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Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology: Barcelona, ES

2021-04-01 to present | Junior Group Leader (Molecular Imaging for Precision Medicine)
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Irene Marco-Rius

Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya: Barcelona, Catalunya, ES

2018-09-17 to 2021-04-01 | La Caixa Junior Leader Fellow (Biosensors for Bioengineering)
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University of Cambridge: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, GB

2016-10-17 to 2018-09-16 | Post-doctoral researcher (Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute)
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University of California San Francisco: San Francisco, CA, US

2014-10-01 to 2016-09-30 | Post-doctoral Researcher (Radiology and Biomedical Imaging)
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Education and qualifications (3)

University of Cambridge: Cambridge, GB

2011-04-01 to 2014-07-18 | PhD (Biochemistry)
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University of Heidelberg: Mannheim, DE

2009-09-01 to 2010-08-31 | MSc in Medical Physics
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Autonomous University of Barcelona: Bellaterra, ES

2005-09-10 to 2009-07-30 | BSc (Physics)
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Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology: Barcelona, ES

2020 | To the Mothers of Science
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Works (37)

A DIY Bioreactor for in Situ Metabolic Tracking in 3D Cell Models via Hyperpolarized 13C NMR Spectroscopy

Analytical Chemistry
2025-01-28 | Journal article
Contributors: Lluís Mangas-Florencio; Alba Herrero-Gómez; James Eills; Marc Azagra; Marina Batlló-Rius; Irene Marco-Rius
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Cyclometallated Imides as Templates for the H‐Bond Directed Iridium‐Catalyzed Asymmetric Hydrogenation of N‐Methyl, N‐Alkyl and N‐Aryl Imines

Angewandte Chemie
2024-06-21 | Journal article
Contributors: Yisong Wen; Marc Fernández‐Sabaté; Agustí Lledós; Giuseppe Sciortino; James Eills; Irene Marco‐Rius; Antoni Riera; Xavier Verdaguer
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Cyclometallated Imides as Templates for the H‐Bond Directed Iridium‐Catalyzed Asymmetric Hydrogenation of N‐Methyl, N‐Alkyl and N‐Aryl Imines

Angewandte Chemie International Edition
2024-06-21 | Journal article
Contributors: Yisong Wen; Marc Fernández‐Sabaté; Agustí Lledós; Giuseppe Sciortino; James Eills; Irene Marco‐Rius; Antoni Riera; Xavier Verdaguer
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Polarization losses from the nonadiabatic passage of hyperpolarized solutions through metallic components

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Open
2024-03 | Journal article
Contributors: James Eills; Marc Azagra; David Gómez-Cabeza; Michael C.D. Tayler; Irene Marco-Rius
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Combined homogeneous and heterogeneous hydrogenation to yield catalyst-free solutions of parahydrogen-hyperpolarized [1-13C]succinate

Chemical Communications
2023 | Journal article
Contributors: James Eills; Román Picazo-Frutos; Dudari B. Burueva; Larisa M. Kovtunova; Marc Azagra; Irene Marco-Rius; Dmitry Budker; Igor V. Koptyug
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Enzymatic Reactions Observed with Zero- and Low-Field Nuclear Magnetic Resonance

Analytical Chemistry
2023-12-12 | Journal article
Contributors: James Eills; Román Picazo-Frutos; Oksana Bondar; Eleonora Cavallari; Carla Carrera; Sylwia J. Barker; Marcel Utz; Alba Herrero-Gómez; Irene Marco-Rius; Michael C. D. Tayler et al.
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Real-Time Polarimetry of Hyperpolarized 13C Nuclear Spins Using an Atomic Magnetometer

The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
2023-02-09 | Journal article
Contributors: Kostas Mouloudakis; Sven Bodenstedt; Marc Azagra; Morgan W. Mitchell; Irene Marco-Rius; Michael C. D. Tayler
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Ammonium quantification in human plasma by proton nuclear magnetic resonance for staging of liver fibrosis in alcohol‐related liver disease and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

NMR in Biomedicine
2022-09 | Journal article
Contributors: Marc Azagra; Elisa Pose; Francesco De Chiara; Martina Perez; Emma Avitabile; Joan‐Marc Servitja; Laura Brugnara; Javier Ramon‐Azcón; Irene Marco‐Rius
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A cryopreservation method for bioengineered 3D cell culture models

Biomedical Materials
2022-07-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Alba Herrero-Gómez; Marc Azagra; Irene Marco-Rius
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Probing hepatic metabolism of [2-13C]dihydroxyacetone in vivo with 1H-decoupled hyperpolarized 13C-MR

Magnetic Resonance Materials in Physics, Biology and Medicine
2021-02-10 | Journal article
Contributors: Irene Marco-Rius; Alan J. Wright; De-en Hu; Dragana Savic; Jack J. Miller; Kerstin N. Timm; Damian Tyler; Kevin M. Brindle; Arnaud Comment
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Interspecies interaction and effect of co-contaminants in an anaerobic dichloromethane-degrading culture

Chemosphere
2020 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85072243526

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18791298 00456535

Contributors: Trueba-Santiso, A.; Fernández-Verdejo, D.; Marco-Rius, I.; Soder-Walz, J.M.; Casabella, O.; Vicent, T.; Marco-Urrea, E.
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A multisample 7 T dynamic nuclear polarization polarizer for preclinical hyperpolarized MR.

