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In collaboration with the Cosgrove Lab, the proposed research will utilize novel OCE methods for 3D mechanical microscopy to investigate the role of local mechanical properties of individual stem cell microenvironments in intact tissue explants and engineered biomaterial niches.

Nikki’s and Rishee’s paper on the ‘OCT version’ of Ashkin’s seminal radiation pressure experiment is now published in Optics Express. Depth-resolved measurement of optical radiation-pressure forces with OCT may find applications in the characterization of optical tractor beams over extended depth ranges, … Continue reading →

Entitled “CAREER: Hybrid adaptive optics: a new paradigm for faster, deeper, volumetric microscopy in scattering media”, this was awarded through the NSF BIOPHOTONICS, IMAGING & SENSING programs.  Further information can be found on the NSF website.

Raisa B. Rasul is a PhD student in the Biomedical Engineering Department. She obtained her B.S. in Biomedical Engineering with a minor in Nanotechnology from the University of Arkansas. Her research in the group is focused on the use of … Continue reading →

J.A. Mulligan, F. Bordeleau, C.A. Reinhart-King and S.G. Adie, “Traction Force Microscopy for Non-Invasive Imaging of Cell Forces”, In Biomechanics in Oncology, Editors: C. Dong, N. Kuhn, and K. Konstantopoulos, Springer, In press.

Mike is the first postdoc to join our group. He received his B.Sc. from the University of British Columbia, his M.Sc. from Simon Fraser University, and his Ph.D. from the University of Sydney, all in physics with a strong optics … Continue reading →

We have been awarded a grant through the NIH BRAIN Initiative to integrate hardware and computational adaptive optics for imaging deeper into the living mouse brain. This research will be conducted in collaboration with the Xu Lab (Cornell, Applied and … Continue reading →

Our annual kayaking adventure on Cayuga Lake (Myers Park), followed by a BBQ dinner…a good opportunity to have some fun (this time outside of the lab)!

We have developed a new OCT-based technique for 3D traction force microscopy (TFM), in collaboration with the Reinhart-King group.  The paper can be found here: https://doi.org/10.1364/BOE.8.001152.