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Michael Boska, Ph.D. |
During his seminar, Dr. Boska — who also is director of the UNMC Bioimaging Core Facility — will demonstrate some of the advanced neuroimaging and image processing developments underway at UNMC and their application to detection and staging of human neurological disease.
“As we and others develop more advanced image and image processing methodology, the ability to apply these methods for human use requires a skill set that necessarily exists within our laboratory,” Dr. Boska said. “This is why we are involved in several imaging projects that employ advanced techniques in clinical studies.”
Some of the projects Dr. Boska’s team is involved include:
- The application of magnetic resonance spectroscopy to detect the chemical basis of apathy in studies by Prasad Padala, M.D., in the department of psychiatry;
- The development of more sensitive brain fiber tracking for a project being developed by the magnetoencephalography imaging system (MEG) group led by Sanjay Singh, M.D., Deepak Madhavan, M.D., and Tony Wilson, Ph.D., in neurology.
- The development of cell-based drug delivery in collaboration with Howard Gendelman, M.D., chairman of the deparment of pharmcacology and experimental neuroscience and director of the Center for Neurovirology and Neurodegenerative Disorders; and
- The development of nanotechnology-based disease detection and drug delivery systems in collaboration with Alexander “Sasha” Kabanov, Ph.D., director of the Center for Drug Delivery and Nanomedicine.
Dr. Boska’s presentation is part of the ongoing CTR series that is typically held on the third Monday of each month. The CTR series brings clinical and basic science investigators together to identify new ways to collaborate and answer important clinical questions.
The seminar will be recorded and available for investigators who cannot attend.
It also will be televised at the following sites:
- College of Dentistry in Lincoln, Room 7;
- College of Nursing in Lincoln, Room 307;
- College of Nursing in Scottsbluff, Panhandle Station Room 203;
- College of Nursing in Kearney, CMCT 216; and
- College of Nursing in Omaha, Room 4078.
Click here to see a Web site to see information about this and future CTR seminars.