Publications

Peer reviewed, book chapters and commmentary

  1. K. D. Eichenbaum, A. A. Thomas, G. E.  Eichenbaum, B. R. Gibney, D. Needham, P.F. Kiser, Oligo-a-hydroxy Ester Cross-Linkers: Impact of Cross-Linker Structure on Biodegradable Hydrogel Networks, Macromolecules (2005),  38(26),  10757-10762.
  2. Thomas, I. T. Kim, P.F. Kiser, Symmetrical Biodegradable Crosslinkers for Use in Polymeric Devices. Tetrahedron Letters (2005), 46(51), 8921-8925.
  3. R. S. Stayner, D. J. Min, P. F. Kiser, R. J. Stewart, Site-Specific Cross-Linking of Proteins through Tyrosine Hexahistidine Tags. Bioconjugate Chemistry (2005), 16(6), 1617-1623.
  4. J. Endrizzi, G. Huang, P. F. Kiser, R. J. Stewart, Specific Covalent Immobilization of Proteins through Dityrosine Cross-Links, Langmuir; (2006); 22(26); 11305-11310.  DOI 10.1021/la0618216
  5. K.M. Gupta, S.R. Barnes, R.A Tangaro, M.C. Roberts, D.F. Katz, D.H. Owen, P.F. Kiser Temperature and pH Sensitive Smart Hydrogels: An Approach Towards Semen Triggered Microbicides, J. Pharm Sci., 2007,  96(3), 670-681.
  6. M.C. Roberts, M.C. Hanson, A.P. Massey, E.A. Karren, P.F. Kiser, Dynamically Restructuring Hydrogel Networks Formed With Reversible Covalent Crosslinks, Adv. Mat. (2007), 19(18), 2503-7.
  7. K .M. Gupta, A. Poursaid, S. M. Pearce, H. A. Aliyar, P.A. Tresco, M. Mitchnick, P.F. Kiser. Polyurethane intravaginal ring for controlled delivery of dapivirine, a non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor of HIV-1, J. Pharm. Sci. 10.1002/jps.21331 (2008, in press).
  8. Geonnotti, M. Furlow, T. Wu, M. DeSoto, M. Henderson, P.F. Kiser, D. Katz, Measuring macro-diffusion coefficients in microbicide hydrogels via post-photoactivation scanning" Biomacromolecules, (2008) 9(2):748-51. Epub 2008 Jan 15.
  9. M.C. Roberts, A. Mahalingam, M.C. Hanson, P.F. Kiser. Chemorheology of phenylboronate-salicylhydroxamate crosslinked hydrogel networks with a sulfonated polymer backbone, Macromolecules (accepted, 7/2008).
  10.  P.F. Kiser, Microbicides simple for   users and sophisticated for scientists: The  Fight Against the Global HIV Pandemic: Brown Journal of World Affairs, (2008, in press).
  11. P.F. Kiser, Bioresponsive Vaginal Drug Delivery, In Modified Release Drug Delivery Systems 2nd Edition Edited by: M.J. Rathbone, J. Hadgraft, M.S. Roberts, M.E. Lane,(2007) 539-552.

 

Student Theses

 

Major Media coverage

  1. “A "Molecular Condom" against HIV”, Scientific American, www.sciam.com 12/12/2006.
  2. 'Molecular condom' to combat HIV, BBC News, 12/13/2006.
  3. “The Incredible Melting Condom: A novel idea for stopping the transmission of HIV”, The Economist, 12/13/2006.
  4. “Indian student develops molecular condom”, Times of India, 10/31/2007.
  5. "Business plan U. students win Utah Entrepreneur Challenge”, Salt Lake Tribune, 4/16/2008.

