{"id":2921,"date":"2026-09-17T22:28:45","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T22:28:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/pharmacy\/?p=2921"},"modified":"2026-09-17T22:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T22:29:13","slug":"on-the-cusp-august-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/pharmacy\/2026\/09\/17\/on-the-cusp-august-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"On the CUSP: August 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #a50000\"><b>Awards and Recognitions<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Dr. Kamaljit Kaur<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\"> co-organized\/co-chaired a symposium titled \u201c<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">From Link to Lead: Impact of Linkers on Drug Discovery,<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201d at the 2026 ACS Fall Meeting and Exposition in Chicago, IL, USA, on Aug 23-27, 2026.\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #a50000\"><b>Publications<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Dr. Keykavous Parang, Dr. Hamid Montazeri Aliabadi, Abdulelah Alhazza, Sorour Khayyatnejad Shoushtari, <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">and others published <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frontiersin.org\/journals\/nanotechnology\/articles\/10.3389\/fnano.2026.1925723\/abstract\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cCharge Modulation of Peptide\/Nucleic Acid Complexes: An Anionic Additive Enhances Gene Silencing and CRISPR\/Cas9 Editing by Promoting Intracellular Nucleic Acid Release,\u201d<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\"> in <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Frontiers in Nanotechnology<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\">.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Dr. Innokentiy Maslennikov, Dr. Mamta Iyer<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">, <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Dr. Simin Rahighi, <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">and others published <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s41598-026-67736-y\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cDesign of a chimeric probe specific to K48-K63-linked heterotypic ubiquitin chains,\u201d<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\"> in <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Scientific Reports<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\">.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Dr. Keykavous Parang and Emmanuel Fashesin Souza <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">published <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdoi.org%2F10.1016%2Fj.japh.2026.103517&amp;data=05%7C02%7Csilfernandes%40chapman.edu%7Cc43453b963ac4006cca408df0844e606%7C809929af2d2545bf9837089eb9cfbd01%7C0%7C0%7C639238764157647163%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=BcOFnQn64RDzwIDH45drZTCy%2Fbz451X2DCP%2F%2FPmyOCA%3D&amp;reserved=0\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cNicotine pouches: Harm reduction or initiation pathway? 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