Dr. Haixin Sui of the Wadsworth Center’s Division of Genetics received a University at Albany Excellence in Innovation Award at the University’s annual Inventor Recognition Ceremony.
The award recognized Dr. Sui’s first non-provisional patent application, “Porous, Polymer-Based Substrates Used in Cell Cultures and Microscopy and Methods of Forming Same.” The invention involves porous polymer-based substrates that enable cells grown on permeable membranes to be examined by correlative light and electron microscopy (CLEM), an advanced imaging approach that combines molecular and dynamic information provided by light microscopy with ultrastructural details revealed by electron microscopy.
The work was developed in collaboration with Professor Yubing Xie of the University at Albany’s College of Nanotechnology, Science, and Engineering.