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New imaging procedures in cancer surgery: Helmholtz High Impact Award for Oliver Bruns and Ellen Sletten

18.09.2024: Biochemist Oliver Bruns (NCT/UCC Dresden) and chemist Ellen Sletten (UCLA) have been presented with the Helmholtz High Impact Award 2024 by the Helmholtz Association and the “Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft” for their research into an innovative medical imaging technology in the short-wave infrared range. The procedure they have developed has the potential to significantly improve surgical removal of tumors. At yesterday’s award ceremony in Berlin, the two scientists were presented with the award – endowed with € 50,000 – in recognition of their interdisciplinary research.

NCT/UCC Dresden: Millions in funding from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative for state-of-the-art imaging to accurately detect minute tumors

30.08.2024: An international group of scientists led by Prof. Oliver Bruns (NCT/UCC Dresden), Dr. Andriy Chmyrov (NCT/UCC Dresden), Prof. Ellen Sletten (UCLA) and Prof. Christopher Rowlands (Imperial College London) has once again received renowned funding from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. With their research, the team strives to improve imaging in deeper tissue layers.