Advances in Molecular and Cellular Imaging, Microscopy, and Biomedical Spectroscopy

Dear Colleagues,

Optical imaging and spectroscopic techniques are promising tools used to visualize molecular dynamics in living cells, organoids, and tissues in the fields of developmental biology, tissue engineering, immune response, tumorigenesis, and regenerative medicine. Recent advances in laser optics, imaging and microscopic technologies, and molecular probes have drastically improved sensitivity, specificity, time and spatial resolution, penetration dept, etc., for molecular and cellular imaging, microscopy, and biomedical spectroscopy. This Special Issue encourages the publication of methodologies that help to elucidate molecular mechanisms, cellular functions, and tissue morphologies in biological systems with and/or without labeling. Various research themes and topics (including nonlinear optical imaging; multiphoton fluorescence; SHG, THG, CARS, and SRS microscopy; photoacoustic imaging; NIR imaging and spectroscopy; and spontaneous Raman spectroscopy) are very welcome, in combination with modality and molecular sciences.

Dr. Yusuke Oshima
Guest Editor

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