Grants per year
Personal profile
Education/Academic qualification
Medical Engineering and Medical Physics, PhD, Harvard University
… → 2001
Physics, MS, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
… → 1998
Physics, MS, St. Petersburg Polytechnic Institute
… → 1996
Physics (Hons), BS, St. Petersburg Polytechnic Institute
… → 1994
Research interests
- Biophotonic
- Biophysics of cellular nanostructure
- Cancer biomarkers
- Cancer diagnosis
- Cancer research
- Nanoenvironment
- Nanoscale imaging
- Optical and molecular technologies
- Optical imaging
- minimally invasive optical diagnosis and imaging
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Backscattering
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Medicine & Life Sciences
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Engineering & Materials Science
Light scattering
Engineering & Materials Science
Spectroscopy
Engineering & Materials Science
light scattering
Physics & Astronomy
Spectrum Analysis
Medicine & Life Sciences
Network
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Grants 2002 2023
EFRI-CEE: Epigenetic Cell Reprogramming In Situ: A Novel Tool for Regenerative Engineering
Ameer, G. A., Taflove, A., Backman, V., Ntziachristos, P. & Subramanian, H.
9/1/18 → 8/31/22
Project: Research project
Epigenomics
Chromatin
Aptitude
Eukaryotic Cells
Technology
Backman - EFRI CEE: Epigenomic Regulation Over Multiple Length Scales: Understanding Chromatin Modifications Through Label Free Imaging and Multi-Scale Modeling
University of Chicago, National Science Foundation
9/1/18 → 8/31/22
Project: Research project
Epigenomics
Chromatin
Optical Imaging
Transcriptional Activation
Drosophila
Chromatin
Aptitude
Eukaryotic Cells
Technology
Regeneration
EFRI CEE: Macrogenomic engineering via modulation of chromatin nanoenvironment
Backman, V., Kennedy, M. & Szleifer, I. G.
8/15/18 → 7/31/22
Project: Research project
Chromatin
Biomedical Engineering
Medicine
Anethum graveolens
Neoplasms
The Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center
Agulnik, M., Awatramani, R., Backman, V., Benson III, A. B., Carthew, R. W., Cella, D., Chakravarti, D., Chandel, N., Crispino, J. D., Cristofanilli, M., Eklund, E. A., Frankfurt, O., Gordon, L. I., Green, K. J., Hahn, E. A., Horbinski, C. M., Horvath, C. M., Hussain, M., James, C. D., Kelleher, N. L., Khan, S. A., LaBonne, C., Larson, A. C., Matei, D. E., Meade, T. J., Mondragon, A., Mrksich, M., Munshi, H. G., Murphy, A. B., Penedo, F. J., Perlman, H. R., Peter, M. E., Platanias, L. C., Rademaker, A. W., Rappoport, J. Z., Rosenzweig, A. C., Scheidt, K. A., Simon, M. A., Sosman, J. A., Spring, B., Wei, J., Weiss, E. L. & Woloschak, G. E.
8/10/18 → 7/31/23
Project: Research project
Neoplasms
Medicine
Research
Population
Research Output 1996 2019
Editorial introduction to the JSTQE issue on biophotonics
Ilev, I. K., Backman, V., Georgakoudi, I., Matsuura, Y., Calhoun, W. R. & Huser, T., Jan 1 2019, In : IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics. 25, 1, 8631060.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial
Influence of nuclear morphology on differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells
Wang, X., Agrawal, V., Duan, C., Jiang, B., Backman, V. & Ameer, G. A., Jan 1 2019, Society for Biomaterials Annual Meeting and Exposition 2019: The Pinnacle of Biomaterials Innovation and Excellence - Transactions of the 42nd Annual Meeting. Society for Biomaterials, 1 p. (Transactions of the Annual Meeting of the Society for Biomaterials and the Annual International Biomaterials Symposium; vol. 40).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
Stem cells
Mesenchymal Stromal Cells
Chromatin
Histone Code
Eukaryotic Cells
Measuring light scattering and absorption in corals with Inverse Spectroscopic Optical Coherence Tomography (ISOCT): a new tool for non-invasive monitoring
Spicer, G. L. C., Eid, A., Wangpraseurt, D., Swain, T. D., Winkelmann, J. A., Yi, J., Kühl, M., Marcelino, L. A. & Backman, V., Dec 1 2019, In : Scientific reports. 9, 1, 14148.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
Anthozoa
Optical Coherence Tomography
Light
Skeleton
Coral Reefs
Multimodal interference-based imaging of nanoscale structure and macromolecular motion uncovers UV induced cellular paroxysm
Gladstein, S., Almassalha, L. M., Cherkezyan, L., Chandler, J. E., Eshein, A., Eid, A., Zhang, D., Wu, W., Bauer, G. M., Stephens, A. D., Morochnik, S., Subramanian, H., Marko, J. F., Ameer, G. A., Szleifer, I. G. & Backman, V., Dec 1 2019, In : Nature communications. 10, 1, 1652.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
interference
Imaging techniques
Light interference
Photobleaching
Cell death
Physicochemical mechanotransduction alters nuclear shape and mechanics via heterochromatin formation
Stephens, A. D., Liu, P. Z., Kandula, V., Chen, H., Almassalha, L. M., Herman, C., Backman, V., O'Halloran, T. V., Adam, S. A., Goldman, R., Banigan, E. J. & Marko, J. F., Aug 1 2019, In : Molecular biology of the cell. 30, 17, p. 2320-2330 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
Heterochromatin
Mechanics
Chromatin
Ion Channels
Cations