Sentences with phrase «molecular imaging with»

Since his departure from the Lab, Chapman has continued with his interest in molecular imaging with FELs and in 2009 led an international collaboration to carry out the first experiments in this area at LCLS, where a global team introduced a new technique now called serial femtosecond crystallography (SFX).

SNMMI strives to be a leader in unifying, advancing and optimizing molecular imaging with an ultimate goal of improving human health.

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For this research, a total of 28 subjects were imaged with a variety of imaging modalities, including standard imaging with computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging and molecular bone scan (SI); PET with a common radiotracer called fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG - PET); and PET with computed tomography and the agent Zr - 89 IAB2M (IAB2M PET / CT) assessed in escalated doses.

FDG - PET, one of the only molecular imaging techniques routinely used in oncology, employs a glucose - like probe, FDG, with a radioactive isotope of fluorine attached as a beacon.

«Major innovation in molecular imaging delivers spatial and spectral info simultaneously: Combines spectroscopy with super-resolution microscopy, enabling new ways to examine cell structures.»

The project is called I - SPY 2, which, just barely, stands for «Investigation of Serial studies to Predict Your therapeutic response with imaging and molecular analysis 2.»

Ralf Jungmann, Ph.D., an alumnus of Harvard's Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering and currently a Professor at the Ludwig Maximilian University (LMU) and the Max Planck Institute (MPI) of Biochemistry in Germany and Wyss Institute Core Faculty member Peng Yin, Ph.D., have been developing DNA - PAINT, a powerful molecular imaging technology that involves transient DNA - DNA interactions to accurately localize fluorescent dyes with super-resolution.

Another feature of the nanoparticles is that they are fluorescent and thus can be tracked in the body with molecular imaging techniques.

The new study — published October 18, 2016 in the journal Molecular Psychiatry — combined genetic analysis of more than 9,000 human psychiatric patients with brain imaging, electrophysiology, and pharmacological experiments in mutant mice to suggest that mutations in the gene DIXDC1 may act as a general risk factor for psychiatric disease by interfering with the way the brain regulates connections between neurons.

Unfortunately, nature is not always willing to easily part with its secrets, forcing scientists to rely on sophisticated imaging technology — nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy or mass spectrometry, for example — to decipher the molecular formula of newly discovered organic compounds so they can be replicated in the lab.

By comparison, that's about 15 times smaller than a red blood cell, and Zhang said shrinking an infrared light source to such a small scale could open doors to new kinds of chemical sensing and molecular imaging that aren't possible with today's state - of - the - art nanoscale infrared spectroscopy.

The breakthrough came with a new imaging technique, dual - resonance - frequency - enhanced electrostatic force microscopy (DREEM), which was developed by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill chemist and co-author Dorothy Erie, former UNC and NC State postdoctoral researchers Dong Wu and Parminder Kaur, and was featured earlier this year in Molecular Cell.

Now, researchers are hoping to improve this imaging technique, known as molecular breast imaging or breast specific gamma imaging, with better image quality and precise location (depth information) within the breast, while reducing the amount of radiation dose to the patient for these procedures.

Current molecular breast imaging systems use a traditional collimator, which is essentially a rectangular plate of dense metal with a grid of holes, to «filter» the gamma rays for the camera.

They found that using the VASH collimator with an existing breast molecular imaging system, they could get six times better contrast of tumors in the breast, which could potentially reduce the radiation dose to the patient by half from the current levels, while maintaining the same or better image quality.

Thus, molecular imaging by means of PSMA - PET / CT also has an important role as a stratification criterion, and the «theranostic» concept [combining diagnostic imaging of a biomarker with precise therapy] may be an additional motivation to establish PSMA - PET / CT as a routinely available imaging modality.»

With the successful demonstration of the MRI probe, Northwestern researchers now have established the molecular basis for the cause, detection by non-invasive MR imaging and treatment of Alzheimer's disease.

This is where scientists come in with nondestructive analytical techniques such as X-ray fluorescence intensity mapping and spectral reflectance imaging, as well as elemental and molecular analysis of microscopic samples.

