ABI Team Awards

Advancing BioImaging Team Awards

Goal: to advance fundamental imaging science and improve its ability to impact human health and our understanding of biological structures and their function.

Team Awards 2023

Eszter Boros, Chemistry, University of Wisconsin - Madison ¹
Shiva Abbaszadeh, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California, Santa Cruz ¹
PETinIVIS: A Modular PET Insert to Enable Simultaneous Acquisition of Optical and PET Imaging Data in Small Animals 

Shwetadwip Chowdhury, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Texas at Austin ²
Heather M. Whitney, Radiology, University of Chicago ³
Developing Multi-Angle Synthesized Ultrasound Tomography

Dylan McCreedy, Biology, Texas A&M University, College Station ¹
Fanny Chapelin, Bioengineering, University of California, San Diego ¹
Specific and Quantitative MRI Imaging for Longitudinal Cell Fate Tracking 

Seunghyun (Seu) Sim, Chemistry, University of California, Irvine ¹
Ruixuan Gao, Chemistry and Biological Sciences, University of Illinois Chicago ³
Shawn Davidson, Medicine, Northwestern University ¹
Quantitative, Spatially Resolved Analysis of Single-Cell and Single-Organelle Metabolism

Yi-Chih Lin, Chemistry, University of Texas at Austin ²
Nick Galati, Biology, Western Washington University ²
Lingyan Shi, Bioengineering, University of California, San Diego ²
Exploring the Mechano-Metabolic Landscape of a Beating Ciliary Array 

Dylan McCreedy, Biology, Texas A&M University, College Station ²
Meghan Driscoll, Pharmacology, University of Minnesota Twin Cities ²
Sketch-Based Retrieval and Clustering of Neurons in Large Microscopy Data

Scott Cushing, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology ²
Jing Liu, Physics, Purdue University ²
Quantum-Enhanced Fluorescent Imaging with Entangled Photons 

Lei Tian, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Boston University ²
Ryan J. McGorty, Physics and Biophysics, University of San Diego ²
3D Dynamics Quantification with Differential Dynamic Light-Field Microscopy 

Rosario Porras-Aguilar, Physics & Optical Sciences, University of North Carolina at Charlotte ¹
Divita Mathur, Chemistry, Case Western Reserve University ¹
Beam Shaping Metasurfaces Using DNA Alignment and Liquid Crystals

¹ Funded by RCSA & Frederick Gardner Cottrell Foundation
² Funded by CZI
³ Funded by Walder Foundation

Team Awards 2022

Shiva Abbaszadeh, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California, Santa Cruz *
Heather Whitney, Radiology, University of Chicago *
Real-time AI for Programmable Training Arrays

Yevgenia Kozorovitskiy, Neurobiology, Northwestern University †
Abdoulaye Ndao, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Boston University ^
Making Lenses Smart for Optical Imaging and Beyond

Joshua Brake, Engineering, Harvey Mudd College *
Kevin Cash, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Colorado School of Mines *
Democratizing Access to Macroscopic Bioimaging

Mark Sellmyer, Radiology, University of Pennsylvania *        
Arnab Mukherjee, Chemical Engineering and Biological Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara *
Improving MRI Detection Limits

Kathryn Keenan, Applied Physics Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology ^
Crystal Rogers, Anatomy, Physiology, and Cell Biology, University of California, Davis ^
Ulugbek Kamilov, Computer Science and Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis ^
MRI with Molecular Specificity for a New Realm of Neurodevelopmental Research

Alexandra Walsh, Biomedical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station *
Johannes Schöneberg, Pharmacology and Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego *
4D Imaging and Tracking to Resolve Organelle Form vs. Function

Ying Hu, Chemistry, University of Illinois at Chicago ^
Seunghyun (Seu) Sim, Chemistry, University of California, Irvine ^
Live tissue Clearing of Lymph Nodes Through Programmed Dendritic Cells

Arnold Hayer, Biology, McGill University ^
Rosario Porras-Aguilar, Physics & Optical Sciences, University of North Carolina at Charlotte ^
High-speed 4D Morphodynamic Analysis of Migrating Cells

Luke Mortensen, Regenerative Bioscience Center & School of Chemical, Materials and Biomedical Engineering, University of Georgia *                                        
Huanyu Cheng, Engineering Science and Mechanics, Pennsylvania State University *        
Transforming Imaging Collection in the Brain

Stephen Yi, Biomedical Engineering & Oncology, University of Texas at Austin ^
Ruixuan Gao, Chemistry and Biological Sciences, University of Illinois Chicago †
In Situ Protein Sequencing by Multiplexed Real-Time Single Molecule Imaging

* Funded by CZI
^ Funded by RCSA/FGCF
† Funded by Walder Foundation

Team Awards 2021

Aseema Mohanty, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Tufts University
Sixian You, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
NeedleScope: Developing the Smallest Microscope for Bioimaging
Funded by RCSA

Nick Galati, Biology, Western Washington University
Shannon Quinn, Computer Science, University of Georgia
Doug Shepherd, Physics, Arizona State University
4-D Molecular Tracking Using Kilohertz Framerate Multi-Modal Microscopy
Funded by RCSA

Luke Mortensen, Chemical, Materials and Biomedical Engineering, University of Georgia
Aniruddha Ray, Physics & Astronomy, University of Toledo
Nanophotonic Probes for Ultra-Deep Functional Multiphoton Imaging
Funded by RCSA

Yevgenia Kozorovitskiy, Neurobiology, Northwestern University
Ping Wang, Radiology, Michigan State University
Light-Sheet Imaging of 3D Bioprinted Islet Organoids Structure and Function
Funded by RCSA

Benjamin Bartelle, Biological and Health Systems Engineering, Arizona State University Fulton School of Engineering
Ulugbek Kamilov, Computer Science & Engineering and Electrical & Systems Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis
Lu Wei, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology
Enabling Noninvasive Lipid Profiling with Intermodal Deep Learning
Funded by CZI

Aseema Mohanty, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Tufts University
Srigokul Upadhyayula, Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley
Chip-scale Light Sheet for High Spatiotemporal Resolution Imaging
Funded by CZI

Carolyn Bayer, Biomedical Engineering, Tulane University
Allison Dennis, Biomedical Engineering, Boston University
Deep Tissue Photoacoustic Imaging with Degradable Inorganic Nanoparticles
Funded by CZI

Carolyn Bayer, Biomedical Engineering, Tulane University
Sapun Parekh, Biomedical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin
Paris Perdikaris, Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, University of Pennsylvania
Machine Learning to Identify Soft Tissue Molecular Signatures 
Funded by CZI

Barbara Smith, Biological and Health Systems Engineering, Arizona State University
Bryan Spring, Physics, Northeastern University
Microendoscopy-Guided Diagnosis and Treatment of Early-Stage Ovarian Cancer
Funded by CZI

Lisa Poulikakos, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California, San Diego
Douglas Shepherd, Physics, Arizona State University
Wide-Field, Single-Pixel Fluorescence Imaging with On-Chip Nanophotonics
Funded by CZI