C-SAMBA

C-SAMBA Events

2018	JUNE 22	Window to the Brain research presentation (talk) at UC Bioengineering Symposium, Riverside, CA Nami Davoodzadeh, Cano M, Halaney DL, Jonak CR, Cuando N, Binder DK, Aguilar G. “Long-term brain blood perfusion imaging and bacterial growth monitoring using laser speckle imaging”
2018	JUNE 22	Window to the Brain research presentation (talk) at UC Bioengineering Symposium, Riverside, CA David L. Halaney, Jonak CR, Davoodzadeh N, Liu J, Ehtiyatkar P, Park H, Binder DK, Aguilar G. “Optical coherence tomography and laser speckle imaging of the brain though a transparent cranial implant in a chronic mouse model."
2018	APR 14	Window to the Brain research presentation (talk) at ASLMS Conference, Dallas, TX Nami Davoodzadeh, Natanael Cuando, Mildred Cano, Guillermo Aguilar. "ASSESSMENT OF BACTERIA GROWTH UNDER TRANSPARENT NANOCRYSTALLINE YTTRIASTABILIZED-ZIRCONIA CRANIAL IMPLANT USING LASER SPECKLE IMAGING."
2018	APR 14	Window to the Brain research presentation (talk) at ASLMS Conference, Dallas, TX David L. Halaney, Jonak CR, Davoodzadeh N, Liu J, Shah J, Ehtiyatkar P, Park H, Binder DK, Aguilar G. “Optical coherence tomography and laser speckle imaging of the brain though a transparent cranial implant in a chronic mouse model.
2018	MAR 20	Window to the Brain researcher's microscopy image selected as picture of the week for the OSA's webpage.
2018	FEB 03	Window to the Brain research presentation (poster) at the CAMP Symposium, UC Irvine, Irvine, CA Alvarez C, Garcia V, Exarhos S., Fernandez K., Alvarez A., Cuando-Espitia N, Mangolini L., and Aguilar G, "Antibacterial Studies of Zinc Oxide Nanoparticle Coatings on Nanocrystalline Yttria Stabilized Zirconia Irradiated with Femtosecond Laser Light."
2018	JAN 28	Window to the Brain research presentation (talk) at SPIE Photonics West, San Francisco, CA. Alvarez C, Garcia V, Cuando-Espitia N, Aguilar G, "Antibacterial studies of ZnO nanoparticle coatings on nanocrystalline YSZ irradiated with femtosecond laser light."
2018	JAN 28	Window to the Brain research presentation (talk) at SPIE Photonics West, San Francisco, CA. Davoodzadeh N, Aminfar H, Halaney D, Jonak C, Cuando N, Binder D, Aguilar G. ”Laser speckle imaging of brain blood flow through a transparent nanocrystalline yttria-stabilized-zirconia cranial implant.”
2018	JAN 27	Window to the Brain research presentation (talk) at SPIE Photonics West, San Francisco, CA. Davoodzadeh N, Halaney D, Uahengo G, Garay JE, Aguilar G. ”Influence of low temperature ageing on optical and mechanical properties of transparent yttria stabilized-zirconia cranial prosthesis.”
2018	DEC 06	Ventanas al Cerebro Conferencia at CEART, Ensenada, Mexico Co-Project Investigators Aguilar and Camacho-Lopez discussed the basic ideas that allowed them to conceive the Window to the Brain project as well as the advantages that this platform offers both patients and doctors in the diagnosis and optimal treatment of brain injuries.
2018	NOV 20	Window to the Brain research presentation (poster) at the Inland Empire Stem Cell Consortium at Cal State University San Bernardino, San Bernardino, CA D. Rutherford, H Liu. “Window To The Brain: Culture of BMSCs With Polished, Unpolished, and Nanopowder 8YSZ.”
2017	OCT 24-25	First Binational USA-Mexico Symposium of Laser-Induced Cavitation and its Applications at La Casa de la Universidad de California, Mexico City A dozen UC Riverside faculty, postdoctoral researchers, and graduate and undergraduate students joined representatives from more than 15 Mexican academic institutions to discuss the latest advancements of laser-induced cavitation, the method of using lasers to create bubbles within solid objects or liquids. The event featured keynote speeches by UCLA Distinguished Professor Gary A. Williams and UCI Professor and Chair Vasan Venugopalan as well as 20 talks and poster sessions related to thermocavitation, biomedical applications, fiber-assisted cavitation, and femtosecond laser cavitation.
2017	OCT 18	Window to the Brain research presentation (talk) at Kappa Lamba Nu/IEEE Tech Talk at UC Riverside, Riverside, CA. Corber S.R., Rao, M.P. "Development of plasma-etched microneedles for drug delivery applications."
