Award
National Institute of General Medical Sciences 5R35GM151152-04
Transformative lightsheet microscopy techniques for subcellular imaging in physiologically relevant 3D environments
Recipient
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, United States
Award Amount
$373,394.00
Ceiling
$373,394.00
Awarded
June 23, 2026
Identifier
5R35GM151152-04
The award supports the development of advanced lightsheet microscopy technologies to enhance imaging resolution and capabilities for studying cellular interactions in 3D tissue environments, enabling detailed and dynamic biological observations relevant to cancer research and other fields.
Description
This project aims to engineer new optics to improve spatiotemporal resolution and enable researchers to probe multiple simultaneous cellular phenotypes within the 3D architecture of tissue microenvironments using advanced lightsheet microscopy techniques. The research will develop large volume hyperspectral lightsheet microscopy capable of imaging 12+ fluorophores at 300 nm XYZ resolution, a next generation lightsheet microscope for seamless organ to cellular level imaging, new sample scanning strategies, autofocus routines for prolonged imaging, and a lattice lightsheet fluorescence microscope with adaptive optics for live cell imaging.