Seminar organized by Instituto de Intrumetación para Imagen Molecular (I3M), Consejo Superior de Invevestigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Universitat Politècnica de València
Speaker: David Maresca
Affiliation: TU Delft, Imaging Physics department. Delft, The Netherlands
Title: From echogenic biomolecules to ultrasound imaging of cellular function
Place: Salón de actos, cubo amarillo/ online, CPI, Universitat Politècnica de València, Valencia.
Date: 05 March 2025, 10:30 h
Abstract
The introduction of genetically encoded gas vesicles as the “green fluorescent protein” for ultrasound provides an alternative to light for deep tissue cellular imaging. In this lecture, I will explain how gas vesicles can be further engineered into acoustic reporter genes or biosensors, and present ultrasound imaging methods to detect gas vesicle in living opaque tissue. Finally, I will review current and upcoming applications in the field of Biomolecular Ultrasound.
About the speaker
David Maresca is an Associate Professor of Imaging Physics at Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands. His academic training encompasses ultrasound imaging physics, bioengineering and neuroscience. The goal of his laboratory is to fulfill the potential of genetically encoded gas vesicles as probes for molecular ultrasound imaging.
