RPI grad and NSCI scientists use gaming software to develop 5D movies for stem cell analysis
RENSSELAER N.Y. –RPI graduate and Associate Professor of electrical and computer engineering at Drexel University, Dr. Andrew Cohen is leading a group of researchers including NSCI’s Scientific Director, Dr. Sally Temple, Manager of Research Susan Goderie, scientists, Chris Bjornsson and Yue Wang and former NSCI scientist Erzsebet Kokovay in developing revolutionary software, called LEVER and hardware that better enables biologists to study cells.
“It’s like Photoshop for cell biologists,” Cohen said. “The software outlines cells and blood vessels, keeping track of them as they’re dividing and moving around one another. This provides a wealth of information on the patterns of cell shape, motion and division. Visualization of the 3-D microscopy data together with the analysis results is a key step to measure and ultimately understand what drives these cells.” (See movies here: http://bioimage.coe.drexel.edu/info/?page_id=56)
“LEVER 3-D is amazing, it opens new vistas for understanding the stem cell niche,” said Dr. Sally Temple. Dr. Temple has been using Cohen’s software, through the course of its development, as part of her stem cell research since 2005.
The software allows users to see perspectives that are limited by the traditional microscope. Cohen’s goal is to make the software open-source and readily available to any scientists who can use it for their research.
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