CARDIOVASCULAR TRACK:
Dr. Alexander da Silva - University of Mississippi Medical Center, USA.
Oral presentation at the AHA council on Hypertension looking at at strain and cardiac dysfunction in a rat model of MI, moving towards their work using 4D.
Dr. Felix Armin Trogisch - Heidelberg University, Germany.
Presentation at BCVS with special invitation to attend AHA, looking at systolic and diastolic dysfunction and strain in a mouse model of cardiac hypertrophy, moving toward right ventricular imaging.
MOLECULAR IMAGING TRACK:
Dr. Aimen Zlitni, Post Doc Fellow - Stanford University, USA Title: Fluorescence and Photoacoustic Imaging of Bacterial Infections, Towards a new generation of Maltotriose-based Probes Presenting at: WMIC 2018 - Oral presentation at WMIC looking at molecular imaging of bacterial infections using photoacoustics. Dr. Yosra Toumia - Post Doc Fellow - Università di Roma Tor Vergata, Italy Title: In Vivo Efficiency of Graphene-Microbubbles as Dual Contrast Agents and Assessment of their Biodistribution by Photoacoustic Imaging Presenting at: WMIC 2018 - Poster presentation looking at biodistribution of graphene microbubbles using the LAZR-X. (Video below)DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY TRACK:
Mrs. Gabriela Espinosa, Graduate Student (Ph.D.), Washington University, St. Louis, USA
Title: Reduced hemodynamic loading alters structural and mechanical properties of the chick embryo dorsal aorta
Presenting at: World Congress of Biomechanics
Ms. Andrea Acuna , Graduate Research Assistant, Purdue University - West Lafayette, USA
Title: In Situ Measurement of Native Extracellular Matrix Fibril Strain
Presenting at: World Congress of Biomechanics
ONCOLOGY TRACK:
Mr. Rahul Raj Singh, Graduate Student (Ph.D.), North Dakota State University, USA Title: GSTP1 knockdown and inhibtion impairs pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) growth Presenting at: AACR 2018 Dr. Nicole Di Lascio , Ph.D Student , Institute of Clinical Physiology -CNR , Italy Title: High-frequency Ultrasound and Machine-learning Approaches for the Differential Diagnosis of Melan Presenting at: AIUM 2018
VASCULAR TRACK:
Dr. Neekun Sharma, Post Doc Fellow, University of Missouri, USA
Title: Deficiency of IL12p40 Promotes Angiotensin II-Induced Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
Presenting at: Council on Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology (ATVB 2018)
Dr. Laith Sultan, Post Doc Fellow, University of Pennsylvania, USA
Title: Quantitative Assessment of Antivascular Ultrasound (AVUS) Therapy Effects on Hepatocellular Carcinoma Tumoral Blood Flow
Presenting at: AIUM 2018
EMIM SPECIAL AWARD:
Dr. Giusepe Ferrauto, University of Torino, Italy
Title: ICG-conjugated/mitoxantrone-loaded Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles (MSNs) as innovative theranostic photoacoustic contrast agents
Presenting at: European Society for Molecular Imaging (EMIM 2019)
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