News & Press Coverage
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October 13, 2023
LSI members present at BMES 2023
Congratulations to these students who presented their work at the 2023 BMES Annual Meeting in Seattle, WA: Ida Su – “Engineering virus-specific T cells in vivo for CAR T cell therapy” Ali Zamat – “Remote activation of CAR T cells by MR-guided focused ultrasound for treatment of brain tumors” Aaron Silva – “DNA-gated Cytometry for […] -
September 27, 2023
LSI leads ARPA-H-sponsored team to develop atlas for multi-cancer early detection
ARPA-H (the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health) is providing up to $49.5M of funding for project CODA. ARPA-H was founded to advance the Biden Cancer Moonshot and “aims to accelerate better health outcomes for everyone by supporting the development of high-impact solutions to society’s most challenging health problems.” Project CODA seeks to map the Cancer and Organ […] -
August 15, 2023
LSI welcomes new lab members
This fall, LSI welcomes four new lab members! Swapnil Bawage, PhD, joins LSI as the new Head of Research Operations. Riya Sen and Matthew Wang are beginning their PhD journeys after completing undergraduate studies at Boston University and Duke University, respectively. Noah Kramer joins as a research technician after graduating from Georgia Tech last spring. Read […] - June 8, 2023
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April 12, 2023
Elif wins Outstanding Student Award
Congratulations to Elif for winning the Genentech Outstanding Student Award! This award recognizes one winner from each school who excelled in the field of biotechnology and high scholastic achievement with a $2,500 award and three-month summer internship. - March 29, 2023
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February 5, 2023
FUS Foundation sponsors LSI and Arvanitis Lab to fight brain tumors
The Focused Ultrasound Foundation awarded a 1.5-year grant to remotely control thermal sensitive CAR T cells in the brain by MR-guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS). This collaborative project between LSI and Dr. Costas Arvanitis’s Ultrasound Biophysics and Bioengineering Laboratory is focused on spatially controlling CAR T cells under MRgFUS to mitigate antigen escape and potentiate anti-tumor […]