The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) is an international scientific and medical organization dedicated to raising public awareness about nuclear medicine and molecular imaging, a vital element of today's medical practice that adds an additional dimension to diagnosis, changing the way common and devastating diseases are understood and treated and helping provide patients with the best health care Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) is an international scientific and medical organization dedicated to raising public awareness about nuclear medicine and molecular imaging, a vital element of today's medical practice that adds an additional dimension to diagnosis, changing the way common and devastating diseases are understood and treated and helping provide patients with the best health care poImaging (SNMMI) is an international scientific and medical organization dedicated to raising public awareness about nuclear medicine and molecular imaging, a vital element of today's medical practice that adds an additional dimension to diagnosis, changing the way common and devastating diseases are understood and treated and helping provide patients with the best health care molecular imaging, a vital element of today's medical practice that adds an additional dimension to diagnosis, changing the way common and devastating diseases are understood and treated and helping provide patients with the best health care poimaging, a vital element of today's medical practice that adds an additional dimension to diagnosis, changing the way common and devastating diseases are understood and treated and helping provide patients with the best health care possible.

With its innovative Clinical Trials Network, influential annual meeting and high - impact journals, SNMMI encourages and facilitates research and science for the nuclear medicine and molecular imaging field.

His lab combines molecular biological, anatomical, physiological, imaging, and behavioral techniques to learn about genes associated with neurodegenerative disease.

The first country to be featured was Japan, with significant contributions to the meeting and to the field of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging.

«Deciphering the Aqueous Chemistry of Glyoxal Oxidation with Hydrogen Peroxide Using Molecular Imaging.»

Working with powerful imaging technologies in DOE's Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL), the team determined that a kind of thorn with the crystallographic spinel structure grows out of the electrode material and eventually leads to the complete conversion of the whole electrode material into the spinel structure.

IDMIT is an infrastructure for preclinical research in infectious diseases and immunology which is certified ISO9001 and which includes 1) A large animal facility with capacity to host NHP in BSL2 and BSL3 containment, 2) State - of - the - art laboratories for cell biology, immunology, molecular biology, flow cytometry and mass cytometry (CyTof), cell - sorting and confocal microscopy in BSL3 containment; 3) A biological resources centre with high storage capacity; 4) Highly innovative technologies for in vivo imaging of large animals in BSL2 and BSL3 containment, including a two - photon microscope, a PET - CT facility, and several optic based technologies (fibered endo - microscopy, near infra - red imaging).

Using a combination of molecular biology, biochemical and novel multi-dimensional digital imaging approaches we study in real - time complex multi dimensional signal integration during the interaction of T cells with live antigen - presenting cells.

Image Gently and the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) created the «Go With the Guidelines» awareness campaign to encourage community hospitals, academic hospitals and clinics to observe standardized guidelines on radiopharmaceutical dose for pediatric patients.

As part of its continuing commitment to growing the practice of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging and therapy worldwide, SNMMI leadership works diligently to develop strategic alliances with key regional nuclear medicine organizations to assist these groups in expanding the scope and quality of nuclear medicine outside the United States.

Each year, the SNMMI and SNMMI - TS join forces with the nuclear medicine and molecular imaging community to gain recognition and support for the field.

We exploit chick and mouse embryo animal models, combined with live imaging, cell and tissue cultures and molecular approaches.

«We are now able to monitor, in living synapses, in time - lapse imaging, changes at the molecular level that underlie the initiation as well as the stabilization of this neuron growth with learning and memory storage,» he says.

Further to my research and clinical activities, as President of the World Federation of Nuclear Medicine and Biology, the peak global Nuclear Medicine organisation, I am engaged in strategic planning for training, health care policy, and advocacy for molecular imaging and nuclear medicine therapy within the US, European, South American, Asia - Oceania, and African regions, and with the IAEA and WHO.

In this webinar, the principles of state - of - the - art confocal Raman imaging as a tool for the analysis of molecular characteristics of a sample will be presented, then the manner in which this information can be linked to structural information acquired with scanning electron microscopy will be demonstrated.

By applying biophysical techniques to elucidate the overall shape of ALC1 and combining these approaches with cell - based and live - cell imaging experiments, the authors of the article in Molecular Cell dissect the molecular mechanisms how the remodeling activity of ALC1 is controlled by its macrMolecular Cell dissect the molecular mechanisms how the remodeling activity of ALC1 is controlled by its macrmolecular mechanisms how the remodeling activity of ALC1 is controlled by its macro domain.

The collaborative meeting program will allow you to connect directly with the profession's foremost experts on the latest topics in Molecular Imaging in Cancer Biology and Therapy.

SNMMI continues to stay actively involved in several jointly sponsored educational programs and educational outreach activities with regional nuclear medicine and molecular imaging and therapy organizations around the world; both in their home countries, and during SNMMI's Annual Meeting.

