Cancer Molecular Imaging Chemistry Laboratory (CMICL)

During the past several decades, remarkable progress had been achieved toward the understanding and treatment of cancer. Regardless of those successes, cancer still remains as the second leading cause of death. Therefore, new strategies which allow one to prevent, manage and eliminate cancer are highly desired. The overall objective of my laboratory is to develop novel molecular imaging probes and techniques for non-invasive detection of cancer and its metastasis at the earliest stage, so that cancer can be cured or transformed into a chronic, manageable disease. The techniques developed in my research will allow a close examination of the molecular, metabolic and physiological characteristics of cancers and their responses to therapy. In order to achieve this goal, my lab is aimed to identify novel cancer biomarkers with significant clinical relevance, develop new chemistry for probes preparation, and validate new strategies for probes high-throughput screening.