Bio
Research Focus and interests: Molecular Imaging, PET, Immuno-Oncology, Graft versus Host Disease, CAR T cells
Dr. Israt Alam is a Research Scientist at the Radiology Department at Stanford University in Prof. Sanjiv Sam Gambhir's lab. Her research focuses on studying lymphocyte activation with the motivation of developing non-invasive imaging tools, to monitor immune dynamics in response to immunotherapy and for diagnosis of immune driven diseases. Her work has supported the clinical translation of several nuclear imaging agents for early disease diagnosis and prediction of treatment response for improved patient management.
Appointments:
-Post-Doctoral Scholar and Research Scientist, Department of Radiology, Stanford (2015-present)
-Visiting Researcher under supervision of Prof. Spencer Shorte, Plateforme d'imagerie dynamique, Pasteur Institute, Paris (2014)
-Science Education Intern and Consultant: United Nations Educational, Science and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Paris (2012-2013)
Education & Certifications
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PhD, University of Cambridge, Emmanuel College, Molecular Imaging-Supervisor Prof. Kevin Brindle. Thesis title: ' Novel Probes for Imaging Cell Death'
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MSCi, Imperial College London, Biochemistry
Patents
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Israt Alam. "United States Patent US-2018-0043040-A1 Imaging tumor glycolysis by non-invasive measurement of pyruvate kinase M2.", Feb 15, 2018
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Israt Alam, Maaike de Backer, Andre Neves, Kevin Brindle. "United Kingdom Patent Europe EP2280735 Agents for detecting and imaging cell death", University of Cambridge, Apr 29, 2009