Molecular Imaging and Microscopy Lab

Shortwave infrared (SWIR) fluorescence detection gradually becomes a pivotal real-time imaging modality, allowing one to elucidate biological complexity in deep tissues with subcellular resolution. Our team members addressed the key challenge for the further growth of this imaging modality: the design of new brighter biocompatible fluorescent probes.

An innovative experiment design shows, in real time and at the scale of a single molecule, how stem cells control their slow rolling inside the circulatory system by growing long tethers that attach to the inner surfaces of blood vessels. The strategy could help researchers to improve stem cell transplantations and to find new treatments for metastasizing cancers.

Maram Abadi is off to a new career adventure!