The CBST Research Portfolio is organized around three distinct theme areas:

1. Advance Bioimaging and Spectroscopy

2. Molecular and Cellular Biophotonics

3. Medical Biophotonics; Sensors & Assays

The following is a list of previous and potential research projects for summer interns and it is not presented as a final list of placements. The specifics of the projects and laboratories may change, however in case you are selected to participate in the program, your choices will help us find a project that relates to your main interests. Internship applicants can choose up to three projects. Placements depend on availability and the candidate's skills. Please DO NOT contact the investigators until you are accepted in the program.

1.    COHERENT ANTI-STOKES RAMAN SCATTERING (CARS) MICROSCOPY/ Thomas Huser Ph.D.

2.    ULTRASENSITIVE SERS-BASED PROTEIN BINDING ASSAYS/ Sebastian Wachsmann-Hogiu, Ph.D.

3.    PHYTOCHROME-BASED FLUORESCENT PROTEINS / Clark Lagarias, Ph.D. & Susan Spiller, Ph.D.

4.    MEMBRANE BIOPHOTONICS / Atul Parikh, Ph.D.

5.    MOLECULAR BASIS OF CIRCADIAN RHYTHMS IN ARABIDOPSIS PLANTS / Stacy Harmer, Ph.D.

6.    UTILIZATION OF A SMALL MOLECULE LIGAND THAT BINDS TO AMYLOID-BETA FOR DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC PURPOSES OF ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE / Kit S. Lam M.D., Ph.D.

7.    DEVELOPMENT OF CANCER TARGETING AGENTS FOR MESOTHELIOMA / Kit S. Lam M.D., Ph.D.

8.    IDENTIFICATION AND APPLICATION OF PHOTOSWITCHABLE MOLECULES / Kit S. Lam M.D., Ph.D.

9.    IDENTIFICATION OF NOVEL PEPTIDE LIGANDS FOR MELANOMA IMAGING AND THERAPY. / Kit S. Lam M.D., Ph.D.

10.    DEVELOPMENT OF NOVEL DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR CANCER / Kit S. Lam M.D., Ph.D.

11.    MICROBEAD CHEMICAL ARRAYS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF BIOSENSING MOLECULES/ Kit S. Lam M.D., Ph.D.

12.    COMBINED TIME-RESOLVED FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY AND IMAGING / Laura Marcu, Ph.D.

13.    BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER INTEGRITY FOLLOWING TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY / Bruce Lyeth, Ph.D.

14.    ULTRAFAST APPLICATIONS IN EXPLORING NON-PHOTOACTIVE ENZYMATIC ACTIVITY / Delmar Larsen, Ph.D.

15.    RESOLVING TWO-PHOTON SPECTRA OF EMBEDDED CHROMOPHORES IN BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES / Delmar Larsen, Ph.D.


16.    NANOPARTICLE-ENHANCEMENT OF STIMULATED RAMAN GAIN SPECTROSCOPY FOR WEAK WIGNALS / Delmar Larsen, Ph.D

17.    GOLD NANOPARTICLE SYNTHESIS AND DETECTION / Ting Guo, Ph.D.

18.    ANTI-INFLAMMATORY EFFECT OF EETS IN KERATINOCYTE CELL LINESTREATED WITH GAMMA IRRADIATION / Karen Kalanetra, Ph.D.

19.    SUGAR-FUNCTIONALIZED GOLD NANOPARTICLES IN IONIZING RADIATION THERAPY OF BRAIN CANCER / Reem Yunis, Ph.D. and Ting Guo, Ph.D.

20.    INHIBITION OFTHE PROTEIN PTEN INCREASES THE RATE OF CELL MIGRATION IN MONOLAYER CORNEA CELLS / Min Zhao, Ph.D.

21.    IMMUNOHISTOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF GUT TISSUE FROM INDIVIDUALS WITH HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS TYPE 1 AND INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE / Satya Dandekar, Ph.D.

22.    SPECTROSCOPIC DETERMINATION OFTHE SIZE AND SHAPE OF SMALL INNER MITOCHONDRIAL VESICLES / Henning Stahlberg, Ph.D.