Imaging at OHSU: Scientists use advanced imaging in the fight against cancer

At OHSU Knight Cancer Institute, patient is front of mind in drive toward cancer early detection, interventions

By Angela Yeager November 22, 2024 Portland, Oregon

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The Nan lab is among several at the OHSU Knight Cancer Institute’s Cancer Early Detection Advanced Research Center, known as CEDAR, that use advanced imaging tools, equipment and techniques to advance cancer early detection and interventions. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

Jessica Riesterer lab

The instrument shown is the Thermo Scientific Helios UC5 DualBeam Focused Ion Beam-Scanning Electron Microscope (FIB-SEM) at OHSU’s Multiscale Microscopy Core and used by Jessica Riesterer, Ph.D., a staff scientist with CEDAR. Riesterer is an expert on scanning electron microscopy, a technique that uses a focused beam of electrons to examine the surface of a material and produce high-resolution images. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

Jessica Riesterer lab

Jessica Riesterer, Ph.D., is a staff scientist with CEDAR. Riesterer is an expert on scanning electron microscopy, a technique that uses a focused beam of electrons to examine the surface of a material and produce high-resolution images. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

Knight Cancer research and data analytics

Young Hwan Chang, Ph.D., left, is an associate professor of computational biology and biomedical engineering in the OHSU School of Medicine, is an engineer by training. He works closely with Zachary Sims, who is a research software engineer at OHSU Knight Cancer’s Department of Biomedical Engineering. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

Researching new treatments for the best outcomes

Sebnem Ece Eksi, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor at CEDAR. Eksi's research is focused on investigating the impact of the prostate tumor microenvironment on cancer progression and metastasis to improve patient stratification in the clinic. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

Sadik Esener, Ph.D. (OHSU)

Jessica Riesterer, Ph.D. (OHSU)

Young Hwan Chang, Ph.D. (OHSU)

Xiaolin Nan, Ph.D. (OHSU)

Sebnem Ece Eksi, Ph.D. (OHSU)

Nan lab at the Knight Cancer Institute

Yujia Zhang, M.S., a graduate student in the Xiaolin Nan lab, works on an imaging experiment. The Nan lab is among several at the OHSU Knight Cancer Institute’s Cancer Early Detection Advanced Research Center, known as CEDAR, that use advanced imaging tools, equipment and techniques to advance cancer early detection and interventions. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)