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Eric T. Ahrens, Ph.D.

Eric T. Ahrens

Associate Professor

Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
Postdoctoral Appointment, California Institute of Technology

eta@andrew.cmu.edu
412-268-5105 (Phone)
412-268-7129 (Fax)

601 Mellon Institute
Department of Biological Sciences
Carnegie Mellon University
4400 Fifth Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213


Selected Publications

Janjic JM, Srinivas M, Kadayakkara DK, Ahrens ET. Self-delivering nanoemulsions for dual fluorine-19 MRI and fluorescence detection. J Am Chem Soc., 130(9):2832-2841, 2008 Mar 5.

Mills PH, Wu YJ, Ho C, Ahrens ET. Sensitive and automated detection of iron-oxide-labeled cells using phase image cross-correlation analysis. Magn Reson Imaging, 26(5):618-628, 2008 Jun.

Srinivas M, Morel PA, Ernst LA, Laidlaw DH, Ahrens ET. Fluorine-19 MRI for visualization and quantification of cell migration in a diabetes model. Magn Reson Med, 58(4):725-734, 2007 Oct.

Mills PH and Ahrens ET. Theoretical MRI contrast model for exogenous T2 agents. Magn Reson Med, 57(2):442-477, 2007 Feb.

Ahrens ET, Flores R, Xu HY, Morel PA. In vivo imaging platform for tracking immunotherapeutic cells. Nat. Biotech. 23: 983-987, 2005.

Koshibu K, Ahrens ET, Levitt P. Postpubertal sex differentiation of forebrain structures and functions depend on transforming growth factor-alpha. J. Neurosci. 25: 3870-3880, 2005.

Genove G, DeMarco U, Xu H, Goins WF, Ahrens ET. A novel transgene reporter for in vivo magnetic resonance imaging. Nat. Med. 11: 450-454, 2005.

Koshibu K, Levitt P, Ahrens ET. Sex-specific, post-puberty changes in mouse brain structures revealed by three-dimensional magnetic resonance microscopy. Neuroimage 22: 1636-1645, 2004.

Ahrens ET, Feili-Hariri M, Xu H, Genove G, Morel PA. Receptor-mediated endocytosis of iron-oxide particles provides efficient labeling of dendritic cells for in vivo MR imaging. Mag. Reson. Med. 49: 1006-101, 2003.

Louie AY, Huber MM, Ahrens ET, Fraser SE, Jacobs RE, Meade TJ. In vivo visualization of gene expression using magnetic resonance imaging. Nat.  Biotech. 18: 321-325, 2000.