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Bioscience

Bioimaging

The Research

Fluorescence benchmarking

Fluorescence Microscopy Benchmarking: Overview

Completed
A challenge in using microscopy is how to compare and validate data from different instruments, and how to determine that the microscope performance today is the same as yesterday. NIST is developing a practical, automated approach to implementing performance benchmarking methods that will
BCARS image of tissue sample

Broadband Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Scattering (BCARS) Microscopy

Ongoing
Impact There is a need for label-free chemical microscopy in medicine, biology and materials science. Most of the current methods use chemical labels that often disturb the distribution and nature of chemical components being investigated. The method we are developing enables noninvasive and rapid

Cell-based Assay for Mechanistically-based Prediction of Cytoxicity

Completed
Ricin is a type 2 ribosome inactivating protein (RIP) belonging to the A-B family of toxins and is of particular interest because of its potential use as a biological weapon and the dearth of rapid and sensitive assays that could assist detection and decontamination. The ricin toxin inhibits protein

News and Updates

A hand in a purple glove turns a metal dial on a plate holding tiny vials of purple liquid.

NIST Develops New Nondestructive Method for Assessing Bioengineered Artificial Tissues

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Stem Cells and AI: Better Together

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