{"600135":{"#nid":"600135","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Francisco Robles Wins Prestigious NSF CAREER Award","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFrancisco Robles\u003C\/strong\u003E, assistant professor in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory, has won a Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award from the National Science Foundation.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe CAREER Award is the NSF\u0026rsquo;s most prestigious award in support of junior faculty who exemplify the role of teacher-scholars through outstanding research, excellent education, and the integration of education and research within the context of the mission of their organizations.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ERobles\u0026rsquo; award, including $597,366 over five years, will provide support for a new molecular imaging technique. The goal of his work is to gain a better understanding of the molecular and structural composition (so-called phenotypical \u0026ldquo;common-denominators\u0026rdquo;) of primary tumors that metastasize as a means to improve tumor staging. To accomplish this task, he will develop a novel optical microscopy technique, ultraviolet hyperspectral interferometric (UHI) microscopy, that probes unique endogenous absorptive and scattering properties of cells and tissues in the deep ultraviolet region of the spectrum.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The information provided by UHI microscopy will yield unprecedented insight into a wide number of phenotypes, including molecular makeup, subcellular morphology, and nanometer-scaled structures to identify aggressive cancers,\u0026rdquo; said Robles, a researcher in the Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience at Georgia Tech. \u0026ldquo;The focus here is on melanoma, but the approach can potentially be used to improve prognosis of all cancers.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to funding innovative research, the NSF CAREER Award is also for educational outreach. As part of his award, Robles will develop a summer camp for middle school-aged children focused on introducing them to the use of light in life sciences.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECONTACT:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:wrich@gatech.edu\u0022\u003EWalter Rich\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nWallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"National Science Foundation supporting the development of new molecular imaging technique"}],"uid":"27513","created_gmt":"2017-12-19 20:51:34","changed_gmt":"2017-12-20 13:01:59","author":"Walter Rich","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2017-12-19T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2017-12-19T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"599680":{"id":"599680","type":"image","title":"Francisco Robles, assistant professor in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory","body":null,"created":"1512672772","gmt_created":"2017-12-07 18:52:52","changed":"1512672988","gmt_changed":"2017-12-07 18:56:28","alt":"Francisco Robles, assistant professor in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory","file":{"fid":"228615","name":"Paco_Robles-Hi-res-headshot-lighter.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Paco_Robles-Hi-res-headshot-lighter.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Paco_Robles-Hi-res-headshot-lighter.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":638217,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Paco_Robles-Hi-res-headshot-lighter.jpg?itok=nvP1HSTH"}}},"media_ids":["599680"],"groups":[{"id":"1254","name":"Wallace H. Coulter Dept. of Biomedical Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"138","name":"Biotechnology, Health, Bioengineering, Genetics"}],"keywords":[{"id":"1612","name":"BME"},{"id":"126571","name":"go-PetitInstitute"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39441","name":"Bioengineering and Bioscience"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWalter Rich\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["wrich@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}