Join Dr. Elisa Konofagou on The Wall Street Journal’s podcast, "The Future of Everything," where she discusses the innovative use of ultrasound far beyond pregnancy scans. Dr. Konofagou highlights how this technology can disrupt the blood-brain barrier, paving the way for easier and less invasive treatments for brain conditions like cancer. Learn more about how ultrasound is set to revolutionize direct diagnosis and treatment methods. Listen to the podcast here.
We are delighted to announce that Rebecca Noel has successfully defended her PhD dissertation, titled "Characterization of the Neuroprotective and Immunotherapeutic Potential of Focused Ultrasound Blood-Brain Barrier Opening with and without Drug Delivery in Alzheimer's Disease." Her research contributes significantly to the ongoing efforts in Alzheimer's disease treatment.
Congratulations, Rebecca! We are incredibly proud of you!
This year, we celebrate the exceptional accomplishments of our graduates. Four PhD students—Jad, Melina, Rebecca, and Alec—and three Master’s students—Hannah, Daniella, and Sam—have reached significant milestones in their academic careers. Their hard work and dedication have been nothing short of inspiring.
Congratulations to all our graduates!
Dr. S. Jiménez-Gambín will be presenting the research line developed at UEIL on "Alzheimer's Disease treatments using neuronavigation-guided FUS" on the "New trends in ultrasound applications" Erasmus Mundus Master WAVES - Summer School, June 17th-20th, 2024, Gandía (Spain), invited by Universitat Politècnica de València.
Amy presented her work on the effect of focused ultrasound-mediated blood brain barrier opening on neuronal gene expression in Alzheimer's Disease. Here is the abstract of her work:
Background: Focused ultrasound (FUS)-induced blood-brain barrier opening (BBBO) is a technique for safely, non-invasively, and transiently opening the blood brain barrier in a targeted area of the brain. Pre-clinical and clinical studies have shown that FUS is capable of decreasing amyloid plaque load and stimulating neurogenesis in Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) models, in addition to being safe for use in human patients…
We are all very happy that our friend and colleague Robin Ji will be starting a new position with Philips in Boston. Robin was an instrumental part of UEIL and the BBB group, making significant and long-lasting contributions to the research and mentoring countless of students throughout his time here. We are all excited to see him take his next steps in cardiovascular imaging and we wish him the best in his future endeavors.
Congratulations Robin!
We're excited to share updates on Dr. Elisa Konofagou's recent and upcoming speaking engagements. As our lab's principal investigator, Dr. Konofagou has been recognized for her contributions and has been invited to speak at several prestigious conferences.
Recent and Upcoming Engagements:
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29th Rotterdam Bubble Conference: Invited speaker in Rotterdam, Netherlands (January 18-19, 2024).
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First Therapeutic Ultrasound to the Brain: Shared her expertise as an invited speaker in Utrecht, Netherlands (March 1, 2024).
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19th European Molecular Imaging Meeting: Invited speaker…
Exciting news from our lab! Melina Tourni is hitting the conference circuit this May with her PhD work, and we couldn't be prouder. First stop: the Heart Rhythm Symposium in Boston from May 16-19, where she'll share her latest on "Electromechanical Wave Imaging for Arrhythmogenic Mitral Valve Disease Characterization in the Clinic." It's cutting-edge stuff that's making waves in how we understand heart valve issues. Melina will then jet off to Athens, Greece, for the International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI) from May 27-30. There, she'll dive into her work on "Long-term Response Classification…
Fotis Tsitsos and Cosima Liang will be presenting their posters titled "Focused Ultrasound-mediated Blood-Brain Barrier Opening Increases Extracellular Vesicle Concentration in Serum" and "A Physics-Informed Neural Network Approach to the Pulse Wave Inverse Problem for Noninvasive Intravascular Pressure Estimate" at the 8th annual Engineering in Medicine symposium at Columbia University on Thursday, February 22, 2024. Visit their poster during the reception/poster session at 5-8 pm in Carleton Commons in the Mudd building!
We are thrilled to highlight the impactful contributions of Dr. Tuhin Roy, a Postdoctoral Research Scientist in Prof. Elisa Konofagou’s lab within the BME department, for his noteworthy involvement with Sci-ROI (Science and Research Opportunities in India) and the Research & Professional Development team under the Columbia University Postdoctoral Society (CUPS).
In a recent LinkedIn update (http://tinyurl.com/tuhin-roy-linkedin-sciROI-post), Tuhin shared his enthusiasm for supporting Sci-ROI, a volunteer-driven organization dedicated to fostering opportunities for early-career STEM researchers…
HMI team member Yangpei Liu and cardiac team member Melina Tourni will give an oral presentation at the upcoming UltraCon 2024 (April 6-10, 2024, Austin, Texas). Yangpei's work "Harmonic Motion Imaging for Non-invasive Breast Cancer Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy Response Assessment" and Melina's work "Non-invasive 3D Electromechanical Cycle Length Mapping for Atrial Fibrillation Mapping and Ablation Response Prediction" will be presented in the Elastography Scientific Session on April 9th. PWI team member Parth Gami will also have a poster titled "Noninvasive Estimation of Central Blood Pressure Waveform,…
Alec Batts will be giving a lecture titled "Non-invasive and targeted viral vector-mediated neruotrophic factor delivery to the brain with theranostic ultrasound induces neurorestorative effects in a Parkinson's disease mouse model". The lecture will take place at the AD/PD 2024 Conference in Lisbon, Portugal, on March 7, 2024. For details on the lecture an an abstract, please visit: https://cslide.ctimeetingtech.com/adpd24/attendee/person/1317