Research & Resources

LAMMP users have access to a variety of resources, including multidimensional optical tools for imaging and manipulating living cells and near-infrared optical tools for characterizing and imaging physiology in tissues. In addition, users can take advantage of LAMMP's service personnel and support facilities.

Core Technologies

Microbeam and Microscopy Technologies

For high-resolution functional imaging and manipulation of living cells and tissues.

• Multi-Dimensional Microscopy (MDM)
  • Multiphoton Microscopy/Second Harmonic Generation (MPM/SHG)
  • Combined Multiphoton Microscopy-Optical Coherence Tomography (MPM/OCT)
  • Confocal Ablation Trapping System (CATS)
  • Zeiss LSM 510 Meta Microscopy System
  • Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Scattering (CARS)
• Spatially-Modulated Microbeams (SMM)

Medical Translational Technologies

For non- and minimally-invasive monitoring, treating, and imaging pre-clinical animal models and human subjects.

• Wide-Field Functional Imaging (WiFI)
• Micro-Endoscopic Tomography (MET)
• Diffuse Optical Spectroscopy/Imaging (DOS/I)

Virtual Photonics Technologies

For developing computational models and methods that advance the performance of biophotonic technolgies, and enhance the information content derived from optical measurements.

• Virtual Tissue Simulator (VTS)
• Application Tool Kits (ATKs)

Support Facilities

The following support facilities are available through the LAMMP resource.

• Medical Clinic (Operating room, outpatient treatment rooms)
• Veterinary Treatment Suite (Animal operating room)
• Cell Culture/Tissue Engineering/Biochemistry Facility
• Histology/Electron Microscopy Facility
• Image Processing/Computation
• Spectroscopy (Absorption/fluorescence, Reflectance, Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR))
• Laser Microbeams (CATS microscope, Zeiss META 510 NLO)