{"id":12,"date":"2013-10-11T22:29:57","date_gmt":"2013-10-11T16:29:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/template\/?page_id=12"},"modified":"2026-03-04T12:44:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T18:44:06","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/microspectroscopy-collaboratory\/","title":{"rendered":"Micro-Spectroscopy Collaboratory"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"uwm-p-banner\"><div class=\"uwm-p-banner--single\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/microspectroscopy-collaboratory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/280\/2026\/03\/banner-uwm-campus-kirc.jpg\" alt=\"Aerial view of UWM campus buildings including the Kenwood Interdisciplinary Research Complex on a sunny autumn day\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1500\" height=\"400\"\/><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"uwm-u-py-80\"><div class=\"uwm-l-container--base uwm-l-container--overflow-hidden\">\n<div class=\"uwm-l-row\">\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col\"><header class=\"page-header\"><h1 class=\"entry-title heading-separator\">Micro-Spectroscopy Collaboratory<\/h1><\/header>\n\n\n<p class=\"size-p-lg\">Established with the support of the National Sciences Foundation (NSF), Partnerships for Innovation Program is an open forum for innovation in several areas related to development and applications of Optical Micro-Spectroscopy technology in the areas of:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list undefined\">\n<li>high-spectral resolution and high-acquisition speed imaging microscopy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>development of robust, versatile and inexpensive light sources for fluorescence excitation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>novel biomarkers, labeled antibodies, and molecular biology techniques for tagging molecules of interest in living cells<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>The Collaboratory offers researchers a testing platform for research projects, partnership opportunities to collaborate with other researchers, share equipment, an optical microspectroscopy imaging facility (fees may apply), symposia to share ideas with world-class researchers in the field and workshops for hands-on learning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We invite you to explore this website to learn about the exciting opportunities available to extend your research in optical micro-spectroscopy and molecular imaging.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col uwm-l-col--4 uwm-l-offset--1\"><div class=\"content_block\" id=\"custom_post_widget-1140\">\n<div class=\"uwm-p-card uwm-p-card--color-head uwm-p-card--contact uwm-u-mb-40\"><div class=\"uwm-p-card--profile-header\"><div class=\"uwm-p-card--profile-header-text\"><div class=\"uwm-p-card--title\">Dr. Valerica Raicu<\/div><div class=\"uwm-p-card--subtitle\">Director<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"uwm-p-card--body\"><div class=\"uwm-p-card--content\">\n<ul class=\"uwm-c-list--contact uwm-c-list--cleanlist\">\n<li><i class=\"fa-solid fa-envelope fa-fw\"><\/i><a href=\"mailto:vraicu@uwm.edu\">vraicu@uwm.edu<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><i class=\"fa-solid fa-mobile-screen-button fa-fw\"><\/i><a href=\"tel:414-229-4969\">414-229-4969<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><i class=\"fa-solid fa-location-dot fa-fw\"><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.uwm.edu\/map\/locations\/1972A\">Kenwood Interdisciplinary Research Complex, Room 2150<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.uwm.edu\/raicu-research-group\/\">Research Group Website<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.uwm.edu\/riio-alliance\/\">RIIO Alliance Website<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"templates\/full-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":"","uwm_wg_additional_authors":[]},"class_list":["post-12","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Home - Micro-Spectroscopy Collaboratory<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/microspectroscopy-collaboratory\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Micro-Spectroscopy Collaboratory\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/microspectroscopy-collaboratory\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Micro-Spectroscopy Collaboratory\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-03-04T18:44:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/microspectroscopy-collaboratory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/280\/2026\/03\/banner-uwm-campus-kirc.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/microspectroscopy-collaboratory\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/microspectroscopy-collaboratory\\\/\",\"name\":\"Home - Micro-Spectroscopy Collaboratory\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/microspectroscopy-collaboratory\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/microspectroscopy-collaboratory\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/microspectroscopy-collaboratory\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/microspectroscopy-collaboratory\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/280\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/banner-uwm-campus-kirc.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-10-11T16:29:57+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-03-04T18:44:06+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/microspectroscopy-collaboratory\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/microspectroscopy-collaboratory\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/microspectroscopy-collaboratory\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/microspectroscopy-collaboratory\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/280\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/banner-uwm-campus-kirc.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/microspectroscopy-collaboratory\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/280\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/banner-uwm-campus-kirc.jpg\",\"width\":1500,\"height\":400,\"caption\":\"Aerial view of UWM campus buildings including the Kenwood Interdisciplinary Research Complex on a sunny autumn day\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/microspectroscopy-collaboratory\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/microspectroscopy-collaboratory\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Micro-Spectroscopy Collaboratory\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/microspectroscopy-collaboratory\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/microspectroscopy-collaboratory\\\/\",\"name\":\"Micro-Spectroscopy Collaboratory\",\"description\":\"UW-Milwaukee\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/microspectroscopy-collaboratory\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Home - Micro-Spectroscopy Collaboratory","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/microspectroscopy-collaboratory\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Micro-Spectroscopy Collaboratory","og_url":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/microspectroscopy-collaboratory\/","og_site_name":"Micro-Spectroscopy Collaboratory","article_modified_time":"2026-03-04T18:44:06+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/microspectroscopy-collaboratory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/280\/2026\/03\/banner-uwm-campus-kirc.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/microspectroscopy-collaboratory\/","url":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/microspectroscopy-collaboratory\/","name":"Home - Micro-Spectroscopy Collaboratory","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/microspectroscopy-collaboratory\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/microspectroscopy-collaboratory\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/microspectroscopy-collaboratory\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/microspectroscopy-collaboratory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/280\/2026\/03\/banner-uwm-campus-kirc.jpg","datePublished":"2013-10-11T16:29:57+00:00","dateModified":"2026-03-04T18:44:06+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/microspectroscopy-collaboratory\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/uwm.edu\/microspectroscopy-collaboratory\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/microspectroscopy-collaboratory\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/microspectroscopy-collaboratory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/280\/2026\/03\/banner-uwm-campus-kirc.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/microspectroscopy-collaboratory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/280\/2026\/03\/banner-uwm-campus-kirc.jpg","width":1500,"height":400,"caption":"Aerial view of UWM campus buildings including the Kenwood Interdisciplinary Research Complex on a sunny autumn day"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/microspectroscopy-collaboratory\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/microspectroscopy-collaboratory\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Micro-Spectroscopy Collaboratory"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/microspectroscopy-collaboratory\/#website","url":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/microspectroscopy-collaboratory\/","name":"Micro-Spectroscopy Collaboratory","description":"UW-Milwaukee","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/microspectroscopy-collaboratory\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/microspectroscopy-collaboratory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/microspectroscopy-collaboratory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/microspectroscopy-collaboratory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/microspectroscopy-collaboratory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/microspectroscopy-collaboratory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/microspectroscopy-collaboratory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1187,"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/microspectroscopy-collaboratory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12\/revisions\/1187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/microspectroscopy-collaboratory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}