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Sybil Akua Okyerewa Obuobi

Researcher (Independent Group Leader)

Job description

Dr. Obuobi is a group leader in the Drug Transport and Delivery Research Group (Department of Pharmacy) funded by the Tromsø Research Foundation. The group's interest lies in the development of nucleic acid based hybrid materials for use as drug delivery platforms and in the treatment of inflammatory skin diseases. 

  • Alexandra Sofia Antunes De Sousa, Anna Ngoc Phung, Natasa Skalko-Basnet, Sybil Akua Okyerewa Obuobi :
    Smart delivery systems for microbial biofilm therapy: Dissecting design, drug release and toxicological features
    Journal of Controlled Release 2023 ARKIV / DOI
  • Sybil Akua Okyerewa Obuobi, Anna Ngoc Phung, Kjersti Julin, Mona Johannessen, Natasa Skalko-Basnet :
    Biofilm Responsive Zwitterionic Antimicrobial Nanoparticles to Treat Cutaneous Infection
    Biomacromolecules 2021 ARKIV / DOI
  • Viveka Kalidasan, Xin Yang, Ze Xiong, Renee R. Li, Haicheng Yao, Hareesh Godaba et al.:
    Wirelessly operated bioelectronic sutures for the monitoring of deep surgical wounds
    Nature Biomedical Engineering 2021 ARKIV / DOI
  • Sybil Akua Okyerewa Obuobi, Venkatesh Mayandi, Azlyn Mohd Nor Nurul, Benedict Jiasheng Lee, Rajamani Lakshminarayanan, Rachel Ee Pui Lai :
    Nucleic acid peptide nanogels for the treatment of bacterial keratitis
    Nanoscale 2020 ARKIV / DOI
  • Sybil Akua Okyerewa Obuobi, Kjersti Julin, Elizabeth G. Aarag Fredheim, Mona Johannessen, Natasa Skalko-Basnet :
    Liposomal delivery of antibiotic loaded nucleic acid nanogels with enhanced drug loading and synergistic anti-inflammatory activity against S. aureus intracellular infections
    Journal of Controlled Release 2020 ARKIV / DOI
  • Sybil Akua Okyerewa Obuobi, Natasa Skalko-Basnet :
    Nucleic acid hybrids as advanced antibacterial nanocarriers
    Pharmaceutics 2020 ARKIV / DOI
  • Vanitha Selvarajan, Sybil Akua Okyerewa Obuobi, Rachel Ee Pui Lai :
    Silica Nanoparticles—A Versatile Tool for the Treatment of Bacterial Infections
    Frontiers in Chemistry 2020 ARKIV / DOI
  • Jian Yao Ng, Sybil Akua Okyerewa Obuobi, Mei Ling Chua, Chi Zhang, Shiqi Hong, Yogesh Kumar et al.:
    Biomimicry of microbial polysaccharide hydrogels for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine - A review
    Carbohydrate Polymers 2020 ARKIV / DOI
  • Sybil Akua Okyerewa Obuobi :
    Advancing drug delivery via nanocarrier design to treat biofilm infections
    2023
  • Sybil Akua Okyerewa Obuobi :
    Advancing drug delivery via DNA nanocarrier design to treat persistent infections
    2023
  • Alexandra Sofia Antunes de Sousa, Kjersti Julin, Annette Bayer, Morten Bøhmer Strøm, Mona Johannessen, Natasa Skalko-Basnet et al.:
    Drug-loaded DNA nanoparticles against bioflms
    2023
  • Kjersti Julin, Annette Bayer, Morten Bøhmer Strøm, Mona Johannessen, Natasa Skalko-Basnet, Sybil Akua Okyerewa Obuobi :
    DNA Nanocarriers for improved biofilm penetration
    2022
  • Sybil Akua Okyerewa Obuobi :
    Hybrid DNA nanoparticles for the treatment of persistent S. aureus infections
    2022
  • Sybil Akua Okyerewa Obuobi :
    The day that Sigurd the Viking died from a bacterial infection
    2022
  • Sybil Akua Okyerewa Obuobi :
    Dagen da Sigurd Viking døde av en bakterieinfeksjon
    2022
  • Sybil Akua Okyerewa Obuobi :
    A personal journey beyond failure: My funding story
    2022
  • Sybil Akua Okyerewa Obuobi :
    BIOHYBRID NUCLEIC ACID CARRIERS FOR THE TREATMENT OF PERSISTENT INFECTIONS
    2022
  • Sybil Akua Okyerewa Obuobi :
    Biohybrid Nucleic Acid carriers for the treatment of persistent infections
    2022
  • Sybil Akua Okyerewa Obuobi :
    Vikingen Sigurd døde da tennene til en død mann skrapte borti leggen hans
    28. July 2022
  • Sybil Akua Okyerewa Obuobi :
    Nanocarriers are the Trojan horses of anti­biotics
    UiT Forskerhjørnet 2022 FULLTEKST
  • Sybil Akua Okyerewa Obuobi :
    Nanocarriers are the Trojan horses of anti­biotics
    sciencenorway.no 2022 FULLTEKST
  • Sybil Akua Okyerewa Obuobi :
    Fat bubbles and DNA help sneak antibiotics into biofilms
    09. May 2022
  • Sybil Akua Okyerewa Obuobi :
    High drug loading hybrid carriers for antimicrobial applications
    2022
  • Sybil Akua Okyerewa Obuobi, Anna Ngoc Phung, Kjersti Julin, Mona Johannessen, Natasa Skalko-Basnet :
    Zwitterionic Nanohybrids for the Treatment of Wound Biofilms
    2021
  • Sybil Akua Okyerewa Obuobi, Anna Ngoc Phung, Kjersti Julin, Mona Johannessen, Natasa Skalko-Basnet :
    Zwitterionic hybrid nanoparticles for the treatment of biofilm wound infections
    2021
  • Sybil Akua Okyerewa Obuobi, Anna Ngoc Phung, Kjersti Julin, Mona Johannessen, Natasa Skalko-Basnet :
    Multi-responsive and Zwitterionic Nanohybrids for the Treatment of Biofilm Wound Infections
    2021
  • Sybil Akua Okyerewa Obuobi, Anna Ngoc Phung, Kjersti Julin, Mona Johannessen, Natasa Skalko-Basnet :
    ZWITTERIONIC NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDS FOR THE TREATMENT OF BIOFILM INFECTIONS
    2021
  • Sybil Akua Okyerewa Obuobi, Anna Ngoc Phung, Kjersti Julin, Mona Johannessen, Natasa Skalko-Basnet :
    Multi-responsive and Zwitterionic Nanohybrids for the Treatment of Biofilm Wound Infections
    2021
  • Sybil Akua Okyerewa Obuobi, Kjersti Julin, Elizabeth G. Aarag Fredheim, Mona Johannessen, Natasa Skalko-Basnet :
    Liposomal delivery of Nucleic Acid Nanogels to Enhance Entrapment Efficiency and Sustain Release of Antibiotics against Staphylococcal intracellular infections
    2020
  • Sybil Akua Okyerewa Obuobi, Kjersti Julin, Elizabeth G. Aarag Fredheim, Pål Jarle Johnsen, Mona Johannessen, Natasa Skalko-Basnet :
    Liposomal delivery of antibiotic loaded DNA nanogels against intracellular infections
    2020

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