Radio-labeled nano-platforms for imaging, image-guided drug deliveryand theranostics

International Conference on Nuclear Medicine & Radiation Therapy

July 14-15, 2016 Cologne, Germany

Weibo Cai

University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA

Posters & Accepted Abstracts: J Nucl Med Radiat Ther

Abstract :

The molecular imaging and nanotechnology laboratory at the University of Wisconsin - Madison is mainly focused on three areas: 1) development of multimodality molecular imaging agents; 2) nanotechnology and its biomedical applications; and 3) molecular therapy of cancer. In this talk, I will present our recent work on molecular imaging and image-guided drug delivery in cancer with a variety of nanomaterials. The primary imaging techniques used in this study are positron emission tomography (PET), photo-acoustic tomography (PAT), optical imaging and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Three of the major molecular targets that we are investigating are CD105 (i.e. endoglin), VEGFR and integrin �±v�²3. The nanomaterials that will be discussed in this presentation include nano-graphene oxide, zinc oxide nanomaterials, micelles, silica-based nanoparticles, magnetic nanoparticles, hybrid nanomaterials, among many others. A few representative side projects will also be presented, such as the facile synthesis of PET/MRI and PET/PAT dual-modality imaging agents.

Biography :

Email: WCai@uwhealth.org