Month: February 2018

USC News writes: “By imaging metal-tagged antibodies on biopsies from a patient with metastatic prostate cancer, Bridge Institute researchers at the USC Michelson Center for Convergent Bioscience have created highly detailed, digital facsimiles of cancer cells that can travel through the body.” (February 28, 2018)…Continue Reading Metal-detection technique inspires USC cancer researchers

USC News highlighted work by Carl Kesselman and his team, who created DERIVA (Discovery Environment for Relational Information and Versioned Assets), a software program that collects data from microscopes and organizes it and other data into virtual photo albums that easily can be shared with other researchers. Their work is part of a three-study series published on Feb. 15 in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. (February 15, 2018)…Continue Reading USC research helps stem cell experts develop kidney treatments, reduce dialysis

Michelson Center faculty member Andrea Armani and Jonathan Lasch, of the Alfred E. Mann Institute for Biomedical Engineering, held a Facebook Live chat to talk about how technology is being used to transform healthcare and impact society. (February 13, 2018)…Continue Reading Andrea Armani and Jonathan Lasch: Transforming Healthcare with Technology

Daily Trojan reports that Agilent Technologies announced a new collaboration with the USC Michelson Center for Convergent Bioscience to develop an Agilent Center of Excellence in Biomolecular Characterization. The Agilent CoE, which will be housed in Michelson Hall, will provide students and local customers with access to scientific researchers, Agilent instrumentation and technologies all in one scientific environment. (January 30, 2018)…Continue Reading USC, Agilent Technologies to open center