Biophotonics '09 - 4th International Graduate summer school
6 June 2009 - 13 June 2009
Austria
Over the past decade, optical methods and instruments based on light interacting with tissue have emerged as powerful techniques for bio-medical diagnostics, monitoring wide spectra of tissue function and pathology together with therapy.
The purpose of the 4th International Graduate summer school Biophotonics '09 is to provide education for students at the highest international level within these areas. Moreover, by inviting renowned lecturers from all over the world, the educational program is held in an international atmosphere enhancing exchange of scientific ideas and technological advances within the fields of biomedical optics and closely related areas.
The 4th International Graduate summer school Biophotonics '09 covers the following main areas:
* Lasers and their application in medicine
* Tissue optics
* Photodynamic therapy
* Optical tweezers and their applications in biophotonics
* Optical biosensors
* Molecular imaging based on optical methods
* Optical coherence tomography and coherence domain optical methods in biomedicine
At the summer school invited experts, at an international level, will give extended presentations reviewing these areas. Moreover, the attendees at the summer school will also have the opportunity of presenting their current research projects, results or ideas.
Lecturers are:
* Professor Darryl J. Bornhop, Chemistry Department, Vanderbilt University, USA
o Interferometry for measuring molecular interactions
* Professor Kishan Dholakia, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St. Andrews, United Kingdom
o Optical micromanipulation for biophotonics
* Professor Stefan W. Hell, Dept. of NanoBiophotonics, Max-Planck-Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Germany
o Fluorescence nanoscopy: Principles and applications in life sciences
* Professor Joseph Izatt, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, USA
o Optical coherence tomography for structural, functional, and quantitative phase imaging in biomedicine and biotechnology
* Professor Steven Jacques, Oregon Health & Science University, USA
o Tissue optics
* Professor Eva Sevick-Muraca, Brown Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Texas, USA
o Near-infrared fluorescence for medical imaging and tomography
* Professor, MD Katarina Svanberg, Lund University Hospital, Dept. Of Oncology, Sweden
o Strategies for cancer treatment using lasers and photodynamic therapy
* Professor Sune Svanberg, Lund University, Dept. of Physics, Sweden
o Lasers and spectroscopy in medicine
* Professor Roy Taylor, Imperial College London, Dept. of Physics, United Kingdom
o Supercontinuum light sources
* Professor Bruce Tromberg, University of California, Beckman Laser Institute, USA
o Medical imaging in thick tissues using diffuse optics
* Professor Hubert van den Bergh, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Institut de l'environnement, Switzerland
o Using light for the detection and treatment of disease: From bench to bedside
The purpose of the 4th International Graduate summer school Biophotonics '09 is to provide education for students at the highest international level within these areas. Moreover, by inviting renowned lecturers from all over the world, the educational program is held in an international atmosphere enhancing exchange of scientific ideas and technological advances within the fields of biomedical optics and closely related areas.
The 4th International Graduate summer school Biophotonics '09 covers the following main areas:
* Lasers and their application in medicine
* Tissue optics
* Photodynamic therapy
* Optical tweezers and their applications in biophotonics
* Optical biosensors
* Molecular imaging based on optical methods
* Optical coherence tomography and coherence domain optical methods in biomedicine
At the summer school invited experts, at an international level, will give extended presentations reviewing these areas. Moreover, the attendees at the summer school will also have the opportunity of presenting their current research projects, results or ideas.
Lecturers are:
* Professor Darryl J. Bornhop, Chemistry Department, Vanderbilt University, USA
o Interferometry for measuring molecular interactions
* Professor Kishan Dholakia, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St. Andrews, United Kingdom
o Optical micromanipulation for biophotonics
* Professor Stefan W. Hell, Dept. of NanoBiophotonics, Max-Planck-Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Germany
o Fluorescence nanoscopy: Principles and applications in life sciences
* Professor Joseph Izatt, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, USA
o Optical coherence tomography for structural, functional, and quantitative phase imaging in biomedicine and biotechnology
* Professor Steven Jacques, Oregon Health & Science University, USA
o Tissue optics
* Professor Eva Sevick-Muraca, Brown Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Texas, USA
o Near-infrared fluorescence for medical imaging and tomography
* Professor, MD Katarina Svanberg, Lund University Hospital, Dept. Of Oncology, Sweden
o Strategies for cancer treatment using lasers and photodynamic therapy
* Professor Sune Svanberg, Lund University, Dept. of Physics, Sweden
o Lasers and spectroscopy in medicine
* Professor Roy Taylor, Imperial College London, Dept. of Physics, United Kingdom
o Supercontinuum light sources
* Professor Bruce Tromberg, University of California, Beckman Laser Institute, USA
o Medical imaging in thick tissues using diffuse optics
* Professor Hubert van den Bergh, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Institut de l'environnement, Switzerland
o Using light for the detection and treatment of disease: From bench to bedside
Keywords
Biophotonics