CAMI Pilot Project Program
Funding the Future
Program details
CAMI periodically invites applications for proposals to support investigators in initiating new imaging projects. Grants are typically for $5000 and are applied towards CAMI services to generate pilot data for an external research proposal. The program was initiated in 2019 and has funded 21 proposals.
Previously funded proposals
2023
- Foxc1-dependent tumor vascular function assessed by dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance (DCE-MRI) imaging and X-ray microCT-based angiography. Tsutomu Kume, Departments of Medicine (Cardiology), Pharmacology, Ophthalmology.
- 3D High Resolution Contrast-Enhanced MRI Imaging for Fiber Orientation and Fibrosis Detection in Canine Heart Tissue. Markus Rottmann & Rishi Arora, Department of Medicine (Cardiology).
- The role of KALRN in brain morphogenesis and neurodevelopmental disease. Euan Parnell, Department of Neuroscience.
2022
- The development of noninvasive bone mass density imaging as a marker of reproductive longevity in female mice. Farners Amargant i Riera & Francesca Duncan, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Tracking in vivo neuronal plasticity responses in living mice. Yevgenia Kozorovitskiy, Departments of Neurobiology and Molecular Biology.
- Enabling MRI-mediated evaluation of extracellular vesicle biodistribution. Joshua Leonard, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering & Thomas Meade, Departments of Chemistry, Molecular Biosciences, Neurobiology, and Radiology.
- Evaluation of MegaMolecule-Based PET Imaging Agents for Prostate Cancer. Milan Mrksich, Departments of Biomedical Engineering, Chemistry, and Cell & Developmental Biology.
- In vivo imaging evaluation of poly(propylene sulfone) injectable hydrogels as sequential delivery vehicles for synergistic arthritis treatment. Evan Scott, Department of Biomedical Engineering.
2020
- Longitudinal assessment of liver metastasis in pancreatic cancer PDX tumor mice using human sodium Iodide symporter reporter (hNIS) gene and SPECT/CT Imaging. Thomas O’Halloran, Departments of Chemistry, Molecular Biosciences, and Medicine (Hematology/Oncology).
- Wireless and Battery free transient devices for discovery in neuroscience. Jelena Radulovic, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences.
- Sphingosine 1-Phosphate Receptor 1 and Parathyroid Hormone Receptor 1
Contribute to Cardiac Development. Lisa Wilsbacher, Departments of Medicine (Cardiology) and Pharmacology. - Molecularly Targeted Multimodal Fluorescence-Magnetic Resonance imaging agents for Early Diagnosis of Brain Tumor. Alexander Stegh, Department of Neurology (Neuro-Oncology) & Thomas Meade, Departments of Chemistry, Molecular Biosciences, Neurobiology, and Radiology.
2019
- Defining human metabolic traits as a function of unique diet-gut microbe interactions among primates. Katherine Amato, Department of Anthropology.
- Radio-imaging of ACE2 and its novel truncates. Daniel Batlle, Department of Medicine (Nephrology and Hypertension).
- Visualization of kidney cyst progression in a new mouse model of autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD). Paul DeCaen, Department of Pharmacology.
- In vivo Tracking of Immunotherapeutic Enzyme-Responsive Nanomaterials for the Inhibition of Lung Metastasis Formation in a Orthotopic Syngeneic Breast Cancer Model. Nathan Gianneschi, Departments of Chemistry, Materials Science & Engineering and Biomedical Engineering.
- Imaging nanoscale vesicle-mediated functional delivery of biomolecules in vivo using NIS. Joshua Leonard, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering.
- Novel non-invasive longitudinal imaging assessment of progressive fibrosis in murine models of SSc. John Varga, Department of Medicine (Rheumatology).
- Mapping The Metabolic Benefits Of Novel Glucocorticoid Steroid Regimens. Alexis Demonbreun, Department of Pharmacology & Beth McNally, Departments of Medicine (Cardiology) and Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics.
- Mapping the Temperature of Tumors Using Transition Metal-Based Molecular MRI Probes David Harris, Department of Chemistry.