Near Infrared Fluorescence and Photoacoustic Imaging Facility

这笔拨款将建立一个多机构近红外荧光和超声光声成像设施。该设施将利用荧光和光声成像系统，加速开发、表征和评估用于各种应用的新型和新兴纳米材料。纳米技术，包括光学纳米传感器、具有可调量子产率的新型纳米材料和多模态显像剂，将使研究生物纳米相互作用和纳米材料在啮齿动物模型中的生物分布相互作用成为可能。该基金将通过开发高度创新的生物成像、生物传感和药物输送工具，为社区带来重大利益。

This grant will establish a multi-institutional near infrared fluorescence and ultrasound photoacoustic imaging facility. The Facility will accelerate the development, characterisation and evaluation of new and emerging nanomaterials for a diverse range of applications, utilising fluorescent and photoacoustic imaging systems. Nanotechnologies including optical nanosensors, novel nanomaterials with tuneable quantum yields, and multi- modal imaging agents will enable discovery investigations of bio-nano interactions and bio-distribution interactions of nanomaterials in rodent models. The Facility will provide significant community benefits through the development of highly innovative bioimaging, biosensing and drug delivery tools.