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The Microscopic Imaging study section (MI) reviews applications that aim to develop, improve and implement instrumentation, methods, and quantitative techniques for the static and dynamic visualization of molecules, macromolecular machines and complex organelles, cells, and model systems in physiologically active states. Applications driven by mathematical and bioengineering principles but not necessarily driven by hypothesis are typical. Imaging principles, instrumentation, or probes may be developed. Specific areas covered by MI:

• Development and improvement of instrumentation for microscopy, including optical, near-field, vibrational and Raman, electron, and transmission (soft) X-ray. Also included are automated and remote access microscopy methods.
• Development of sub-cellular and cellular imaging probes, including those for optical, electron, and NMR microscopies.
• Image acquisition and analysis, including validation of image formation theory, light propagation and scattering analysis, algorithm development, tomographic and single particle reconstruction (cryo-EM), visualization of multi-dimensional information, and high-throughput, automatic data processing at the sub-cellular and cellular level.
• Data mining techniques, including integration of information derived from complementary imaging techniques and bioinformatics to derive functional mechanisms.

Study sections with most closely related areas of similar science listed in rank order are:

Clinical Molecular Imaging and Probe Development (CMIP)
Instrumentation and Systems Development (ISD)
Nanotechnology (NANO)
Biodata Management and Analysis (BDMA)
Enabling Bioanalytical and Biophysical Technologies (EBT)