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
HMI team member Dr. Tuhin Roy got his work accepted for a poster presentation at the upcoming IEEE South Asian Ultrasonics Symposium (SAUS), which will happen on March 27-29, 2024, at Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India. Looking forward to your presentation, Tuhin!
Cardiac Team member Jad El Harake successfully defended his thesis, titled Myocardial Elastography for the Diagnosis of Coronary Artery Disease and Coronary Microvascular Disease, on Tuesday 12th of February, 2024. He defended in front of committee members Professor Paul Sajda, Professor Joshua Jacobs, Professor Andrew Laine, Professor Di Coneybeare, and supervisor Professor Elisa Konofagou. Professor Laine moderated proceedings.
Many congratulations to Dr El Harake from everyone at UEIL!!
UEIL was well represented at IUS 2022 in Venice, with a total of 19 contributions (9 lectures and 10 posters). Special shout-out for Alina, who was nominated for the Student Paper Award with her talk about "Focussed-Ultrasound Blood-Brain-Barrier Opening Promotes Neuroprotective Disease-Associated Microglia". Furthermore, shout-out to Melina Tourni, who made the conference highlights with her lecture "Electromechanical Cycle Length Mapping for Atrial Arrhytmia Detection and Treatment Success Assessment". Electromechanical Cycle Length Mapping (ECLM) is a noninvasive, echocardiography- based 3D…
Congratulations to Niloufar Saharkiz, Stephen Lee, Robin Ji and Grigorios Mario Karageorgos for receiving their PhD as Class of 2022! An amazing achievement!
UEIL Associate Researcher Antonios Pouliopoulos was interviewed by Columbia BME about his research projects in the lab, his high school student mentorship work, and his future plans in academia. Antonios has been an invaluable member of the lab for several years, and he will be soon starting a new role as an assistant professor at King's College London. Congratulations Antonios on the well-deserved professorship; we miss you already!
Read the full interview here.