As part of her BEST IGERT fellowship training, Tara spent the afternoon in the Laboratory for Fluorescence Dynamics (LFD) learning how to image cell organelles with a confocal microscope and measure NADH using fluorescent lifetime imaging microscope (FLIM). 

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Tara built a simple laser speckle contrast imaging system, using it to visualize flow movement in milk and (attempt to) visualize blood flow in her finger.

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