Assoc Professor Lee-Yong Lim

BSc(Pharm)Hons, PhD

Expertise

Nanoparticles for drug and gene delivery; nanoparticles for targeted delivery of anticancer agents; nanotoxicity in cell systems; biodistribution of nanoparticles.

Contribution to the Centre

To optimise drug bioavailability through nanotechnology; to establish validated protocols for nanotoxicology evaluation.

Current Projects in the Centre

• Calixarenes as targeted delivery platforms for anticancer agents (with Mohamed Makha)
• Improving bioavailablity of drugs with intractable solubility through nanotechnology (with Colin Raston, Swaminathan Iyer)
• Toxicology of nanoparticles for biomedical application (with Clint Johnson, Wendy Loh, Martin Saunders, Colin Raston, Mohamed Makha)

Grants and research contracts relevant to Centre activities

• Calixarenes - tuneable nanoscale platforms for targeted delivery of anticancer drugs.  Lim, Makha.  Cancer Council of Western Australia.  2008-2009.  $140,000.
• Targeted process development for drug delivery. Raston, Iyer, Lim, Bosch.  ARC Linkage Project with iCeutica. 2008. $297,364.
• Integrated process intensification facility.  Raston, Pareek, Bond, Burcham, Chua, Flematti, Gao, Iyer, Lim, Makha, Norret, Polomska, P. Price, I. Price, St Pierre, Stewart, Wild, Yeoh, Bakker, Brown, DeMarco, Gale, Li, Lou, Tade, Wang, Wright.  ARC LIEF. 2008.  $220,000.

Postgraduates working on core projects in the Centre

• Wendy Loh (with Dr Martin Saunders)
• Clint Johnson (with Dr Martin Saunders)

Contact Details

Email: limly@cyllene.uwa.edu.au

Telephone: +61 (08) 6488 4413