Chris Xu
Keynote Lecture
Wednesday, September, 29th, 2021, 5:00pm – 6:00pm
Imaging Deeper and Faster with Multiphoton Microscop
School of Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
Abstract
Over the last three decades, multiphoton microscopy has created a renaissance in the imaging community. It has changed how we visualize cells by providing high-resolution, non-invasive imaging capability deep within intact tissue. In this lecture, we will first present the fundamental physics behind multiphoton deep imaging, discuss the challenges of deep tissue, high-resolution optical imaging, and illustrate the requirements and approaches for imaging the dynamic biological function at the cellular level over a large area and depth in awake and behaving animals. We will then present results of deep and fast imaging with long wavelength 3-photon microscopy in the brains and other organs in mouse and fish models. Finally, we will discuss several recent developments, including multi-color 3-photon deep imaging and new laser sources, to further improve the imaging depth and speed in biological tissues.
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Chris Xu is the IBM Chair Professor of Engineering at Cornell University. He is the Director of School of Applied and Engineering Physics, the founding co-director of Cornell Neurotech, and the director of Cornell NeuroNex Hub, an NSF funded center for developing and disseminating neurotechnology. Prior to Cornell, he was a member of technical staff at Bell Laboratories and pioneered breakthrough development of fiber optic communication systems based on differential phase-shift keying. He received his Ph.D. in Applied Physics, Cornell University. His current research areas are multiphoton microscopy for deep tissue imaging, multiphoton microendoscopy for clinical applications, and fiber-based devices and systems for optical imaging. He has received three teaching excellence awards and the Cornell Engineering Research Excellence Award. He is a fellow of the Optical Society of America, and a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors.
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Publications
An adaptive excitation source for high-speed multiphoton microscopy
In vivo three-photon imaging of activity of GCaMP6-labeled neurons deep in intact mouse brain
In vivo three-photon microscopy of subcortical structures of an intact mouse brain