Our publication titled “Focused Ultrasound-enabled Brain Tumor Liquid Biopsy” received 2, 169 article views in 2018 and was listed as one of the Top 100 Oncology papers for Scientific Reports in 2018.
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Chris has received the CCSN training grant
Chris has received the T32 training grant from the Cognitive, Computational, and Systems Neuroscience (CCSN) Pathway. Congratulations to him on this achievement!
Chris’s paper on ultrasound liquid biopsy is accepted!
Congratulations to Chris! His paper titled “Feasibility and safety of focused ultrasound-enabled liquid biopsy in the brain of a porcine model” is accepted by Scientific Reports.
Celebrating Valentine’s Day our way!
We’re all showing our love for research today with some delicious cake and cupcakes. We appreciate everyone for their hard work and talents.
Ringing in the new year!
We came together as a lab to celebrate all the past achievements from 2019 and to usher in a new decade for the lab! There are many exciting new projects, members, and milestones to look forward to as we enter 2020. We showed off our competitive spirits at bowling, celebrated each other over a delicious […]
Dr. Chen presented at WUSTL chancellor inauguration symposium
On October 3, 2019, Andrew D. Martin was inaugurated as the 15th chancellor of Washington University in St. Louis. The inauguration of Andrew D. Martin as the 15th chancellor of Washington University in St. Louis began with a faculty symposium that explores connections between research and discovery as well as connections to the St. Louis community at […]
Lifei presented her work at IEEE IUS 2019 in Glasgow, Scotland!
Lifei Zhu gave an oral presentation at the 2019 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium in Glasgow, Scotland, UK.
Chris received the Student Paper Award!
Christopher Pacia received the Student Paper Award from the 2019 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium in Glasgow, Scotland, UK. One of the most prestigious student awards in our ultrasound field! Congratulations! For more details, please see the news report by IUS.
Chen Ultrasound lab received $309,909 from the the National Institute on Aging!
Dr. Hong Chen, assistant professor of biomedical engineering at the McKelvey School of Engineering and of radiation oncology at the School of Medicine, received a $309,909 grant from the National Institute on Aging of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to explore the application of focused ultrasound-mediated drug delivery technique for the treatment of Alzheimer’s […]
2019 Chen Lab Retreat
We had our second lab retreat at Elderberry Hill, MO. Welcome Jinyun, Yan, Chih-Yen, Zhongtao, Paul, and Lu to join our lab this year. We are becoming a big family!
Our work is highlighted by NIH NIBIB!
Ultrasound imaging can monitor the exact drug dose and delivery site in the brain Science Highlights June 17, 2019 An ultrasound imaging technique called passive cavitation imaging was able to create an image and estimate the amount of a drug that crossed the blood-brain barrier to reach a specific location in the brain, according to a study by NIBIB-funded […]
Seed grant from the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research
Our lab receives the Seed Grant for Interdisciplinary Research from the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research. This grant will support our collaborative work with Drs. Eric Leuthardt, Gavin Dunn, and Allegra Petti.
Chris the finalist in the Student Paper Competition at IUS 2019
Christopher Pacia was selected as one of the finalists in the Student Paper Competition at the 2019 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS), October 6-9, 2019, at SEC, Glasgow, Scotland.
Chris and Lifei gave oral presentations at ISTU 2019 Barcelona!
Chris and Lifei gave oral presentations at the 19th International Symposium for Therapeutic Ultrasound, Barcelona, Spain, 2019.
Arash received Research Resident/Fellow Grant from RSNA!
Arash received the Research Resident/Fellow Grant from the Radiology Society of North America (RSNA)! Congratulations!
Dr. Hong Chen got the 1st place professional poster prize at AAPS
Dr. Hong Chen got the 1st place professional poster prize at American Association of Pharmaceutical Workshop.
Chris has received fellowship from the CCSN program
Chris has received the fellowship from the Cognitive, Computational, and Systems Neuroscience (CCSN) Pathway program. Congratulations to him on this achievement!
Chen Ultrasound lab received $470,500 from the office of Naval Research!
Hong Chen, assistant professor of biomedical engineering in the McKelvey School of Engineering and assistant professor of radiation oncology at the School of Medicine, has been awarded a $470,500 research grant from the Office of Naval Research. The award is for developing cavitation detection sensors for investigating microcavitation as a potential mechanism for traumatic brain […]
Summer received the Association of Women Faculty Graduate Student Award!
Dezhuang (Summer) received the 2019 Association of Women Faculty Graduate Student Award. She is the only student from the Mckelvey school of engineering receiving this award! Congratulations!
A new method for precision drug delivery: painting!
Our paper titled “Cavitation dose painting for focused ultrasound-induced blood-brain barrier disruption” is published online in the Scientific Reports. See the article metrics here. See media reports below: A new method for precision drug delivery: painting, org, February 27, 2019. Link A new method for precision drug delivery: Painting: Researchers are integrating ultrasound imaging with ultrasound therapy to pave […]