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Maria Polikandritou Lambros- Associate Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Maria Polikandritou Lambros

Degree

Year obtained

Institution

Ph.D.

1991

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

MS

1983

Univiversity of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH

BS

1981

National University of Athens, Greece

Description of Academic/Research Interests
Physicochemical evaluation and formulation of pharmaceuticals, drug delivery systems including aerosols and dermatologicals. Studies on the interaction of proteins with lipid membranes.
Selected Publications

Polikandritou Lambros, M. and Y. E. Rahman "Effect of A Polypeptide on Model Lipid Membranes" Chemistry and Physics of Lipids 131: 63-69, 2004.

Polikandritou Lambros, M. Abbas, S.A., Dunn T., Raja, T., and Pento, "Targeting Hepatocytes with Liposomal Interferon alpha: "Effect on Metallothionein Gene Induction" Research Communications in Molecular Pathology and Pharmacology, 112:50-58, 2002.

Abang, A. M., Abbas, S.A., Pham, T., Polikandritou Lambros, M. "A New HPLC Method for Fludarabine and Fludarabine Phosphate Compounded in Liposomes" International Journal of Pharmaceutical Compounding, 5:320-322, 2001

Polikandritou Lambros, M., Schafer, F., Blackstock, R., and Murphy, J. W., "Liposomes, a Potential Immunoadjuvant and Carrier for a Cryptococcal Vaccine" J. Pharm. Sci., 87:1144-1148, 1998.

Polikandritou Lambros, M., Sheu, Y. L., and Pereira, H. A., "Interaction of a Synthetic Peptide Based on the Neutrophil-Derived Antimicrobial Protein CAP-37 with Dipalmitoyl-Phosphatidylcholine Membranes", Biochim. Biophys. Acta, 1329:285-290, 1997

Contact Information

Office address: 309 E. Second St.
Pomona, CA 91766
Main phone: (909) 469-5500
Fax: (909) 469-5600
E-mail: mlambros@westernu.edu
Last Updated:05/06/2008