Alpenglow (Formerly Lightspeed Microscopy) featured in NIH Director’s Blog

NIH Director Dr. Francis Collins posts a blog featuring the early work by CEO Nicholas (Nick) Reder MD MPH, then medical resident in the pathology department at the University of Washington, and Dr. Jonathan Liu of the mechanical engineering department that was inspired b a technical challenge.  While performing the conventional task of slicing tumor samples, preparing for analysis, then observing under a microscope Nick thought there had to be a better way.  He asked Dr. Liu if there was a technology that could scan tissue samples, looking for and analyzing these tumors in a more efficient and automated manner.  This basic challenge led to a collaboration between Nick, Dr. Liu, Dr. Adam Glaser, and Dr. Larry True that resulted in the development of a novel light sheet microscopy technology and ultimately the spin out of Lightspeed Microscopy.  In this article Dr. Collins peaks of the promise of this technology in the field of pathology and what it potentially means for areas like cancer research. Read more