NMR in biomedicine
2020-01-30 | Journal article
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Corrigendum to: Efficient Hyperpolarization of U-<sup>13</sup> C-Glucose Using Narrow-Line UV-Generated Labile Free Radicals (Angewandte Chemie International Edition, (2019), 58, 5, (1334-1339), 10.1002/anie.201810522)

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition
2019 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85064954514

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15213773 14337851

Contributors: Capozzi, A.; Patel, S.; Gunnarsson, C.P.; Marco-Rius, I.; Comment, A.; Karlsson, M.; Lerche, M.H.; Ouari, O.; Ardenkjær-Larsen, J.H.
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Zero-field nuclear magnetic resonance of chemically exchanging systems

Nature Communications
2019-07-05 | Journal article
Contributors: Danila A. Barskiy; Michael C. D. Tayler; Irene Marco-Rius; John Kurhanewicz; Daniel B. Vigneron; Sevil Cikrikci; Ayca Aydogdu; Moritz Reh; Andrey N. Pravdivtsev; Jan-Bernd Hövener et al.
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Efficient Hyperpolarization of U‐13C‐Glucose Using Narrow‐Line UV‐Generated Labile Free Radicals

Angewandte Chemie
2019-01-28 | Journal article
Contributors: Andrea Capozzi; Saket Patel; Christine Pepke Gunnarsson; Irene Marco‐Rius; Arnaud Comment; Magnus Karlsson; Mathilde H. Lerche; Olivier Ouari; Jan Henrik Ardenkjær‐Larsen
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Efficient Hyperpolarization of U‐13C‐Glucose Using Narrow‐Line UV‐Generated Labile Free Radicals

Angewandte Chemie International Edition
2019-01-28 | Journal article
Contributors: Andrea Capozzi; Saket Patel; Christine Pepke Gunnarsson; Irene Marco‐Rius; Arnaud Comment; Magnus Karlsson; Mathilde H. Lerche; Olivier Ouari; Jan Henrik Ardenkjær‐Larsen
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Direct assessment of renal mitochondrial redox state using hyperpolarized <sup>13</sup>C-acetoacetate

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
2018 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85040013138

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15222594 07403194

Contributors: von Morze, C.; Ohliger, M.A.; Marco-Rius, I.; Wilson, D.M.; Flavell, R.R.; Pearce, D.; Vigneron, D.B.; Kurhanewicz, J.; Wang, Z.J.
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In Vivo Hyperpolarized <sup>13</sup> C MRS and MRI applications

eMagRes
2018 | Book
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2-s2.0-85065740901

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20556101

Contributors: Marco-Rius, I.; Comment, A.
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Non-invasive detection of divergent metabolic signals in insulin deficiency vs. insulin resistance in vivo

Scientific Reports
2018 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85041629321

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20452322

Contributors: Morze, C.V.; Allu, P.K.R.; Chang, G.Y.; Marco-Rius, I.; Milshteyn, E.; Wang, Z.J.; Ohliger, M.A.; Gleason, C.E.; Kurhanewicz, J.; Vigneron, D.B. et al.
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Photogenerated Radical in Phenylglyoxylic Acid for in Vivo Hyperpolarized 13C MR with Photosensitive Metabolic Substrates

Journal of the American Chemical Society
2018-10-31 | Journal article
Contributors: Irene Marco-Rius; Tian Cheng; Adam P. Gaunt; Saket Patel; Felix Kreis; Andrea Capozzi; Alan J. Wright; Kevin M. Brindle; Olivier Ouari; Arnaud Comment
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Diffusion‐weighted imaging of hyperpolarized [13C]urea in mouse liver

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging
2018-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Irene Marco‐Rius; Jeremy W. Gordon; Aras N. Mattis; Robert Bok; Romelyn Delos Santos; Subramanian Sukumar; Peder E.Z. Larson; Daniel B. Vigneron; Michael A. Ohliger
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Sensitivity enhancement for detection of hyperpolarized 13 C MRI probes with 1 H spin coupling introduced by enzymatic transformation in vivo.

Magnetic resonance in medicine
2017-11 | Journal article
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Combining hyperpolarized 13 C MRI with a liver-specific gadolinium contrast agent for selective assessment of hepatocyte metabolism.

