Zhen-Ming Pei

Conference Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging Proceedings of SPIE · January 1, 2019 The knowledge over gene expression dynamics and location in plants is crucial for applications ranging from basic biological research to agricultural biotechnology (e.g., biofuel development). However, current methods cannot provide in vivo dynamic detecti ... Full text Cite

In vivo nucleic acid detection and imaging within whole plants using plasmonic nanosensors

Conference Proceedings of SPIE the International Society for Optical Engineering · January 1, 2019 The ability to monitor gene expression within living plants is of importance in many applications ranging from plant biology research to biofuel development; however, no method currently exists without requiring sample extraction. Herein, we report a multi ... Full text Cite

In vivo detection of microRNA within plants using plasmonic nanosensors

Conference Proceedings of SPIE the International Society for Optical Engineering · January 1, 2019 Gene expression monitoring within whole plants is critical for many applications ranging from plant biology to biofuel development. Herein, we report a unique multimodal method for in vivo imaging and biosensing of nucleic acid biotargets, specifically mic ... Full text Cite