Rate My Professor Sebastian Amos

Amos's research specializes in bioimage analysis and informatics for 2D and 3D cell biology, quantitative image analysis for histopathology, and segmentation and quantification of medical imaging datasets. He created the Fluorescent Object and Cell gpU-accelerated Segmentation Toolbox (FOCUST), a freely available plugin for the FIJI distribution of ImageJ, and has collaborated on projects in stem cell, cardiac, neuronal/glial, airway mechanobiology, drug delivery, preterm birth, tumour-immune biology, and novel optical and mechanical imaging techniques. Key publications include "FOCUST: Fluorescent Object and Cell gpU-Accelerated Segmentation Toolbox" (Small Methods, 2025), "Reprogramming anchorage dependency by adherent-to-suspension transition promotes metastatic dissemination" (Molecular Cancer, 2023), "Antenatal creatine supplementation reduces persistent fetal lung inflammation and oxidative stress in an ovine model of chorioamnionitis" (American Journal of Physiology - Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology, 2024), "In situ stress estimation in quantitative micro-elastography" (Biomedical Optics Express, 2024), and "Multimodal mechano-microscopy reveals mechanical phenotypes of breast cancer spheroids in three dimensions" (APL Bioengineering, 2024). His teaching excellence is evidenced by awards such as the 2025 UWA Award for Excellence and Innovation in Learning and Teaching: Digital Transformation, UWA Medical School Excellence in Teaching (2023, 2024, 2025), and Western Australian Medical Students' Society Preclinical Tutor of the Year (2025).