Very Fast Imaging by Broadband Coherent Raman (VIBRA)

Polimi role:
Coordinator

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Scientific coordinator:
Dario Polli

The VIBRA project aims at developing an innovative microscope for real-time non-invasive imaging of cells and tissues, which promises to have a revolutionary impact on several fields of biology and medicine. Chemically specific vibrational signatures of molecules enable their direct structural characterization. Reliable and quantitative endogenous bio-markers can be established, e.g., to follow cell differentiation and to identify crucial properties of tissues (malignant vs benign phenotype of a tumour). In this way neoplasms can be located and their borders with normal tissue traced for surgery. The ground-breaking goal of VIBRA is to combine the most detailed molecular information over the entire vibrational spectrum with the highest acquisition speed. The PI will develop a complete coherent Raman microscope for near-video-rate broadband vibrational imaging.

Program: Horizon 2020

Subprogram: Pillar I - Excellent Science

Call: ERC-2014-COG

Topic: ERC-CoG-2014: ERC Consolidator Grant

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