Serge Grabtchak

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Who has used laser scalpel in clinical applications?

I'd like to hear from anybody who used/developed laser scalpels: general descriptions, types of surgeries, clinicians feedback, references.

10 October 2016 9,110 4 View

Stimulated Raman Spectroscopy (SRS) for pre-clinical and clinical application?

Is somebody working on clinical applications of SRS for image guided surgery? I'm wondering about SRS capabilities and limitations, clinical acceptance, clinical trials etc.

10 October 2016 10,128 0 View

Do you have a job for me?

After exhausting all employment options in Atlantic Canada, I’m finally ready to move out of it. Yes, I’m willing to relocate anywhere in Canada or US. I’m looking for academic or industrial...

07 July 2016 8,079 1 View

Do you always send a reference letter by the requested deadline or not? Do you feel guilty when you don't send it at all?

You're a faculty member always busy with research, students, services, conferences, travel etc. One of your students (or postdocs) asks to provide a reference letter (for graduate study, postdoc,...

06 June 2014 5,478 6 View

Does anyone want to collaborate on optical studies of prostate cancer and the use of gold nanoparticles as contrast agents for detection of PC?

I’d like to set up collaboration with those who have an access to human and/or canine prostates with cancer and might be interested in 1) exploring interstitial optical studies of prostates with...

05 May 2014 8,592 9 View

Expression of PSMA in human vs. canine prostate: a useful biomarker in PC studies in the canine model or NOT?

I've found two groups of articles that state different conclusions. According to Aggarwal S, Ricklis RM, Williams SA, Denmeade SR, "Comparative study of PSMA expression in the prostate of...

05 May 2014 2,624 14 View

What gold nanoparticle shape would give the largest absorption cross-section?

It appears from published literature, that an individual Au nanocage produces about an order of magnitude higher absorption cross-section than an individual Au nanorod (considering 750-850 nm...

02 February 2014 6,646 8 View

Delivering gold nanoparticles to the prostate?

I'm wondering if anybody tried to deliver functionalized Au NPs to the prostate with cancer employing either passive or active targeting (PSMA, for example). Due to theranostic nature of Au NPs,...

01 January 2014 3,676 12 View

Water content in normal and neoplastic tissues?

There is an indication (J. H. Ali, W. B. Wang, M. Zevallos and R. R. Alfano, "Near infrared spectroscopy and imaging to probe differences in water content in normal and cancer human prostate...

01 January 2014 2,536 9 View