2024 BESIP Projects

Design and build an improved time-of-flight PET photodetector device

Use of MRI for Quantitative Imaging and Tissue Sciences 

Implementing FIND-Seq to understand HIV reservoirs

Exoskeleton-Mediated Gait Training in Children

Use of the Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) and mathematical modeling to understand the mechanobiology of cells and tissues

EEG Neurofeedback activation of electrical stimulation assistance during motor attempts to train ankle control in children and young adults with cerebral palsy

Balance and Gait Assessment of Individuals with CLN3 Disease

Biofabrication of engineered 3D tissues for disease modeling and drug discovery

The molecular and cellular effects of Therapeutic and Focused Ultrasound on tissue microenvironment

Augmented Reality Interactive Enhancements for Scientific Data Visualization and Manipulation

Exploring the Neural Mechanisms of Social Interaction: Unveiling New Insights through Virtual Reality, Eye Tracking, and fNIRS

Advanced control of radiofrequency hardware for MRI

Microfluidic device to monitor cellular proteostasis in rodent serum

Optimization of Prolonged Normothermic Ex Vivo Animation of Human Tumor-bearing Liver Segments

Engineering Novel Fluorescent Probes and Sensors for Studying G-Protein Coupled Receptors Involved in Addictive Disorders

Synthesis of Pharmacological Activity of Selective PY2 Receptor Antagonists

Atomic Force Microscopy and Structure of Plasmodium falciparum Circumsporozoite Protein and Lipid Rafts

Large-Scale Data Integration to Identify Signaling Pathways in Water-Balance Disorders

Ultrafast laser microscopy to study proteins and DNA. Fluorescent Lifetime Imaging: Approaches and Applications

Characterizing Spontaneous Movements During Early Development of Mice

Multiphoton microscopy of genetically-encoded reporters of biochemical signals in astrocytes

Evaluating chondrogenesis in a dish using engineered 3D microtissues

Nature or Nurture? Differences in brain white matter structure and architecture in twins using a novel diffusion MRI technique to assess brain morphometry

Improving pre-surgical planning of focused–ultrasound therapy for essential tremor using diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

Magnetic Resonance Angiography to Assess Sickle Cell Disease Mediated Carotid and Cerebral Artery Damage

Systems Biology and Protease Networks in Tissue Destructive Diseases 

In vivo Mouse Cardiac Electrophysiology Recording System

Microfabricated PDMS Vessel Mimetics for Cancer Cell Culture

Role of innate immunity in medical device implantation and regenerative therapeutics

The utility of infrared imaging in assessing autoimmune disease

Deciphering the mechanism of macromolecular formation of non-muscle myosin-2 filaments using scattering and fluorescence single molecule techniques

Video Monitoring System for Automated Detection of Pain- and Itch- Related Behaviors in Mice

MRI Biomarkers of the Pelvis for Opportunistic Screening

Imaging Biomarkers for Diabetes Medications

Quantitative imaging and pooled CRISPRi screening of single cells to understand transcription factor signaling dynamics

Measure the viscoelastic properties of zerbafish brain using frequency optical tweezers to understand how the micro -mechanical properties of tissue affect metastatic tumor outgrowth

Production of hematopoietic cells from bone marrow endothelial cells

Development of point-of-care, biomedical optics technologies to non-invasively characterize tissue hemodynamics

New Technology for Time-Resolved NMR and for High-Resolution MRI at Low Temperatures

Developing an improved transurethral resection (TUR) device for bladder tumors

Characterization of immunotherapy-loaded drug-eluting microspheres and gels for transarterial embolization of liver tumors

Applying artificial intelligence in medical imaging

Development of a Non-Invasive Sweat Sensor for Detecting Traumatic Brain Injury Biomarkers in NCAA Football Players

Engineering approaches involving computational and signal to develop insights into the neural code of the human brain