Biomedical Optical Imaging Laboratory

Yang Liu

Professor of Medicine and Bioengineering

University of Pittsburgh Hillman Cancer Center

Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University, 2006
M.S. in Chemistry, University of Chicago, 2001
B.S. in Chemistry, Nankai University, 1999

Phone: (412) 623-3751

Email: liuy@pitt.edu

Address: Hillman Cancer Center 2.32e, 5117 Centre Avenue,, Pittsburgh, PA 15232

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Hongqiang Ma

Resarch Assistant Professor

Hongqiang received his Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from Huazhong University of Science and Technology in China. His current research focuses on developing high-throughput, low-cost and multi-color super-resolution microscopy system and advanced 3D live-cell imaging sytems.

Email: hongqiang.ma@pitt.edu

Address: Hillman Cancer Center 2.35, 5117 Centre Avenue, Pittburgh, PA 15232

Jianquan Xu

Resarch Assistant Professor

Jianquan received his Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from Jilin University in China. His current research focuses on biomedical applications of super-resolution microscopy techniques in understanding basic chromatin biology and improving clinical cancer diagnosis.

Email: jianquan.xu@pitt.edu

Address: Hillman Cancer Center 2.35, 5117 Centre Avenue, Pittburgh, PA 15232

Maomao Chen

Dr. Chen received his Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from Tsinghua University. His current research focuses on developing high-resolution microscopy systems and image processing algorithms for cancer detection and drug screening.

Phuong (Hong) Nguyen

Hong is Research Scientist. She received her Ph.D. in Biotechnology from Kyung Hee University in Korea. She is working on developing fluorescence in situ hydridization (FISH) labeing strategies for multiplexed genomic, transcriptomic and proteomic imaging.

Xuejiao Sun

Xuejiao is Research Specialist. She received her M.S. in Chemistry from Jilin University. She is working on biological techniques such as cell culture, immunofluorescence staining. She is also performing super-resolution imaging for various biological samples.

Yu-hsuan Chao

Yu-hsuan is an undergraduate student researcher. She is currently a senior at University of Pittsburgh. She is working on developing image processing techniques for large-scale image data analysis.