Congratulations to Alba, who was awarded an R21 Small Grant for New Investigators to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research from the NIH – NIDDK.

Alba’s work will focus on developing a fluorescence lifetime imaging method to evaluate colon inflammation in living mice. Here is a description that will give you a broader idea on the scope of her project:

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Marcu Lab receives R01 Grant to investigate Label-free fluorescence lifetime imaging for intraoperative real-time guidance of neurosurgical procedures

Dr. Marcu receives two grants from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) to develop better tools for enabling physicians to assess the safety and efficacy of bioengineered tissues used to treat cardiovascular disease and bone and cartilage repair.

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Dr. Marcu receives another NCI grant to adapt biophotonic technology into a robotic surgical device to improve the precision of head and neck cancer surgery.

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Dr. Marcu receives National Cancer Institute (NCI) grant to improve brain cancer surgery and treatment using UC Davis-developed biophotonic technology.

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NIH (National Institutes of Health) Molecular Imaging Training Grant to Hussain Fatakdawala (2012-2014)

Dr. Marcu receives NIH (National Institutes of Health) R01 grant from the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute to fund her for the development of an intravascular diagnostic technology combining fluorescence lifetime and ultrasound contrast.

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