Biophotonics
Doctoral research in polarized super-resolution microscopy with Sophie Brasselet at Institut Fresnel, Aix-Marseille University, and Pablo Loza Alvarez at ICFO, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya.
Cesar Valades-Cruz
About Me
A short introduction to my work and the path that brought me to microscopy and image analysis.
I am Cesar Augusto Valades-Cruz, a bioimage analyst and associate researcher at the Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, in Wuhan. I develop microscopy and image analysis methods to study how cells organize, grow, and divide.
My work connects optics, computation, and cell biology. I began with polarized super-resolution microscopy during my PhD in France and Spain, then studied endocytosis and live-cell imaging at Institut Curie and Inria. Today, I apply advanced imaging and quantitative analysis to cyanobacterial cell division and differentiation.
I enjoy working with biologists, physicists, and software developers to turn complex images into useful biological measurements.
Current roleAssociate Researcher · Institute of Hydrobiology, CAS
Based inWuhan, China
FocusMicroscopy · image analysis · cell biology
My path
Live-cell imaging
Studied the mechanisms of endocytosis and intracellular trafficking with Ludger Johannes at Institut Curie, using advanced microscopy. Developed image analysis, deep learning, and computational methods for light-sheet microscopy with Jean Salamero (Institut Curie) and Charles Kervrann (Inria), as part of France BioImaging.
Quantitative microbiology
Imaging and image analysis of cyanobacterial growth and cell division with Prof. Cheng-Cai Zhang’s team at the Institute of Hydrobiology.