Imaging using inherent spectroscopic signals as contrast opens a new window for watching biomolecules and nanomaterials inside living cells and even in the human body. Major advances have been made to allow real time imaging of living systems, to extract significant information from the crowded fingerprint bands of a biological system, and to obtain spectroscopic information from a tissue that is one centimeter deep under the surface. The workshop will highlight these advances and discuss potentially transformative impacts. In addition, graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and junior faculty will have an opportunity to learn label-free imaging technologies through lab training.

The workshop is a two-day event. The first day is dedicated to a symposium with talks given by leaders and experts in the spectroscopic imaging field. A poster session follows for participants to exchange their current research. Day two consists of lab training provided by Ji-Xin Cheng, professor of biomedical engineering and professor of chemistry, and his group. Training topics include pump-probe imaging, hyperspectral stimulated Raman scattering imaging, and deep tissue imaging by acoustic detection of molecular vibration.

Registration for the conference is at: www.conf.purdue.edu/spectro