{"id":363,"date":"2020-07-09T16:51:59","date_gmt":"2020-07-09T16:51:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/nada-boustany\/?page_id=363"},"modified":"2025-04-06T01:09:20","modified_gmt":"2025-04-06T01:09:20","slug":"publications","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/nada-boustany\/publications\/","title":{"rendered":"Publications"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"btn btn-primary\" href=\"http:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/nada-boustany\/contact\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Contact Me<\/a>Please contact us to request reprints or if you are interested in joining a project.<\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h5><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><em><strong>FRET TENSION PROBE \/ FLIM-FRET \/ <\/strong><\/em><em><strong>CELLULAR MECHANICS<\/strong><\/em><em><strong>:<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h5>\n<p><strong>Comparison of vinculin tension in cellular monolayers and three-dimensional multicellular aggregates,<\/strong> L. Hu, R.I. Cohen, M. Barroso, N.N. Boustany, <em><u>Biomed Opt Express<\/u><\/em>, 15(9): 5199-5214 (2024) <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1364\/BOE.529156\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1364\/BOE.529156<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Special Section Guest Editorial: Seeing Inside Tissue with Optical Molecular Probes,<br \/>\n<\/strong>N.N. Boustany, M. Niedre, M. Pramanick, <em><u>J Biomed Opt.<\/u> <\/em>28(8): 082801 (2023) doi: <a class=\"usa-link usa-link--external\" href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1117\/1.JBO.28.8.082801\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-action=\"click_feat_suppl\">10.1117\/1.JBO.28.8.082801<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>F\u00f6rster <\/strong><strong>resonant energy transfer efficiency measurements on vinculin tension sensors at focal adhesions using a simple and cost-effective setup, <\/strong>C. Dubois, L. Houel-Renault, M. Erard, N.N. Boustany, N. Westbrook, <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">J. Biomedical Opti<\/span><u><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">cs<\/span><\/em><\/u>, <\/em>28 (8), 082808 (2023) <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1117\/1.JBO.28.8.082808\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1117\/1.JBO.28.8.082808<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>F\u00f6rster Resonance Energy Transfer Efficiency of the Vinculin Tension Sensor in Cultured Primary Cortical Neuronal Growth Cones, <\/strong>M.A. Ayad, T. Mahon, M.M Cararo-Lopes, M. Patel, I. Hacihaliloglu, B.L. Firestein, N.N. Boustany, <em><u>Neurophotonics<\/u><\/em>, 9(2), 025002 (2022)<em>\u00a0 <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1117\/1.NPh.9.2.025002\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1117\/1.NPh.9.2.025002<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Linear behavior of the phase lifetime in frequency-domain fluorescence lifetime imaging of FRET constructs, <\/strong>D. D. Sumetsky, J.Y. Jiang, M.A. Ayad, T. Mahon, A. Menaesse,\u00a0 M.M. Cararo-Lopes, M. Patel, B.L. Firestein, N.N. Boustany, <em><u>Frontiers in Physics,<\/u><\/em> 9(242), <span id=\"FullRTa-articleNumberLabel\" class=\"value\" data-ta=\"FullRTa-articleNumberLabel\">648016<\/span> (2021) <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/fphy.2021.648016\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/fphy.2021.648016<\/a><strong><em><u><br \/>\n<\/u><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Simplified Instrument Calibration for Wide-Field Fluorescence Resonance Energy transfer (FRET) measured with the Sensitized Emission Method, <\/strong>A. Menaesse, D. Sumetsky, N. Emanuely, J.L. Stein, E.M. Gates, B.D. Hoffman, N.N. Boustany, <em><u>Cytometry Part A<\/u><\/em>, 99A: 407\u2013416, (2021) (First published: 22 July 2020) <u><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/cyto.a.24194\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/cyto.a.24194<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n<p><strong>FRET Efficiency Measurement in a Molecular Tension Probe with a Low-Cost Frequency-Domain Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging Microscope , <\/strong>J-P Dumas, J.Y. Jiang, E.M. Gates, B.D. Hoffman, M.C. Pierce, N.N. Boustany, <em><u>J. Biomedical Optics<\/u>, , <\/em>24(12), 126501 (2019) <span class=\"identifier doi\"><span class=\"id-label\">DOI: <\/span> <a class=\"id-link\" href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1117\/1.jbo.24.12.126501\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-ga-category=\"full_text\" data-ga-action=\"DOI\"> 10.1117\/1.JBO.24.12.126501<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <u>CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS AND ABSTRACTS:<\/u><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sensing forces in cells using fluorescence FRET microscopy and optical tweezers, <\/strong>Camille Dubois, Nathalie Westbrook, Nada Boustany, Marie Erard, Ludivine Houel-Renault, <em><u>Proc. SPIE PC13006<\/u><\/em>, <em><u>Biomedical Spectroscopy, Microscopy, and Imaging III<\/u><\/em>, PC130060Q, (2024). <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1117\/12.3029460\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1117\/12.3029460<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Vinculin Tension in Three-Dimensional Multicellular Aggregates, <\/strong>L.Hu,\u00a0 M. Barroso, N.N. Boustany, <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Biomedical Optics Congress<\/span>, OPTICA<\/em>, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, April 2024.