Pieter Cullis: an outstanding lipid biophysicist, drug delivery scientist, educator, and entrepreneur.
There are much said about Pieter Cullis in this special volume honoring him. He was the pioneer to study the role of hexagonal HII phase in membrane fusion and the one who applied this concept for the design of lipid nanoparticles. He was also the first to utilize remote loading techniques for the delivery of amphipathic bases. At the same time, he is a tremendous entrepreneur and an excellent mentor. He is, without doubt, an exceptional scientist and set us an excellent model to follow.
a Division of Molecular Pharmaceutics , Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , Chapel Hill , NC , USA.
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Doxil; Pieter Cullis; hexagonal HII phase; remote loading