The 7th International Graduate Summer School Biophotonics '15 held in June 2015 at Backafallsbyn on the Island of Ven had a special focus on Entrepreneurship, a topic relevant to all members of the biomedical optics community. It was a huge success in terms of education, scientific exchange, and personal friendships.
Read the two blog posts by Jacqueline Andreozzi from the Summer School
Kishan Dholakia was awarded the "Best Lecturer Award 2015" in a spontaneous initiative by the students.
We, the organizers, would like to express our gratitude to the lecturers for taking time to teach at the school and spending valuable time with the students. It is admirable that all lecturers participated without receiving any fee. We also greatly appreciate the financial support and donations we received from various sponsors making this event possible.
Furthermore, we extend our thanks to all participants for their enthusiastic contributions during the discussions following the lectures and especially during the poster sessions.
Scope
The 7th International Graduate summer school Biophotonics '15 covered the following main areas:
- Tissue optics
- Optical trapping and their applications in biophotonics
- STED microscopy
- Fluorescence life-time imaging
- Molecular imaging based on optical methods
- Optical coherence tomography and coherence domain optical methods in biomedicine
- Photo-acoustic imaging
- Photodynamic therapy
- Lasers and their application in medicine
The school kicked off with a keynote lecture on entrepreneurship, a topic of relevance to the entire biophotonic community:
Lecturers
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Professor Kishan Dholakia, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St. Andrews, Scotland, United Kingdom
Shaped Light for Imaging and Micromanipulation
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Professor Wolfgang Drexler, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
Optical Coherence Tomography: Technology and Applications
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Professor Paul French, Imperial College London, United Kingdom
Multidimensional Fluorescence Imaging and Metrology
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Professor Steven Jacques, Oregon Health Science University, USA
Tissue Optics
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Dr. Eric O. Potma, University of California, Irvine, USA
Biomolecular Imaging with Coherent Raman Scattering Microscopy
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Professor, MD Katarina Svanberg, Lund University Hospital, Dept. of Oncology, Sweden
Strategies for Cancer Treatment Using Lasers and Photodynamic Therapy
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Professor, Sune Svanberg, Lund University, Dept. of Physics, Sweden
Spectroscopy in Life Science(special invited lecture)
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Professor Roy Taylor, Imperial College London, Dept. of Physics, United Kingdom
Fibre Based Supercontinuum Sources and Lasers
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Professor Bruce Tromberg, University of California, Beckman Laser Institute, USA
Medical Imaging in Thick Tissues Using Diffuse Optics
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Professor Lihong Wang, Washington University in St. Louis, Department of Biomedical Engineering, USA
Photoacoustic Tomography: Ultrasonically Breaking through the Optical Diffusion Limit
Best Poster Presentation Award 2015
Sandra Tamosaityte (2nd from right) receives the best poster presentation award 2015 from Katarina Svanberg.
Sandra Tamosaityte
Vilnius University
Faculty of Physics, General Physics and Spectroscopy
Vilnius, Lithuania
s.tamosaityte@gmail.com
Poster title: Vibrational spectroscopy based imaging techniques provide biochemical information of effects of alginate hydrogel implants in spinal cord injury model
Second Prize 2015
Jacqueline Andreozzi (right) receives the second prize for the best poster presentation award 2015.
Jacqueline Andreozzi
Dartmouth College
Thayer School of Engineering
Hanover, NH, USA
jacqueline.m.andreozzi.th@dartmouth.edu
Poster title: Exploring Cherenkov Imaging in the Radiotherapy Clinic: Applications and Challenges
Second Prize 2015
Jan Philip Kolb (2nd from left) receives the second prize for the best poster presentation award 2015.
Jan Philip Kolb
Universität zu Lübeck
Institute of Biomedical Optics
Lübeck, Germany
kolb@bmo.uni-luebeck.de
Poster title: Ophthalmic ultra-widefield MHz-OCT-imaging with up to 100° field of view
Second Prize 2015
Abel Swaan (2nd from right) receives the second prize for the best poster presentation award 2015.
Abel Swaan
Academic Medical Center
Biomedical Engineering and Physics
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
a.swaan@amc.nl
Poster title: A novel optical biopsy probe design combining elastic scattering spectroscopy and optical coherence tomography
Second Prize 2015
Xinwen Yao (2nd from right) receives the second prize for the best poster presentation award 2015.
Xinwen Yao
Columbia University
Electrical Engineering
New York, NY, USA
xy2159@columbia.edu
Poster title: High-Resolution Spectral Domain Optical Coherence Tomography (SD-OCT) System Optimized for Myocardial Imaging
Sponsors
Endorsements without financial support
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EPIC, European Photonics Industry Consortium
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