Cell biology

News and Updates

New NIST Service: Extending Traceable Measurements Inside the Human Body

March 23, 2018

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is now providing a new measurement service that can improve...

A close-up view of cells that have been labelled with fluorophores in blue, green, red and orange to highlight composition.

CHO and Tell

February 22, 2018

Although few people realize it, modern medicine relies heavily on the ovarian cells of Chinese hamsters, not as a...

A Map App to Track Stem Cells

February 13, 2018

Researchers who work with stem cells have ambitious goals. Some want to cure cancer or treat heart disease. Others want...

A Stopwatch for Nanofluids: NIST Files Provisional Patent for Measuring Nanoliter Flow Rates

January 17, 2018

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has filed a provisional patent application for a microflow...

Publications

Imaging linear and circular polarization features in leaves with complete Mueller matrix polarimetry

June 01, 2018

Author(s):

C.H. L. Patty, David Luo, Frans Snik, Freek Ariese, Wybren J. Buma, Inge L. ten Kate, Rob J. van Spanning, William Sparks, Thomas A. Germer, Gy?z? Garab, Michael W. Kudenov

Spectropolarimetry of intact plant leaves allows to probe the molecular architecture of vegetation photosynthesis in a non-invasive and non-destructive way and...

Mass Measurements of Focal Adhesions in Single Cells Using High Resolution Surface Plasmon Resonance Microscopy

February 23, 2018

Author(s):

Alexander W. Peterson, Alessandro Tona, Michael W. Halter, Anne L. Plant, John T. Elliott

Surface plasmon resonance microscopy (SPRM) is a powerful label-free imaging technique with spatial resolution approaching the optical diffraction limit. The...

Large Field of View Quantitative Phase Imaging of Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells and Optical Pathlength Reference Materials

February 23, 2018

Author(s):

Edward J. Kwee, Alexander W. Peterson, Jeffrey R. Stinson, Michael W. Halter, Liya Yu, Michael P. Majurski, Joe Chalfoun, Peter Bajcsy, John T. Elliott

Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) are reprogrammed cells that can have heterogeneous biological potential. Quality assurance metrics of reprogrammed iPSCs...

Primary Determination of Particle Number Concentration with Light Obscuration and Dynamic Imaging Particle Counters

January 11, 2018

Author(s):

Dean C. Ripple, Paul C. DeRose

Accurate number concentrations of particles in liquid media are needed to assess the quality of water, pharmaceuticals, and other liquids, yet there are...

Projects & Programs

Software

Custom Lifetime Imaging Platform (CLIP)

CLIP is an analysis program for fluorescence lifetime images. It provides the user with the ability to fit or calculate the phasor plots for lifetime decays...

Cell biology

News and Updates

New NIST Service: Extending Traceable Measurements Inside the Human Body

CHO and Tell

A Map App to Track Stem Cells

A Stopwatch for Nanofluids: NIST Files Provisional Patent for Measuring Nanoliter Flow Rates

Publications

Imaging linear and circular polarization features in leaves with complete Mueller matrix polarimetry

Mass Measurements of Focal Adhesions in Single Cells Using High Resolution Surface Plasmon Resonance Microscopy

Large Field of View Quantitative Phase Imaging of Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells and Optical Pathlength Reference Materials

Primary Determination of Particle Number Concentration with Light Obscuration and Dynamic Imaging Particle Counters

Projects & Programs

Building Measurement Confidence for Cell Characterization

Live Cell Imaging of Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Populations

Regenerative Medicine Biomanufacturing

Label-free imaging of cells and their extracellular matrix by SPR imaging

Software

Custom Lifetime Imaging Platform (CLIP)