Monet Moment
Like a brushstroke from Monet’s Water Lilies, this image captures a fleeting moment of life in motion – a single frame of red blood cells drifting beneath a mathematical filter.
Using WEHI’s state-of-the-art imaging facilities, these cells are being analysed inside a lab-on-a-chip – a tiny, micro-engineered device that condenses the complexity of a full lab into postage-stamp size.
As an artist might layer light and shadow, Emma applies complex mathematics to a controlled microcosm of blood to decode the subtle dance of cells during malaria infection. Deep learning models like these are bringing us closer to more effective treatments for diseases like malaria – a public health crisis that affects nearly half of the world’s population.
Emma’s filters help her more clearly see how cells are responding to these potential new treatments.
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