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Combination of fluorescence FRET microscopy and optical tweezers for mechanical studies on living cells, <\/strong>C. Dubois, L. Houel-Renault, M. Erard, N.N. Boustany, N. Westbook, Congr\u00e8s G\u00e9n\u00e9ral des 150 ans de la Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 Fran\u00e7aise de Physique (SFP), 2023<\/p>\n<p><strong>Feasibility of imaging intracellular tension probes in multicellular aggregates, <\/strong>L. Hu, J. Ong, M. Barroso, and N.N. Boustany*, in <em><u>Proceedings of the SPIE<\/u><\/em>, <u>Reporters, Markers, Dyes, Nanoparticles, and Molecular Probes for Biomedical Applications XIV<\/u>; Volume 12398, 1239804 (2023). <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1117\/12.2655401\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1117\/12.2655401<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Automated Segmentation of Fluorescent Neurons using Deep Learning, <\/strong>M.A. Ayad, I. Hacihaliloglu, T. Mahon, M. M. Cararo-Lopes, B. L. Firestein, and N. N. Boustany, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><em>Annual Meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society<\/em>,<\/span> San Antonio, TX, Oct. 2022.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Force measurement on adherent living cells by FRET fluorescence microscopy, <\/strong>C. Dubois, C. Hecquet, L. Houel-Renault, M. Erard, N.N. Boustany, N. Westbook, <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">ICO-25 &amp; OWLS-16<\/span><\/em>, 2022.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Mesure de force sur des cellules vivantes adh\u00e9rentes par microscopie de fluorescence FRET, <\/strong>C. Dubois, C. Hecquet, L. Houel-Renault, M. Erard, N.N. Boustany, N. Westbrook, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><em>Optique Nice<\/em><\/span> 2022<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Measuring FRET efficiency with phase lifetime, <\/strong>D. D. Sumetsky, J.Y. Jiang, M.A. Ayad, T. Mahon, A. Menaesse,\u00a0 M.M. Cararo-Lopes, M. Patel, B.L. Firestein, N.N. Boustany, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><em>Biomedical Optics Congress, OPTICA<\/em><\/span>, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, April 2022.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Biophysical measurements of subcellular dynamics, <\/strong>Nada N. Boustany, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><em>SPIE Photonics West BiOS Symposium<\/em><\/span>, San Francisco, CA, Jan. 2022 <em>(Invited)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Vinculin Tension Probe in Neurons, <\/strong>M. Ayad, T. Mahon, D. Sumetsky, M.M. Cararo-Lopes, B.L. Firestein and N.N. Boustany, in <u>Optical Techniques in Neurosurgery, Neurophotonics, and Optogenetics<\/u>; Editor(s): Victor X. D. Yang, Jana M. Kainerstorfer, Qingming Luo, Jun Ding, Ling Fu, Samarendra K. Mohanty, Anna W. Roe, Shy Shoham, <em><u>Proceedings of the SPIE<\/u><\/em>, Volume 11629, 1162921 (2021).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Simplified Instrument Calibration for FRET Microscopy, <\/strong>A. Menaesse, D. Sumetsky, E.M. Gates, B.D. Hoffman, N.N. Boustany, <em>Annual Meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society<\/em>, Virtual, Oct. 2020.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Apoptosis Resistance and Changes in Tension at Focal Adhesions, <\/strong>T. Mahon, A. Menaesse, M. Ayad, D. Sumetsky, N. Emanuely, N.N. Boustany, <em>Annual Meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society<\/em>, Virtual, Oct. 2020.<\/p>\n<p><strong>FRET Efficiency Measurement with a Low-Cost Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging Microscope, <\/strong>JP Dumas, J. Jiang, E.M. Gates, B.D. Hoffman, M.C. Pierce, N.N. Boustany, <em>Biomedical Optics Congress<\/em>, OSA Technical Digest (Optical Society of America, 2020<u>)<\/u><\/p>\n<p><strong>An Investigation of a Vinculin Tension Probe within Isolated Cortical Neurons, <\/strong>J. Stein, D. Sumetsky, N. Emanuely, M. Patel, M.M. Cararo-Lopes, B.L. Firestein and N.N. Boustany, <em>Annual Meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society<\/em>, Philadelphia, PA, Oct. 2019.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Characterizing the Endogenous Neuronal Distribution of Vinculin for an Investigation of the Forces that Transduce Mechanical Cues in Neurons, <\/strong>E. Kelly and N.N. Boustany, <em>Annual Meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society<\/em>, Philadelphia, PA, Oct. 2019.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Calibration and Measurement of FRET Efficiency in a Vinculin Tension Probe, <\/strong>J. Stein, D. Sumetsky, N. Emanuely, M. Patel, M. Cararo Lopes, B. Firestein, N. Boustany, Abstract 1B-3, <em>45<sup>th<\/sup> Northeast Bioengineering Conference<\/em>, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ, Mar. 2019.<\/p>\n<p><strong>FRET based biosensors in iBMK cells to measure FRET efficiency in fluorescent vinculin tension sensing probes, <\/strong>N. Almodovar, N.N. Boustany, <em>Annual Meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society<\/em>, Atlanta, GA, Oct. 2018.