Posters and Conferences

  1. P.F. Kiser, K. Gupta, C.W. Lee, Contemporary Material Concepts for the Next Generation of Microbicide Vehicles, Microbicides 2004, London UK.
  2. M.C. Roberts, PF. Kiser, Catalyst-free Chemistry for the In Situ Gelation of Microbicidal Vehicles, Annual Mountain West Biomedical Engineering Conference, Salt Lake City Utah, 9/2005.
  3. K. Gupta, S. Barnes, J. Leyba, R. Tangaro, M.C. Roberts, P.F. Kiser, Thermo and pH sensitive hydrogels: An approach towards bioresponsive microbicides, Annual Mountain West Biomedical Engineering Conference, Salt Lake City Utah, 9/2005.
  4. G.M. Dittami, H. ]E. Ayliffe, P.F. Kiser, D. A. Christensen, S. Brown, S. Dharia, R.D. Rabbitt. Hydrogel-Actuated, Impedimetric Biochemical Sensor, Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) Annual Fall Meeting, Baltimore, MD, Sep 28-Oct 1, 2005.
  5. B.J. Endrizzi, P.F. Kiser, and R.J. Stewart, Site-Specific, Oriented Immobilization of Proteins to Surfaces via a Metal Catalyzed Dityrosine Crosslink, Annual Mountain West Biomedical Engineering Conference, Salt Lake City Utah, 9/2005.
  6. M.C. Roberts, PF. Kiser. Engineering molecular condoms for preventing HIV transmission. Biomedical Engineering Partnership Meeting, W.L. Gore and Associates, Inc., Flagstaff, AZ, 3/2006.
  7. C.W. Lee, H. A. Aliyar, K. Gupta, P.F. Kiser, Triggering Microbicide Release By Enzymes in Semen, Microbicides 2006, Cape town, South Africa, 4/2006.
  8. J. Jay, A. Moras, N. Goebel, P.F. Kiser, Peptide Nanofiber Gels: A New Platform for Semen-Triggered Vaginal Delivery for Entry Inhibitors, Microbicides 2006, Cape town, South Africa, 4/2006
  9. K.M. Gupta, S. Barnes, M.C. Roberts, P.F. Kiser, A Woman Controlled Molecular Condom for Prevention of Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Microbicides 2006, Cape town, South Africa, 4/2006
  10. M.C. Roberts, PF. Kiser. In situ gelling vehicle systems: Improving vaginal spreading and coating.  Microbicides Conference, Cape Town, South Africa, 4/2006.
  11. K.M. Gupta, S. Barnes, M.C. Roberts, P.F. Kiser, Woman Controlled Molecular Condom for Prevention of Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Bioengineering Department, University of Utah BIRCHW Conference 6/2006.
  12. M.C. Roberts, M.C. Hanson, A.P. Massey , E.A. Karren, P.F. Kiser. Novel hydrogels for smart vaginal microbicide systems.” Poster presented at Mountain West Biomedical Engineering Conference, Salt Lake City, UT, 9/2006.
  13. K.M. Gupta, S. Pearce, H. Aliyar, P. Tresco and P.F. Kiser, Women-controlled microbicides: vaginal rings for sustained release of HIV-1 reverse transcriptase inhibitors. Mountain West Biomedical Engineering Conference, Salt Lake City, UT, 9/2007.
  14. M.C. Roberts, M.C. Hanson, A. Mahaligam, P.F. Kiser.  Chemorheology of phenylboronate-salicylhydroxamate crosslinked hydrogels. Mountain West Biomedical Engineering Conference, Salt Lake City, UT, 9/2007.
  15. K.M. Gupta, S. Pearce, Hyder Aliyar, P. Tresco and P.F.Kiser, Women-controlled microbicides: vaginal rings for sustained release of HIV-1 reverse transcriptase inhibitors. 13th International Symposium on Recent Advances in Drug Delivery, Salt Lake City 2/2008
  16. E.A. Karren, P.F. Kiser. An assay to test the cytotoxicity of potential microbicides to the bacterial strain Lactobacillus jensenii. Poster presented at Research Projects on Capitol Hill. Salt Lake City, UT, 1/2008.
  17. J.I. Jay, K. Langheinrich, M.C. Hanson,  M.C. Roberts, J. Fabian, A. Geonnotti, B.E. Lai, D.F. Katz, and P.F. Kiser. Semen-Responsive Microbicide drug delivery vehicle:  Smart Inhibition of viral transport, Microbicides 2008, New Delhi, India 2/2008.
  18. K.M. Gupta, A.E. Poursaid, M. Kaur, and P.F. Kiser Development of a vaginal ring for delivery of tenofovir, Microbicides 2008, New Delhi, India 2/2008.
  19. K.M. Gupta, S.A. Pearce, A.E. Poursaid, M. Kaur, H.A Aliyar and P.F. Kiser. A polyurethane ring for delivery of dapivirine, Microbicides 2008, New Delhi, India 2/2008.