Biophotonics

Chairs

Francesca Bragheri

Francesca Bragheri
Italian National Research Council - Institute for Photonics and Nanotechnologies
(IT)
Gilles Tessier

Gilles Tessier
Sorbonne University
(FR)
Polina Kuzhir

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

Program Committee

Petra Paiè, Politecnico di Milano (IT)

Francesco Baldini, IFAC CNR (IT)

Annalisa Volpe, Politecnico di Bari (IT)

Pablo Loza, ICFO (ES)

Kate Grieve, Institut de la Vision (FR)

Karsten Plamann, LOB-Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau (FR)

Vetrone Fiorenzo, INRS Laval, Québec (CA)

Paolo Ciambelli, University of Salerno (IT)

Invited Speakers

Radek Lapkevicz

University of Warsaw, Poland

Title: to be announced

 

Pascal Berto

Institut Fresnel, Marseille, France

Title: to be announced

Peter Dedecker

University of Leuven, Belgium

Title: to be announced

 

Marijonas Tutkus

Vilnius University, Lithuania

Title: Single-molecule localisation microscopy augmented with tracking reveals live-cell dynamics of carbonic anhydrase IX