Dr. Ximena Corso Díaz's lab is dedicated to uncovering mechanisms of gene regulation in neuronal cells with the goal of developing treatments for neurodegeneration. By studying the retina, a brain region responsible for light detection, they aim to identify molecular mechanisms that regulate neuronal gene expression programs and develop strategies to prevent blindness. 

Home Department: Mechanical Engineering
Faculty Advisor: Xiaolin Zheng
Talk Title: Light-Driven BiVO₄-C Fuel Cell with Simultaneous Production of H₂O₂
Event: 2018 Materials Research Society (MRS) Fall Meeting

Home Department: Electrical Engineering
Faculty Advisor: Brian Hargreaves
Talk Title: Accelerated Imaging of Metallic Implants Using a Double-Peak-Model Constraint
Event: International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 25th Annual Meeting - Xinwei's talk received a Summa cum Laude Merit Award, given to abstracts that score within the top 5% within a category.

Awarded in 2016
Talk Title: Accelerated Imaging of Metallic Implants Using Model-Based Nonlinear Reconstruction
Event: ISMRM Workshop on Data Sampling & Image Reconstruction 2016

Awarded in 2015
Talk Title: Virtual Coil Navigator: A Robust Localized Motion Estimation Approach for Free-Breathing Cardiac MRI
Event: Annual Meeting of International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 2015

Awarded in 2022
Home Department: Bioengineering
Faculty Advisors: Stanley Qi (Bioengineering) and Wendy Fantl (Urology)