معرفی
Ammas Periasamy is a Professor of Biology and Biomedical Engineering at the University of Virginia and serves as the Center Director of the W.M. Keck Center for Cellular Imaging. His research focuses on advanced microscopy techniques, particularly fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy (FLIM) and Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET), to study molecular imaging in living cells, tissue, and animal models.
- Education: B.S. from the University of Madras; M.S. and Ph.D. from the Indian Institute of Technology at Madras; Post-Doc from the University of Washington.
His research interests center on Medical and Molecular Imaging, with emphasis on protein-protein interactions, mitochondrial energy metabolism, and metabolic changes in cancer and neurodegenerative diseases. He has pioneered the use of FLIM to measure calcium oscillations and developed multi-color FRET imaging systems for dynamic cellular analysis.
Recent publications highlight applications of multiphoton FLIM in prostate cancer and Alzheimer's disease, machine learning integration for metabolic imaging, and lysosome-mitochondria signaling pathways. Over 100 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters document his contributions.
Scientific Awards
- Fellow of the SPIE Optical Society (2012)
He organizes the annual International Conference on Multiphoton Microscopy in the Biomedical Sciences through SPIE and co-founded the W.M. Keck Center for Cellular Imaging, a hub for advanced microscopy training and research.
