Kristine Glunde, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Radiology and Oncology
Degrees
Postdoctoral Fellow (Cancer Imaging Research), Johns Hopkins University
Ph.D. (Biochemistry), University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
Diploma in Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Bremen
Pre-Diploma (Chemistry), University of Bremen Affiliation
Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Research Areas of Interest
Multimodal molecular imaging studies combining in vivo magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging, optical imaging, and mass spectrometry imaging to decipher novel hypoxia-driven signaling pathways in the breast tumor microenvironment.
Research studies on choline metabolism, e.g. choline kinase, in breast cancer using magnetic resonance spectroscopy and biochemical methods.
Development of novel methods to optically image lysosomes in live cells and tumor models using newly synthesized compounds and fluorescence microscopy and imaging.
Studies on the role of lysosomal trafficking and lysosome biology in cancer invasion and metastasis. Honors and Awards
2007 Nomination and participation in the 57th Meeting of Nobel Laureates in Physiology or Medicine, Lindau, Germany (Siemens Travel Award)
2005 First Place Poster Award MR Spectroscopy for "Hypoxia Increases Cellular Phosphocholine and Total Choline Levels in Human Prostate Cancer Cells" at the ISMRM, Miami, FL
2005 Travel Award for participation in the International Conferences on Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems (ICMRBS), Hyderabad, India
2003 - 2005 Career Development Award, In Vivo Cellular and Molecular Imaging Center, Johns Hopkins University
2002 Travel Award for participation in the International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) conference in Honolulu, HI
2000 Travel Award by the German Research Foundation- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) for participation in the ASMS conference, Long Beach, CA
2000 Travel Award for participation in the ISMRM conference, Denver, CO
1999 Travel Award for participation in the ISMRM conference, Philadelphia, PA
1997 - 2000 Forschungs-Nachwuchs-Kommission (FNK) Graduate Student Stipend for attending the Ph.D. program at the University of Bremen
1996 - 1997 Excellence Award "Stiftung Constancia von 1823" for excellence demonstrated in completing the diploma thesis research at the University of Bremen Publications
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