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The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry And WUESP presents:
Mitchell Albert, Ph.D.
Lakehead University &
Thunder Bay Regional Research Institute
Research Chair
Hyperpolarized Gas MRI and HP Xenon Biosensor MRI for the Study of Physiological and Molecular Function
Tuesday, March 3, 2015
12:15 – 1:30pm
C630
University Hall
All are welcome to attend
Biography:
Dr. Mitchell Albert is the Lakehead University/Thunder Bay Regional Research Institute Research Chair, Professor in the Lakehead University Department of Chemistry, and Adjunct Professor in the Lakehead University Biotechnology Program. He is a specialist in the field of hyperpolarized (HP) noble gas MRI, a technology that he co-invented as a graduate student at Stony Brook University. Dr. Albert was awarded a PhD in Physical Chemistry at Stony Brook University in 1993. Dr. Albert joined TBRRI and Lakehead University in Spring 2011.
Dr. Albert's primary research focus is on applying HP helium-3 and HP xenon-129 MRI to image ventilation function in the airways and alveoli of the lungs. In addition, his group has been developing the following innovative imaging technologies: (1) HP xenon-129 functional MRI (xenon fMRI) of the brain; (2) HP xenon fMRI of stroke and traumatic brain injury; (3) HP xenon biosensor MR imaging of breast tumours; (4) HP xenon biosensor MRI for early detection of lung cancer; and (5) HP xenon biosensor MR imaging of peripheral benzodiazepine receptors (PBR) in the brain. Dr. Albert received the 1999 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) from President Clinton, and the NSF Career Award in 2001 for his work with HP gas MRI.
Contact:
Susan Hill | susan.hill@uleth.ca | (403) 329-2301