New Nature Medicine Article Covering Irving Bigio’s DermaSensor Device
Professor Bigio’s latest translational and clinical research project, an AI-assisted optical reader to help in the diagnosis of skin cancer, is discussed.
Category: Features
Terry Ellis Featured in Brink Article on Parkinson’s
Volunteers at a BU neurorehabilitation center are key to two new Parkinson’s treatment breakthroughs: wearable robotics and a music system that helps patients walk faster and farther.
When Cutting-Edge Microscopes Meet Deep Learning Algorithms
Lei Tian’s Computational Imaging Systems group is calculating new ways to see molecules, cells, and life in action By Kat J. McAlpine Research images provided by Lei Tian | Photos by Kelly Peña Lei Tian – a faculty member at BU’s Photonics Center and a BU College of Engineering (ENG) assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering – has spent […]
Hope for More Holistic Autism Support
Simone Gill is exploring the connection between early childhood and motor development in children with Autism
Autism, from Every Angle
Featuring research from professors Simon Gill and Helen Tager-Flusberg.
Jerome Mertz Featured on Cover of SPIE Journal of Biomedical Optics
In Vol. 28 / No. 11, Professor Mertz and team were featured for their article on “Multiplane HiLo microscopy with speckle illumination and non-local means denoising”
Professor Swathi Kiran’s ICCR Program Creates Pathway For Students to Return to College After Brain Injuries
Boston University’s Intensive Cognitive Communication Rehabilitation (ICCR) program is helping young adults with acquired brain injury (ABI) return to college or higher education by improving their communication skills in academic environments.
NPC Faculty SpotLight Event
Join us for exciting rapid research talks by BU faculty involved in Neurophotonics! Thursday, November 9, 12:00PM In Person: BU Photonics Room 906 (Lunch provided following talk) Or via Zoom Please join us for the BU Neurophotonics Faculty SpotLight, where select Neurophotonics Center (NPC) Faculty will present short talks about the research they conduct in […]
Martin Thunemann Takes His Work Home with Him. He Wouldn’t Have It Any Other Way.
When Martin Thunemann was a kid, he had a chemistry toolkit in his parents’ basement. He would spend hours there in his subterranean lab, learning about acids and bases and exploring different types of reactions with child-size test tubes and beakers. Both of his parents were chemists themselves, but they never pushed him to follow […]
NPC Projects Summary 2021
Here is a preview of the NPC supported projects for 2020-2021 that will appear in the upcoming annual report. Structural Microscopy Serial Sectioning OCT Functional Microscopy Large Scale Fiber Photometry Multimodal Approaches iPSC-Derived Brain Organoids Applications Beyond Neuroscience Ex vivo Lung Imaging Proof-of-principle Optical Imaging Technology Imaging Neuronal Dynamics across Multiple Brain Areas with […]