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Zhen Cheng
Zhen Cheng
Assistant Professor, Radiology
Member of Molecular Imaging Program at Stanford, BioX Program, Stanford Cancer Center
and Canary Center for Cancer Early Detection at Stanford
Education:Post-Doc Fellow. Department of Radiology, Harvard Medical School, 2001-2003
Ph.D. Department of Chemistry, University of Missouri-Columbia, 1997-2001
M.S. China Institute of Atomic Energy & National Research Center of Isotope Engineering and Technology, 1994-1997
B.S. Department of Chemistry, Sichuan University, 1990-1994
Awards:Melanoma Research Alliance, Young Investigator Award, 2009
Society of Nuclear Medicine, Pilot Research Grant, 2008
California Breast Cancer Research Program, IDEA Award, 2008
Young Investigator Travel Scholarship, The Academy of Molecular Imaging Annual Conference 2005
Graduate Fellowship, University of Missouri-Columbia, 1997-1998
Address:Molecular Imaging Program at Stanford
Department of Radiology
1201 Welch Road, Lucas Center, P020A
Mail Code 5484
Stanford University
Stanford, CA, 94305-5484
Phone:650-723-7866
Fax:650-736-7925
E-mail: zcheng@stanford.edu
Research Interests:To develop novel molecular imaging probes and techniques for non-invasively early detection of cancer using multimodality imaging technologies including PET, SPECT, MRI, optical imaging, etc.
Current Labs:Cancer Molecular Imaging Chemistry Laboratory (CMICL)
Previous Labs:Multimodality Molecular Imaging Lab
Recent Publications:
  • Benoit MR, Mayer D, Barak Y, Chen IY, Hu W, Cheng Z, Wang SX, Spielman DM, Gambhir SS, Matin A . Visualizing Magnetotactic Bacteria after Colonization of Mouse Tumors with MRI. Clinical Cancer Res.2009; 15(): 5170-7.

  • Cheng Z, De Jesus OP, Kramer DJ, De A, Webster JM, Gheysens O, Levi J, Namavari M, Wang S, Park JM, Zhang R, Liu H, Lee B, Syud FA, Gambhir SS. 64Cu-Labeled Affibody Molecules for Imaging of HER2 Expressing Tumors. Mol Imaging Biol.2009; Sep 25. [Epub ahead of print](): .

  • Cheng Z, De Jesus OP, Kramer DJ, De A, Webster JM, Gheysens O, Levi J, Namavari M, Wang S, Park JM, Zhang R, Liu H, Lee B, Syud FA, Gambhir SS.. (64)Cu-Labeled Affibody Molecules for Imaging of HER2 Expressing Tumors. Mol Imaging Biol..2009; (): .

  • Jiang L, Schipper ML, Li P, Cheng Z* . 123I Labeled Metaiodobenzylguanidine for Diagnosis of Neuroendocrine Tumors . Reports in Medical Imaging.2009; On-line(): .

  • Kimura RH, Cheng Z, Gambhir SS, Cochran JR. Engineered knottin peptides: a new class of agents for imaging integrin expression in living subjects. Cancer Res.2009; 69(6): 2435-42.

  • Namavari M, Cheng Z, Zhang R, De A, Levi J, Hoerner JK, Yaghoubi SS, Syud FA, and Gambhir SS. A Novel method for Direct site-specific Radiolabeling of peptides Using [18F]FDG. Bioconjug Chem.2009; 20(): 432-436.

  • Ren G*, Liu Z*, Miao Z, Liu H, Jiang L, Subbarayan M, Chin FT, Zhang L, Gambhir SS, Cheng Z. (*equal contribution). Molecular Imaging of Malignant Melanoma using 18F-labeled Metallopeptides. J Nucl Med.2009; In press(): .

  • Ren G, Miao Z, Liu H, Jiang L, Limpa-Amara N, Mahmood A, Gambhir SS, Cheng Z.. Melanin-Targeted Preclinical PET Imaging of Melanoma Metastasis. Journal of Nuclear Medicine.2009; 50(10): 1692-9.

  • Ren G, Miao Z, Liu H, Jiang L, Limpa-Amara N, Mahmood A,Gambhir SS, Cheng Z. Melanin-Targeted Preclinical PET Imaging of Melanoma Metastasis. J Nuc Med.2009; 50(10): 1692-1699.

  • Ren G, Miao Z, Liu H, Limpa-Amara N, Mahmood A, Gambhir SS and Cheng Z. Melanin-Targeted Preclinial PET Imaging of Melanoma Metastasis. Journal of Nuclear Medicine.2009; 50(10): 1692-9.

  • Ren G, Miao Z, Liu HG, Jiang L, Limpa-Amara N, Mahmood A, Gambhir SS, Cheng Z.. Melanin-Targeted Preclinical PET Imaging of Melanoma Metastasis. Journal of Nuclear Medicine.2009; 50(10): 1692-9.

  • Ren G, Zhang R, Liu Z, Webster JM, Miao Z, Gambhir SS, Syud FA, Cheng Z . A 2-helix small protein labeled with 68Ga for PET imaging of HER2 expression. J Nucl Med.2009; 50(9): 1492-9.

  • Schipper ML, Iyer G, Koh AL, Cheng Z, Ebenstein Y, Aharoni A, Keren S, Bentolila LA, Li J, Rao J, Chen X, Banin U, Wu AM, Sinclair R, Weiss S, Gambhir SS . Particle size, surface coating, and PEGylation influence the biodistribution of quantum dots in living mice. Small.2009; 5(1): 126-34.

  • Shao Q, Jiang T, Ren G, Cheng Z*, Xing BG*. Photoactivable Bioluminescent Probes for Imaging Luciferase Activity. Chem. Commun..2009; 27(): 4028-30.

  • Webster JM, Zhang R, Gambhir SS, Cheng Z*, Syud FA*. Engineered Two-Helix Small Proteins for Molecular Recognition. ChemBioChem.2009; 10(): 1293-1296.

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