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Tuesday, October 3, 2006
Macroview Fluorescence Microscopy System Installed
A new macroview fluorescence microscopy system (Olypmus MVX10) is installed with a high sensitivity CCD camera (Princeton Instrument, PIXIS) and an imaging workstation.
Monday, July 24, 2006
Charlie's Master Defense
Chuo-Li (Charlie) successfully passed his Master Thesis Defense. Congratutation, Charlie!
Friday, June 23, 2006
2006 ASME Summer Bioengineering Conference
Two articles from BTPL were presented at 2006 Summer Bioengineering Conference (See below for details). Dr. Han also co-chaired Session: Mass Transfer in Cells and Organs.
  1. B. Han, 2006, "Interaction of freezing-induced water transport with extracellular matrix of biological tissues," Proceedings of 2006 ASME Summer Bioengineering Conference, BIO2006-157692.
  2. W. Hanson, M.-L. Wang, and B. Han, 2006, "Development of quantum dot mediated thermometry for intraoperative monitoring of minimally invasive thermal surgery," Proceedings of 2006 ASME Summer Bioengineering Conference, BIO2006-157706.
Thursday, April 20, 2006
Advanced Research Program (ARP) Award
Our collaborative research proposal entitled "Development of quantum-dot mediated thermometry for biomedical applications" (Co-PI: Dr. Choong-Un Kim at MSE) was selected for funding from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.
Friday, April 14, 2006
Ming-Long's Master Defense
Ming-Long successfully passed his Master Project Defense. Congratutation, Ming-Long!
YEAR 2005
Thursday, July 28, 2005
CRYO2005 - 42nd Annual Meeting of the Society for Cryobiology
Dr. Han attended CRYO2005 - 42nd Annual Meeting of the Society for Cryobiology at Minneapolis, MN to present his research and chaired a session (Cryosurgery II). The following research work was presented.
    B. Han, D.J. Swanlund and J.C. Bischof, 2005, "Cryoinjury augmentation of MCF7 human breast cancer cells by use of eutectic solidification" (Abstract will be appeared in journal Cryobiology)
Thursday, June 9, 2005
DOD Breast Cancer Research Program Meeting
Dr. Han attended the Department of Defense Breast Cancer Research Program Meeting (Era of Hope) to present the results of the DOD sponsored research. The abstract of the presentation is as below,
    B. Han, R. Visaria, D.J. Swanlund and J.C. Bischof, 2005, "Characterization of thermal thermal thresholds and enhancement of cryoinjury in breast cancer cells," Proceedings of the Department of Defense Breast Cancer Research Program 2005 Era of Hope Meeting, p.153 (P21-8).
Friday, April 1, 2005
Microscopy System Installed
A new brightfield/fluorescence microscopy system (Olympus BX51) is installed at BTPL. The microscopy system is equipped with a high resolution CCD camera (Olympus DP70) and a image processing workstation for quantitative microscopy.
Monday, March 14, 2005
UTA REP Award
A research proposal from BTPL entitled "Improvment of cryosurgery and image-guidance by eutectic crystallization of amino-acid adjuvants" is selected for UTA Research Enhancement Program Award.
YEAR 2004
Monday, November 15, 2004
ASME 2004 IMECE
Dr. Han attended 2004 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & RD&D Expo at Anaheim, CA to present his research papers and chaired a session (HB15B- Thermal Injury Measurement and Modeling). The following papers were presented.
  1. B. Han, M.D. Egberg, P.P. Haung, D.J. Swanlund and J.C. Bischof, 2004, "Cryoinjury enhancement of breast cancer cells by use of a molecular adjuvant (TNF-alpha)," Proceedings of 2004 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, IMECE2004-61593.
  2. V.S. Kalambur, B. Han, B. Kim, T.A. Taton and J.C. Bischof, 2004, "Characterization of heating by magnetic nanoparticles for biomedical applications," Proceedings of 2004 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, IMECE2004-61604.
  3. J.H. Choi, B. Han and J.C. Bischof, 2004, "Effects of cryoprotective agents on thermal properties of biomaterials at subzero temperatures," Proceedings of 2004 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, IMECE2004-61576.
Wednesday, October 20, 2004
UMN Cancer Center Presenation
Dr. Han presented his research on minimally invasive surgical techniques for breast cancer treatment to Breast Cancer Research Group at the University of Minnesota Cancer Center.
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