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong><em>BRAIN-ON-A-CHIP DEVICE \/ NEURONAL INJURY \/ MITOCHONDRIA:<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<p><strong>Glutamate Receptors Mediate Changes to Dendritic Mitochondria in Neurons Grown on Stiff Substrates, <\/strong>S. Kumarapuram, A.J. Kunnath, A. Omelchenko, N.N. Boustany, and B.L. Firestein*, <em><u>Annals BME<\/u><\/em>, 50: 1116-1133 (2022). <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s10439-022-02987-0\"><u>https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s10439-022-02987-0<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Dynamin and reverse-mode sodium calcium exchanger blockade confers neuroprotection from diffuse axonal injury , <\/strong>A. Omelchenko, A. Shirao, A. Bhattiprolu, J.D. Zahn, R. S. Schloss, S. Dickson, D.F. Meaney, N.N. Boustany, M.L. Yarmush, and B.L. Firestein, <em><u>Cell Death and Disease<\/u>, <\/em>Vol. 10, Article Number 727 (2019) <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s41419-019-1908-3\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s41419-019-1908-3<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Microfluidic platforms for the study of neuronal injury in vitro, <\/strong>A.B. Shirao, F.H. Kung, A. Omelchenko, R.S. Schloss, N.N. Boustany, J.D. Zahn, M.L. Yarmush, B.L. Firestein, <em><u>Biotechnology Bioeng<\/u>, <\/em>115(4): 815-830 (2018) <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/bit.26519\">doi: 10.1002\/bit.26519<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong><em>ZINC OXIDE QCM BIO-SENSOR<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>:<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<p><strong>ZnO Nanostructure-Modified QCM for Dynamic Monitoring of Cell Adhesion and Proliferation, <\/strong>P.I. Reyes, Z. Duan, and Y. Lu, D. Khavulya and N. Boustany, <em><u>Biosensors and Bioelectronics<\/u><\/em>, 41: 84-89, (2013). <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.bios.2012.07.039\"><u>doi:<\/u><u>10.1016\/j.bios.2012.07.039<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Zinc oxide-based nanostructure modified QCM for dynamic monitoring of cell adhesion and proliferation, <\/strong>Y. Lu, P.I. Reyes, and N.N. Boustany, US Patent # 8,377,683 B2, Feb. 19 2013.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A ZnO Nanostructure-Based Quartz Crystal Microbalance Device for Biochemical Sensing, <\/strong>P.I. Reyes, Z. Zhang, HH Chen, ZQ Duan, J. Zhong, G. Saraf, YC Lu, O. Taratula, E. Galoppini, N.N. Boustany, <em><u>IEEE Sensors Journal<\/u><\/em>, 9 (10), 1302-1307 (2009).\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/document\/5230342\"><u>doi:<\/u><u>10.1109\/JSEN.2009.2030250<\/u><\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/coewww.rutgers.edu\/~nboustan\/reprints\/Reyes09.pdf\">pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <u>CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS AND ABSTRACTS:<\/u><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Multifunctional ZnO-Based Thin-Film Bulk Acoustic Resonator for Biosensor Applications<\/strong>, P. I. Reyes, Y. Chen, Z. Duan, G. Saraf, R. Wittstruck, Y. Lu, O. Taratula, E. Galoppini, and N.N. Boustany, <em><u>Proceedings of the US Workshop on the Physics and Chemistry of II-IV Materials<\/u><\/em>, Las Vegas, NV, November 11-13, 2008.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ZnO Nanotip-based QCM Sensors<\/strong>, P. I. Reyes, Z. Zhang, Z. Duan, J. Zhong, and Y. Lu, O. Taratula, E. Galoppini, and N.N. Boustany, <em><u>Proceedings of the Electronic Materials Conference (EMC 2008)<\/u><\/em>, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, June 25-27, 2008.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong><em>OPTICAL SCATTER IMAGING \/ MITOCHONDRIA \/ APOPTOSIS<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>:<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<p><strong>Label-Free Dynamic Segmentation and Morphological Analysis of Subcellular Optical Scatterers,<\/strong> M. Naser, R. Schloss, P. Berjaud, and N.N. Boustany, <em><u>Journal of Biomedical Optics<\/u>, <\/em>23(9), 096004 (2018). <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1117\/1.JBO.23.9.096004\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1117\/1.JBO.23.9.096004<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Label-free classification of Bax\/Bak expressing vs. double-knockout cells<\/strong>, M. Naser, M.T. Graham, K. Pierre, N.N. Boustany, <em><u>Annals BME<\/u><\/em>, 44(11):3398-3407<em>, <\/em>(2016)<em>. <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s10439-016-1649-8\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s10439-016-1649-8<\/a><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Light Scatter Spectroscopy and Imaging of Cellular and Subcellular Events, <\/strong>N.N. Boustany and N.V. Thakor, in <em><u>Biomedical Photonics Handbook<\/u>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Second Ed<\/span>.,<\/em> <em>Volume 1: Fundamentals, Devices and Techniques, <\/em>Editor: Tuan Vo-Dinh, Ph.D., CRC press, Boca Raton, FL, Chapter 14, p. 461-488, (2015)<em>.