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  • 2022 MIRP - Benoit M. Dawant

    His main research interests include medical image processing and analysis. Current projects include the development of algorithms and systems to assist in the placement of deep brain stimulators used for the treatment of Parkinson’s disease and other movement disorders, the placement of cochlear…

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  • Benoit M. Dawant

    Benoit M. Dawant received the M.S.E.E. degree from the University of Louvain, Leuven, Belgium, in 1983, and the Ph.D. degree from the University of Houston, Houston, TX, in 1988. Since 1988, he has been with the Faculty of the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department, Vanderbilt…

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  • 2022 MIRP - Stephen Fesik

    The main interest of the Feisk lab has long been cancer drug discovery. The cancer drug targets that they are pursuing include highly validated but technically challenging such as KRAS, MYC, Wnt, and Mcl-1. 

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  • Stephen Fesik

    The focus of our lab is on cancer drug discovery using fragment-based approaches and structure-based design. To accomplish this goal, we have assembled a multidisciplinary team that includes structural biologists, medicinal chemists, and cell biologists. Among them are five research professors…

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  • 2022 MIRP - Michael Goldfarb

    The Goldfarb lab's research focuses on the design, modeling, and control of electromechanical devices and systems, the design of high-energy-density robotic actuators, and the control of fluid-powered actuators and devices.

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  • Michael Goldfarb

    Research Focus

    Design, modeling, and control of electromechanical devices and systems. Design of high-energy-density robotic actuators. Control of fluid-powered actuators and devices.

    Current Projects

    Goldfarb Lab

    The design and control of electro…

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  • 2022 MIRP - Anita Mahadevan-Jansen

    Professor Mahadevan-Jansen's research focuses on the application of optical techniques for the diagnosis of pathology and neuromodulation. The primary research areas include: Optical Diagnostics, Neurophotonics, and Image-guided Surgical Techniques.

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  • Anita Mahadevan-Jansen

    Professor Mahadevan-Jansen's research focuses on the application of optical techniques for the diagnosis of pathology and neuromodulation. The primary research areas include:

    1. Optical Diagnostics
    2. Neurophotonics
    3. Image-guided Surgical Techniques

    I am…

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  • 2022 MIRP - James Crowe

    The Crowe lab uses a very broad array of techniques including molecular and cellular biology, state-of-the-art imaging and flow cytometry, bioinformatics, and bioengineering approaches to attack the scientific problems. His laboratory has a…

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  • James Crowe

    He is currently Professor of Pediatrics and of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, and the Ann Scott Carell Chair, Vanderbilt University Medical Center. His laboratory has a broad portfolio of work in the area of viral immunology and antibody sciences, with an aim to discovery of mechanisms…

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