Xu Lab
Projects
Project 1
The Xu Lab is focused on the postmortem validation and characterization of a variety of biomarkers for disease progression imaging of Alzheimer disease, Parkinson disease and other central nervous disorders.
Project 2
Another focus of the Xu Lab is dopamine functions and regulations in nigrostriatal neuron degeneration; and investigation of an agonist of D3 receptor as autophagy enhancing agent for degradation of alpha-synuclein aggregates.
Project 3
The Xu Lab is studying inflammation and oxidative DNA damage involved in cancer, neurodegeneration and cardiovascular disease.
Project 4
The Xu Lab is developing cancer imaging and radiation therapy probes targeting different cellular regions: DNA, nucleus membrane, cell membrane and cytosol.
Our People
The lab, led by Jinbin Xu, PhD, is comprised of a multidisciplinary team of researchers and students interested in biomedical imaging science.
