The Dassama laboratory at Stanford performs research directed at understanding and mitigating bacterial multidrug resistance (MDR). Efforts to combat MDR involve two broad strategies: understanding how resistance is acquired in hopes of mitigating it, and identifying new compounds that could serve as potent antibiotics.

Dr. Laura Prolo is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Neurosurgery at Stanford University School of Medicine. After receiving her A.B. in Biology and Philosophy-Neuroscience-Psychology from Washington University in St. Louis, she completed her MD and PhD in Neuroscience from Stanford University. She remained at Stanford for Neurosurgery residency, then completed a fellowship in Pediatric Neurosurgery at University of Washington/Seattle Children’s Hospital.

Home Department: Bioengineering
Faculty Advisor: Sam Gambhir
Talk Title: Single cell metabolomics in circulating tumor cells
Event: 2014 Society for Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) Annual Meeting

Awarded in 2011
Talk Title: Quantitative, dynamic and long term in vivo imaging of intravascular circulating tumor cells in awake animals, with a novel miniature fluorescence microscope
Event: European Molecular Imaging Meeting 2011

Dr. Simons's research projects focus on biological, neurological, cognitive, affective, and social risk and resiliency factors of the pain experience.