Postdoc Matthew Applegate Awarded F32 Fellowship from NIBIB
Postdoc Matthew Applegate was recently awarded an NIH F32 Fellowship form the NIBIB for his project: “Diffuse Optical B-scan Imaging (DOBI) for Breast Cancer Monitoring”
Category: Lab Updates
New York Times article discusses BOTLab research
Tech Reporter Janet Morrissey wrote a nice piece for the NYTs that included a discussion of the BOTLab’s wearable chemotherapy monitoring probe: Looking to Technology to Avoid Doctors’ Offices and Emergency Rooms
Boston Business Journal Article about BOTLab research
The Boston Business Journal published an article on BOTLab’s wearable probe technology: Life-saving snapshot: BU-developed device gives real-time data on tumors
BOTLab’s wearable probe featured in Reader’s Digest “Most Groundbreaking Cancer Research of 2017”
4th section in the article, entitled: “A Fitbit for cancer”
Darren Roblyer featured on YourHealthyLife Podcast
Darren Roblyer was interviewed about BOTLab research by Kim Carrigan for her YourHealthyLife Podcast (on iHeartRadio). note: you’ll need to sign in or create an iHeartRadio account to listen
BOTLab receives B-BIC pilot grant for optical cardio-pulmonary monitoring
The BOSTON BIOMEDICAL INNOVATION CENTER has awarded the BOTLab a pilot grant to accelerate our ultra-fast frequency domain diffuse optical technology towards commercialization
BOTLab gets $240k from American Cancer Society (ACS)
The ACS has awarded the BOTLab a new Mission Boost grant to move our wearable breast cancer probe to the clinic. See more about the Mission Boost Mechanism here: https://www.cancer.org/research/we-fund-cancer-research/apply-research-grant/grant-types/mission-boost-grants.html
American Cancer Society publishes an article on our wearable tech
See this great article about our wearable tech on the ACS website https://www.cancer.org/latest-news/new-device-aims-to-use-light-to-predict-how-well-chemotherapy-treats-breast-cancer.html
Fei Teng defends his Ph.D.
Fei Teng (ECE) successfully defended his Ph.D. on August 9th!
The BOTLab’s first Ph.D. student successfully defends
Yanyu Zhao successfully defended his Ph.D. on July 10. Congratulations to Yanyu! Yanyu is staying with the BOTLab as a postdoc in the near-term.