FBS Colloquia No.204Nanobiophotonics Group

Seminar or Lecture	Raman spectroscopy of neurons Aoi Mochizuki [Nano-Biophotonics Group]
Date and Time	Wednesday, January 23, 2019, 12:15-13:00
Place	2F Seminar room, BioSystems Building
Contact	Hidekazu Ishitobi Tel: 4617 E-mail: ishitobi[at]ap.eng.osaka-u.ac.jp

Raman spectroscopy of neurons

Raman spectroscopy have attracted attention as a non-invasive method to measure the function and distribution of bio molecules in cells without any labeling. Currently our lab. is carrying on a study to clarify the function of neural transmitters in the central nervous system by means of Raman spectroscopy. In the presentation, I will show the examples of Raman spectra and imaging of living hippocampal neurons taken from rat fetuses. I also show the results of Raman spectroscopy of glutamate, which is one of the neuro transmitters.