The Arkansas Integrative Metabolic Research Center (AIMRC) will host Alan Woessner, manager of the AIMRC Imaging and Spectroscopy Core, at 10:45 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 15, in BELL 2267. Woessner will highlight the unique capabilities of the microscopic and spectroscopic equipment within the core and explain how core staff can assist faculty to advance their research.

Abstract: The Arkansas Integrative Metabolic Research Center (AIMRC) is a NIH-funded Center of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) that was established in March 2021 to study metabolism in cells and tissue. The Imaging and Spectroscopy core is one of three research cores that were established as fee-for-service resources in the AIMRC. The core currently houses state-of-the-art multi-photon microscopes that allow high-resolution visualization of cell and tissue structure, function and biomolecular composition. Now, at the end of Phase 1 funding, the AIMRC has matured to encompass 61 different faculty across five colleges. In this presentation, Woessner will showcase research collaborations from Phase 1 that highlight the unique capabilities of the microscopic and spectroscopic equipment within the Imaging and Spectroscopy Core.

Biography: Woessner is the core manager for the Imaging and Spectroscopy Core within the Arkansas Integrative Metabolic Research Center (AIMRC), where he manages multiple multiphoton microscopes, among other light microscopes and spectroscopic equipment. He specializes in optics, image acquisition and analysis, and deep learning-based artificial intelligence. Woessner received his B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from the U of A and received his Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from the U of A under the advisement of professor Kyle Quinn.

This event is supported by NIGMS of the National Institutes of Health under award number P20GM139768. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.

For those unable to attend in person, this seminar will also be available via Zoom.