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Weibo Cai
Assistant Professor, Radiology & Medical Physics
Research Description
My research interests focus on the development of multimodality molecular imaging agents (positron emission tomography, optical, and magnetic resonance imaging) for early diagnosis and monitoring the efficacy of therapeutic intervention. Another area of my research will be in nanomedicine where both imaging and therapeutic components will be integrated into a multifunctional platform.
I am actively looking for collaborations related to stem cells. I believe molecular imaging is the indispensable tool for trafficking and monitoring the therapeutic efficacy of stem cells.
Selected References
Cai W, Shin DW, Chen K, Gheysens O, Cao Q, Wang SX, Gambhir SS, Chen X. Peptide-labeled near-infrared quantum dots for imaging tumor vasculature in living subjects. Nano Letters, 2006, 6, 669-676.
Cai W, Wu Y, Chen K, Cao Q, Tice DA, Chen X. In vitro and in vivo characterization of 64Cu-labeled AbegrinTM, a humanized monoclonal antibody against integrin αvβ3. Cancer Research, 2006, 66, 9673-9681.
Cai W, Chen X. Nanoplatforms for targeted molecular imaging in living subjects. Small, 2007, 3, 1840-1854.
Liu Z, Cai W, He L, Nakayama N, Chen K, Sun X, Chen X, Dai H. In-vivo biodistribution and highly efficient tumor targeting of carbon nanotubes in mice. Nature Nanotechnology, 2007, 2, 47-52.
Cao F, Li Z, Lee A, Liu Z, Chen K, Wang H, Cai W, Chen X, Wu JC. Noninvasive de novo imaging of human embryonic stem cell-derived teratoma formation. Cancer Research, 2009, 69, 2709-2713.