Frangioni Laboratory: Seeing is Curing™


	1/09: Summer Gibbs-Strauss, Ph.D., presents at Photonics West, Hot Topics.
	3/09: Jeong Heon Lee, B.S., and Hak Soo Choi, Ph.D. win the Excellent Poster Awards at the Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association.

	10/08: Hak Soo Choi, Ph.D., promoted to Instructor in Medicine at Harvard Medical School.
	10/08: Dr. Frangioni, Yolonda Colson, M.D., Ph.D., and Mark Grinstaff, Ph.D., receive the annual Edward M. Kennedy Award for Healthcare Innovation given by Center for Integration of Medicine and Innovative Technology.
	9/08: Joanne Vannah presents "Compliance Model: How Do We Accommodate External Clients" to AWEN.
	9/08: Dr. Frangioni invited to be the Research Track Speaker at Massachusetts Society of Clinical Oncologists Mentor Program.
	9/08: Dr. Frangioni invited to speak at GE Optical Imaging Workshop at the World Molecular Imaging Congress in Nice, France
	9/08: Sylvain Gioux, MS, ME, presents “Spatially-Modulated Near-Infrared Imaging for Image-Guided Surgery” at the World Molecular Imaging Congress in Nice, France. Nine posters are presented from the Frangioni Laboratory.
	7/08: The Frangioni Laboratory commences its first clinical trial, Near-Infrared Fluorescent Sentinel Lymph Node Mapping for Breast Cancer, using the FLARE imaging system. For more information about the clinical trial, .
	7/08: Jeong Heon Lee, B.S., and Hak Soo Choi, Ph.D. receive Travel Scholarships to present their posters at Vasculata in Seattle, WA, the annual meeting of the North American Vascular Biology Organization.
	7/08: Dr. Frangioni chairs a full session at the Gordon Research Conference session on Optical Contrast Agents. Hak Soo Choi Ph.D., selected for a debate session "Challenges of 'biophotonic contrast agents' for in-vivo optical imaging" and wins best poster. Sylvain Gioux, M.S., M.E., selected for a debate session "Challenges of translating biophotonics technology to clinical practice."
	4/08: Hak Soo Choi, Ph.D., is an invited speaker at the Korean Society of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technology, Seoul, South Korea, presenting. “Nanoparticles for effective tumor targeting” and the Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology, Daejon, South Korea, presenting “Nanobiotechnology, polymers, and human diseases.”
	4/08: Kumar R. Bhushan, Ph.D., (2 talks) and Preeti Misra, Ph.D., (3 talks) are invited to present at the Spring 2008 National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society, New Orleans, LA.
	2/08: Hak Soo Choi, Ph.D.., presents “Renal clearance of nanoparticles" at the New England Bioscience Society Meeting, Boston, MA.
	2/08: John V. Frangioni presents "Near-Infrared Fluorescent Quantum Dots for Image-guided Surgery" at the Emory-Georgia Tech Frontiers of Cancer Nanotechnology Seminar Series, Atlanta, Ga.
	1/08: Illuminating Research, an article about molecular imaging and featuring John V. Frangioni, M.D., Ph.D., is published in the BIDMC's Leading Edge.

	10/07: Dr. Frangioni (right) recently spoke at Hamamatsu University School of Medicine in Japan at the invitation of Professor Susumu Terakawa, M.D., Ph.D. (left), Photon Medical Research Center and Vice President of Hamamatsu University.
	9/07: The Frangioni Laboratory chairs one plenary session, gives three oral presentations, and presents 24 posters at the Society for Molecular Imaging/Academy of Molecular Imaging Joint Molecular Imaging Conference in Providence, RI.
	9/07: Razvan Ciocan, Ph.D., is one of five finalists for the Young Investigators Award at the Joint SMI/AMI conference in Providence, RI.
	9/07: Preeti Misra, Ph.D., invited to present at the American Chemical Society 234th National Meeting and Exposition, Boston, MA.
	7/07: Eiichi Tanaka, M.D., Ph.D., formerly of the Frangioni Laboratory, is promoted to Assistant Professor, 2nd Department of Surgery, Hokkaido University Hospital, Hokkaido, Japan.
	5/07: The Frangioni Laboratory receives a Massachusetts Technology Transfer Center award for development of a hand-held imaging device.
	5/07: Hak Soo Choi, Ph.D., receives a Charles A. King Trust Postdoctoral Fellowship.
	4/07: Dr. Frangioni is elected to The American Society for Clinical Investigation, an honor society of physician-scientists.
	4/07: Dr. Frangioni receives Harvard Medical School Young Mentor Award for 2006.
	3/07: A better breast cancer detector. Sciencemagazine.org.
	3/07: Scientists develop new detector for breast cancer. City Room; Chicago Public Radio.
	3/07: Contrast agent may shed light on breast cancer diagnosis. Boston.com.
	1/07: Kumar R. Bhushan, Ph.D., and Preeti Misra, Ph.D., invited to present at the American Chemical Society 233rd National Meeting and Exposition, March 2007, Chicago, Illinois.

