Mentors

Anna M. Wu, Ph.D. (Primary)
Caius Radu, M.D. (Secondary)

Research Interests:

Antibody mediated imaging of the immune system - My research focuses on developing imaging agents to monitor the immune system. Non-invasive imaging techniques, such as radionuclide imaging using positron emission tomography (PET), provide the capability to image biological and biochemical events in living organisms. The ability to monitor the migration, expansion, and longevity of therapeutically transferred cells using dynamic PET imaging is of critical importance for monitoring cell-based therapies. With the increasing number of cell-based therapies for both oncological and regenerative purposes, the demand for methods to track and quantify cells after adoptive cell therapy (ACT) is increasing. Imaging immune cells used in ACT will provide valuable knowledge about efficient cellular immunotherapy development.