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Dr Andrew Care (Honarary MQ Research Fellow) is a Chancellor's Postdoctoral Research Fellow and a Chief investigator in the ARC Research Hub for Integrated Devices for End-user Analysis at Low Levels (IDEAL) at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS). Prior to joining UTS, Andrew received a PhD in ‘Chemistry & Biomolecular Sciences’ from MQ, and completed a post-doctoral position in ‘Nanoparticle-based Drug Delivery Systems’ in the MQ-node of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Nanoscale BioPhotonics. During this time, his research focused on engineering biomolecules that self-assemble into functional biomaterials for applied nanobiotechnology. Building on this work, Andrew was awarded a Cancer Institute NSW Early Career Fellowship to investigate the utility of biologically-derived nanoparticles as therapeutic tools. In 2021, Andrew relocated his transdisplinary research program to UTS, where his team continues to develop novel nanotechnologies by combining the fields of nanomedicine, materials science, synthetic biology, pharmacology, and cancer/neuro-biology.
See below to learn more about the Care Group's research...
- Highlighted publication - "Bioengineering a Light-Responsive Encapsulin Nanoreactor: A Potential Tool for In Vitro Photodynamic Therapy"
- UTS Profile
- Sydney Vital (Translational Cancer Research Centre) podcast ‘Vitalcast’
- The Kids' Cancer Project “Behind the Science”
- Cancer Institute NSW profile
- Cancer Institute NSW researcher video series
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Biological nanoparticles for the targeted delivery and light-triggered release of drugs
Care, A. (Primary Chief Investigator) & Packer, N. (Chief Investigator)
1/01/18 → …
Project: Research
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Biomolecular Discovery and Design Research Centre
Packer, N. (Primary Chief Investigator), Paulsen, I. (Chief Investigator), Nevalainen, H. (Chief Investigator), Haynes, P. (Chief Investigator), Molloy, M. (Chief Investigator), Atwell, B. (Chief Investigator), Barron, A. (Chief Investigator), Beggs, P. (Chief Investigator), Bergquist, P. L. (Chief Investigator), Brown, L. (Chief Investigator), Cornish, J. (Chief Investigator), Chung, R. (Chief Investigator), De Deene, Y. (Chief Investigator), Garcia-Bennett, A. (Chief Investigator), Gillings, M. (Chief Investigator), Goodchild, A. (Chief Investigator), Guillemin, G. (Chief Investigator), Hallinan, J. (Chief Investigator), Hose, G. (Chief Investigator), Jaschke, P. (Chief Investigator), Mabbutt, B. (Chief Investigator), Raftos, D. (Chief Investigator), Ranganathan, S. (Chief Investigator), Sofronov, G. (Chief Investigator), Sunna, A. (Chief Investigator), Tetu, S. (Chief Investigator), Andersen, M. (Chief Investigator), Willows, R. (Chief Investigator), Ahn, C. (Associate Investigator), Breen, E. (Associate Investigator), Campbell, M. (Associate Investigator), Care, A. (Associate Investigator), Cordina, N. (Associate Investigator), Curach, N. (Associate Investigator), Everest Dass, A. (Associate Investigator), Elbourne, L. (Associate Investigator), Goold, H. (Associate Investigator), Hassan, K. (Associate Investigator), Kautto, L. (Associate Investigator), Krisp, C. (Associate Investigator), Kroukamp, H. (Associate Investigator), Lee, A. (Associate Investigator), Lin, C.-H. (Associate Investigator), Mackie, A. (Associate Investigator), McKay, M. (Associate Investigator), McQuade, L. (Associate Investigator), Mirzaei, M. (Associate Investigator), Mohamedali, A. (Associate Investigator), Ostrowski, M. (Associate Investigator), Parker, L. (Associate Investigator), Pascovici, D. (Associate Investigator), Penesyan, A. (Associate Investigator), Shah, B. (Associate Investigator), Sun, A. (Associate Investigator), Thompson, E. (Associate Investigator) & Williams, T. (Associate Investigator)
1/01/17 → …
Project: Research
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“Cage fighting" with Neuroblastoma: Engineering a protein nanocage for targeted ionophoric-copper therapy
Care, A. (Primary Chief Investigator)
1/05/20 → 30/04/22
Project: Research
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"Cage vs Age": Development of an innovative nanotechnology to halt the spread of hyperphosphorylated Tau protein in Alzheimer's Disease
Care, A. (Primary Chief Investigator), Packer, N. (Supervisor), Boyton, I. (Student) & Collins-Praino, L. (Associate Investigator)
11/03/20 → 11/09/23
Project: Research
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Targeted photodynamic therapy of breast cancer with biological nanoparticles
Sunna, A. (Supervisor), Diaz Rincon, D. (PhD Student) & Care, A. (Supervisor)
14/12/17 → 14/12/18
Project: Research
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Harvest time-dependent changes in the composition and function of microglia-derived small extracellular vesicles
Salim, M. W., Zhang, W., Thae Hnit, S. S., Kamath, K. S., Collins-Praino, L. E., Care, A. & Wang, Y., 13 Oct 2025, In: ACS Biomaterials Science and Engineering. 11, 10, p. 6150-6165 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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In vivo behavior of systemically administered encapsulin protein nanocages and implications for their use in targeted drug delivery
Rennie, C., Sives, C., Boyton, I., Diaz, D., Gorrie, C., Vittorio, O., Collins-Praino, L. & Care, A., Feb 2024, In: Advanced Therapeutics. 7, 2, p. 1-14 14 p., 2300360.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Characterizing the dynamic disassembly/reassembly mechanisms of encapsulin protein nanocages
Boyton, I., Goodchild, S. C., Diaz, D., Elbourne, A., Collins-Praino, L. E. & Care, A., 11 Jan 2022, In: ACS Omega. 7, 1, p. 823-836 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile18 Citations (Scopus)95 Downloads (Pure) -
Bioengineering a light-responsive encapsulin nanoreactor: a potential tool for in vitro photodynamic therapy
Diaz, D., Vidal, X., Sunna, A. & Care, A., 24 Feb 2021, In: ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces. 13, 7, p. 7977-7986 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A novel framework for the cell-free enzymatic production of glucaric acid
Petroll, K., Care, A., Bergquist, P. L. & Sunna, A., Jan 2020, In: Metabolic Engineering. 57, p. 162-173 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
29 Citations (Scopus)
Activities
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3rd Annual Virtual BioNetwork 2020 Research Symposium on Dementia
Shah, T. (Chair), Kordzakhia, N. (Organiser), Care, A. (Organiser), Lystad, R. (Organiser), Krastev, Y. (Organiser), Zheng, X. (Organiser) & Lu, Y. (Member of programme committee)
14 Sept 2020 → 15 Sept 2020Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organising a conference, workshop or event series
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MQ BioNetwork Brain Cancer Hackathon Research Symposium
Kroukamp, H. (Organiser), Care, A. (Organiser), Redmond, W. (Organiser) & Timmins, J. (Participant)
2 Sept 2019Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organising a conference, workshop or event series
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ASM
Nevalainen, H. (Participant), Gissibl, A. (Participant), Sun, Y.-H. (Participant), Care, A. (Participant), Hobba, G. (Participant) & Sunna, A. (Participant)
2017Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participating in a conference, workshop or event series