Developing consistent standards in biomedical imaging for developmental biology and cancer diagnostics
3 July 2025
Developing consistent standards in biomedical imaging for developmental biology and cancer diagnostics
Biomedical imaging at high resolution – without needing extra labels that could affect the sample – is a game changer for developmental biology, cancer diagnostics and ophthalmology.
But the field behind this promise – Brillouin microscopy – still lacks standardised practices, making data hard to compare and interpret across studies and different labs.
COMBS researchers Prof Irina Kabakova and Dr Hadi Mahmodi, together with many world-leading Brillouin microscopy specialists, published a consensus statement in Nature Photonics that set out to change that. It’s a major step toward consistency, clinical translation, and real-world impact.