“Targeted ultrasonic contrast enhancement for accurate staging of rectal cancer”. DEADLINE: 20 Jan 2022 DIRECT APPLICATIONS TO: Find out more PROJECT TITLE: Targeted ultrasonic contrast enhancement for accurate staging of rectal cancer CENTRE: Centre for Cardiovascular Science SUPERVISOR: Professor Carmel Moran, Dr Susan Farrington, Dr Helen Mulvana [University of Strathclyde] & Professor Susan Moug [University of Glasgow] FURTHER INFORMATION The overall aim of this project is to develop & test a robust, intra-operative technique to detect evidence of intramural invasion in the rectal wall to allow more accurate staging of rectal cancer, using contrastenhanced ultrasound imaging, in order to stratify & personalise clinical treatment. To achieve this, the student will manufacture & perform acoustic characterisation of contrast agent microbubbles & nanobubbles for optimal detection with ultrasound in an in vivo animal model, develop microbubbles targeted to markers identified within rectal cancer cells test these targeting mechanisms in flow cells & in an in vivo mouse rectal cancer model. Please find further information on the PhD studentship, here. Relevant links Find further information on the PhD studentship Professor Carmel Moran Dr Susan Farrington Centre for Cardiovascular Science What is an ultrasound scan? Social media tags & titles “Targeted ultrasonic contrast enhancement for accurate staging of rectal cancer”. PhD opportunity in Precision Medicine at the University of Edinburgh. @EdinUniCVS Publication date 06 Dec, 2021
