Awards and Honors: May 21, 2007

Weibo Cai, PhD, postdoctoral scholar in the Molecular Imaging Probe Laboratory, has been awarded the Benedict Cassen Postdoctoral Fellowship from the Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM), which is granted to recipients who have an excellent record and exceptional research ability. He has also received the 1st place 2007 SNM Young Professionals Committee Best Basic Science Award for his abstract "Quantitative RadioimmunoPET of EphA2 Expression in Xenograft-Bearing Mice," submitted to the 2007 54th Annual Meeting of the SNM in Washington, D.C. His research focuses on the development of novel peptides, proteins, growth factors, antibodies, antibody fragments, and nanoparticle-based tracers for PET, SPECT, optical, and MRI imaging in small animal disease models and, potentially, in cancer patients.

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