Postdoctoral fellow: Dr. Konstantin Popov, Physics, University of Ottawa
Lead faculty member: Dr. Lora Ramunno, Physics, University of Ottawa
Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Scattering (CARS) microscopy is a very promising method of directly imaging biological processes occurring in living cells. It is unique because the imaging does not harm the cell, is molecule specific, and does not require the introduction of additional chemicals that may alter the biology. For example, CARS would allow us to visualize how viruses invade a cell membrane, which is still a mystery.