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Measurement of object structure from size-encoded images generated by optically implemented Gabor filters, <\/strong>H. Sierra, J-Y. Zheng, B. Rabin and N.N. Boustany, <em><u>Optics Express<\/u>, <\/em>20 (27), 28698-28706 (2012). <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1364\/OE.20.028698\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1364\/OE.20.028698<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Detection of mitochondrial fission with orientation-dependent optical Fourier filters, <\/strong>R.M. Pasternack, J-Y. Zheng, N.N. Boustany, <em><u>Cytometry Part A.<\/u><\/em> 79A: 137-148 (2011).\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/cyto.a.21011\">doi: 10.1002\/cyto.a.21011<\/a> <em>The results of this article were selected for inclusion in the <a href=\"http:\/\/coewww.rutgers.edu\/~nboustan\/reprints\/Pasternack11CytometryA_InThisIssue.pdf\">\u201cIn This Issue\u201d <\/a>features. <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/coewww.rutgers.edu\/~nboustan\/reprints\/Pasternack11_CytometryA.pdf\">pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Quantifying subcellular dynamics in apoptotic cells with optical Gabor-like filtering , <\/strong>R.M. Pasternack, B. Rabin, J-Y. Zheng and N.N. Boustany, <em><u>Biomedical Optics Express<\/u><\/em>, 1 (2), 720\u2013728 (2010). <em>(invited). <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1364\/BOE.1.000720\"><u>doi:10.1364\/BOE.1.000720<\/u><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/coewww.rutgers.edu\/~nboustan\/reprints\/Pasternack10_BOE.pdf\">pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Optical Scatter Changes at the Onset of Apoptosis Are Spatially Associated with Mitochondria, <\/strong>R.M. Pasternack, J-Y. Zheng, N.N. Boustany, <em><u>Journal of Biomedical Optics Letters.<\/u> <\/em>15 (4), 040504 (2010). <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1117\/1.3467501\"><u>doi:<\/u><u> 10.1117\/1.3467501<\/u><\/a>\u00a0 <em>This article was selected for the Sep. 1 2010 issue of Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research. <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/coewww.rutgers.edu\/~nboustan\/reprints\/Pasternack10_JBOL.pdf\">pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Alterations in the characteristic size distributions of subcellular scatterers at the onset of apoptosis: effect of Bcl-x<sub>L<\/sub> and Bax\/Bak , <\/strong>J-Y. Zheng and N.N. Boustany, <em><u>J. Biomedical Optics<\/u><\/em>, 15 (4), 045002 (2010). <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1117\/1.3462933\"><u>doi:<\/u><u> 10.1117\/1.3462933<\/u><\/a> <em>This article was selected for the Aug. 1 2010 issue of Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research. <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/coewww.rutgers.edu\/~nboustan\/reprints\/Zheng10_JBO.pdf\">pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Microscopic Imaging and Spectroscopy with Scattered Light , <\/strong>N.N. Boustany<strong>, <\/strong>S.A. Boppart, V. Backman, <em><u>Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering<\/u><\/em>, Volume 12, In press (2010). <em>(invited)<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/coewww.rutgers.edu\/~nboustan\/reprints\/annurev-bioeng-061008-124811.pdf\">pdf<\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1146\/annurev-bioeng-061008-124811\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1146\/annurev-bioeng-061008-124811<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Optical scatter microscopy based on two-dimensional Gabor filters, <\/strong>N.N. Boustany, R.M. Pasternack, J-Y. Zheng <em><u>Journal of Visualized Experiments<\/u>,<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jove.com\/index\/details.stp?id=1915\">http:\/\/www.jove.com\/index\/details.stp?id=1915<\/a>, (2010) <u>doi:10.3791\/1915 <\/u>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/coewww.rutgers.edu\/~nboustan\/reprints\/JoVE_Protocol_1915-1.pdf\">pdf<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/coewww.rutgers.edu\/~nboustan\/reprints\/1915_Boustany_041310_P2.flv\">video<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Optical scatter imaging with a digital micromirror device, <\/strong>J-Y. Zheng, R.M. Pasternack, N.N. Boustany, <em><u>Optics Express<\/u><\/em>, 17 (22), 20401-20414 (2009)<strong>.\u00a0 <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1364\/OE.17.020401\"><u>doi:10.1364\/OE.17.020401<\/u><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/coewww.rutgers.edu\/~nboustan\/reprints\/Zheng09.pdf\">pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Highly sensitive size discrimination of submicron objects using optical Fourier filtering based on two-dimensional Gabor filters , <\/strong>R.M. Pasternack, Z. Qian, J-Y. Zheng, D.N. Metaxas, N.N. Boustany, <em><u>Optics Express<\/u><\/em>, 17(14), 12001-12012 (2009).<em> On Aug. 7 2009, results of this article were featured on the Technical Insights, Sensor Technology Alert Services, of the Frost &amp; Sullivan Website.\u00a0 <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1364\/OE.17.012001\"><u>doi:<\/u><u>10.1364\/OE.17.012001<\/u><\/a>\u00a0 <u><a href=\"http:\/\/coewww.rutgers.edu\/~nboustan\/reprints\/Pasternack09.pdf\">pdf<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n<p><strong>Measurement of Subcellular Texture by Optical Gabor-Like Filtering with a Digitial Micromirror Device, <\/strong>R.M. Pasternack, Z. Qian, J-Y. Zheng, D.N. Metaxas, E. White, N.N. Boustany, <em><u>Optics Letters<\/u><\/em>, 33(19), 2209-2211 (2008). Erratum in <em><u>Optics Letters<\/u><\/em>, 34(13), 1939 (2009).