Gray Halliburton

I am Graduate student in Biomedical Engineering pursuing my Master's degree. As a member of the biomedical acoustics sector of Dr. Khistmatullin's Lab I research the ablation effects of High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) on different cancer cell lines. This involves the culturing of various cancer cell lines to perform a variety of experiments utilizing HIFU's minimally invasive ablation effects to study treated cancer cell proliferation and metastatic capabilities. I have cultured a liver cancer cell line (HEPG2) and kidney cancer cell line (RCC) for experimentation in vitro. Once cells are cultured to the appropriate experimental numbers required they are collected into pellets to represent a tumor exposed to HIFU. I have investigated synergistic effects of HIFU with ethanol and chemotherapeutic nanoparticles. I am currently working on studying ablation effects of HIFU on prostate (DU145) and liver cancer cell lines (HEP3B) in vivo. These experiments have involved analysis of ethanol and chemotherapeutic nanoparticles synergistic effects and will be utilized in the development of my Master's Thesis.

I am excited to see results from my research and hope that it can eventually contribute to the development of procedures using acoustic waves for minimally invasive cancer treatment, but this is not all I am a part of at Tulane University. I am also a member of the Tulane Club Baseball team and have been playing outfield for the team for 4 years. As a baseball player I also spend lots of my time staying in shape. I enjoy running in Audubon park and working out at the Reily Recreation Center to keep my game at its best. Some more general information about me is that I am from a small town in Northern New Jersey where I grew up with a family of 5 and a dog named Luna.

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