2017-06 | Journal article
Contributors: Ohliger MA; von Morze C; Marco-Rius I; Gordon J; Larson PEZ; Bok R; Chen HY; Kurhanewicz J; Vigneron D
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Detection of localized changes in the metabolism of hyperpolarized gluconeogenic precursors 13 C-lactate and 13 C-pyruvate in kidney and liver.

2017-04 | Journal article
Contributors: von Morze C; Chang GY; Larson PE; Shang H; Allu PK; Bok RA; Crane JC; Olson MP; Tan CT; Marco-Rius I et al.
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Multiband spectral-spatial RF excitation for hyperpolarized [2-13 C]dihydroxyacetone 13 C-MR metabolism studies.

2017-04 | Journal article
Contributors: Marco-Rius I; Cao P; von Morze C; Merritt M; Moreno KX; Chang GY; Ohliger MA; Pearce D; Kurhanewicz J; Larson PE et al.
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Assessing Oxidative Stress in Tumors by Measuring the Rate of Hyperpolarized [1-13C]Dehydroascorbic Acid Reduction Using 13C Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy.

2017-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Timm KN; Hu DE; Williams M; Wright AJ; Kettunen MI; Kennedy BW; Larkin TJ; Dzien P; Marco-Rius I; Bohndiek SE et al.
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Monitoring acute metabolic changes in the liver and kidneys induced by fructose and glucose using hyperpolarized [2-13 C]dihydroxyacetone.

2017-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Marco-Rius I; von Morze C; Sriram R; Cao P; Chang GY; Milshteyn E; Bok RA; Ohliger MA; Pearce D; Kurhanewicz J et al.
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Mis-estimation and bias of hyperpolarized apparent diffusion coefficient measurements due to slice profile effects.

2016-10 | Journal article
Contributors: Gordon JW; Milshteyn E; Marco-Rius I; Ohliger M; Vigneron DB; Larson PE
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Spectrally selective three-dimensional dynamic balanced steady-state free precession for hyperpolarized C-13 metabolic imaging with spectrally selective radiofrequency pulses.

2016-10 | Journal article
Contributors: Shang H; Sukumar S; von Morze C; Bok RA; Marco-Rius I; Kerr A; Reed GD; Milshteyn E; Ohliger MA; Kurhanewicz J et al.
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(13) C magnetic resonance spectroscopy measurements with hyperpolarized [1-(13) C] pyruvate can be used to detect the expression of transgenic pyruvate decarboxylase activity in vivo.

2016-08 | Journal article
Contributors: Dzien P; Tee SS; Kettunen MI; Lyons SK; Larkin TJ; Timm KN; Hu DE; Wright A; Rodrigues TB; Serrao EM et al.
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Accelerated high-bandwidth MR spectroscopic imaging using compressed sensing.

2016-08 | Journal article
Contributors: Cao P; Shin PJ; Park I; Najac C; Marco-Rius I; Vigneron DB; Nelson SJ; Ronen SM; Larson PE
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(13) C magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging of hyperpolarized [1-(13) C, U-(2) H5 ] ethanol oxidation can be used to assess aldehyde dehydrogenase activity in vivo.

2015-05 | Journal article
Contributors: Dzien P; Kettunen MI; Marco-Rius I; Serrao EM; Rodrigues TB; Larkin TJ; Timm KN; Brindle KM
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Quantitation of a spin polarization-induced nuclear Overhauser effect (SPINOE) between a hyperpolarized (13) C-labeled cell metabolite and water protons.

2014 | Journal article
Contributors: Marco-Rius I; Bohndiek SE; Kettunen MI; Larkin TJ; Basharat M; Seeley C; Brindle KM
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In vivo single-shot 13C spectroscopic imaging of hyperpolarized metabolites by spatiotemporal encoding.

2014-03 | Journal article
Contributors: Schmidt R; Laustsen C; Dumez JN; Kettunen MI; Serrao EM; Marco-Rius I; Brindle KM; Ardenkjaer-Larsen JH; Frydman L
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Hyperpolarized singlet lifetimes of pyruvate in human blood and in the mouse.

2013-12 | Journal article
Contributors: Marco-Rius I; Tayler MC; Kettunen MI; Larkin TJ; Timm KN; Serrao EM; Rodrigues TB; Pileio G; Ardenkjaer-Larsen JH; Levitt MH et al.
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A fast analytic dose calculation method for arc treatments for kilovoltage small animal irradiators.

2013-09 | Journal article
Contributors: Marco-Rius I; Wack L; Tsiamas P; Tryggestad E; Berbeco R; Hesser J; Zygmanski P
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Direct enhancement of nuclear singlet order by dynamic nuclear polarization.

2012-05 | Journal article
Contributors: Tayler MC; Marco-Rius I; Kettunen MI; Brindle KM; Levitt MH; Pileio G
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Peer review (3 reviews for 3 publications/grants)

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