2017	OCT 18	Window to the Brain research presentation (talk) at the Kappa Lamba Nu/IEEE Tech Talk, Riverside, CA Corber SR, Ashby DZ, Khandan O, Cuando N, Aguilar G, Rao MP, “Fabrication of Microneedles for Enhanced Optical Clearing of Tissues.”
2017	SEP 25-27	PIRE SOMBRERO Summer Optics Seminar at UC Riverside, Riverside, California Three project Co-PIs from Mexico visited UCR to speak at a seminar focused on optics, a topic for which UCR does not offer upper level courses. UCR undergraduate and graduate students had the opportunity to attend up of nine, 75-minute lectures highlighting such topics as electromagnetism for optics, Fresnel equations, optical fibers and laser ablation.
2017	AUG 06-09	Biophotonics School at INAOE near Puebla, Mexico Six graduate students and one postdoc traveled from UCR to attend a 3.5-day biophotonics school, which provided further optics education that is not available at UCR.
2017	AUG 01	Window to the Brain research presentation (poster) at the ISPC23 Conference in Montreal, Canada Exarhos S, Woodard A, Alvarez A, Mangolini L. “Non-thermal plasma synthesis of plasmonic zirconium nitride nanoparticles.”
2017	JUN 28	Window to the Brain research presentation (talk/poster) at the UC System Bioengineering Symposium. Los Angeles, CA Corber SR, Ashby DZ, Khandan O, Cuando N, Aguilar G, Rao MP, “Progress towards the Fabrication of Hollow, Out-of-Place, Titanium Microneedles for Transdermal Delivery of Optical Clearing Agents.” Received best poster award.
2017	JUN 28	Window to the Brain research presentation (talk) at the European Conferences on Biomedical Optics, Munich, Germany Zamora-Romero N, Aguilar G, Devia-Cruz L, Halaney D. “Laser-excited gold nanoparticles for treatment of cancer cells in vitro.”
2017	JUN 28	Window to the Brain research presentation (talk) at the European Conferences on Biomedical Optics, Munich, Germany Cuando-Espitia N, Luna-Palacios Y, Alvarez C, Aguilar G, Camacho-Lopez S, Halaney DL. “Femtosecond laser assisted antibacterial activity of ZnO nanoparticles.”
2017	JUN 28	Window to the Brain research presentation (poster) at the European Conferences on Biomedical Optics, Munich, Germany Camacho-Lopez S, Rocha-Mendoza I, Luna-Palacios YY, Esqueda-Barron Y, Camacho-Lopez MA, Camacho-Lopez M, Aguilar G. “Study of SHG from ZnO nanoparticles synthesized by laser ablation of solids in liquids.”
2017	MAY 19	Window to the Brain research presentation (poster) at the UCR MEGSA Symposium, Riverside, CA Corber SR, Ashby DZ, Khandan O, Cuando N, Aguilar G, Rao MP, “Progress towards the Fabrication of Hollow, Out-of-Place, Titanium Microneedles for Transdermal Delivery of Optical Clearing Agents.”
2017	MAY 19	Window to the Brain research presentation (talk) at the UCR MEGSA Symposium, Riverside, CA Halaney DL, Aguilar G. “Window to the Brain: A platform for biophotonic neuro-procedures.”
2017	MAY 11	Window to the Brain research presentation (talk) at the Eta Kappa Nu (IEEE Honor Society) - Sigma Lamba chapter meeting, Riverside, CA Corber SR, Ashby DZ, Khandan O, Cuando N, Aguilar G, Rao MP, “Fabrication of Microneedles for Enhanced Optical Clearing of Tissues.”
2017	APR 20	Window to the Brain research presentation (poster) at the Material Research Society Spring Meeting, Phoenix, AZ Corber SR, Ashby DZ, Khandan O, Cuando N, Aguilar G, Rao MP, “Progress towards the Fabrication of Hollow, Out-of-Place, Titanium Microneedles for Transdermal Delivery of Optical Clearing Agents.”
2017	APR 07	Window to the Brain research presentation (talk) at Ann. Conf. ASLMS, San Diego, CA Zamora-Romero N, Aguilar G, Devia-Cruz LF, Halaney DL, Alvarez-Barragan A, Mangolini L. “Pulses and CW laser irradiation effects of TiN nanoparticles on cancer cells in vitro.”
2017	APR 07	Window to the Brain research presentation (poster) at Ann. Conf. ASLMS, San Diego, CA Davoodzadeh N. “Low-Temperature Aging of Transparent Nanocrystallie Yttria-Stabilized-Zirconia Calvarium Prosthesis.”
