACS Biomater. Sci. Eng. 2022, 8 (4), 1686–1695..