<em>This article was selected for the Nov. 1 2008 issue of Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research, and for the Dec. 2008\u00a0 issue (Vol 3 Issue 12) of The Virtual Journal for Biomedical Optics<\/em><em>. <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1364\/OL.33.002209\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1364\/OL.33.002209<\/a> erratum: https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1364\/OL.34.001939 <a href=\"http:\/\/coewww.rutgers.edu\/~nboustan\/reprints\/Pasternack08PlusErratum.pdf\">pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>The C-terminal transmembrane domain of Bcl-x<sub>L<\/sub> mediates changes in mitochondrial morphology, <\/strong>J-Y. Zheng, Y.C. Tsai, P. Kadimcherla, R. Zhang, J. Shi, G.A. Oyler, N.N. Boustany<strong>, <\/strong><em><u>Biophysical J.,<\/u> <\/em>94 (1): 286-297 (2008). <a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1529\/biophysj.107.104323\">doi:10.1529\/biophysj.107.104323<\/a>\u00a0 <u><a href=\"http:\/\/coewww.rutgers.edu\/~nboustan\/reprints\/Zheng08.pdf\">pdf<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n<p><strong>Bcl-x<sub>L<\/sub>-dependent light scattering by apoptotic cells, <\/strong>N.N. Boustany, Y.C. Tsai, G.A. Oyler, B. Pfister, W.M. Joiner, N.V. Thakor, <em><u>Biophysical J.<\/u>,<\/em> 87 (6): 4163-4171 (2004)<em>. <\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1529\/biophysj.104.048736\">doi:10.1529\/biophysj.104.048736<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <u><a href=\"http:\/\/coewww.rutgers.edu\/~nboustan\/reprints\/Boustany04.pdf\">pdf<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n<p><strong>Light Scatter Spectroscopy and Imaging of Cellular and Subcellular Events, <\/strong>N.N. Boustany and N.V. Thakor, in <em><u>Biomedical Photonics Handbook<\/u><\/em>, Editor: Tuan Vo-Dinh, Ph.D., CRC press, Boca Raton, FL, p. 16.1-16.23, (2003)<em>.<\/em>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/coewww.rutgers.edu\/~nboustan\/reprints\/1116_frame_C16.pdf\">pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Calcium-induced alterations in mitochondrial morphology quantified <em>in situ<\/em> with Optical Scatter Imaging, <\/strong>N.N. Boustany, R. Drezek, N.V. Thakor, <em><u>Biophysical J.<\/u>,<\/em> 83: 1691-1700 (2002). <em>The results of this article were featured in the Nov. 2002 issue of Biophotonics International magazine. <\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1016\/S0006-3495%2802%2973937-4\">doi:10.1016\/S0006-3495(02)73937-4<\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/coewww.rutgers.edu\/~nboustan\/reprints\/Boustany02.pdf\">pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Optical Scatter Imaging: subcellular morphometry in situ with Fourier filtering, <\/strong>N.N. Boustany, S.C. Kuo, N.V. Thakor, <em><u>Optics Letters<\/u>, <\/em>26(14): 1063-1065 (2001)<em>.\u00a0 The results of this article were featured in the Optics in 2001 highlights in the Dec. 2001 issue of Optics and Photonics News magazine.\u00a0 <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1364\/OL.26.001063\"><u>doi:10.1364\/OL.26.001063<\/u><\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/coewww.rutgers.edu\/~nboustan\/reprints\/Boustany01a.pdf\">pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Optical Scatter Imaging, <\/strong>N.N. Boustany, S.C. Kuo and N.V. Thakor, US Provisional patent # 60,268,374 filed Feb. 13 2001.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <u>CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS AND ABSTRACTS:<\/u><\/em><\/p>\n<p>M. Naser, E. Kelly, C. Ditmars, R.S. Schloss, B.L Firestein and N.N. Boustany,<strong> \u201cFourier-filtering Based Size-Encoded Images for Label-free Tracking of Subcellular Organelles in Neurons,<\/strong> in <u>Biomedical Applications of Light Scattering,<\/u> Edited by V. Backman and A. Wax, <em><u>Proceedings of the SPIE<\/u><\/em><u>,<\/u> <em>In Press<\/em>, Jan. 2019.<\/p>\n<p>M. Naser, R.S. Schloss, N.N. Boustany, \u201c<strong>Label-free Fourier Filtered Dark-field Imaging to Quantify Subcellular Dynamics,\u201d<\/strong> in <u>Biomedical Applications of Light Scattering,<\/u> Edited by V. Backman and A. Wax, <em><u>Proceedings of the SPIE<\/u><\/em><u>,<\/u> Jan. 2018.<\/p>\n<p>M. Naser, M.T. Graham, K. Pierre, J.A. Hostettler, H. Sierra, and N.N. Boustany, <strong>\u201cQuantification of Bax\/Bak-Dependent Morphological Changes by Textural Analysis of Optical Scatter Images\u201d<\/strong> <em><u>Biomedical Optics<\/u><\/em><u>, OSA Technical Digest (Optical Society of America, 2014)<\/u>, paper BT3A.37.<\/p>\n<p>N.N. Boustany and H. Sierra <strong>\u201cAnalyzing subcellular structure with optical Fourier processing based on Gabor filters\u201d,<\/strong> in <u>Biomedical Applications of Light Scattering,<\/u> Edited by V. Backman and A. Wax, <em><u>Proceedings of the SPIE<\/u><\/em><u>,<\/u> Vol. 8592, Article Number: 85920Q, Jan. 2013. <em>(invited)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>H. Sierra and N.N. Boustany, <strong>\u201cCharacterizing Intracellular Structural Dynamics with Optical Gabor Filtering\u201d<\/strong> <em><u>Biomedical Optics<\/u><\/em><u>, OSA Technical Digest (Optical Society of America, 2012)<\/u>, paper BW2B.7.