Radiology Seminar - Contrast and Resolution to Detect Small Things: MRI of Cortical Perivascular Spaces and Migrating Cells

Contrast and Resolution to Detect Small Things: MRI of Cortical Perivascular Spaces and Migrating Cells

Dr. Alan Koretsky received his BS degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and his PhD from the University of California at Berkeley. He performed postdoctoral work in the National Heart Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) studying the regulation of mitochondrial metabolism using optical and NMR techniques. Dr. Koretsky spent twelve years on the faculty in the Department of Biological Sciences at Carnegie Mellon University where he was the Eberly Professor of Structural Biology and Chemistry. In the summer of 1999, he moved to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) as Chief of the Laboratory of Functional and Molecular Imaging and Director of the NIH MRI Research Facility. Dr. Koretsky's laboratory is interested in two main areas:  they are actively developing novel imaging techniques to visualize brain function and study the regulation of cellular energy metabolism by combining molecular genetics with non-invasive imaging tools.