Nonlinear organic small molecule imaging agents

By combining advances in microscopy with novel functional materials, new applications of imaging in neuroscience and cancer detection become possible. In this talk, I will discuss some recent findings using multi-functional fluorescent organic small molecules in two distinct application spaces: imaging and stimulation of neural systems and cancer therapeutic screening. In addition, some recent work using computational methods to analyze the viability of spheroids and organoids without labels and in a longitudinal manner may be presented.