Dr. Filgueira presents at the Southern Association of Vascular Surgeons 46th Annual Meeting
Dr. Filgueira is presenting a poster on arteriovenous malformation models at the SAVS 46th Annual Meeting this week in Manalapan, Florida! We're eager for her to come back and share what's learned!
Yareli and Rossana get their abstracts accepted to ACS Spring 2021 Conference
Yareli Carcamo and Rossana Terracciano had their abstracts accepted for the ACS Spring 2021 Virtual Conference. Yareli's abstract is titled "Use of a nanochannel delivery device for constant osteogenic growth peptide administration to induce bone [...]
Rossana’s abstract accepted to ISMRM!
Lab superstar Rossana Terracciano had her abstract, titled "Quantitative 7T MRI for Post-traumatic Osteoarthritis Progression in a Rabbit model," was accepted to the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 2021 Annual Meeting!
Rossana Terracciano publishes abstract for Nanomaterials conference!
Rossana Terracciano had her abstract published in Sciforum by MDPI for the 2nd International Online-Conference on Nanomaterials. It is titled "The Influence of Surface Protein Adsorption on Gold Nanoparticle Intratumoral Distribution and Retention." Read it [...]
Yareli and Rossana win 3rd place at the 2020 Department of Nanomedicine Fall Symposium
Yareli Carcamo and Rossana Terracciano won third place for their poster titled, "Quantitative 7T MRI for Post-traumatic Osteoarthritis (PTOA) Progression in a Rabbit Model." The third place winner gets a $1,000 travel award! Rossana also [...]
Dr. Filgueira to speak at 2nd Annual ADME on October 22, 2020!
Dr. Filgueira is scheduled to speak at the 2nd Annual ADME: Lead Characterization and Optimization Conference (online). Go to the conference website for more information. Deadlines: Abstract Submissions: October 2 Registration: October 15
Rossana Terracciano presents her poster at the Tumor Heterogeneity Conference (AACR)
Rossana Terracciano presented her poster at the AACR Virtual Special Conference: Tumor Heterogeneity: From Single Cells to Clinical Impact. Great job, Rossana!!
Dr. Filgueira presents at AIChE 2020 Virtual Frontiers in Particle Science and Technology
Dr. Filgueira was invited to present at the 2020 Virtual Frontiers in Particle Science and Technology on August 17, 2020 at 2:00 PM. Her session is titled "Designer Polymeric Nanoparticles to Help Heart Failure."
Rossana presents at HM Cancer Symposium
Rossana presented her poster, titled "The Influence of Surface Protein Adsorption on Gold Nanoparticle Intratumoral Distribution and Retention," at the 8th Annual Houston Methodist Cancer Symposium!
Rossana presents at IEEE Nano
Rossana presented her work, titled "Intratumoral Gold Nanoparticle-Enhanced CT Imaging: An in Vivo Investigation of Biodistribution and Retention," at the 2020 IEEE Nano Virtual Conference! You can read the paper here!
Sara Ricchetti, M.Sc.
Sara Ricchetti has successfully defended her Master's thesis! She is now a Master of Science in Biomedical Engineering. We are so proud of her and know she is deserving of this grand accomplishment! Best wishes [...]
Rossana’s abstract accepted for 2020 IEEE Nano Conference!
Rossana Terracciano's abstract was recently accepted for the 20th Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) International Conference on Nanotechnology! This year, the conference will be held in Montréal, Canada from July 29-31. Congrats!
Filgueira Lab volunteers at the Houston Children’s Charity
The Filgueira lab volunteered at the Houston Children's Charity. The team organized and folded donated clothing items that will be distributed to families in need at no charge to them. Please visit their [...]
Dr. Filgueira is featured in International Day of Women and Girls in Science Panel Event
The Office of Graduate Studies and Trainee Affairs (OGSTA) is hosting an inaugural International Day of Women and Girls in Science panel event on Tuesday, Feb. 11, noon to 1:30 pm at Fondren [...]
Dr. Filgueira invited to be guest editor
Dr. Filgueira has been invited as a guest editor for a Special Issue of the Journal Nanomaterials entitled "Implementation of Nanomaterials for Drug Delivery." This Special Issue aims to explore the use of [...]
Lab Wins First Place!
The Filgueira Lab won first place at the Shark Tank: Cardiovascular Nanomedicine Edition on November 13th, 2019
Sara and Marc win 3rd place at the 2019 Department of Nanomedicine Fall Symposium
Sara Ricchetti and Marc Sprouse won 3rd place at the 2019 Department of Nanomedicine Fall Symposium for their poster entitled "Intrapericardial PGI2 Treatment in a Porcine Model of Reperfused Myocardial Infarction." Additionally, the [...]
Marc wins a People’s Choice Award!
Marc attended Cancer Systems Biology Consortium/Physical Sciences-Oncology Network (CSBC/PO-ON) 2019 Annual Junior Investigators Meeting in Bethesda, Maryland. He was one of three recipients for their People’s Choice Awards for his work entitled "Immune cell landscape [...]