Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies View Institution's Website 2 articles published in JoVE Medicine Near Infrared Optical Projection Tomography for Assessments of β-cell Mass Distribution in Diabetes Research Anna U. Eriksson*1, Christoffer Svensson*1, Andreas Hörnblad1, Abbas Cheddad1, Elena Kostromina1, Maria Eriksson1, Nils Norlin1, Antonello Pileggi2, James Sharpe3, Fredrik Georgsson4, Tomas Alanentalo1, Ulf Ahlgren1 1Umeå Centre for Molecular Medicine, Umeå University, 2Cell Transplant Center, Diabetes Research Institute, University of Miami,, 3EMBL-CRG Systems Biology Program, Centre for Genomic Regulation, Catalan Institute of Research and Advanced Studies, 4Dept. of Computing Science, Umeå University We describe the adaptation of optical projection tomography (OPT)1 to imaging in the near infrared spectrum, and the implementation of a number of computational tools. These protocols enable assessments of pancreatic β-cell mass (BCM) in larger specimens, increase the multichannel capacity of the technique and increase the quality of OPT data. Immunology and Infection Intravital Microscopy of the Spleen: Quantitative Analysis of Parasite Mobility and Blood Flow Mireia Ferrer*1, Lorena Martin-Jaular*1, Maria Calvo2, Hernando A. del Portillo1,3 1Department of poverty related diseases, Barcelona Centre for International Health Research, 2Confocal Microscopy Unit, University of Barcelona- Scientific and Technological Centers, 3Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA) We show the method for performing intravital microscopy of the spleen using GFP transgenic malaria parasites and the quantification of parasite mobility and blood flow within this organ.