The Spectroscopic Imaging Laboratory at University of Kentucky is dedicated to develop novel optical methods to advance translational cancer research. The central focus of the group’s research is to develop optical imaging tools for biomedical applications related to tumor metabolism, hypoxia and angiogenesis. Current projects include the following topics.
Our lab has openings for students. For more details, see Openings.
November 3, 2021
On Oct 27, 2021, the Lab gave an invited talk to introduce our work on point-of-care metabolic platforms for cancer research. More details can be found here:
https://events.photonics.com/Presentation.aspx?EID=4&PID=162
December 2, 2020
Our project titled “Optical imaging of radiation-induced metabolic changes in human breast cancer organotypic tumor slices to predict radiotherapy response." has been selected for receiving a pilot grant through UK’s “Igniting Research Collaborations (IRC)” program. This IRC seed award will support our efforts to gather crucial preliminary data for the successful application of larger grants to the National Institutes of Health and foundations. (https://www.engr.uky.edu/news/2020/12/zhu-receives-igniting-research-col...)
October 19, 2020
Our first journal article has been published in Biomedical Optics Express. In this report, we identifed optimal fiber probe design for logitudinal monitoring of tumor metabolism and vasculature. Congratulations to the team ! (https://www.osapublishing.org/boe/fulltext.cfm?uri=boe-11-11-6311&id=441079)
