Peer-reviewed publications and preprints, listed in reverse chronological order.
Joel Lusk, Ethan Marschall, Christopher Miranda, Christina Aridi, Barbara Smith
Journal of Neural Engineering 22, 026048 (2025)
Shows that a genetically encoded fluorophore can be detected photoacoustically to identify specific neuron subtypes, extending optical labeling into the photoacoustic domain.
PaperJarrett Eshima, Taylor R. Pennington, Youssef Abdellatif, Angela Ponce Olea, Joel F. Lusk, Benjamin D. Ambrose, Ethan Marschall, Christopher Miranda, Paula Phan, Christina Aridi, Barbara S. Smith
Communications Engineering 4, 162 (2025)
Describes an engineered cell-culture and flow system that improves in vitro measurement of volatile organic compounds.
PaperYiqi Jiang, Hakki Akengin, Ji Zhou, Mehmet Aslihak, Yang Li, Radoslaw Chrapkiewicz, Oscar Hernandez, Sadegh Ebrahimi, Omar Jaidar, Yanping Zhang, Hakan Inan, Christopher Miranda, Fatih Dinc, Marta Blanco-Pozo, Mark Schnitzer
Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems 37 (2024)
Introduces an active-learning algorithm that speeds up cell sorting in large-scale calcium imaging datasets, reducing the manual annotation burden of population-scale neural recordings.
PaperChristopher Miranda, Madeleine R. Howell, Joel F. Lusk, Ethan Marschall, Jarrett Eshima, Trent Anderson, Barbara S. Smith
Biomedical Optics Express 12, 4689 (2021)
Presents a microscope-independent, fluorescence-guided micropipette system for targeted single-cell measurements.
PaperChristopher Miranda, Ethan Marschall, Blake Browning, Barbara S. Smith
Photoacoustics 19, 100167 (2020)
Introduces a side-viewing photoacoustic waveguide endoscope design for minimally invasive photoacoustic imaging.
PaperJoel F. Lusk, Christopher Miranda, Barbara S. Smith
Journal of Visualized Experiments (2020)
Demonstrates a photoacoustic flow cytometry protocol for detecting circulating ovarian cancer cells.
PaperJarrett Eshima, Stephanie Ong, Trenton J. Davis, Christopher Miranda, Devika Krishnamurthy, Abigael Nachtsheim, John Stufken, Christopher Plaisier, John Fricks, Heather D. Bean, Barbara S. Smith
Journal of Chromatography B 1121, 48–57 (2019)
Characterizes how the healthy female metabolome shifts across the menstrual cycle using comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography.
PaperJoel F. Lusk, Christopher Miranda, Madeleine Howell, Matthew Chrest, Jarrett Eshima, Barbara S. Smith
ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering 5, 1553–1560 (2019)
Uses copper sulfide nanoparticle contrast agents in a photoacoustic flow system to detect circulating ovarian tumor cells.
PaperChristopher Miranda, Swathy Sampath Kumar, Jitendran Muthuswamy, Barbara S. Smith
Applied Physics Letters 113 (2018)
Introduces a photoacoustic micropipette for combined electrophysiological recording and photoacoustic-guided targeting.
PaperChristopher Miranda, Joel Barkley, Barbara S. Smith
Journal of Biomedical Optics 23, 046008 (2018)
Develops a combined photoacoustic and ultrasound imaging probe designed for intrauterine applications.
Paper2025
US 12,364,395
Patent2026
US 12,611,673
Patent2024
US 12,171,615
Patent2024
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Patent2024
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Patent2023
US 11,596,313
Patent2023
US 11,768,182
Patent2023
US 11,583,252
Patent2018
US 9,980,865
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