Kai K. Ewert

University of California, Santa Barbara — United States

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Life Sciences

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Research Topics

RNA Interference and Gene Delivery(88), Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques(62), Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior(25), Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery(22), Virus-based gene therapy research(21)

Publications128 total

Multivalent Lipid MVL5 Micellar Nanoparticles Exhibit Increased Paclitaxel Loading with PEGylation Enhancing Cancer Cell Penetration and Cytotoxicity
ACS Applied Nano Materials·2025
Multivalent Lipid MVL5 Micellar Nanoparticles Exhibit Dramatically Increased Loading of Paclitaxel with PEGylation Enhancing Human Cancer Cell Penetration Depth and Cytotoxicity
2025Open Access
Acidic Conditions Promote Clustering of Cancer Cell Derived Extracellular Vesicles and Enhance their Fusion with Synthetic Liposomes
Langmuir·2025· 6 cited
Acidic Conditions Promote Clustering of Cancer Cell Derived Extracellular Vesicles and Enhance their Fusion with Synthetic Liposomes
2024Open Access
Mixtures of Intrinsically Disordered Neuronal Protein Tau and Anionic Liposomes Reveal Distinct Anionic Liposome-Tau Complexes Coexisting with Tau Liquid–Liquid Phase-Separated Coacervates
Langmuir·2024· 2 cited
A Library of Custom PEG-Lipids reveals a Double-PEG-Lipid with Drastically Enhanced Paclitaxel Solubility and Human Cancer Cell Cytotoxicity when used in Fluid Micellar Nanoparticles
2024· 2 citedOpen Access
Mixtures of Intrinsically Disordered Neuronal Protein Tau and Anionic Liposomes Reveal Distinct Anionic Liposome-Tau Complexes Coexisting with Tau Liquid-Liquid Phase Separated Coacervates
2024Open Access
Cryo-TEM Reveals the Influence of Multivalent Charge and PEGylation on Shape Transitions in Fluid Lipid Assemblies: From Vesicles to Discs, Rods, and Spheres
Langmuir·2023· 10 citedOpen Access
Lipids with negative spontaneous curvature decrease the solubility of the cancer drug paclitaxel in liposomes
The European Physical Journal E·2023· 4 citedOpen Access
Lipids with negative spontaneous curvature decrease the solubility of the cancer drug paclitaxel in liposomes
2023· 1 citedOpen Access
Synchrotron X-ray study of intrinsically disordered and polyampholytic Tau 4RS and 4RL under controlled ionic strength
The European Physical Journal E·2023Open Access
The Influence of Multivalent Charge and PEGylation on Shape Transitions in Fluid Lipid Assemblies: From Vesicles to Discs, Rods, and Spheres
2023· 2 citedOpen Access
Miniaturized Hybrid Materials Inspired by Nature (Final Technical Report)
2023Open Access
Fusion between bare liposomes and exosomes is enhanced through induced depletion attraction or in acidic conditions
Biophysical Journal·2023Open Access
Paclitaxel-Loaded Cationic Fluid Lipid Nanodiscs and Liposomes with Brush-Conformation PEG Chains Penetrate Breast Tumors and Trigger Caspase-3 Activation
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces·2022· 19 citedOpen Access
Paclitaxel-loaded Cationic Fluid Lipid Nanodiscs and Liposomes with Brush-Conformation PEG Chains Penetrate Breast Tumors and Trigger Caspase-3 Activation
2022· 1 citedOpen Access
Exosomes are promising vectors for hydrophobic drug delivery to human cancer cells
Biophysical Journal·2022
Exosomes are secreted at similar densities by M21 and PC3 human cancer cells and show paclitaxel solubility
Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes·2021· 12 citedOpen Access
Cationic Liposomes as Vectors for Nucleic Acid and Hydrophobic Drug Therapeutics
Pharmaceutics·2021· 118 citedOpen Access
Cationic Liposomes as Spatial Organizers of Nucleic Acids in One, Two, and Three Dimensions: Liquid Crystal Phases with Applications in Delivery and Bionanotechnology
2021· 3 cited
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Frequent Co-authors

Cyrus R. Safinya(48), Heather M. Evans(15), Ayesha Ahmad(13), Ramsey N. Majzoub(11), Nathan F. Bouxsein(10), Cecília Leal(10), Youli Li(10), Alexandra Zidovska(7), Bridget Carragher(7), Clinton S. Potter(7), Charles E. Samuel(6), Victoria M. Steffes(6), Rahau S. Shirazi(5), Tambet Teesalu(5), Keng S. Liang(4), Emily Wonder(4), Daniel Needleman(4), Uri Raviv(4), Joel Quispe(4), Nelle L. Slack(3)