Through a new collaboration, BRI and Carnegie Mellon University is pairing expansion microscopy, a nanoscale imaging technique, with virtual reality.

By combining these techniques, scientists will be able to enlarge, explore and analyze cell structures far beyond the capabilities of traditional light microscopy.

The two-step approach will let researchers “step inside” their biological data to examine infectious and autoimmune diseases and will enhance their ability to develop disease diagnostics and prevention and treatment methods.

This research has been funded by Grand Challenges, an initiative of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

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