Dr Nicoleta Baxan

Faculty of Medicine, National Heart & Lung Institute

MR Physicist

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Location

ICTEM buildingHammersmith Campus

Summary

Nicoleta is Manager and MR Physicist of the Biological Imaging Centre (BIC) led by Prof Lan Zhao. She joined Imperial College since the launching of the BIC in 2015. Nicoleta obtained her Ph.D. in MR Physics from Lyon 1 University, France, in 2008. She then completed a four-years postdoc in the Medical Physics department, at University Hospital Freiburg, Germany. After working in industry at Bruker BioSpin as Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and Magnetic Particle Imaging (MPI) Scientist, Nicoleta went back into research as the MR Physicist of the Biological Imaging Centre. Over the years, she has been focused on the medical aspects of MRI, including cardiovascular, oncology and neuroscience imaging applications. Currently she is developing and applying novel multi-parametric magnetic resonance imaging techniques to make progress in the diagnosis and treatment of heart disease.

Publications

Journals

Tavana S, Shek C, Rahman T, et al.Tavana S, Shek C, Rahman T, Baxan N, Newell N close, 2024, The influence of geometry on intervertebral disc stiffness, Journal of Biomechanics, Vol:163, ISSN:0021-9290

Chen C-N, Hajji N, Yeh F-C, et al.Chen C-N, Hajji N, Yeh F-C, Rahman S, Ali S, Wharton J, Baxan N, Zhao L, Xie C-Y, Chen Y-G, Frid MG, Chelladurai P, Pullamsetti SS, Stenmark KR, Wilkins MR, Zhao L close, 2023, Restoration of Foxp31 regulatory T cells by HDAC-dependent epigenetic modulation plays a pivotal role in resolving pulmonary arterial hypertension pathology, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Vol:208, ISSN:1073-449X, Pages:879-895

Rahman T, Tavana S, Nicoleta B, et al.Rahman T, Tavana S, Nicoleta B, Raftery K, Morgan G, Schaer T, Smith NG, Moore A, Bull J, Molly S, Newell N close, 2023, Quantifying internal intervertebral disc strains to assess nucleus replacement device designs: a digital volume correlation and ultrahigh-resolution MRI study, Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, Vol:11, ISSN:2296-4185

Yeh F-C, Chen C-N, Xie C-Y, et al.Yeh F-C, Chen C-N, Xie C-Y, Baxan N, Zhao L, Ashek A, Sabrin F, Lawrie A, Wilkins M, Zhao L close, 2023, TLR7/8 activation induces autoimmune vasculopathy and causes severe pulmonary arterial hypertension, European Respiratory Journal, Vol:62, ISSN:0903-1936

Todorova VB, Baxan N, Delahaye M, et al.Todorova VB, Baxan N, Delahaye M, Harding SE, Rankin SM close, 2023, Drug-based mobilisation of mesenchymal stem/stromal cells improves cardiac function post myocardial infarction, Disease Models and Mechanisms, Vol:16, ISSN:1754-8403, Pages:1-28

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