Maria Eleni Karakatsani

Alumni

Academic Qualifications

Biography

Marilena was born in April 1987 in Athens, Greece. She received her diploma in Chemical Engineering in 2010, and her Master's degree in Biomedical Engineering in 2013. During her studies she focused on brain research and particularly on cognitive influences of the perceptual brain.

In summer 2013 she enrolled in Columbia University's Ultrasound Elasticity Imaging laboratory as a staff associate. Her research interests include microbubble preparation and generation, drug delivery, as well as histology and microscopy. As of the summer 2014, Marilena is now a Ph.D. student in Columbia University's Ultrasound Elasticity Imaging Laboratory.

Awards and Prizes

  • Student Award Winner at the 16th International Symposium on Therapeutic Ultrasound, Tel Aviv, Israel (2016)
  • Young Investigator Award, 5th International Symposium on Focused Ultrasound, North Bethesda, Maryland, USA, 2016
  •  Yuen-huo Hung and Chao-chin Huang BME Award, New York, USA, 2020

Publications

Peer-reviewed articles

Contrast-free detection of focused ultrasound-induced blood-brain barrier opening using diffusion tensor imaging

Maria Eleni Karakatsani
Antonios Pouliopoulos
Michael Liu
Sachin R Jambawalikar
Elisa E Konofagou

Toward a Cognitive Neural Prosthesis Using Focused Ultrasound

Matthew E. Downs
Tobias Teichert
Amanda Buch
Maria E. Karakatsani
Carlos Sierra
Shangshang Chen
Elisa E. Konofagou
Vincent P. Ferrera

Non-invasive, Focused Ultrasound- Facilitated Gene Delivery for Optogenetics

Shutao Wang
Tara Kugelman
Amanda Buch
Mathieu Herman
Yang Han
Maria E. Karakatsani
S Abid Hussaini
Karen Duff
Elisa Konofagou

Pharmacokinetic analysis and drug delivery efficiency of the focused ultrasound-induced blood-brain barrier opening in non-human primates

Gesthimani Samiotaki
Maria E. Karakatsani
Amanda Buch
Stephanos Papadopoulos
Shih Ying Wu
Sachin Jambawalikar
Eiisa E. Konofagou

Lipid microbubbles as a vehicle for targeted drug delivery using focused ultrasound-induced blood–brain barrier opening

Carlos Sierra
Camilo Acosta
Cherry Chen
Shih-Ying Wu
Maria E. Karakatsani
Manuel Bernal
Elisa E. Konofagou

Direct brain infusion can be enhanced with focused ultrasound and microbubbles

Shutao Wang
Maria E. Karakatsani
Christine Fung
Tao Sun
Camilo Acosta
Elisa Konofagou

Focused ultrasound induced-blood-brain barrier opening in mouse brain receiving radiosurgery dose of radiation enhances local delivery of systemic therapy

Shutao Wang
Cheng-Chia Wu
Hairong Zhang
Maria Eleni Karakatsani
Yi-Fang Wang
Yang Han
Kunal R Chaudhary
Cheng-Shie Wuu
Elisa Konofagou

Blood-Brain Barrier Opening in Behaving Non-Human Primates via Focused Ultrasound with Systemically Administered Microbubbles

Matthew Downs
Amanda Buch
Maria E. Karakatsani
Elisa Konofagou
Vincent Ferrera

Long-Term Safety of Repeated Blood-Brain Barrier Opening via Focused Ultrasound with Microbubbles in Non-Human Primates Performing a Cognitive Task

Matthew E. Downs
Amanda M. Buch
Carlos Sierra
Maria E. Karakatsani
Shangshang Chen
Elisa E. Konofagou
Vincent P. Ferrera

Amelioration of the nigrostriatal pathway facilitated by ultrasound-mediated neurotrophic delivery in early Parkinson's disease

Maria E. Karakatsani
Shutao Wang
Gesthimani Samiotaki
Tara Kugelman
Oluyemi O.Olumolade
Camilo Acosta
Tao Sun
Yang Han
Hermes A.S. Kamimura
Vernice Jackson-Lewis
Serge Przedborski
Elisa E. Konofagou

Chirp- and random-based coded ultrasonic excitation for localized blood-brain barrier opening

Hermes A.S. Kamimura
Shutao Wang
Shih-Ying Wu
Maria E. Karakatsani
Camilo Acosta
Antonio A. O. Carneiro
Elisa E. Konofagou

Blood–brain barrier opening with focused ultrasound in experimental models of Parkinson's disease

Maria Eleni Karakatsani
Javier Blesa
Elisa E. Konofagou

Targeting Effects on the Volume of the Focused Ultrasound Induced Blood-Brain Barrier Opening in Non-Human Primates in vivo

Maria Eleni Karakatsani
Gesthimani Samiotaki,
Matthew E. Downs
Vincent P. Ferrera
Elisa E. Konofagou

Focused ultrasound enhanced intranasal delivery of brain derived neurotrophic factor produces neurorestorative effects in a Parkinson’s disease mouse model

Robin Ji
Morgan Smith
Yusuke Niimi
Maria E. Karakatsani
Maria F. Murillo
Venice Jackson-Lewis
Serge Przedoborski
Elisa E. Konofagou

Conference abstracts and proceedings

ISTU 2018: REAL-TIME CAVITATION-BASED MONITORING TO CONTROL THE DEGREE OF INFLAMMATION AFTER ACOUSTIC CAVITATION-MEDIATED BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER OPENING

Robin Ji
Mark T. Burgess
Morgan Smith
Marilena Karakatsani
Elisa Konofagou