<\/p>\n<p>N.N. Boustany, H. Sierra, R.M. Pasternack, B. Rabin, <strong>\u201cDirect and highly sensitive measurement of the spatial arrangement of micro-structures within biological samples\u201d<\/strong>, in <u>Biomedical Applications of Light Scattering,<\/u> Edited by V. Backman and A. Wax, <em><u>Proceedings of the SPIE<\/u><\/em><u>,<\/u> Vol. 8230, Article Number: 82300O, Jan. 2012.<\/p>\n<p>H. Sierra, R.M Pasternack, B. Rabin, S.N. Masand, J-Y. Zheng, N.N. Boustany, <strong>\u201cOptimizing Filter Design for Optical Scatter Microscopy,\u201d <\/strong><em><u>Optics in the Life Sciences: OSA Optics and Photonics Congress<\/u><\/em>, Monterey, CA, Apr. 4-6, 2011.<\/p>\n<p>R.M. Pasternack, J-Y. Zheng and N.N. Boustany<strong>, \u201cQuantifying mitochondrial dynamics in apoptotic cells with optical Gabor-like filtering\u201d<\/strong>, in <em><u>Biomedical Optics<\/u><\/em><u>, OSA Technical Digest<\/u> (Optical Society of America, 2010), paper BTuE3.<\/p>\n<p>R.M. Pasternack, J-Y Zheng, Z. Qian, J. Zhou, D.N. Metaxas, E. White, and N.N. Boustany, <strong>\u201cOptical Processing of Cell and Tissue Structure\u201d<\/strong>, Workshop on <em><u>Microscopic Image Analysis with Applications in Biology (MIAAB2009)<\/u><\/em>, NIH Campus, Bethesda, MD, Sep 3-4 2009.<\/p>\n<p>N.N. Boustany, J-Y. Zheng, R.M. Pasternack, Z. Qian<strong>, \u201cOptical Fourier processing microscope to quantify subcellular structure and dynamics\u201d<\/strong>, <em><u>IEEE International Conference on Complex Medical Engineering<\/u><\/em>, Tempe, AZ April 9-11 2009. ICME INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COMPLEX MEDICAL ENGINEERING: 395-400 2009.<\/p>\n<p>R.M. Pasternack, Z. Qian, J-Y. Zheng, and N.N. Boustany, <strong>\u201cMeasurement of subcellular morphology by light scatter filtering with a digital micromirror device<\/strong>,\u201d in <u>Biomedical Applications of Light Scattering,<\/u> <em><u>Proceedings of the SPIE<\/u><\/em><u>,<\/u> Vol. 7187, Jan. 2009.<\/p>\n<p>J-Y. Zheng, , Z. Qian, R.M. Pasternack and N.N. Boustany, <strong>\u201cMicroscopy with spatial filtering for sorting particles and monitoring subcellular morphology,<\/strong>\u201d in <u>Imaging, Manipulation, and Analysis of Biomolecules, Cells, and Tissues<\/u><em> , <u>Proceedings of the SPIE<\/u><\/em><u>,<\/u> Vol. 7182, Jan. 2009<\/p>\n<p>N.N. Boustany, J-Y. Zheng, R.M. Pasternack, Z. Qian, <strong>\u201cOptical Fourier Processing of Subcellular Structure\u201d,<\/strong> in <em><u>Laser Science XXIV<\/u><\/em><u>, OSA Technical Digest (Optical Society of America, 2008)<\/u>, paper LThD2. <em>(invited)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>N.N. Boustany <strong>\u201cOptical scatter imaging: a microscopic modality for rapid morphological assay of living cells\u201d<\/strong>, in <u>Multimodal Biomedical Imaging<\/u>, <em>Proceedings of the SPIE<\/em>, Vol. 6431, Jan. 2007. <em>(invited)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>C. Sui and N.N. Boustany, <strong>\u201cPotential FDTD application in studying mitochondrial apoptosis<\/strong><strong>\u201d<\/strong> in <u>Biomedical Applications of Light Scattering,<\/u> <em><u>Proceedings of the SPIE<\/u><\/em><u>,<\/u> Vol. 6446, Jan. 2007.<\/p>\n<p>N.N. Boustany and J-Y. Zheng, <strong>\u201cEffect of BCL-2 family proteins on subcellular particle size distribution\u201d<\/strong><strong>,<\/strong> in <u>Biomedical Applications of Light Scattering,<\/u> <em><u>Proceedings of the SPIE<\/u><\/em><u>,<\/u> Vol. 6446, Jan. 2007.<\/p>\n<p>J-Y. Zheng and N.N. Boustany, <strong>\u201cDirect measurement of particle diameter distributions in dark-field microscopy\u201d,<\/strong> in <em><u>Biomedical Optics<\/u><\/em><u>, Technical Digest (Optical Society of America, 2006)<\/u>, paper TuI54.<\/p>\n<p>N.N. Boustany, Y.C. Tsai, B. Pfister, W.M. Joiner, G.A. Oyler, N.V. Thakor<strong>, \u201cLight scattering by apoptotic cells\u201d<\/strong>, in <em><u>Frontiers in Optics<\/u><\/em><u>, OSA Technical Digest (Optical Society of America, 2003)<\/u>, paper WZ1.<\/p>\n<p>W.M. Joiner, N.N. Boustany, N.V. Thakor, <strong>\u201cOptical Scatter Imaging of programmed cell death\u201d,<\/strong> <em><u>Proceedings of the IEEE 28<sup>th<\/sup> Annual Northeast Bioengineering Conference<\/u>, <\/em>p. 127-128, April 20-21 2002.<\/p>\n<p>N.N. Boustany, R. Drezek, N.V. Thakor, <strong>\u201cMeasurement and calculation of angular scatter change in mitochondria during calcium overload\u201d<\/strong>, in <em><u>Biomedical Topical Meeting<\/u><\/em><u>, (Optical Society of America, 2002)<\/u>, paper WB7.<\/p>\n<p>E. Kelly, D. Ditmars, M. Naser, R.S. Schloss, A. Omelchenko, B.L. Firestein, and N.N. Boustany, <strong>Tracking Changes in Organelle Morphology using a Light-Scatter-Based Label-Free Imaging Technique<\/strong>, <em>Annual Meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society<\/em>, Atlanta, GA, Oct. 2018<\/p>\n<p>M. Naser, R. S. Schloss, B. L. Firestein, and N.N. Boustany, <strong>Light-Scatter Based Label-free Assessment of Mitochondrial Remodeling and Fission, <\/strong><em>Annual Meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society<\/em>, Phoenix AZ, Oct. 2017.<\/p>\n<p>M. Naser, R. S. Schloss, A. Shrirao, and N.N. Boustany, <strong>Generation of Subcellular Micro-Texture Using Label-free Optical Scatter Imaging,<\/strong> <em>Annual Meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society<\/em>, Phoenix AZ, Oct. 2017.