Xukeming

Dr. Xu is an associate professor in pharmacoanalysis at China Pharmaceutical University. He earned his bachelor's degree from Nanjing University in 2003 and his Ph.D. from Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in 2008. From 2009 to 2015, he held postdoctoral positions at A*STAR in Singapore and Nanyang Technological University, focusing on hydrogel biomaterials and their biomedical applications. As a senior engineer at Nano and Advanced Materials R&D Institute in Hong Kong, he developed anti-pollution skincare products. Dr. Xu has published over 50 SCI papers, holds 5 international patents, and has an H-index of 27 with over 4700 citations. He has also led and participated in two National Natural Science Foundation projects and published more than 20 papers in prestigious journals like Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews and Analytical Chemistry in the past three years.

[1] “Enzyme-Mediated Fabrication of Nanocomposite Hydrogel Microneedles for Tunable Mechanical Strength and Controllable Transdermal Efficiency” - Published in Acta Biomaterialia, 2024.

[2] “Peptide-Containing Nanoformulations: Skin Barrier Penetration and Activity Contribution” - Published in Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews, 2023.

[3] “A Dual-Responsive Morphologically-Adaptable Nanoplatform for Targeted Delivery of Activatable Photosensitizers in Precision Photodynamic Therapy” - Published in Small, 2023.

[4] “Self-Assembling NBD-Tripeptide as a Dual-Mode Colorimetric Platform for Naked Eye and Smartphone Joint Detection of Micro to Nanomolar Copper(II) Ions” - Published in Talanta, 2023.

[5] “Cascade-Activated AIEgen-Peptide Probe for Noninvasively Monitoring Chymotrypsin-like Activity of Proteasomes in Cancer Cells” - Published in Analytical Chemistry, 2023.

[6] “Nanofibrillar Peptide Hydrogels for Self-Delivery of Lonidamine and Synergistic Photodynamic Therapy” - Published in Acta Biomaterialia, 2023.

[7] “Triple Enzyme-Regulated Molecular Hydrogels for Carrier-Free Delivery of Lonidamine” - Published in Advanced Functional Materials, 2021.

[8] “Catechol–Metal Coordination-Mediated Nanocomposite Hydrogels for On-Demand Drug Delivery and Efficacious Combination Therapy” - Published in Acta Biomaterialia, 2021.

[9] “Molecular Self-Assembly of A Tyroservatide-Derived Octapeptide and Hydroxycamptothecin for Enhanced Therapeutic Efficacy” - Published in Nanoscale, 2021.

(1) hydrogel microneedles for melanoma treatment

(2) formulations of anticancer and antimicrobial peptides