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Biophysics of Model Membranes

Synthetic cell membrane constructs allow the simplification and complete control of a more complicated cellular system, … more

Nano-biophotonics for molecular imaging

Biophotonics is at the intersection of photonics and biology where light is used to image, detect, and manipulate biological materials. This … more

Optical medical imaging

The Optical Medical Imaging program was established to advance the application of optical imaging in surgical, clinical, and medical practices. … more

Electronics-Based Bio-Sensing, Single Molecule Metrology, and Membrane Protein Structure-Function

Nearly 14 years ago, we demonstrated that a single nanopore could be used to electrically detect individual molecules of single-stranded RNA and … more

Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) Nanoparticle Metrology

The largest existing market for nanotechnology centers on production and use of nanoparticles and nanocomposites. The NextGen Program is … more

Development of Biomarker-based Systems for Cancer Detection and Therapy

Biomarkers play an increasingly important role in disease detection and treatment. As one of the Biomarker Reference Laboratories (BRLs) in the … more

Software
NIST's Integrated colony enumerator (NICE)

Enumeration of bacterial colonies on an agar plate is simple in concept, but automated colony counting is difficult due to variations in colony … more

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