Brent William Weyers

Title(s)Researcher, Biomedical Engineering
SchoolSchool of Veterinary Medicine
Emailbwweyers@ucdavis.edu
ORCID ORCID Icon0000-0002-1939-3401 Additional info
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    University of California, DavisPh.D.09/2022Biomedical Engineering
    University of California, DavisB.S.12/2016Biomedical Engineering
    Project Management InstituteCAPM02/2021Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM)

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    Brent Weyers is currently a post-doctoral researcher in the Marcu Laboratory at the University of California Davis. In June 2022, Brent received his PhD from UC Davis in the Department of Biomedical Engineering. He also holds a credential as a Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM).

    Brent's doctoral research investigated the use of Fluorescence lifetime imaging to optimize upper aerodigestive oncologic surgery through real-time surgical margin delineation. This work was motivated by the understanding that successful surgical oncology outcomes depend on a surgeon's ability to completely extirpate the full extent of a patient’s cancer volume, both gross and microscopic. Currently, there is a lack of technology capable of providing surgeons with real-time feedback to quantify the extent of tumor; therefore, cancer may be missed, or surgeons may potentially compromise benign tissue.

    Brent's research investigated head & neck cancer from N=100 human patients, comprising N=45 patients with oral cavity cancer and N=55 patients with cancer of the oropharynx. This work demonstrated the ability for FLIm to integrate into classification algorithms to predict cancer probability; the technique was successful at demarcating both conventional primary and elusive occult primary tumors. This research involved translational aspects, requiring the coordination of research activities, and the establishment of validation, across clinical and engineering teams. Collectively, this investigation established proof-of-concept for optimizing surgical decision-making, thereby motivating further investigation to materialize this technology towards an intraoperative diagnostic modality.
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    1. Anatomy-Specific Classification Model Using Label-Free FLIm to Aid Intraoperative Surgical Guidance of Head and Neck Cancer. IEEE Trans Biomed Eng. 2023 10; 70(10):2863-2873. Hassan MA, Weyers BW, Bec J, Fereidouni F, Qi J, Gui D, Bewley AF, Abouyared M, Farwell DG, Birkeland AC, Marcu L. PMID: 37043314; PMCID: PMC10833893.
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    2. Intraoperative delineation of p16+ oropharyngeal carcinoma of unknown primary origin with fluorescence lifetime imaging: Preliminary report. Head Neck. 2022 08; 44(8):1765-1776. Weyers BW, Birkeland AC, Marsden MA, Tam A, Bec J, Frusciante RP, Gui D, Bewley AF, Abouyared M, Marcu L, Farwell DG. PMID: 35511208; PMCID: PMC9979707.
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    3. Mesoscopic fluorescence lifetime imaging: Fundamental principles, clinical applications and future directions. J Biophotonics. 2021 06; 14(6):e202000472. Alfonso-Garcia A, Bec J, Weyers B, Marsden M, Zhou X, Li C, Marcu L. PMID: 33710785; PMCID: PMC8579869.
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    4. Intraoperative Margin Assessment in Oral and Oropharyngeal Cancer Using Label-Free Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging and Machine Learning. IEEE Trans Biomed Eng. 2021 03; 68(3):857-868. Marsden M, Weyers BW, Bec J, Sun T, Gandour-Edwards RF, Birkeland AC, Abouyared M, Bewley AF, Farwell DG, Marcu L. PMID: 32746066; PMCID: PMC8960054.
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    5. FLImBrush: dynamic visualization of intraoperative free-hand fiber-based fluorescence lifetime imaging. Biomed Opt Express. 2020 Sep 01; 11(9):5166-5180. Marsden M, Fukazawa T, Deng YC, Weyers BW, Bec J, Gregory Farwell D, Marcu L. PMID: 33014606; PMCID: PMC7510860.
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    6. Fluorescence lifetime imaging for intraoperative cancer delineation in transoral robotic surgery. Transl Biophotonics. 2019 Dec; 1(1-2). Weyers BW, Marsden M, Sun T, Bec J, Bewley AF, Gandour-Edwards RF, Moore MG, Farwell DG, Marcu L. PMID: 32656529; PMCID: PMC7351319.
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    7. Simultaneous intraluminal imaging of tissue autofluorescence and eGFP-labeled cells in engineered vascular grafts inside a bioreactor. Methods Appl Fluoresc. 2019 Sep 20; 7(4):044003. Li C, Alfonso-Garcia A, McMasters J, Bec J, Weyers B, Uyesaka L, Griffiths L, Panitch A, Marcu L. PMID: 31505471; PMCID: PMC7539617.
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    8. Multi-dimensional studies of synthetic genetic promoters enabled by microfluidic impact printing. Lab Chip. 2017 06 27; 17(13):2198-2207. Fan J, Villarreal F, Weyers B, Ding Y, Tseng KH, Li J, Li B, Tan C, Pan T. PMID: 28613297; PMCID: PMC5572659.
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    9. Deletion of the cytoplasmic domain of N-cadherin reduces, but does not eliminate, traction force-transmission. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2016 09 30; 478(4):1640-6. Lee E, Ewald ML, Sedarous M, Kim T, Weyers BW, Truong RH, Yamada S. PMID: 27596967; PMCID: PMC5030185.
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