Professional Summary
Recognized technical expert in biological electron microscopy ("EM") supporting diagnostic pathology, now retired. I have been able to leverage my extensive experience as an engaged and innovative problem solver, encompassing a broad range of computer, technical and managerial experiences to create jaw-dropping digital watercolor art from ordinary digital images.
Lakeshore Digital Art, LLC
Digital artist, entrepreneur and owner behind former Lakeshore Digital Art, LLC, now retired.
I continue to be passionate about leveraging 21st century technology to turn the ordinary into extraordinary! Check out samples of my digital art work in the Zoomable Digital Watercolor Gallery.
Digital Imaging Consultancy
Though retired from my innovative entrepreneurial business line, I continue to be passionate about ensuring highest quality image data via online Photoshop training! With over 37 years of professional experience, I am happy to leverage my advanced photographic training & digital image editing skills to aid you with your scientific image data to obtain superlative publication-ready images and highest quality layouts from any standard source material.
Publication Acknowledgements
Pardo ID, Manno RA, Capobianco R, et al. Nervous System Sampling for General Toxicity and Neurotoxicity
Studies in the Laboratory Minipig With Emphasis on the Göttingen Minipig.
Toxicologic
Pathology. 2021;49(6):1140-1163.
doi:10.1177/01926233211019941
Pardo ID, Rao DB, Morrison JP, et al. Nervous System Sampling for General Toxicity and Neurotoxicity
Studies in Rabbits.
Toxicologic Pathology. 2020;48(7):810-826.
doi:10.1177/0192623320957637
Palazzi X, Pardo ID, Ritenour H, Rao DB, Bolon B, Garman RH. A Technical Guide to Sampling the Beagle
Dog Nervous System for General Toxicity and Neurotoxicity Studies.
Toxicologic Pathology. June 2022.
doi: 10.1177/01926233221099300
Key Scientific Strengths and Accomplishments
Technology Implementation
I am passionate about technology! With 37 year experience, ask me about new and relevant processes and technologies for your sample preparation and digital imaging needs to support your ultrastructural pathology research including:
- Application of a unique studio lighting methodology and tethered photography setup to enable wet specimen imaging of exceptional publication quality combined with optimal workflow efficiency
- Correlative light-electron microscopy (CLEM)
- Methods of image capture and presentation of virtual wide field transmission EM
- Considerations and methodologies for light microscopic precision protein localization via immunohistochemistry on plastic-embedded tissues
- Methods of unbiased ultrastructural image analysis in biological tissue sections and a high interest in the application of Machine Learning and Deep Learning algorithms to image data
Operational Efficiency
I am passionate about efficient operations! Ask me about my experience with codifying established laborious laboratory specimen identification and tracking processes into computer algorithms for implementing a multi-user database-driven specimen system for auto-ID, tracking and reporting achieving a greater than 80% efficiency.
Investigative Strategy
I am passionate about new and exciting explorations! With 37 years of experience in biological EM, ask me how unique sample preparation and staining methodologies may aid your efforts with precision visualization and analysis of unsaturated lipids, or precision localization of proteins, in plastic-embedded tissue sections