2017	JAN 27	Window to the Brain research presentation (talk) at SPIE Photonics West, San Francisco, CA. Zamora-Romero N, Aguilar G, Devia-Cruz LF, Banks D, Zhang B, Halaney DL. “Photothermal technique to damage cancer cells: in vitro studies of simultaneous pulsed and cw irradiation.”
2016	NOV 12	Window to the Brain research presentation (poster) at the Southern California Conferences for Undergraduate Research, Riverside, CA Amatayakul K, Halaney DL, Aguilar G. “Autopolishing Yttria-Stabilized Zirconia with Diamond.”
2016	NOV 12	Window to the Brain research presentation (poster) at the Southern California Conferences for Undergraduate Research, Riverside, CA McInnis M, Davoodzadeh N. “Low temperature degradation of Yttria-Stabilized-Zirconia.”
2016	NOV 12	Window to the Brain research presentation (poster) at the Southern California Conferences for Undergraduate Research, Riverside, CA Alvarez C, Luna-Palacios Y, Cuando-Espitia N, Aguilar G, Camacho-Lopez M. “Antibacterial studies of ZnO nanoparticles irradiated with femtosecond laser light.”
2016	NOV 08	Window to the Brain research presentation (poster) at the 5th Annual Stem Cell Consortium symposium at Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA Rutherford D, Liu H. “Direct culture of bone marrow derived mesenchymal stem cells on 8YSZ.”
2016	OCT 24	Window to the Brain research presentation (poster) at the First Binational USA-Mexico Symposium of Laser-Induced Cavitation and its Applications, Mexico City, Mexico Amatayakul K, Halaney DL, Aguilar G. “Cavitation through yttria-stabilized zirconia requires fine surface polish.”
2016	OCT 24	Window to the Brain research presentation (poster) at the First Binational USA-Mexico Symposium of Laser-Induced Cavitation and its Applications, Mexico City, Mexico Hirbawi J, Cuando-Espitia N, Aguilar G. “Design and calibration of a portable optical setup for Enhanced Backscattering measurements.”
2016	OCT 24	Window to the Brain research presentation (poster) at the First Binational USA-Mexico Symposium of Laser-Induced Cavitation and its Applications, Mexico City, Mexico McInnis M, Davoodzadeh N, Aguilar G. “Low-temperature aging of transplant nanocrystalline yttria-stabilized-zirconia calvarium prosthesis.”
2016	OCT 24	Window to the Brain research presentation (poster) at the First Binational USA-Mexico Symposium of Laser-Induced Cavitation and its Applications, Mexico City, Mexico Alvarez C, Luna-Palacios Y, Cuando-Espitia N, Aguilar G, Camacho-Lopez M. “Antibacterial studies of ZnO nanoparticles irradiated with femtosecond laser light.”
2016	AUG 24	Window to the Brain research presentation at the OSA Latin America Optics & Photonics (LAOP) Conference, Medellin, Colombia Pimentel-Dominguez R, Hernandez-Cordero J. "Fabrication and applications of optical fiber micro-heaters."
2016	MAY 30	Window to the Brain research presentation (talk) at the Summer Biomechanics, Bioengineering and Biotransport (SB3C) Conference, National Harbor, MD Halaney DL, Damestani Y, De Howitt N, Garay JE, Camacho-López S, Aguilar G. “Evaluation of laser bacterial anti-fouling of transparent nanocrystalline yttria-stabilized-zirconia cranial implant.”
2016	APR 14	Window to the Brain research presentation (poster) at the UCSD Research Expo, San Diego, CA Uahengo G, Kodera Y, Garay J. “Preparation of rare-earth stabilized nano-crystalline zirconia with tunable optical/mechanical properties.”
2016	FEB 15	Window to the Brain research presentation (poster) at the TMS Annual Research Conference, Nashville, TN Uahengo G, Kodera Y, Garay J. “Preparation of rare-earth stabilized nano-crystalline zirconia with tunable optical/mechanical properties.”
2016	MAR 05	MESA Day Project Competition: Volunteer Opportunity The MESA Day Competitions are science and engineering events for middle and high school students that focus on student team projects. Hundreds of middle and high school students come to campus and compete in various competitions, from bridge building to math competitions to speech competitions. Volunteers are needed to do everything from judging competitions, to helping greet and host students.
2016	FEB 20	MESA Day Project Competition: Volunteer Opportunity The MESA Day Competitions are science and engineering events for middle and high school students that focus on student team projects. Hundreds of middle and high school students come to campus and compete in various competitions, from bridge building to math competitions to speech competitions. Volunteers are needed to do everything from judging competitions, to helping greet and host students.