<\/p>\n<p>M. Naser, M.T. Graham, K. Pierre, O. Ipaye, N.N. Boustany, <strong>\u201cA Hybrid Approach for Label-Free Optical Detection of Genetic Alterations,\u201d<\/strong> <em>Annual Meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society<\/em>, Tampa, FL, Oct. 2015.<\/p>\n<p>K. Pierre, I. Ahmed, and N. Boustany, <strong>\u201cLabel-free Quantification of Neuronal Structural Changes by Optical Scatter Image Analysis,\u201d<\/strong> <em>Annual Meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society<\/em>, Tampa, FL, Oct. 2015.<\/p>\n<p>R.M. Pasternack, B. Rabin, N.J. Shah, N.N. Boustany, <strong>\u201cStudy of mitochondrial dynamics during apoptosis by optical Fourier filtering detection\u201d<\/strong>, <em>Biophysical Society Annual Meeting<\/em>, Baltimore, MD, Mar. 5-9, 2011.<\/p>\n<p>N.N. Boustany, <strong>\u201cQuantifying Cellular Function and Dynamics with Light\u201d,<\/strong> <em>11<sup>th<\/sup> Subtle Technologies Festival<\/em>,<em> \u201cLight<\/em>\u201d, Innis Town Hall, University of Toronto, Canada, May 31, 2008.<\/p>\n<p>N.N. Boustany and J-Y. Zheng<strong>, \u201cLight-scattering-based morphometric cellular response to transfection by the BCL-x<sub>L<\/sub> transmembrane domain\u201d,<\/strong> <em>International Society for Analytical Cytology XXIII Congress<\/em>, Abstract # 373, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, May 20-24 2006.<\/p>\n<p>J-Y. Zheng, Y.C. Tsai, J. Shi, G.A. Oyler, N.N. Boustany, <strong>\u201cTransmembrane domain mediates BCL-x<sub>L<\/sub> induced changes in subcellular particle size distributions\u201d,<\/strong> <em>Annual meeting of the Biophysical Society<\/em>, Salt Lake City, UT, Feb. 2006.<\/p>\n<p>J. Zheng, Y.C. Tsai, J. Shi, G.A. Oyler, N.N. Boustany, <strong>\u201cProtein targeting to mitochondria by the BCL-x<sub>L<\/sub> transmembrane domain alters angular light scattering\u201d,<\/strong> <em>Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society, Baltimore, MD, Sep. 2005, <\/em>Abstract # 904<em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>N.N. Boustany, <strong>\u201cOptical Scatter Imaging of Apoptotic Cells\u201d,<\/strong> <em>The Whitaker Foundation Biomedical Engineering Research Conference Abstracts<\/em>, p. 115, Aug. 12-14, La Jolla, CA, 2004.<\/p>\n<p>J-Y. Zheng, B. Griffel, Y.C. Tsai, G.A. Oyler, N.N. Boustany, <strong>\u201cCharacteristic organelle size distributions within apoptosis resistant cells\u201d,<\/strong> <em>Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society, Philadelphia, PA, Oct. 2004, <\/em>Abstract # 1055<em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>B. Griffel, J-Y. Zheng, and N.N. Boustany<strong>, \u201cFourier filtering with a Digital Micromirror Device\u201d<\/strong>, <em>presented as part of a forum on undergraduate research at the Annual Meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society, Philadelphia, PA, Oct. 2004<\/em><\/p>\n<p>N.N. Boustany, Y.C. Tsai, B. Pfister, W.M. Joiner, G.A. Oyler, N.V. Thakor, <strong>\u201cOptical Scatter Imaging to track mitochondrial alterations during apoptosis\u201d,<\/strong> <em>Cytometry, Supplement 11, <\/em>p.40, Abstract # 43835, International Society for Analytical Cytology XXI Congress, San Diego, CA, May 4-9 2002.<\/p>\n<p>N.N. Boustany, Y.C. Tsai, B. Pfister, W.M. Joiner, G.A. Oyler, N.V. Thakor<strong>, \u201cOptical Scatter Imaging reveals Bcl-x<sub>L<\/sub>-dependent subcellular dynamics at onset of apoptosis\u201d<\/strong><em>, Biophys. J<\/em>., 82(1) Part 2, p. 23A-23A, Jan. 2002.<\/p>\n<p>N.N. Boustany, Y.C. Tsai, G.A. Oyler, N.V. Thakor, <strong>\u201cIn-Situ comparison of mitochondrial light scatter in calcium overload and apoptosis\u201d<\/strong><em> Biophys. J<\/em>., 80(1) Part 2, p. 237A, Jan. 2001.<\/p>\n<p>N.N. Boustany, N.V. Thakor, and S.C. Kuo, <strong>\u201cRatiometric imaging in transmission dark-field microscopy for subcellular particle sizing\u201d,<\/strong> <em>Optical Society of America Annual Meeting\/ILS XVI Conference Program<\/em>, p. 67, Abstract MDD5, Providence RI, Oct. 22-26, 2000.<\/p>\n<p>N.N. Boustany, T.L. Thompson, N.V. Thakor, S.C. Kuo, <strong>\u201cDynamic Observation of Organelle Morphology During Calcium Cell Injury with Ratiometric Dark-Field Microscopy\u201d,<\/strong> <em>Annals of Biomedical Engineering<\/em>, Vol. 28, Suppl. 1, p. S-40, Abstract # T4.58, <em>Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Meeting<\/em>, Seattle, WA, Oct. 12-16, 2000.<\/p>\n<p>N.N. Boustany, D.S. Gray, S.C. Kuo, N.V. Thakor, <strong>\u201cLight Scatter Imaging to Quantify Organelle Size in Live Cells\u201d<\/strong>, <em>Biophys. J<\/em>., 78(1) Part 2, p 251A-251A, Jan. 2000.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong><em>UV RESONANCE RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY \/ CANCER TISSUE ANALYSIS<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>:<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<p><strong>Analysis of nucleotides and aromatic amino acids in normal and neoplastic colon mucosa by ultraviolet resonance Raman spectroscopy, <\/strong>N.N. Boustany, J.M. Crawford, R. Manoharan, R. Dasari, M.S. Feld, <em><u>Laboratory Investigation<\/u>, <\/em>79(10): 1201-1214 (1999). PMID: 10532584 <a href=\"http:\/\/coewww.rutgers.edu\/~nboustan\/reprints\/Boustany99.pdf\">pdf<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/coewww.rutgers.edu\/~nboustan\/reprints\/Boustany99.htm\">Abstract<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ultraviolet resonance Raman spectroscopy system of bulk and microscopic human colon tissue, <\/strong>N.N. Boustany, R. Manoharan, R.R. Dasari, M.S. Feld, <em><u>Applied Spectroscopy<\/u>, <\/em>54(1): 24-30 (2000).