Assaf A. Gilad
Assaf A. Gilad is assistant professor at the Johns Hopkins Medicine Division of MR Research within the Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, USA. A researcher who specializes in cellular and molecular imaging, he is also an affiliate faculty member of the Johns Hopkins Institute for Cell Engineering, where he studies vascular biology. Dr. Gilad’s primary research interest is developing new biosensors and nanoparticles for use in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to monitor gene expression, signal transduction gene-replacement therapy, stem-cell tracking and brain function, particularly in patients with brain tumors.