“Preclinical PET Tracers of Neuroinflammation: From Biomarker Identification to Imaging”

Hosted by the Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology Neuroimaging Labs Research Center’s East Labs

Dr. Chaney is an assistant professor at Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology (MIR) at Washington University in St. Louis. Her research is focused on the development and translation of novel non-invasive molecular imaging strategies to elucidate the inflammatory component of devastating neurological diseases. In particular, she is interested in the relationship between peripheral and central nervous system innate immune responses, and how this crosstalk affects disease development and progression. Dr. Chaney previously worked at Stanford University as a postdoctoral fellow and instructor in the radiology department. She earned her doctorate in neurosciences from the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom.

Dr. Elizabeth Kras joined Dr. Aisling Chaney’s lab in August 2023 as a TIRS T32 postdoctoral fellow. Her current research focuses on the development and assessment of novel neuro-PET radiotracers. Previously, she earned her Ph.D. in Medicinal Chemistry from the University at Buffalo under Professor Janet Morrow where she gained expertise in the synthesis of Fe(III) macrocyclic complexes for use as MRI contrast agents. Through the use of different oxygen-donor pendants within the probe structure, she evaluated how different pendants altered the effectiveness of the complex as MRI probes.

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