Lab members presented their work at the 2024 Society for Thermal Medicine Conference
Our lab members presented at the 39th Annual Meeting of the Society for Thermal Medicine in Houston.
Dr. Ashish Ranjan, PI, was an invited speaker at the conference, presenting his research on "Chemo-immunotherapy of Solid Tumors with Focused Ultrasound and Nanomedicines." In his talk, Dr. Ranjan highlighted the clinical relevance of Focused Ultrasound (FUS) as a therapeutic technology for chemo-immunotherapy applications.
Sri Vidhya Chandrasekar, Ph.D. student, won the Scholar in Training award and Best Poster award for her research on "Boiling Histotripsy-Induced Local Tumor Immunomodulation Impacts the Gut Microbiome at a Distant Site."
Dr. Akansha Singh, Research Assistant Professor, delivered a presentation on "Adrenergic Receptor Signaling Regulates the CD40-Receptor Mediated Anti-Tumor Immunity." We showed that combining CD40 with propranolol reverses the suppression of anti-tumor immunity by adrenergic receptor signaling, laying the foundation for improved CD40 immunotherapy outcomes in patients using beta-blockers.