News

2019

01 Apr 2019 - Checking In with Photomedicine

03 Apr 2019 - Profile in Optics & Photonics News

2018

26 Oct 2018 - Inaugural T.F. Deutch Fellowship

15 Oct 2018 - Thomas F. Deutsch Fellowship Winner Yue Zhuo

15 Oct 2018 - Postdoc Yue Zhuo Receives Inaugural Thomas F. Deutsch Fellowship in Biomedical Optics (FIO + LS 2018, Carnegie Institution of Science, Washington, D.C.)

03 Oct 2018 - Zhuo to Receive Inaugural Fellowship in Biomedical Optics at MGH

04 Oct 2018 - Alumna Zhuo receives prestigious fellowship in biomedical optics

17 Sep 2018 - Inaugural Thomas F. Deutsch Fellow

08 Jun 2018 - Photonic Resonator Outcoupler Microscopy: New Tool for Live Imaging of Cell Focal Adhesions

06 Jun 2018 - Label-Free Microscopy Analyzes Dynamics of Cell Membranes

04 Jun 2018 - PROM microscopy analyses cellular focal adhesion dynamics

01 Jun 2018 - Researchers Develop Microscopy Technique to Analyze Cellular Focal Adhesion Dynamics

By Maeve Reilly. Published on June 01, 2018

Focal adhesions are large specialized proteins that are located in the area where a cell membrane meets the extracellular matrix (ECM), a collection of molecules surrounding the cells that provide support and regulate micromechanical signals to the cells. Examining focal adhesions is one of the key elements to understanding how a cell proliferates, differentiates, and migrates—which can help in the treatment of diseases like cancer. Researchers at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology and the Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory at the University of Illinois have developed a new form of microscopy that allows them to observe the formation and evolution of cell membrane focal adhesions. Their paper in Light: Science & Applications, “Quantitative Analysis of Focal Adhesion Dynamics Using Photonic Resonator Outcoupler Microscopy (PROM),” details how the new live cell imaging technique can observe the formation and evolution of cell membrane focal adhesions.

01 Jun 2018 - Novel microscopy technique developed to analyze cellular focal adhesion dynamics

01 Jun 2018 - Cellular Focal Adhesion Dynamics Analyzed: Novel Microscopy Technique

2017

05 Oct 2017 - Alumna Zhuo Receives Postdoctoral Scholar Award

15 Sep 2017 - Alumna Zhuo earns scholar award for PCEM-related paper

26 Jul 2017 - 2017 M&M Postdoctoral Students Awards & Scholarships

10 May 2017 - Beckman Institute researcher awarded Postdoctoral Scholar Award

08 Mar 2017 - Enter the matrix

01 Feb 2017 - Crystal Sensor Reveals Essential Cell Behavior

30 Jan 2017 - Researchers explore essential cell behavior with crystal sensor

2016

21 Dec 2016 - Illinois Researchers Unveil Powerful New Microscope

21 Dec 2016 - Enhanced label-free microscope tracks cell adhesion in high resolution

19 Dec 2016 - Biosensor-Based Microscope Measures Cell Interactions Quantitatively Over Time

19 Dec 2016 - Cunningham's label-free microscopy enables high-resolution imaging of cell interactions

07 Dec 2016 - Novel label-free microscope enables dynamic, high-resolution imaging of cell interactions

07 Dec 2016 - Photonic crystal enhanced microscope sheds light on wound healing and cancer metastasis

07 Dec 2016 - Story label-free microscopy enables dynamic, high-resolution imaging of cellular interactions

05 May 2016 - Yue Zhuo wins CNST Nanotechnology Workshop 2016 Poster Winners

29 Feb 2016 - 2016 Beckman Institute Postdoctoral Fellows Announced

2015

28 Jul 2015 - Yue Zhuo wins 1st place Poster Award in Nanotechnology Workshop

07 May 2015 - Yue Zhuo wins CNST Nanotechnology Workshop 2015 Poster Winners

2014

13 Jun 2014 - OSA Pusblishing: Detection of Single Nanoparticles Using Photonic Crystal Enhanced Microscopy

16 Apr 2014 - MNTL workshop: Detection of Protein-protein binding Using Photonic Crystal Enhanced Microscopy

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2013

01 Nov 2013 - BIOE workshop: Detection of Single Nanoparticles Using Photonic Crystal Enhanced Microscopy

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