Biophotonics

Chairs

	Francesca Bragheri Italian National Research Council - Institute for Photonics and Nanotechnologies (IT)
	Gilles Tessier Sorbonne University (FR)
	Polina Kuzhir University of Eastern Finland (FI)

Synopsis

Optical sensing, characterization, and imaging systems are finding more and more applications in life sciences, a field coined as biophotonics. From biology to pharmaceutics and medicine, a broad range of imaging techniques can now probe biomolecules, cells and tissues with unprecedented resolution, sensitivity and specificity in vitro but also deep inside living organisms or even human patients; at the same time biosensing techniques, both label- and label-free based, are offering promising solutions for a rapid and accurate detection of biomarkers and analytes strongly correlated to specific pathologies.

This TOM aims at bringing together researchers working on the applications of optics in life sciences, from fundamental biology to clinical applications.

Topics

Tissue optics and spectroscopy
Advanced Microscopy Techniques (3D, superresolution, multiphoton,...)
Optical coherence tomography
Phase imaging
In-depth imaging: endoscopy, aberration correction, and deep tissue imaging
Integrated devices for biomedicine
Optical tweezers
Optical biosensing
Optical sensors and actuators for biomedical applications
Optical POCT
Photonic techniques in (pre-)clinical studies
Nanomaterials for biosensing
Super-resolution bioimaging
Quantum sensing in life sciences