New Article from Lei Tian
Professor Tian, et al. have recently been published for their paper on “Asymmetric metasurface photodetectors for single-shot quantitative phase imaging.” Read the full article here: https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/nanoph-2023-0354/html?lang=en ABSTRACT: The visualization of pure phase objects by wavefront sensing has important applications ranging from surface profiling to biomedical microscopy, and generally requires bulky and complicated setups involving optical […]
New Article from Hadi T. Nia on creating a “Crystal Ribcage”
Hadi T. Nia and his team were part of a new publication on nature covering a “Crystal ribcage: a platform for probing real-time lung function at cellular resolution.” Their advancements now allow for real time study of mouse lung functionality. Read the abstract below, and the rest of the article here: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41592-023-02004-9?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=nmeth ABSTRACT: Understanding the dynamic pathogenesis […]
New Article from Kamal Sen’s Lab
In a new article as part of the Journal of Neurophysiology, Kamal Sen and his lab have been recently published for their work considering “A robust and compact population code for competing sounds in auditory cortex.” Read the full article here: https://journals.physiology.org/doi/full/10.1152/jn.00148.2023 ABSTRACT – Cortical circuits encoding sensory information consist of populations of neurons, yet […]
A Giant Leap in Detecting Brain Activity
Professors Jerome Mertz and Mike Economo developed a new method and microscope allowing them to see electrical activity between brain cells in exquisite detail
David Boas featured in new SPIE article
David Boas, in addition to other BU researchers, were recently featured in a new SPIE article discussing their advancements in detecting blood circulation problems
Jiabei Zhu of Tian’s Group Wins OPTICA Student Paper Competition – 3D Imaging Sub-Division
Another student within Lei Tian’s research group, Jiabei Zhu, has been awarded the win for OPTICA’s Student Paper Award, this time in the field of “3D Imaging Acquisition and Display: Technology, Perception and Applications (3D)” Zhu’s paper, “3D Phase Imaging from Intensity Measurements with Non-Paraxial Multiple Scattering Model” stood out among four potential candidates from top […]
Scientist Profile – Professor David Boas
Since 2017, Professor David Boas, founding director of the BU Neurophotonics Center (NPC), has been building an interdisciplinary community to develop and deploy photonics technologies that allow scientists to use light to study the brain in impactful new ways.
Neuroscience Beyond the Lab
Incoming Neurophotonics Center assistant professor Matthias Stangl is looking into the “how” and “why” of neural mechanisms. By Danny Giancioppo: Neuroscientist Matthias Stangl will be joining the Boston University Department of Biomedical Engineering, the Neurophotonics Center (NPC), the Center for Systems Neuroscience, and the Cognitive Neuroimaging Center this January after an already impressive career at […]
Hao Wang of the Tian Group Wins OPTICA Student Paper Award
Following up the several BU graduate students to be named as finalists in OPTICA’s recent Student Paper Award, Hao Wang of Lei Tian’s research group has won for the paper “Wide-field, high-resolution reflection-mode Fourier ptychographic microscopy.”
Darren Roblyer to Lead New SPIE Journal
Professor Roblyer will be serving as the editor-in-chief of SPIE‘s latest journal, “Biophotonics Discovery (BIOS),” beginning publication in early 2024. The journal will serve as an outlet for new and advancing technologies, research, and findings within the biophotonics field, a burgeoning subdivision of both biology and photonics. This is publication also serves as an outlet through which […]