February 2025 Newsletter
Welcome Shao Li!
To meet the growing and evolving needs of our Users, we are happy to announce that Dr. Shao Li has joined our Advanced Light Microscopy Core team.
Shao recently graduated from the University of Georgia where she worked with Professor Peter Kner. During her graduate studies, Shao developed custom-built optical systems that incorporated several advanced techniques such as TIRF, super resolution (dSTORM), single molecule imaging, and light sheet microscopy. Her knowledge of advanced imaging modalities and open-source image analysis will be a benefit to us all, and will greatly expand the support and guidance offered by the facility.
Upcoming Altium Demo
Join us for an upcoming equipment demo!
- Who/What: Altium Tomocube
- Description: 3D holographic label-free microscopy
- Applications: live cells, 2D/3D cultures, organoids
- Date: February 24 - 28
Learn more about the Tomocube here.
Recent publications
If you have published recently, please let us know.
- Ali Boreli, Courtney Shultze, Mark Young, Bruce Kirkpatrick, Kristi Anseth. Ligand presentation controls collective MSC response to matrix stress relaxation in hybrid PEG-HA hydrogels. Bioactive Materials 44, 152-163 (2025). Microscope(s): Nikon Spinning Disk Confocal.
- Nikolas Di Caprio, Alex Hughes, Jason Burdick. Programmed shape transformations in cell-laden granular composites. Science Advances 11, eadq5011 (2025). Imaris Workstation.
- Tze-Ling Chang, Alexandra Borelli, Alicia Cutler, Brad Olwin, Kristi Anseth. Myofibers cultured in viscoelastic hydrogels reveal the effects of integrin-binding and mechanosensing on muscle satellite cells. Acta Biomaterialia 192, 48-60 (2025). Microscope(s): Nikon A1R Laser Scanning Confocal.
- Alexsandra Wierzba, Erin Richards, Shelby Lennon, Rob Batey, Amy Palmer. Unveiling the promise of peptide nucleic acids as functional linkers for an RNA imaging platform. RSC Chemical Biology 6, 249-262 (2025). Microscope(s): Nikon A1R Laser Scanning Confocal.
- Ian Wyllie, Mohammad Afzal, Anni Shi, Andrew Zydney, Dan Schwartz. Single particle tracking reveals through-membrane diffusion of bacteriophage during process disruption of virus filtration. Journal of Membrane Science 713, 123380 (2025). Microscope(s): Nikon N-STORM and Image Analysis.