Dr Gayathri Ediriweera

Design and synthesis of polymers/nanoparticles for molecular imaging and drug delivery applications.
Key Publications
Chang, Y., Wang, Q., Xu, W., Huang, X., Xu, X., Han, F. Y., Qiao, R., Ediriweera, G. R., Peng, H., Fu, C., Liu, K., and Whittaker, A. K. Low-Fouling Gold Nanorod Theranostic Agents Enabled by a Sulfoxide Polymer Coating. Biomacromolecules, 2022, 23, 9, 3866–3874.
Ediriweera, G. R., Chen, L., Yerbury, J. J., Thurecht, K. J., and Vine, K. L. Non-Viral Vector-Mediated Gene Therapy for ALS: Challenges and Future Perspectives. Molecular Pharmaceutics, 2021, 18, 6, 2142–2160.
Ediriweera, G. R., Simpson, J. D., Fuchs, A. V., Venkatachalam, T. K., Van De Walle, M., Howard, C. B., Mahler, S. M., Blinco, J. P., Fletcher, N. L., Houston, Z. H., Bell, C. A., and Thurecht, K. J. Targeted and Modular Architectural Polymers Employing Bioorthogonal Chemistry for Quantitative Therapeutic Delivery. RSC Chemical Science, 2020, 11, 3268-3280.
Simpson, J. D., Currin-Ross, D. L., Ediriweera, G. R., Schirra, H. J., Fletcher, N. L., Bell, C. A., Arno, M. C., and Thurecht, K. J. Cyanine-5-Driven Behaviours of Hyperbranched Polymers Designed for Therapeutic Delivery Are Cell-Type Specific and Correlated with Polar Lipid Distribution in Membranes, Nanomaterials (Basel), 2021, 11(7), 1745.
Simpson, J. D., Ediriweera, G.R., Howard, C. B., Fletcher, N. L., Bell, C. A., and Thurecht, K. J. Polymer Design and Component Selection Contribute to Uptake, Distribution and Trafficking Behaviours of Polyethylene Glycol Hyperbranched Polymers in Live Breast Cancer Cells. RSC Biomaterial Science, 2019, 7, 4661-4674.
Simpson, J. D., Monteiro, P. F., Ediriweera, G .R., Prior, A. R., Sonderegger, S. E., Bell, C. A., Fletcher, N. L., Alexander, C., and Thurecht, K. J. Fluorophore Selection and Incorporation Contribute to Permeation and Distribution Behaviors of Hyperbranched Polymers in Multi-Cellular Tumor Spheroids and Xenograft Tumor Models. ACS Applied Bio Materials, 2021, 4(3), 2675-2685.