Jul 2007 to 2000 Howard Hughes Medical Institute Research Associate, Molecular and Cell BiologyBiochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, University
May 2006 to Jun 2007 Postdoctoral Research AssociateThe State University of New York New York, NY Sep 1997 to Jun 1998 Teaching Assistant
Education:
University of Massachusetts Medical Mar 2006 Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Molecular PharmacologyUniversity of Science and Technology of China Jun 1997 Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences
Skills:
Protein purification, protein expression, protein interaction assay, molecular biology,
The invention relates to nanocluster compositions and uses thereof. Specifically, the invention relates to gadolinium-linked nanocluster compositions and their use in diagnosis and prognosis of diseases. The nanocluster compositions of the invention are effective in enhancing the payload of a gadolinium and thereby increasing the longitudinal relaxivity of each particle in the cluster.
The invention relates to amphiphilic dye-coated inorganic nanoparticle clusters and uses thereof. Specifically, the invention relates to cyanine and/or cyclic tetrapyrrole dye-coated metallic nanoparticle clusters for use in medical imaging and treatments.