Julia Gevaert is developing a new imaging technique, Magnetic Particle Imaging
1. Welcome back to the TBCRU. Can you remind our readers who you are and tell us a little bit about yourself? Hi! My name is Julia Gevaert. Last year I was fortunate enough to receive a TBCRU studentship for my first year in the Medical Biophysics M.Sc. program, working under the supervision of Dr. […]
Sean McRae is developing imaging to better study the spread of breast cancer.
1. Who are you? Tell us about yourself. My name is Sean McRae, and I am a first-year master’s student in the Department of Medical Biophysics at Western University. I am undertaking my graduate training under Profs’ co-supervision: Timothy Scholl and John Ronald at the Robarts Research Institute. 2. Why is the TBCRU Studentship Award […]
Melissa Evans is developing imaging tools for tracking personalized cancer fighting cells.
1. Who are you? Tell us about yourself. My name is Melissa Evans, and I’m a first-year Masters’s student in Medical Biophysics at the Robarts Research Institute under the supervision of Dr. John Ronald. I previously got my Bachelor of Science at the University of Waterloo in Honours Biotechnology/ Economics co-op. During which, I also […]
Kierstin Melo is developing a new imaging method called magnetic particle imaging.
1. Who are you? Tell us about yourself. My name is Kierstin Melo. I am a second-year master’s student at Western University in the Robarts Research Institute, supervised by Dr. Paula Foster. 2. Why is the TBCRU Studentship Award important to you? I am incredibly thankful for the support from the TBCRU studentship award. The […]
Lawrence Yip is building a photoacoustic imaging system
1. Welcome back to the TBCRU, can you remind our readers who are you and tell us a little bit about yourself. My name is Lawrence Yip, and I am in my fifth year of my Ph.D. at Western University. I am supervised by Dr. Jeffrey Carson in the Department of Medical Biophysics. We also […]
Julia Gevaert Is Tracking How Breast Cancer Spreads
1. Who are you? Tell us about yourself. My name is Julia Gevaert. I am an MSc candidate in the Medical Biophysics program at Western University, under the supervision of Dr. Paula Foster. I completed my undergraduate degree at McMaster University with an Honours BSc in Medical Physics. Learning about different imaging techniques sparked my […]
3D Surface Imaging Technique for Breast Cancer
My name is Olivia Tong and I am a MESc candidate in the Department of Biomedical Engineering under Drs. Jeffrey Carson and Mamadou Diop at Lawson Health Research Institute. We are developing a non-contact scanner that can monitor the blood oxygen level in the tumor during chemotherapy. The success of this project will lead to […]
MRI cell tracking for breast cancer
Hi, My name is Ashley Makela and I am a PhD candidate in the department of Medical Biophysics at Western University. I am working at Robarts Research Institute in Dr. Paula Foster’s lab where our main focus is to develop magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques to “track” cells. My research involves using this MRI cell […]
Towards breast cancer detection with nanoprobes
Greetings! My name is Antonio Benayas. As some of you can perhaps remember from a previous post , I am a postdoc at Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, working to develop novel near infrared nanoprobes part of Professor Fiorenzo Vetrone’s group. It is the right time to summarize what has been accomplished during my term […]
Imaging biomarkers in treatment of breast cancer with high-dose radiation therapy
My name is Matthew Mouawad. I am a third-year PhD student in the department of Medical Biophysics at Western University working under the supervision of Drs. Stewart Gaede and Neil Gelman. With the high prevalence of breast cancers (1 in 9 women) in North America, we need to find ways to minimize the emotional and […]
