Drug Delivery Research Group

29/10/2020

Incredibly proud of my team for setting up a big feeding trial in Bluff

06/10/2020

Actually a Drug Delivery Research Student but still! Here’s our Natalia

Natalia Bullon is an PhD student and part of the Aquaculture Biotechnology Research Group 🧠 Her research on Pāua is divided into two sections:

⚫️ Evaluating the nutritional profile of Pāua during different seasons at a farm in Ruakaka.

⚫️ Developing a sustainable feed for Pāua to be trialed at a farm in Bluff.

the video to learn more about Natalia’s research.

👉 http://aut.ac/NataliaBullon

01/09/2020

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14/07/2020

The evidence of cannabis exhibiting polypharmacological properties has been accumulating for the past few decades, particularly for its anti-inflammatory and pain-relief abilities. However, inconsistent dosage forms and erratic absorption levels prevent medicinal cannabis products from becoming a mainstream recommendation for pain management. Current cannabis products fail to address the undesirable characteristics associated with cannabinoids such as low solubility, poor bioavailability, and lack of specificity, all of which contribute to low therapeutic effect. In Lidya’s study, the hindering attributes of cannabinoids are optimised by adopting nanostructured lipid carriers as a drug delivery method. These carrier systems are developed using natural ingredients as a starting point and employing various homogenisation methods to encapsulate the active compounds, producing a nanoemulsion that is further profiled using parameters such as morphology, entrapment efficiency and drug release capability. The incorporation of cannabinoids into lipid carrier systems provides an opportunity to improve absorption level, increase bioavailability and reduce adverse events allowing for a greater therapeutic effect.
Photo: Lidya Kebede

27/06/2020

Our Medical cannabis course making headlines around the world. This time in Times Higher Education 🌿

The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media

27/06/2020

Dr. Ali Seyfoddin leader of Drug Delivery Research group
Dr. Seyfoddin is a pharmacist by training and a pharmaceutical scientist with well-established expertise in drug delivery and dosage form design. His research applications extend from natural drug discovery to human dosage form design, veterinary medicines and aquaculture feed technology.
Want to know more?
Visit https://drugdelivery.aut.ac.nz/

16/06/2020

Our student Lidya homogenising her lipid emulsion to make for oil 👩🏻‍🔬

27/05/2020

Our own .pl 👍🏻👩🏻‍🔬

04/02/2020

PhD candidate Natalia Bullon starting her project with mealworm rearing at AUT

09/12/2019

www.drugdelivery.aut.ac.nz

03/12/2019

Ali’s new book https://www.elsevier.com/books/engineering-drug-delivery-systems/seyfoddin/978-0-08-102548-2