\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/coewww.rutgers.edu\/~nboustan\/reprints\/Boustany00.pdf\">pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Absorption coefficient and purine photobleaching rate in colon mucosa during resonance Raman spectroscopy at 251nm, <\/strong>N.N. Boustany, <em><u>Applied Optics<\/u>, <\/em>40(34): 6396-6405 (2001). <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1364\/AO.40.006396\"><u>doi:10.1364\/AO.40.006396<\/u><\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/coewww.rutgers.edu\/~nboustan\/reprints\/Boustany01c.pdf\">pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Effects of freeze-thaw and photobleaching on the ultraviolet resonance Raman spectra of human colon biopsies, <\/strong>N.N. Boustany, J.M. Crawford, R. Manoharan, R.R. Dasari, M.S. Feld, <em><u>Applied Spectroscopy<\/u>, <\/em>55(11): 1506-1513 (2001)<em>.<\/em>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/coewww.rutgers.edu\/~nboustan\/reprints\/Boustany01b.pdf\">pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <u>CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS AND ABSTRACTS:<\/u><\/em><\/p>\n<p>N.N. Boustany, R. Manoharan, R. Dasari, M.S. Feld, <strong>\u201cAnalysis of normal and diseased colon mucosa using ultraviolet resonance Raman spectroscopy\u201d<\/strong>, in <u>Advances in Laser and Light Spectroscopy to diagnose Cancer and Other Diseases III: Optical Biopsy<\/u>, R. R. Alfano Ed., <em><u>Proceedings of the SPIE<\/u>, <\/em>Vol. 2679, p. 66-70, April 1996.<\/p>\n<p>R. Manoharan, Y. Wang, N.N. Boustany, J.F. Brennan III, J.J. Baraga, R.R. Dasari, J. Van Dam, S. Singer, M.S. Feld, <strong>\u201cRaman spectroscopy for cancer detection: instrument development and tissue diagnosis\u201d,<\/strong> in <u>Biomedical Optoelectronic Systems and Devices II,<\/u> N.I Croitoru, N. Kroo, M. Miyagi, R. Pratesi, J.M. Wolfrum, Eds., <em><u>Proceedings of the SPIE<\/u><\/em><u>,<\/u> Vol. 2328, p. 128-132, Dec.1994.<\/p>\n<p>R. Manoharan, N. Boustany, J.F. Brennan III, R.R. Dasari, M.S. Feld, <strong>\u201cBiochemical analysis of disease using NIR Raman and UV resonance Raman spectroscopy\u201d,<\/strong> <em>Proceedings of the FACSS, <\/em>Kansas City, KS, Sep. 29-Oct. 4, 1996.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong><em>CARTILAGE MECHANICS AND BIOSYNTHESIS:<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<p><strong>Time-dependent changes in the response of cartilage to static compression suggest interstitial pH is not the only signaling mechanism, <\/strong>N.N. Boustany, M.L. Gray, A.C. Black, E.B. Hunziker, <em><u>J. Orthop. Res.<\/u>, <\/em>13(5): 740-750 (1995). <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/jor.1100130514\"><u>doi: 10.1002\/jor.1100130514<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Correlation between synthetic activity and glycosaminoglycan concentration in epiphyseal cartilage raises questions about the regulatory role of interstitial pH, <\/strong>N.N. Boustany, M.L. Gray, A.C. Black, E.B. Hunziker, <em><u>J. Orthop. Res.<\/u>, <\/em>13(5): 733-739 (1995). <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/jor.1100130513\"><u>doi:10.1002\/jor.1100130513<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <u>CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS AND ABSTRACTS:<\/u><\/em><\/p>\n<p>M.L Gray, A.M. Garcia, N. Boustany, L.M. Lesperance, A. Liu, D. Burstein, <strong>\u201cExtracellular matrix charge: measurement by NMR and implications for tissue function, growth, and metabolism\u201d, <\/strong><em>Plenary Session, Bioelectrical Repair and Growth Society Meeting, <\/em>Dana Point, CA, Oct. 11-14, 1993.<\/p>\n<p>N.N. Boustany and M.L. Gray, <strong>\u201cThe regulation of chondrocyte biosynthesis in epiphyseal cartilage: the role of interstitial pH\u201d,<\/strong> <em>Proceedings of the Combined Meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Societies of U.S.A, Japan and Canada, <\/em>Banff, Alberta, Canada, Oct. 21-23, 1991 (Paper No. 125).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong><em>DISSERTATIONS:<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<p><strong>Characterization of mucosal dysplasia with ultraviolet resonance Raman spectroscopy, <\/strong>Nada N. Boustany<em>, <u>Ph.D. thesis, MIT 1997<\/u>, Thesis supervisor: Michael S. Feld, Ph.D. (co-advisor: James M. Crawford, MD, Ph.D.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Regulation of chondrocyte biosynthesis in epiphyseal cartilage: the role of interstitial pH, <\/strong>Nada N. Boustany,<em> <u>S.M. thesis, MIT 1991<\/u>, Thesis supervisor: Martha L. Gray, Ph.D.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Development of an array of clinically implantable polarographic oxygen sensors, <\/strong>Nada N. Boustany,<em> <u>S.B. thesis, MIT 1988,<\/u> Thesis supervisor: H. Frederick Bowman, Ph.D.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Contact MePlease contact us to request reprints or if you are interested in joining a project. 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