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November 2025

2025 CASFER Connect Symposium

Rodrigo A. Hernandez (PhD Student) participated in the 2025 CASFER Connect Symposium hosted at MIT on November 6-8. He presented a poster involving the progress of our research in the integration of magnetic fields and magnetohydrodynamic effects for the recovery of nitrogen from wastes, in order to produce fertilizers using a circular economy approach. 

2025 AIChE Annual Meeting

Doctor Jenifer Gomez Pastora and Raque Veral (CHE Undergraduate) participated in the 2025 AIChE Annual Meeting in Boston on November 2-6. Dr. Gomez participated in various presentations, delivering our progress on the application of magnetism for both biological and environmental applications, including breast cancer cell isolation, sickle and aged red blood cell analysis, and the electrochemical transformation of CO2 into fuels and products. Raquel Vera presented a poster of the research she has been working on regarding the use of a portable magnetometer, the CTV, for sickle cell disease evaluation.

List of abstracts submitted:

1. R. Vera, K. Paz Gonzalez, L. Tran, J. Chalmers, J. Gomez-Pastora, “Portable Cell Tracking Velocimetry for Sickle Cell Disease Severity Prediction”, AIChE Annual Meeting, Boston (USA), November 2-6, 2025 (Poster Presentation).
2. P. Iyer, H. Choe, M. M. Rahman, J. Strayer, X. Wu, B. Karakuzu, J. Doon-Ralls, K. Landes, J. Gomez Pastora, A. F. Palmer, P. C. Desai, J. Chalmers, M. Zborowski, “High-Gradient Magnetic Separation and Phenotypic Characterization of Sickle Red Blood Cells”, AIChE Annual Meeting, Boston (USA), November 2-6, 2025 (Poster Presentation).
3. L. Tran, K. Paz Gonzalez, P. Iyer, H. Choe, J. Chalmers, J. Gomez Pastora, “High Resolution Magnetophoretic Characterization of Aged and Dysfunctional Red Blood Cells Using Cell Tracking Velocimetry”, AIChE Annual Meeting, Boston (USA), November 2-6, 2025 (Oral Presentation).
4. K. Paz Gonzalez, L. Tran, H. Choe, P. Iyer, J. Chalmers, J. Gomez Pastora, “Label-Free Magnetic Isolation of Red Blood Cells Based on Their Differential Iron Cargo”, AIChE Annual Meeting, Boston (USA), November 2-6, 2025 (Oral Presentation).
5. L. Tran, K. Paz Gonzalez, R. Farrell, K. H. Chen, J. Chalmers, J. Gomez Pastora, “Magnetic Characterization, Isolation, and Detection of Breast Cancer Stem Cells Via Label-Free Magnetophoresis”, AIChE Annual Meeting, Boston (USA), November 2-6, 2025 (Oral Presentation).
6. K. Paz Gonzalez, X. Wu, J. A. Abarca Gonzalez, C. Gonzalez-Fernandez, G. Diaz Sainz, L. Tran, I. H. Karampelas, J. Gomez Pastora, “Magnetic Field Assisted Electrochemical Transformation of CO2 into Value-Added Products”, AIChE Annual Meeting, Boston (USA), November 2-6, 2025 (Oral Presentation).

 

70th Annual Conference on Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 2025

Wrapping up a productive and inspiring week at the 70th Annual Conference on Magnetism and Magnetic Materials (MMM 2025) in Palm Beach, Florida! Our team, together with Dr. Kai Wu’s lab, shared exciting advances in magnetic nanomaterials, separation, and imaging technologies.

Presentations include:
AQ-05. Red Blood Cell Magnetic Property Monitoring Using Cell Tracking Velocimetry: Applications to Blood Banking and Sickle Cell Disease
CQ-06. Iron Oxide Magnetic Nanoparticles Synthesized by Wet Ball Milling: Evaluation of Hyperthermia Properties
CQ-07. PEG-Functionalized Spherical and Cubic Iron Oxide Nanoparticles for Magnetic Hyperthermia in Serum-Based Environments
CF-07. Integrated Numerical and SAXS Investigation of Ultra-Small SPIONs Magnetophoresis and Separation in High Field and Gradient Fields
FC-05. Exploiting the Distinct Fe Metabolism of Breast Cancer Cells to Analyze and Separate Stem Tumor Cells