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CATEGORIES:Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series
SUMMARY:Development of Cancer Diagnostics using mid-Infrar
 ed Imaging including FEL-based SNOM - Michele Sigg
 el-King (University of Liverpool)
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20170419T121500
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URL:http://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/71997
DESCRIPTION:This talk is an introduction to the pioneering wor
 k on cancer research within the group of Prof. Pet
 er Weightman (Department of Physics University of 
 Liverpool) and collaborators. The work is aimed at
  the development of new ways to spot early signs o
 f cancer and in understanding cancer growth and it
 s interaction with drugs. A particular focus is gi
 ven to cancers\, such as in the lower oesophagus\,
  which are very difficult to detect at an early st
 age in their development. The project brings toget
 her scientists with expertise in physics\, biology
 \, chemistry and accelerators\, and medical doctor
 s. The infrared region of the spectrum is importan
 t because it is a fingerprint region\, which can b
 e used to identify specific molecules and cellular
  features\; within this work\, it is used as a pro
 be to image cells and tissue including oesophageal
 \, oral\, breast\, prostate and cervical cancers. 
 A variety of sources of infrared radiation are uti
 lised\, including the high intensity infrared free
 -electron-laser (FEL) on the state-of-the-art part
 icle accelerator at Daresbury Laboratory. Techniqu
 es include SNOM\, AFM-IR and FTIR\, which are comp
 lementary and cover a range of spatial resolutions
 . Image analysis routines are being developed and 
 refined within the groups.  <br><br><br><br>
LOCATION:Seminar Room 1\, Newton Institute
CONTACT:INI IT
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