Melancon Laboratory
Marites P. Melancon, Ph.D.
Principal Investigator
Research Areas
- Nanotechnology
- Imaging
Welcome to the Melancon Lab at MD Anderson Cancer Center! The goal of our lab is to develop nanoparticle-enhanced absorbable devices for the management of vascular diseases as well as novel nanotheranostics for the management of cancer and its complications.
Our Research
Research projects in our laboratory are focused on the following major areas:
- Development of radiopaque bioresorbable inferior vena cava filters
- Development of bioresorbable cell or drug-eluting polymeric vascular wraps and grafts
- Development of multifunctional theranostic nanoparticles
About Dr. Melancon
Marites Melancon, Ph.D., is a tenured professor in the Department of Interventional Radiology. She received her Ph.D. in biomedical science at The University of Texas-Health Science Center at Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Science in December 2007.
Dr. Melancon trained at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center's Department of Imaging Physics as an Odyssey Fellow from 2008 to 2011. She then joined the institution's Department of Interventional Radiology in 2012.
Congratulations to Allan John R. Barcena, Marvin R. Bernardino and Benjamin Martin for publishing their paper entitled “Controlled Delivery of Rosuvastatin or Rapamycin through Electrospun Bismuth Nanoparticle-Infused Perivascular Wraps Promotes Arteriovenous Fistula Maturation” in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces!
Congratulations to Allan John R. Barcena, Archana Mishra, Dominic Karl M. Bolinas and Benjamin M. Martin for publishing their paper entitled “Integration of Electrospun Scaffolds and Biological Polymers for Enhancing the Delivery and Efficacy of Mesenchymal Stem/Stromal Cell Therapies” in Frontiers in Bioscience-Landmark!
Congratulations to Carleigh Klusman for graduating from Baylor College of Medicine and matching in an IR residency at NYU.
Congratulations to Erin Marie D. San Valentin for successfully defending her M.S. thesis entitled "Biocompatibility assessment of novel tungsten nanoparticle and polymer blend-infused resorbable inferior vena cava filters."
Congratulations to Raniv Rojo for successfully defending his Ph.D. thesis entitled "Evaluation of treatment response following combined irreversible electroporation and Radium-223 in vitro and in murine models of prostate cancer bone metastasis."