Elizabeth Carroll wins €2500 for interdisciplinary MSc project

Delft Bioengineering Institute has granted Elizabeth Carroll with €2500 for the execution of an interdisciplinary MSc project. Together with Zoltán Perkό (Radiation Science & Technology), Elizabeth has designed a project that looks into ultrahigh dose-rate FLASH irradiation in zebrafish. In total, BEI has granted 15 MSc projects that resulted from the networking event BioDate 2018 in March.

Testing a new radiation method
One of the latest developments in cancer treatment is flash radiotherapy: a short, high dose of radiation. This is proving to be an effective way to destroy cancer cells, while causing less damage to the surrounding healthy tissue. However, the method still requires extensive testing. In this graduation project, a student will use zebrafish larvae to compare the effect of different radiation doses.

In-vivo efficacy study of ultrahigh dose-rate FLASH irradiation in zebrafish
PI's: Elizabeth Carroll (TNW-ImPhys) en Zoltán Perkό (TNW-RST)

Take a look at all the 15 BioDate 2018 MSc bioengineering projects <link en bioengineering delft-biodate-2018 projects _blank>here.