Studies of insulin transport across intestinal epithelium using nano-encapsulation for oral delivery

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First, I would like to thank my advisor Professor Subbu S. Venkatraman for providing the opportunity for me to work on this project. His valuable insights and constructive criticisms throughout the course of study has shaped the project in the right direction. I am grateful for his constant help and support whenever I encountered any difficulties. The project would not have been possible without him. Next, I would also like to thank my co-supervisor Professor Bernhard Boehm for his patience in guiding me through the disease fundamental part of the project. I am thankful for his constant sharing of useful resources about the disease fundamentals. I would like to extend my thanks to Assistant Professor Yusuf Ali for his invaluable time in guiding me through the experimental part since the beginning of the project. I would like to thank Dr. Huang yingying for leading the project in the right direction and providng valuable feedbacks through various disscusions throughout my PhD. My appreciation also extends to Dr. Gordon Xiong for sacrificing his time mentoring and discussing with me whenever needed. Also Dr. Lim Wei Shan for helping me during the difficult times of my PhD candidature. My thanks extend to all the members of ADDeC lab including my intern student Abigail Goh and technicians in the Organic Materials Service lab, the FACTS lab. I would like to thank Miss Kathy Wong for helping with the last minute experiments and her time and patience in proof reading my thesis during the thesis submission period. I am also thankful for my scholarship funding from Interdisplinary Graduate School, Health Technologies. I would like to thank Professor Kim Donghwan for bringing me into the field of research and his support while I was working in his lab. I would like to ackowledge