(2019 - 2020) Alzheimer's Disease Research Center Seed Grant.
(2017 - 2020) Alzheimer’s Association Research Fellowship ($175K).
(2016) Alzheimer’s Imaging Consortium Fellowship.
(2016 - 2017) NINDS T32 Training Fellowship, Neurobiology of Neurological Disease.
(2012) International Society of MR in Medicine - Summa Cum Laude Award.
(2007 - 2010) National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship.
PhD, Carnegie Mellon University, 2005 - 2011
Fitz, N.F., Nam, K.N., Wolfe, C.M., Letronne, F., Playso, B.E., Iordanova, B.E., Kozai, T.D.Y., Biedrzycki, R.J., Kagan, V.E., Tyurina, Y.Y., Han, X., Lefterov, I., & Koldamova, R. (2021). Phospholipids of APOE lipoproteins activate microglia in an isoform-specific manner in preclinical models of Alzheimer's disease. Nat Commun, 12(1), 3416.Springer Science and Business Media LLC. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-23762-0.
Poplawsky, A.J., Iordanova, B., Vazquez, A.L., Kim, S.G., & Fukuda, M. (2021). Postsynaptic activity of inhibitory neurons evokes hemodynamic fMRI responses. NEUROIMAGE, 225, 117457.Elsevier BV. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2020.117457.
Iordanova, B., Fukuda, M., Klunk, W., & Vazquez, A.L. (2019). Vascular and metabolic dysfunctions in APP/PS1 mouse model of Alzheimer's disease. JOURNAL OF CEREBRAL BLOOD FLOW AND METABOLISM, 39, 44-45.
Iordanova, B., Klunk, W.E., & Vazquez, A.L. (2018). P1-441: HYPERCAPNIA EXPOSES DEFICIENCIES IN CEREBROVASCULAR RESPONSE AND TISSUE OXYGENATION IN TRANSGENIC AD MICE. Alzheimer's & Dementia, 14(7S_Part_8), P480.Wiley. doi: 10.1016/j.jalz.2018.06.450.
Iordanova, B., Vazquez, A., Kozai, T.D., Fukuda, M., & Kim, S.G. (2018). Optogenetic investigation of the variable neurovascular coupling along the interhemispheric circuits. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab, 38(4), 627-640.SAGE Publications. doi: 10.1177/0271678X18755225.
Jin, T., Iordanova, B., Hitchens, T.K., Modo, M., Wang, P., Mehrens, H., & Kim, S.G. (2018). Chemical exchange-sensitive spin-lock (CESL) MRI of glucose and analogs in brain tumors. Magn Reson Med, 80(2), 488-495.Wiley. doi: 10.1002/mrm.27183.
Koldamova, R., Lefterov, I., Fitz, N.F., Nam, K.N., Wolfe, C.M., Iordanova, B.Koldamova, R., Lefterov, I. (2018). P4-051: EFFECT OF APOE ISOFORM ON MICROGLIAL RESPONSE TO AMYLOID-BETA. Alzheimer's & Dementia, 14(7S_Part_27), P1453.Wiley. doi: 10.1016/j.jalz.2018.06.2454.
Iordanova, B., Li, L., Clark, R.S.B., & Manole, M.D. (2017). Alterations in Cerebral Blood Flow after Resuscitation from Cardiac Arrest. Front Pediatr, 5, 174.Frontiers Media SA. doi: 10.3389/fped.2017.00174.
Iordanova, B., Murphy, M.C., Klunk, W.E., & Vazquez, A.L. (2016). P4-093: In Vivo NADH Fluorescence Imaging of Double Transgenic Alzheimer's Disease Mice Reveals Chronic Tissue Hypoxia. Alzheimer's & Dementia, 12, P1047-P1048.Wiley. doi: 10.1016/j.jalz.2016.06.2182.
Iordanova, B., Murphy, M.C., Klunk, W.E., & Vazquez, A.L. (2016). IC-P-030: In Vivo Nadh Fluorescence Imaging of Double Transgenic Ad Mice Reveals Chronic Tissue Hypoxia. Alzheimer's & Dementia, 12, P30-P31.Wiley. doi: 10.1016/j.jalz.2016.06.040.
Iordanova, B., Vazquez, A.L., Poplawsky, A.J., Fukuda, M., & Kim, S.G. (2015). Neural and hemodynamic responses to optogenetic and sensory stimulation in the rat somato sensory cortex. JOURNAL OF CEREBRAL BLOOD FLOW AND METABOLISM, 35(6), 922-932.SAGE Publications. doi: 10.1038/jcbfm.2015.10.
