Congratulations to our BFIL alum, Catherine Eleanor Hawkins, for being named to Tulane 34, one of the university’s highest honors! Catherine earned her B.S. in Biomedical Engineering with a minor in Electrical Engineering and was recognized for her exceptional leadership in the Society of Women Engineers, her impactful STEM outreach, and her work on the […]
Congrats to Miller Dickerson for winning the Innovation Prize for Societal Impact at the 2025 Tulane Research, Innovation, and Creativity Summint! She presented her research on portable photoacoutic device or placenta imaging.
Congratulations to Lili Shi on her latest publication, “Quantifying Molecular Changes in the Preeclamptic Rat Placenta with Targeted Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound Imaging,” in Molecular Imaging and Biology! This study demonstrates how targeted contrast-enhanced ultrasound (T-CEUS) and a bicompartmental model (BCM) provide a quantitative, high-resolution assessment of placental vascular changes in preeclampsia (PE). The findings reveal improved […]
Congrats to Vinoin Devpaul Vincely on their latest publication, “Photoacoustic imaging of rat kidney tissue oxygenation using second near-infrared wavelengths,” in Journal of Biomedical Optics! Their study shows how NIR-II wavelengths (950–1400 nm) enhance spectral photoacoustic imaging (sPAI), reducing errors by 50% and enabling deeper, more accurate tissue oxygenation measurements—advancing the clinical potential of photoacoustic […]
PhD candidate Andrew Markel attended the 2024 IEEE Utrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control Joint Symposium in Taipei, Taiwan where his presentation was titled “In-Vivo Quantitative Ultrasound Imaging of the Placental Microstructure in a Rat Model of Preeclampsia”. Preeclampsia is a life-threatening pregnancy disorder associated with abnormal development of the placenta microstructure. The placenta is a […]
Dr. Carolyn Bayer and Lili Shi attended the 2024 World Molecular Imaging Congress in Montréal where Lili presented her poster titled “Biocompartmental Model of Molecular Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound Imaging Detects Placental Molecular Expression Changes During Preeclampsia”.
Congratulations to BFIL member Lili Shi for successfully completing her Qualifying Exam!
Dr. Carolyn Bayer attended the 2024 Society for Reproductive Investigation Conference in Vancouver where she presented her poster titled “Stimulation of the G-Protein Coupled Estrogen Receptor Reduces Placental Dysfunction in a Rat Model of Preeclampsia”.
Tulane University celebrates Dr. Carolyn Bayer’s win of the Provost’s Proof of Concept Fund for her project, “Precise Photoacoustic Patch”. For further details, please visit the following link: https://news.tulane.edu/news/office-provost-and-innovation-institute-fund-three-50000-technology-development-projects
