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SUMMARY:Imaging Seminar: Visualizing mechanical properties in biology usin
 g Brillouin microscopy
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DTEND:20231213T110000
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DESCRIPTION:Dr. Robert Prevedel\, European Molecular Biology Laboratory\, 
 Heidelberg \n<< Registration below >>\n\nAbstract:\nAcross spatial sca
 les\, the mechanical properties of cells and tissues are important since t
 hey play intricate roles in determining biological function. However\, sta
 ndard techniques currently used to assess them exhibit intrinsic limitatio
 ns. Here\, an emerging technique is Brillouin microscopy: by exploiting t
 he interaction of light with spontaneous acoustic waves intrinsically pres
 ent in any sample\, Brillouin microscopy (BM) enables assessment of mecha
 nical properties in a 3D\, all-optical and hence non-contact fashion. In 
 this seminar\, I will I will briefly introduce and review this emerging f
 ield before discussing various applications in biology and present our ef
 forts to optimize the technique for fast and high-resolution live-imagi
 ng of dynamic biological processes with low-phototoxicity. In particular\
 , by combining a line-scanning BM with a fluorescence light-sheet\, we c
 ould visualize tissue-specific mechanical properties over space and tim
 e in developing model organisms such as Drosophila\, Phallusia\, and mous
 e embryos.\n\nShort bio:\nRobert Prevedel is a group leader at the Europea
 n Molecular Biology Laboratory\, Heidelberg (Germany). His primary researc
 h interest lies in developing advanced and innovative optical techniques f
 or biomedical imaging\, such as multi-photon and light field-microscopy\, 
 photo-acoustics or Brillouin spectroscopy. Robert holds a PhD in experimen
 tal physics from the University of Vienna (Austria) for which he developed
  new approaches for optical quantum computing. During his postdoctoral yea
 rs\, first at the University of Waterloo (Canada) and later at the Institu
 te of Molecular Pathology in Vienna (Austria)\, Robert worked on innovativ
 e optical methods and tools for imaging in biology\, with a focus on funct
 ional neuroimaging in small model organisms.\n\nRegistration appreciated\n
 More info here
LOCATION:BM 5202 https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==BM%205202
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