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SHAWN OWEN

Associate Professor

Molecular Pharmaceutics

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  • Associate Professor
    Molecular Pharmaceutics
  • Adjunct Associate Professor
    Medicinal Chemistry
  • Adjunct Associate Professor
    Biomedical Engineering
  • 801-581-8069 (Work)

RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • Interested in hybrid biotherapeutics, including antibody drug conjugates and fusion proteins
  • Interested in diagnostic assays using split-enzymes and protein switches

GRANTS

  • EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
    RESUB: BINDING-INDUCED ENZYME ACTIVATION FOR PRODRUG THERAPY OF HER2 VARIANTS
    1 Aug 2025 - 30 Apr 2029
  • EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
    LOCALIZATION OF ANTIBODY DRUGS TO ARTHRITIC JOINTS VIA COLLAGEN HYBRIDIZATION
    1 Jul 2024 - 31 Jul 2029
  • EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
    BIPARATOPIC-BISPECIFIC ANTIBODY-DRUG CONJUGATES TO TREAT MULTIPLE MYELOMA
    UNIVERSITY OF UTAH RESEARCH FOUNDATION1 Apr 2024 - 31 Mar 2025
    UNIVERSITY OF UTAH RESEARCH FOUNDATION
  • EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
    A BIOLUMINESCENT ASSAY FOR DIRECT MEASUREMENT OF SIRTUIN ACTIVITY IN CANCER CELLS
    VERSITI BLOOD CENTER OF WISCONSIN1 Sep 2022 - 31 Aug 2025
    VERSITI BLOOD CENTER OF WISCONSIN
  • EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
    TUMOR-SPECIFIC DRUG ACTIVATION BY PERICELLULAR PROTEASES
    UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO1 Feb 2022 - 31 Jan 2025
    UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO
  • FELLOWSHIP OR RESIDENCY
    AFPE NERVIG FELLOWSHIP
    AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR PHARML9 Jan 2020 - 31 Dec 2021
    AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR PHARML
  • EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
    ANTIBODY-DRUG CONJUGATES THAT INDUCE SELF-AMPLIFYING FEEDBACK LOOPS
    31 Oct 2019 - 1 Dec 2023
  • EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
    ADVANCING GENE-EDITING NUCLEASES FOR DIVERSE ZEBRAFISH APPLICATIONS
    20 Sep 2019 - 31 Aug 2023
  • EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
    ADC STRUCTURE
    UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AT DENV1 Jan 2019 - 31 Dec 2021
    UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AT DENV
  • EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
    ANTI-TNF THERAPEUTICS ASSAY
    UTAH SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY AND RE1 Jan 2017 - 31 Dec 2022
    UTAH SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY AND RE
  • EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
    ARUP - TEC FOR ANTI-TNF
    ARUP LABORATORIES12 Jul 2016 - 12 Jun 2017
    ARUP LABORATORIES
  • FELLOWSHIP OR RESIDENCY
    FELLOWSHP FOR JESSICA MCCOMBS
    UNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND9 Jan 2015 - 31 Dec 2017
    UNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND
  • EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
    STABILITY OF ADCS
    UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AT DENV7 Jan 2015 - 31 Dec 2017
    UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AT DENV