	12/06: Dr. Frangioni is promoted to Associate Professor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School.
	12/06: Frangioni Laboratory Holiday Party 2006.
	10/06: John V. Frangioni, M.D., Ph.D. is an invited speaker a nd session chairman and Sylvain Gioux, M.S., M.E., is a host at the French-American Innovation Day at Harvard Medical School.
	8/06: Haksoo Choi, Ph.D., Valerie Humblet, Ph.D., and Eiichi Tanaka, M.D., Ph.D., received travel awards to attend the 5th Annual Meeting of the Society for Molecular Imaging on the Big Island, Hawaii. Drs. Humblet and Tanaka will present talks, and five posters from the Frangioni Laboratory have been accepted for presentation. — Dr. Frangioni has been invited to chair a session on cancer targeting and imaging.
	7/06: Dr. Frangioni presented "Imaging Systems and Contrast Agents for Intraoperative Near-Infrared Fluorescence Imaging" as an Invited Speaker at the Gordon Conference Lasers in Medicine and Biology, Plymouth, NH.
	6/06: Former visiting professor Hirofumi Fujii, M.D., Ph.D. is promoted to Chief of the Image Diagnosis Division, Research Center for Innovative Oncology, National Cancer Center Hospital East, Kashiwa, Japan.
	6/06: Dr. Frangioni is a CIMIT Forum Panelist—The Innovator's Dilemma: A Panel Discussion; Leader: John Abele, Founder Chairman, Boston Scientific.
	4/06: The Frangioni Laboratory received an NIH High End Instrumentation Grant for purchase of a trimodality microPET/SPECT/CT to provide the HMS community with expanded small animal imaging services. See press release.
	4/06: Dr. Frangioni presents "Near-Infrared Fluorescent Quantum Dots for Image-Guided Surgery" at the American Association for Cancer Research award ceremony in Washington, DC.
	3/06: Dr. Frangioni presented 'Real-Time Intraoperative Imaging Using Invisible Near-Infrared Light" at the International Meeting of the Society of Surgical Oncology in San Diego, CA.
	3/06: Dr. Frangioni presents a talk on "Personalized Medicine" to CIMIT Leadership.
	2/06: Haksoo Choi, Ph.D., received Inoue Young Scientist Award, Japan.

	10/05: GE Global Research and the Frangioni Laboratory at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center received a $6.5 million NCI grant to revolutionize cancer surgery. See press release.
	10/05: Former post-doctoral fellow Shunsuke Ohnishi, M.D., Ph.D., is promoted to Lab Chief at the Department of Regenerative Medicine & Tissue Engineering at the National Cardiovascular Center Research Institute in Osaka, Japan.
	Dr. Frangioni is promoted to Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.
	Dr. Frangioni is selected as a Semi-Finalist for the NIH Director’s Pioneer Award.

	Dr. Liu is promoted to Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School.
	Dr. Frangioni is selected as a Semi-Finalist for the NIH Director’s Pioneer Award.
	Dr. Parungo presents a paper and talk at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Surgical Oncology.
	Dr. Lim is appointed Staff Scientist, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology.
	Dr. Parungo presents a paper and talk at the Annual Meeting of the Academy of Academic Surgeons.
	— 12 Abstracts Accepted for Presentation at the Society for Molecular Imaging Meeting in St. Louis, MO. — 2 Talks Selected for Presentation at the Society for Molecular Imaging Meeting in St. Louis, MO. — Dr. Liu and Dr. Ohnishi receive Young Investigator Travel Awards to the Society for Molecular Imaging Meeting in St. Louis, MO.
	Dr. Parungo presents a talk at the Annual Meeting of the Association for Academic Surgery.
	Dr. Frangioni presents the Special Lecture at the International Sentinel Node Society meeting.

	Dr. Frangioni receives a secondary appointment as Assistant Professor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School.
	The Frangioni and Lenkinski laboratories sign a Collaborative Research Agreement with General Electric Corporation.
	Dr. Ohnishi receives an Ito Foundation International Travel Fellowship.
	Dr. Soltesz is selected for an talk and paper presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons.

	Dr. Frangioni is promoted to Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.
	Dr. Zaheer receives the 2002 Fleischner Radiology Research Award.
	Dr. Lim receives a Korea Science and Engineering Foundation (KOSEF) Fellowship.
	Dr. Renze receives a German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Fellowship.

	Dr. Frangioni receives a CaPCURE Research Award.
	Dr. Frangioni is voted Best Guest Lecturer, Harvard Medical School.
	Dr. Zaheer receives the 2001 Morrison Radiology Research Award.
	Dr. Nakayama receives an American Association for Cancer Research Travel Award.
	Dr. Voss receives an American Association for Cancer Research Amgen Translational Research Post-Doctoral Fellowship.
	Aaron Wieland receives an American Society of Hematology Medical Student Summer Research Award.
	Dr. Frangioni is awarded a Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Clinical Scientist Development Award for Junior Faculty.
	Dr. Zaheer is awarded a National Cancer Institute Radiology Training Grant Fellowship.
	Dr. Frangioni is promoted to Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School.
	Dr. Frangioni receives a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Post-Doctoral Fellowship for Physicians.