This third edition of Electron Microscopy: Methods and Protocols expands upon the previous editions with current, detailed protocols on biological and molecular research techniques based on TEM and SEM as well as other closely related imaging and analytical methods.

Hosted by the SNMMI 2018 Annual Meeting Exhibitors SNMMI's Exhibit / Poster Hall is always packed with more than 160 companies representing the latest innovations in nuclear medicine and molecular imaging products and services.

«Deficient neuron - microglia signaling results in impaired functional brain connectivity and social behavior» Y. Zhan, R.C. Paolicelli, F. Sforazzini, L. Weinhard, G. Bolasco, F. Pagani, A. L. Vyssotski, A. Bifone, A. Gozzi, D. Ragozzino, C.T. Gross Nature Neuroscience 17 (3), 400-4006 (2014) «USPIO - loaded Red Blood Cells as a biomimetic MR contrast agent: a relaxometric study» A. Boni, D. Ceratti, A. Antonelli, C. Sfara, M. Magnani, E. Manuali, S. Salamida, A. Gozzi, and A. Bifone Contrast Media and Molecular Imaging 9, 229 - 236 (2014) «Distributed BOLD and CBV - weighted resting - state networks in the mouse brain» F. Sforazzini, A.J. Schwarz, A. Galbusera, A. Bifone, and A. Gozzi NeuroImage 87, 403 - 415 (2014) «Antimicrobial peptides design by evolutionary multiobject optimization» G. Maccari, M. Di Luca, R. Nifosì, F. Caldarelli, G. Signore, C. Boccardi, and A. Bifone PloS Computational Biology 9 (9): e1003212 (2013) «Differential effect of orexin - 1 and crf - 1 antagonism on stress circuits: a fMRI study in the rat with the pharmacological stressor yohimbine» A. Gozzi, S: Lepore, E: Merlo Pich, and A. Bifone Neuropsychopharmacology 38 (11): 2120 - 2130 (2013) «Water dispersal and functionalization of hydrophobic iron oxide nanoparticles with lipid - modified poly (amidoamine) dendrimers» A. Boni, L. Albertazzi, C. Innocenti, M. Gemmi, and A. Bifone.

Nuclear medicine — a vital component of the rapidly emerging field of molecular imaging — is a medical specialty that uses small amounts of radioactive materials bound to special compounds (radiopharmaceuticals) in combination with imaging instrumentation that examine molecular processes in the body to detect and evaluate disease, such as brain disorders, heart disease and cancer.

Therefore the group studies with sophisticated imaging technology in vitro and ex vivo: i) the molecular mechanism driving the migration of HIV through the intestinal epithelial barrier; ii) the cellular targets in the mucosa, in specific macrophages and DCs, to identify the possible pathways to invade the tissue and disseminate to other organs; iii) the involvement of DCs and their functional properties in mediating adaptive immune responses at mucosal level; and iv) the role of antibodies with different effector functions in changing the pathways of the virus.

The Innovator Award will enable Sipkins to continue to combine state - of - the - art imaging techniques, performed on living mice, with cell and molecular biology approaches to learn more about these stem cell niches.

This ceremony will bring together the winner from each country along with the Leadership of the Society to celebrate the extraordinary work that is being done around the globe to further the effectiveness of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging and ultimately to contribute to better diagnosis and treatment for patients.

In 2007, delegates of the Chinese Society of Nuclear Medicine (CSNM) met with the leadership of the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) during the SNMMI Annual Meeting in Washington, DC.

SNMMI educational programs are designed to meet the professional development needs of technologists in the field of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging, as well as providing them with continuing education credit opportunities.

This high levels of hyperpolarization, together with the long nuclear - spin polarization lifetimes in nanodiamonds and the relatively high density of 13C nuclei, turn functionalized and hyperpolarized nanodiamonds into attractive MRI probes for molecular imaging both in vitro and in vivo.

I think the opportunity to blend people from different backgrounds, different disciplines, we have people who are biologists from the molecular level, through the systems level, blending with people who are really working much more in engineering, imaging, physical sciences and it's through those sorts of collaborations that I think we can really come up with new ideas and hopefully bring them forward to really make some progress on this difficult disease.

The fellowship is designed to provide a gifted and highly motivated young nuclear medicine or molecular imaging professional with first - hand experience in the professional intersociety relations process.

The technique has also the potential to be coupled with fluorescence molecular imaging.

Our research strategy combines molecular and cell biology techniques with live - cell imaging.