Andrew Sheinis at Dermatology Department
Photo by UW-Madison, University Communications
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Caption: Andrew Sheinis (right), professor of astronomy at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Trevor Irwin (left), honorary associate / fellow in molecular biology, take readings from a microscope in the UW School of Medicine and Public Health Dermatology Department in Madison, Wis., on April 22, 2011. Sheinis, who is at high risk for skin cancer, is applying his knowledge of astrophysics and instrument-making ability to devising a new method for assessing skin blots that could become cancerous. Sheinis is seeking to compress the components of a hyperspectral imager -- a technology used to parse starlight and typically deployed on large telescopes -- into a microscope to capture three-dimensional images in a variety of wavelengths of light, and which can potentially be used to assess moles for their potential to become deadly melanomas. (Photo by Bryce Richter / UW-Madison)
Photo by: Bryce Richter
Date: 2011
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