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Lauran K. Evans

University of California, Los AngelesORCID 0000-0002-9860-5248Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Organism:human· 3 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Assay:imaging· 2 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Research Focus:clustering· 1 Approach:deep learning· 1 Research Focus:differential expression· 1 Research Focus:drug response / drug discovery· 1

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Maie A. St. JohniD· 3 shared Yazeed M. AlhiyariiD· 3 shared Ramesh K. Shori· 2 shared Alfredo Enrique Gonzalez· 1 shared Alice SoragniiD· 1 shared Andreanne SannajustiD· 1 shared Bowen WangiD· 1 shared Christian WooteniD· 1 shared

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Cancer BiologybioRxivPreprintMay 21, 2026

A Bioprinted Head and Neck Cancer Organoid-Based Platform for Evaluating Multimodal Therapies

Luda Lin, Krishna K. Bommakanti, Christian Wooten…·Alice Soragni

This paper develops a bioprinted organoid platform to evaluate multimodal therapies for HNSCC, showing differential responses to radiosensitizers in patient-derived models.

DOI 10.64898/2026.05.20.726741

humanorganoid / primary culture

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Cancer BiologyBiophotonics discovery.Peer-reviewedJan 2, 2026

Machine Learning-Based Tumor Segmentation and Classification Using Dynamic Optical Contrast Imaging (DOCI) for Thyroid Cancer

Tyler Vasse, Yazeed M. Alhiyari, Lauran K. Evans…·Tuan Vo-Dinh

This paper uses machine learning with DOCI imaging to improve tumor segmentation and classification in thyroid cancer, achieving high accuracy in tissue type distinction.

DOI 10.1117/1.bios.3.1.015001

humanimaging

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Cancer BiologybioRxivPreprintSep 19, 2023

ICG-Functionalized Gold Nanostars As An Effective Contrast Agent For Real-time Tumor Localization with Dynamic Optical Contrast Imaging (DOCI) and Enhanced Radiation Therapy

Yazeed M. Alhiyari, Yang Liu, Laith A. Mukdad…·Maie A. St. John

This paper introduces ICG-functionalized gold nanostars to enhance DOCI for real-time tumor margin detection and improve radiation therapy in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.

DOI 10.1101/2023.09.19.558473

humanimaging

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