Welcome to Chris Xu Group
Our research has two main thrusts: biomedical imaging and fiber optics. We are exploring new concept and techniques, including novel ultrafast lasers and fiber optics, adaptive optics, and computation/ML, for imaging deep and fast.
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Latest News
New K99/R00 grant awarded to postdoc Xi Chen. Congrats! (02/2023)
Xi Chen won an NIH Pathway to...
Intravital imaging of mouse lymph nodes, Nature Immunology (01/2022)
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Imaging Drosophila through the intact cuticle, eLife (01/2022)
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Intravital imaging the subventricular zone, Cerebral Cortex (01/2022).
Intravital imaging the...
Multi-color deep imaging, Science Advances (03/17/2021).
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SPIE Luminary: Chris Xu (02/05/2021)
With this series, SPIE celebrates...
Watch Chris’s 10-minute talk on in vivo three-photon imaging of mouse brain
Chris’s 10-minute talk on...
Interview with Chris Xu after his plenary talk at CLEO
Neural Imaging: Deeper, Faster,...
Latest Publications
Whole-brain optical access in a small adult vertebrate with two- and three-photon microscopy
NajvaAkbari, Rose L.Tatarsky,...
Roadmap on Wavefront Shaping and deep imaging in complex media
“Roadmap on Wavefront...
Three-Photon Adaptive Optics for Mouse Brain Imaging
David Sinefeld, Fei Xia, Mengran...
Neurophotonic tools for microscopic measurements and manipulation: status report
Neurophotonic tools for...
Intravital three-photon microscopy allows visualization over the entire depth of mouse lymph nodes
Kibaek Choe, Yusaku Hontani,...
Multiphoton imaging of neural structure and activity in Drosophila through the intact cuticle
Max Jameson Aragon, Aaron T Mok,...
Latest Patents
Adaptive illumination apparatus, method, and applications
Chris Xu, Kriti Charan, Bo Li...
Dual Mode Microendoscope Apparatus, Method and Applications
Dimitre Ouzonouv, Watt W. Webb,...
Multi-focal optical component, optical system, and imaging method
US Patent 9,375,136 Multi-focal...
Optical mode conversion by nonlinear effects
US Patent 9,482,817 Optical mode...
Fiber designs for wavelength tunable ultra-short pulse lasers
US Patent 9,502,852 Fiber designs...
Laser based apparatus, methods and applications
US Patent 9,195,042 Laser based...