Iordanova, B., Goins, W.F., Clawson, D.S., Hitchens, T.K., & Ahrens, E.T. (2013). Quantification of HSV-1-mediated expression of the ferritin MRI reporter in the mouse brain. GENE THERAPY, 20(6), 589-596.Springer Science and Business Media LLC. doi: 10.1038/gt.2012.70.
Iordanova, B., Hitchens, T.K., Robison, C.S., & Ahrens, E.T. (2013). Engineered Mitochondrial Ferritin as a Magnetic Resonance Imaging Reporter in Mouse Olfactory Epithelium. PLOS ONE, 8(8), e72720.Public Library of Science (PLoS). doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0072720.
Iordanova, B., & Ahrens, E.T. (2012). In vivo magnetic resonance imaging of ferritin-based reporter visualizes native neuroblast migration. NEUROIMAGE, 59(2), 1004-1012.Elsevier BV. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2011.08.068.
Iordanova, B., & Ahrens, E.T. (2012). MRI Reporter Genes for Cancer Research. In Molecular Imaging Probes for Cancer Research. (pp. 715-731).WORLD SCIENTIFIC. doi: 10.1142/9789814293686_0024.
Iordanova, B., Robison, C.S., & Ahrens, E.T. (2010). Design and characterization of a chimeric ferritin with enhanced iron loading and transverse NMR relaxation rate. JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL INORGANIC CHEMISTRY, 15(6), 957-965.Springer Science and Business Media LLC. doi: 10.1007/s00775-010-0657-7.
Iordanova, B., Robison, C.S., Goins, W.F., & Ahrens, E.T. (2010). Single chain ferritin chimera as an improved MRI gene reporter. Prilozi, 31(2), 151-155.
Iordanova, B., Rosenbaum, D., Norman, D., Weiner, M., & Studholme, C. (2006). MR imaging anatomy in neurodegeneration: A robust volumetric parcellation method of the frontal lobe gyri with quantitative validation in patients with dementia. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF NEURORADIOLOGY, 27(8), 1747-1754.
Rousseau, F., Glenn, O.A., Iordanova, B., Rodriguez-Carranza, C., Vigneron, D.B., Barkovich, J.A., & Studholme, C. (2006). Registration-based approach for reconstruction of high-resolution in utero fetal MR brain images. ACADEMIC RADIOLOGY, 13(9), 1072-1081.Elsevier BV. doi: 10.1016/j.acra.2006.05.003.
Studholme, C., Drapaca, C., Iordanova, B., & Cardenas, V. (2006). Deformation-based mapping of volume change from serial brain MRI in the presence of local tissue contrast change. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MEDICAL IMAGING, 25(5), 626-639.Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi: 10.1109/TMI.2006.872745.
Rousseau, F., Glenn, O., Iordanova, B., Rodriguez-Carranza, C., Vigneron, D., Barkovich, J., & Studholme, C. (2005). A novel approach to high resolution fetal brain MR imaging. MEDICAL IMAGE COMPUTING AND COMPUTER-ASSISTED INTERVENTION - MICCAI 2005, PT 1, 3749(Pt 1), 548-555.Springer Berlin Heidelberg. doi: 10.1007/11566465_68.
Rousseau, F., Glenn, O., Iordanova, B., Rodriguez-Carranza, C., Vigneron, D., Barkovich, J., & Studholme, C. (2005). A novel approach to high resolution fetal brain MR imaging. Medical image computing and computer-assisted intervention : MICCAI ... International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, 8(Pt 1), 548-555.
Fukuda, M., Poplawsky, A.J., Iordanova, B., Vazquez, A.L., & Kim, S.G. (2019). Coupling of neuronal activity to blood flow in dendrodendritic synapses is mediated by postsynaptic gabaergic cells in olfactory bulb. In JOURNAL OF CEREBRAL BLOOD FLOW AND METABOLISM, 39, (pp. 239-240).
Rodriguez-Carranza, C.E., Rousseau, F., Iordanova, B., Glenn, O., Vigneron, D., Barkovich, J., & Studholme, C. (2006). An ISO-surface folding analysis method applied to premature neonatal brain development. In Medical Imaging 2006: Image Processing, 6144 I.SPIE. doi: 10.1117/12.652516.