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IDEAS Projects

With more than 40 active projects, IDEAS has collaborated with 18 NIH Institutes and Centers on technology and methodology development projects.  These collaborations support NIH research initiatives, including: systems biology, genomics, proteomics, biomedical imaging, precision medicine, brain, and neuroscience. In-house capabilities and accomplishments have established IDEAS as an engineering focal point that strengthens the IRP interactive environment facilitating science through successive iterations of theory development, experimentation, and design innovation.

3D Retinal Tissue Bioreactor For Retinal Therapy Development
Computer generated diagram of the device. A small red box on top with a wire going down to a larger clear box.

Adaptive Optics Retinal Imaging With Eye Tracking
Multiple lenses screwed onto a board in a V-shape

Analytical Ultracentrifugation Fluorescence Detectors And Acquisition Systems For Protein Assembly Dynamics Studies
A photo of the centrifugation device with wires, a rotor, a motor, and the lens and filters

Drosophila Flight Initiation Detection System
A white u-shaped Drosophila flight detection system

Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR) Imaging Of In-Vivo Oxygen Status Associated With Cancer Treatment Studies
A photo of computers, devices, and electrical equipment in a lab

HAMMS - Hand-Arm Movement Monitoring System
A photo of a computer screen with a dark square on it and an arm with a white dot on his fist

Hematoma Detector - A Practical Application Of Instrumental Motion As Signal In Near Infra-Red Imaging
A picture of a device with red arrows pointing at various aspects and labeling them, with "Detectors", "Source", "Phantom", "XY Positioner", and "Rotary Stage"

High-Resolution Gamma Imager For Small Animal Imaging Of Radioisotopes For Cancer Treatment
Picture of MONICA detector module and electronics with point source calibration

Image-Based Robotic Targeting System to Control Micromanipulators for Single Cell Studies in Living Biological Tissues
A computer generated diagram of an orange device and white cylinder

Illumination Control System For Mouse Visual Cycle Studies
A photo of a white box with a black fan on top.

Large Scale Sensor-Based System For Mouse Cage Environment Monitoring (MIOS)
A computer generated diagram of a device

MHealth Smartphone Application To Measure Risky Driving Behavior And Predict Crashes
A photo of two phones, one with the app and one with a map.

Multiparametric MRI in Localization of Prostate Cancer with Patient-specific MRI-based Prostate Mold Validation
A computer generated image of a silver rock with two green molds on either side

Microfabricated Polymeric Vessel Mimetics For Cancer Cell Culture
An image of a stained tumor

Non-Injurious Pain Model Using Mice
A diagram of a mouse connected to the neurometer pointing to a computer and handheld control.

Noninvasive Multispectral Imaging To Quantitatively Assess Tissue Vasculature
Photo of a large white box with a handle

Portable Fluorescence Camera System For Offsite Ovarian Tumor Imaging
A photo of a silver metal device with four images of green fluorescence

PRiME - Physiological Recording In MRI Environment
Diagram of a CT image

Quantitative Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging for Disease Detection and Monitoring
A screen shot of the application with a square of colorful cubes in the bottom right hand corner

SCORHE: System For Continuous Observation Of Rodents In Home-Cage Environment
A photo of mouse cages with a computer generated image of green mouse cages overlaid on two of the cages.

System To Measure Rodent Vestibular Sensory Evoked Potentials
A computer generated image of a device with a green clamp

Technologies For Neuronal Mapping Of Motion Detection And Color Vision Systems Of Drosophila
A photo of six circuit boards

Tissue MicroArrayer For High Throughput Analysis Of Pathology Tissue Samples
A photo of many small tissue samples on a lab bench

Tissue Microdissection For Molecular Analysis Of Disease States And Normal Development – Target Activated Microdissection (TAM
Photo of table with a white box underneath and a white pyramid on top

Two-Photon Excitation Fluorescence Microscopy Motion Tracking To Study In-Vivo Subcellular Structures
A computer generated graph with a vertical axis and green circles on the plane

Using Autonomic Responses To Infer Emotional State
A computer generated image of grey squares and three small monkey faces

Video Analysis System For Behavior And Activity Assessment Of Fruit Flies In High-Throughput Studies
A computer generated image of a device holding multiple circuit boards

Virtual Reality System For The Study Of Neural Processes Underlying Self-Agency
Two computer generated images of a right hand with a glowing green dot on a pointer finger

Visible And IR Optical Scanning Spectrometry To Study Energy Transduction By Bacteriorhodopsin
A photo of six circuit boards