Associate Professor of Radiology

Email: cran@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu

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Recent Publications

• Jiang Z, Wang H, Yu J, Gu S, Yan J, Ran C. Molecular Probes: From Aß Imaging to Phototherapy in Alzheimer's Disease. Acc Chem Res. 2026 Mar 17. 59(6):889-901
• Sarabia-Vallejo Á, Clerigué J, Martín MA, López-Alvarado P, Ran C, Menéndez JC. Visualizing and mapping Aß plaques by curcumin-derived NIR sensors: Multitarget theranostic agents for Alzheimer's disease. Bioorg Chem. 2026 Apr. 171:109559
• Gu S, Dong H, Chen H, Yu J, Liu L, Yan J, Wang H, Jiang Z, Huang W, Wang W, Liang SH, Zhang C, Shen S, Ran C. Discovery of Abundant Nano-scale Lymphatic-like Vessels in Brains. bioRxiv. 2026 Jan 14.
• Mao C, Wang Z, Liu S, Li X, Wang Y, Luo R, Yang M, Ran C, Gu Y, Wang P, Yang J. Near-Infrared Chemiluminescence Probe for Superoxide Anion Imaging in Alzheimer's Disease. Anal Chem. 2026 Jan 20. 98(2):1555-1563
• Jiang X, Li Y, Tian X, Yang S, Luo R, Zhou C, Liu Y, Hu J, Feng S, Gan L, Ran C, Yu KH, Zhao J, Han X, Zhai X, Jia Y, Dai J, Wang X, Zhu B. AI-Driven Acceleration of Fluorescence Probe Discovery. Adv Sci (Weinh). 2026 Feb. 13(10):e15604