S. Patrick Walton

S. Patrick Walton

S. Patrick Walton

C. Robert and Kathryn M. Weir Associate Professor; Associate Chair, ChEMS

Biography

Biomolecular engineering, thermodynamic and kinetic design of biomolecules, nucleic acid biotechnology, genomics and proteomics, RNA interference, nanobiotechnology, polymeric nanoparticles.

Awards
C. Robert and Kathryn M. Weir Endowed Professorship, 2017
Undergraduate Research Faculty Mentor of the Year, 2017
MSU RCPD Outstanding Faculty and Staff Award, 2012
College of Engineering Withrow Teaching Excellence Award, 2012
NAE Frontiers in Engineering Education Symposium Attendee, 2011
MSU Lilly Fellow, 2010-2011
Education
Sc.D., Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2002
M.S., Chemical Engineering Practice, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2000
Publications
Lawson, H.D., Walton, S.P., and Chan, C. 2021. Metal–Organic Frameworks for Drug Delivery: A Design Perspective. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces. 13(6): 7004-7020.
Nath, A., Oak, A., Chen, K.Y., Li, I., Splichal, R.C., Portis, J., Foster, S., Walton, S.P., and Chan, C. 2021. Palmitate-induced IRE1-XBP1-ZEB signaling represses desmoplakin expression and promotes cancer cell migration. Molecular Cancer Research. 19(2): 240-248.
Splichal, R.C., Gredell, J.A., Vogel, E., Malefyt, A.P., Comiskey, G.A., Smith, M.R., Chan, C., and Walton, S.P. 2020 (online). Modulating Polymer-siRNA Binding does not Promote Polyplex-Mediated Silencing. Nucleic Acid Therapeutics.
Vocelle, D., Chesniak, O.M., Smith, M.R., Chan, C., and Walton, S.P. 2020. Kinetic Analysis of the Intracellular Processing of siRNAs by Confocal Microscopy. Microscopy (Oxf). 69(6): 401-407.