Members: Gargi Chakraborty

Gargi Chakraborty

M.S. Applied Mathematics
B.S. Neurobiology
B.S. Biochemistry

Selected Awards

Mary Gates Research Scholarship. Jan. 2006 – Jun. 2006
National Science Foundation sponsored grant for Vertical Integration of Research and Education (VIGRE). Jun. 2007 – Aug. 2007
Washington Research Foundation sponsored Research Fellowship for Advanced Undergraduates (RFAU). Sep. 2007 – Jun. 2008
Complimentary but Distinct Roles for MRI and 18F-Fluoromisonidazole PET in the Assessment of Human Glioblastomas Best clinical research paper of 2009 Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Publications

THESES

  • G. Chakraborty. Efficacy of a Metabolic Mathematical Model to Monitor Glioma Growth: A Case Study, Undergraduate Neurobiology Honors Thesis, University of Washington, 2008.
  • G. Chakraborty. Spatially Mapping Hypoxia and Glucose Activity in Human Gliomas through Combinatorial Imaging Techniques, Undergraduate Biochemistry Honors Thesis, University of Washington, 2008.

ARTICLES

  • R Rockne, EC Alvord Jr, M Szeto, S Gu, G Chakraborty, KR Swanson. “Modeling Diffusely Invading Brain Tumors: An Individualized Approach to Quantifying Glioma Evolution and Response to Therapy.” Selected Topics in Cancer Modeling: Genesis, Evolution, Immune Competition, and Therapy. Ed. N Bellomo, M Chaplain, E deAngelis. Birkhauser: Boston MA. 2008.
  • Swanson KR, Chakraborty G, Wang CH, Rockne R, Harpold HLP, Muzi M, Anderson TCH, Krohn KA, Spence AM: Complimentary but Distinct Roles for MRI and 18F-Fluoromisonidazole PET in the Assessment of Human Glioblastomas.Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 50: 36-44 2009. Pubmed ID: 19091885
  • M. D. Szeto, G. Chakraborty, J. Hadley, R. Rockne, M. Muzi, E. C. Alvord Jr., K. Krohn, A. M. Spence, K. R. Swanson: Quantitative Metrics of Net Proliferation and Invasion Link Biological Aggressiveness Assessed by MRI with Hypoxia Assessed by FMISO-PET in Newly Diagnosed Glioblastomas.Cancer Research 69(10):4502-9 Pubmed ID: 19366800
  • S. Gu, G. Chakraborty, K. Champley, A. Alesio, J. Claridge, R. Rockne, M. Muzi, K. A Krohn, A. M. Spence, E. C. Alvord, Jr, A. R. A. Anderson, P. Kinahan, and K. R. Swanson. Applying a Patient-Specic Bio-Mathematical Model of Glioma Growth to Develop Virtual [18F]-FMISO-PET Images. in review
  • G. Chakraborty, R. Sodt, S. Massey, S. Gu, R. Rockne, E. C. Alvord, Jr., K. R. Swanson. Bridging from Multi-scale Modeling to Practical Clinical Applications in the Study of Human Gliomas. In: 1st Transatlantic Workshop on Multi-Scale Cancer Modeling. Chapman & Hall. To appear in 2010.
  • G Chakraborty, P Gerlee, L Estrada, KR Swanson. Continuous and Discrete Models of Recruitment-mediated Glioma Growth implicate Progenitor Cells in driving Tumor Invasion. (in prep)

ABSTRACTS

  • G Chakraborty, C Wang, KR Swanson. Linking Hypoxic Tumor Regions with Angiogenic Tumor Regions in Human Gliomas through Mathematical Modeling. 9th Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium at University of Washington, May 2006.
  • KR Swanson, H Harpold, G Chakraborty, C Wang, M Muzi, AM Spence, KA Krohn. Discordance of FMISO-PET and MRI Regions in Malignant Gliomas. 52nd Annual Meeting of the Society for Nuclear Medicine, Jun. 2006.
  • G Chakraborty, KR Swanson, R Rockne. Mapping Spatial Distribution of Hypoxia in Distinct Anatomical Regions of Human Gliomas. 10th Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium at University of Washington, May 2007.
  • KR Swanson, G Chakraborty, R Rockne, C Wang, DL Peacock, M Muzi, EC Alvord Jr, KA Krohn, AM Spence. A Mathematical Model for Glioma Growth and Invasion Links Biological Aggressiveness Assessed by MRI and Hypoxia Assessed by FMISO-PET. 53rd Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine, June 2007 – J Nucl Med. 2007; 48 (Supplement 2): 151P.
  • G Chakraborty, KR Swanson, R Rockne. Spatio-temporal Modeling of Hypoxia and Glucose Metabolism in Human Gliomas. 11th Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium, University of Washington, May 2008.
  • G Chakraborty, S Gu, R Rockne, KR Swanson. Predicting metabolic growth patterns from patient-specific anatomic imaging and mathematical modeling of glioblastomas. International Conference on Mathematical Biology and Annual Meeting of the Society for Mathematical Biology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver July 2009.

Conferences/Workshops

  • Participant – University of Washington – Human Subjects Workshop for Undergraduate Researchers. January 2008. Seattle, WA
  • Contributed Talk – Vanderbilt Integrative Cancer Biology Center – Workshop on Mathematical Modeling and Clinical Oncology. July 2007. Nashville, TN
  • Poster – MBI Mathematical Biosciences Institute Workshop 2009 Cancer Development, Angiogenesis, Progression and Invasion Columbus, OH
  • Contributed Talk & Poster – SMB Society of Mathematical Biology 2009 Vancouver British Columbia CA
  • Poster – PSOC NIH-NCI Physical Sciences Oncology Center (PSOC) 1st Investigators Meeting 2010 Washington D.C.

Email: gargi @ u.washington.edu