Lidong Qin,
Professor and CPRIT Scholar,
Houston Methodist Research Institute
Dr. Lidong Qin received his Ph.D. degree from Northwestern University and completed postdoctoral training from California Institute of Technology, in 2007 and 2010 respectively. He moved to Houston Methodist Research Institute in 2010 as an Assistant Professor and was promoted to Associated Professor and Full Professor in 2013 and 2016. He is also a CPRIT scholar awarded by the Cancer Research and Prevention Institute of Texas. His current research interest is in microfluidics biotechnology for translational medicine.
Profile CTC Stiffness by Mechanical Separation Chips to Better Predict Breast Cancer Metastasis
Thursday, 29 September 2016 at 17:30
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Detection of Circulating Tumor Cells (CTCs) has emerged as a promising minimally invasive prognostic tool to stage cancer metastasis; however, the identification and characterization of CTCs require extremely sensitive and specialized analytical methods, as CTCs are rare, heterogeneous, and associated with a complexity of blood sample matrix. To combat the current CTC detection limitations, we plan to incorporate the filtration method based on a size exclusion capability of microfluidics chips with cocktails of biomarker-specific antibodies to stain and image CTCs. By observing the cell distribution on the chip based on CTCs’ capability in crossing micro-barrier arrays, we can profile the captured CTCs’ stiffness and correlate it to the cancer metastasis potential. We expect to provide a better cancer prognosis tool than counting cells.
Add to Calendar ▼2016-09-29 00:00:002016-09-30 00:00:00Europe/LondonLiquid Biopsies and Minimally-Invasive Diagnostics 2016Liquid Biopsies and Minimally-Invasive Diagnostics 2016 in San Diego, California, USASan Diego, California, USASELECTBIOenquiries@selectbiosciences.com
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