The Team
Lead by PI Alex Walsh, we are an inquisitive group of post-doctoral researchers, graduate students, and undergraduates researchers.
Our Research
We use design and use optical microscopes and technologies to understand health and disease and advance health care.
Our Tools
We develop and share optical system designs, image analysis code, and educational activities.
Recent News and Activities
New Publication on Deep Learning to identify metabolic pathways of cells from label-free imaging
Congratulations to Walsh Lab members Linghao Hu and Daniela de Hoyos, as well as our collaborators Yuanjiu Lei and A. Phillip West (Jackson Laboratory) on our publication in APL Bioengineering, […]
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Congratulations Nianchao!
Congratulations to Nianchao Wang, on the successful defense of his Master’s Thesis. His project was to develop a method to compare instance segmentation results, so that different image segmentation algorithms […]
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SPIE Photonics West 2024
The Walsh Lab was busy at SPIE Photonics West this January. Four members of the lab attended, Oscar Benavides, Alex Walsh, Elizabeth Bullard, and Blanche ter Hofstede. Keep an eye […]
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Publication: “Label-free spatially maintained measurements of metabolic phenotypes in cells”
We have a new publication (https://doi.org/10.3389/fbioe.2023.1293268) on our work related to autofluorescence lifetime microscopy for imaging cellular metabolism. In this paper, we define NAD(P)H and FAD fluorescence lifetime changes with […]
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Melody Yeh – Freshman Gathright Scholar
Congratulations to undergraduate researcher Melody Yeh, who was awarded the Freshman Gathright Scholar award for the College of Engineering. https://tamupkp.wordpress.com/2023/10/02/2023-gathright-deans-excellence-award-winners/ This highly competitive award is sponsored by Chapter 053 of […]
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Oscar wins 2nd place at TAMU Postdoc Poster Session!
Oscar Benavides won 2nd place for his poster at TAMU’s post-doc symposium! Congratulations Oscar!
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Graduate Research Symposium 2023
We had fun at the Biomedical Engineering Department’s Graduate Research Symposium. 100% of the QOIL graduate students and post-doc trainees participated as attendees, presenters, and poster judges! Presentations:(Poster) Fast Fluorescence […]
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Carley Conover REU Presentation
REU student, Carley Conover, gave an exciting poster presentation on her summer research at the Engineering REU Poster Session!
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Paper published on FLIM analysis methods for machine learning
Congratulations to Blanche ter Hofstede and Linghao Hu on the publication of their paper, “Comparison of phasor analysis and biexponential decay curve fitting of autofluorescence lifetime imaging data for machine […]
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Congratulations Linghao!
Congratulations to Linghao Hu on the successful defense of his dissertation, “Development of Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging for Identifying and Predicting Cellular Metabolic Perturbations!
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We regularly recruit new lab members across experience levels from undergraduates to post-doctoral researchers. If you are excited about optical imaging and find our current and past work interesting, you can email Dr. Walsh to inquire about opportunities. Please include in the email a personal introduction, a brief description of your research interests and motivation, any prior research experience (not required for undergraduates), and your CV or resume.
Contact Us:
Quantitative Optical Imaging Lab:
1040&1039 Emerging Technologies Building
3120 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843-3120
Lab Phone: 979-458-2316
Dr. Alex Walsh
5032 Emerging Technologies Building
3120 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843-3210
Office Phone: 979-845-5540
Email: walshaj AT tamu.edu
