Prof. Boguslaw Obara
School of Engineering and Computing Sciences, University of Durham, UK
Data: 06/10/2015
Horário: 10 horas
Local: Centro de Tecnologia, Bloco I - Sala 146
Bio:
My interdisciplinary research focuses on advancing the state of the art in development and application of new image analysis and processing technologies aimed at a better understanding of the complex biological processes, which occur at the cellular and sub-cellular level. My work includes analysis, processing and understanding the biological images obtained by modern microscopy.
Sobre a Palestra:
Recent advances in imaging technologies are now enabling us to acquire image data, where the sheer size and complexity of the data exceeds the capacity of human analysis, creating a fundamental barrier that hinders the potential impact of imaging-enabled biology. New revolutions in the field can be made possible only by developing the tools, technologies and workflows to extract and exploit information from imaging data so as to achieve new fundamental biological insights and understanding, as well as developing possible strategies in biotechnological applications. Here, we propose to integrate bioimaging data and biomage informatics to investigate the multi-scale topology and dynamics of complex biological systems. We have developed powerful new high-throughput image processing approaches specifically designed to enhance, extract, analyse and model a wide range of biological structures, including molecules, plant cells and their organelles, pollen tubes, fungal and cytoskeletal networks, leaves, and many more, from multi-dimensional images obtained by a wide spectrum of imaging modalities, including AFM, transmitted light microscopy, fluorescence (confocal, multiphoton, total internal reflection, FRET, lifetime imaging, super-resolution) and macro-photography.
