Center for Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence Focused on Therapy Response

Faculty

Xiaoyuan (Shawn) Chen, Ph.D. Co-Investigator: Project 5 Assistant Professor in Radiology Molecular Imaging Program at Stanford (MIPS) Stanford University Radiology Phone: (650) 725-0950 Fax: (650) 736-7925 Email: shawchen@stanford.edu

Investigator: Project 6, Acting Assistant Professor in Radiology - Nuclear Medicine (Stanford)
Dr. Chen is an Assistant Professor in Radiology focused on molecular imaging probe development and targeted drug delivery. He brings to the CCNE-TR team his expertise in radiochemistry and his research on the chemistry/radiochemistry of fundamental molecular probe design. Dr. Chen has validated a class of new RGD peptide probes that are tumor angiogenesis and metastasis specific. The probes he is developing for microPET imaging of brain tumor angiogenesis in pre-clinical animal models, along with his models to test angiogenesis inhibitors, can be translated into a clinical setting for improved patient management. He was also currently funded by NIBIB and DOD to develop near-infrared fluorescence imaging probes (both fluorescent dye and quantum dot based) for tumor imaging in vivo.

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