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Paula Foster
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Latest papers
Advances in Neurotrophic Factor and Cell-Based Therapies for Parkinson's Disease: A Mini-Review.
Gerontology · 2016
Imaging tumor growth non-invasively using expression of MagA or modified ferritin subunits to augment intracellular contrast for repetitive MRI.
Molecular imaging and biology · 2014
Imaging islets labeled with magnetic nanoparticles at 1.5 Tesla.
Diabetes · 2006
Latest funding
- $677,025
Developing Magnetic Particle Imaging (MPI) Lymphography
CIHR · 2024 · Nominated PI
- $1,021,276
Delivery of human monocytes and adipose-derived stromal cells within decellularized adipose tissue hydrogels for peripheral vascular regeneration
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
- $535,500
Development of Magnetic Particle Imaging for In Vivo Cell Tracking
CIHR · 2021 · Nominated PI
3 publications.
Advances in Neurotrophic Factor and Cell-Based Therapies for Parkinson's Disease: A Mini-Review.
Staudt MD, Di Sebastiano AR, Xu H, Jog M, Schmid S, Foster P, Hebb MO
Imaging tumor growth non-invasively using expression of MagA or modified ferritin subunits to augment intracellular contrast for repetitive MRI.
Rohani R, Figueredo R, Bureau Y, Koropatnick J, Foster P, Thompson RT, Prato FS, Goldhawk DE
Imaging islets labeled with magnetic nanoparticles at 1.5 Tesla.
Tai JH, Foster P, Rosales A, Feng B, Hasilo C, Martinez V, Ramadan S, Snir J, Melling CW, Dhanvantari S, Rutt B, White DJ
Developing Magnetic Particle Imaging (MPI) Lymphography
Principal investigators: Foster, Paula J
Keywords: Cancer; Imaging; Lymph Nodes; Magnetic Particle Imaging; Nanoparticles
Delivery of human monocytes and adipose-derived stromal cells within decellularized adipose tissue hydrogels for peripheral vascular regeneration
Principal investigators: Flynn, Lauren E
Keywords: Adipose-Derived Stromal Cells; Bioscaffolds; Cell Therapy; Critical Limb Ischemia; Diabetes; Immunomodulation; In Vivo Imaging; Monocytes; Peripheral Artery Disease; Vascular Regeneration
Development of Magnetic Particle Imaging for In Vivo Cell Tracking
Principal investigators: Foster, Paula J
Keywords: Cell Therapy; Cell Tracking; Imaging; Iron; Magnetic Particle Imaging; Nanoparticles
Investigating the effects of inflammation on breast cancer cell dormancy in the brain
Principal investigators: Knier, Natasha
Keywords: Brain Metastasis; Breast Cancer; Cancer Cell Dormancy; Inflammation; Iron-Oxide Nanoparticles; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Radiotherapy
Development of Magnetic Particle Imaging
Principal investigators: Foster, Paula
Development of Molecular Imaging Tools to Monitor the Fate of an Off-The-Shelf Chimeric Antigen Receptor Natural Killer (CAR-NK) Cell Immunotherapy for Breast Cancer
Principal investigators: Ronald, John A
Keywords: Breast Cancer; Cancer Immunotherapy; Chimeric Antigen Receptor; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Molecular Imaging; Natural Killer (Nk) Cells; Positron Emission Tomography; Reporter Gene
Developing In Vivo Imaging Technologies for Quantification of Tumour Associated Macrophages in Breast Cancer
Principal investigators: Foster, Paula J
Keywords: Inflammation; Intravital Video Microscopy; Metastasis; Mri; Tumor Associated Macrophages
Blood-based detection and molecular imaging visualization of cancer using reporter gene vectors called tumor-activatable minicircles
Principal investigators: Ronald, John A
Keywords: Bioluminescence Imaging; Blood Tests; Cancer; Firefly Luciferase; Minicircles; Molecular Imaging; Positron Emission Tomography; Reporter Genes; Secreted Reporters; Tumor-Specific Promoters
In Vivo Investigation of Mechanisms of Brain Metastasis and Metastatic Recurrence
Principal investigators: Foster, Paula J
Keywords: Blood Brain Barrier; Breast Cancer; Cell Tracking; Dormancy; Metastasis; Mri; Nanoparticles; Radiation Therapy
In vivo measurements of altered blood barrier permeability using gadolinium enhanced contrast MRI in a mouse model of metastatic breast cancer
Principal investigators: Percy, Dean
Keywords: Blood-Brain-Barrier; Brain Metastasis; Breast Cancer; Gadobutrol; Gadolinium; Magnetization Transfer; Mri
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Department of Medical Biophysics
- Department of Medical Imaging
- Anatomy and Cell Biology
- Other
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