Short Course 2023
Multiscale Biophotonics: A Platform for Interdisciplinary Research Training and Career Development, 9-20 July 2023
This new annual series of Multiscale Biophotonics short courses builds on our previous Computational Biophotonics courses from 2013-2018. Expanding from a 5-day to a 12-day program, it offers comprehensive training in technical, operational, and professional skills for Biophotonics researchers. Trainees will receive technical and professional mentorship to achieve research and professional goals. The technical component of the course comprises lectures and technology demonstrations in biological microscopy, biophotonics simulation software, ex vivo optical property determination, speckle imaging, wide-field spectroscopic imaging, and diffuse optics. Hands-on labs provide operational skills training, while professional skills training focuses on team science to enhance the trainee’s ability to lead and work within multidisciplinary teams. Panel discussions support professional development, and technical and professional mentors will assist the trainees with a year-long problem-based learning project and provide career guidance.
Click here to submit an application to attend Domestic academic applicants selected to attend are eligible to receive an NIH fellowship that will cover transportation, lodging, and registration costs associated with attending the course.
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List of Short Course participants
Day 1 -- Sunday, 9 July 2023
Multiscale Biophotonics IPERT Program Introduction
Lecture 1: Course Overview & Trainee Introductions, Profs. Bernard Choi & Vasan Venugopalan pdf » view online video
Lecture 2: Biophotonics Fundamentals, Prof. Vasan Venugopalan pdf » view online video
Tutorial: Introduction to the Virtual Tissue Simulator, Dr. Carole Hayakawa pdf
Laboratory A (Computation): Tissue Absorption and Scattering Spectra
Day 2 -- Monday, 10 July 2023
Team Science & Career Development
Team Science Workshop: Building and Working with Teams, Prof. Dan Stokols pdf » view online video
Career Development and Mentorship: Individualized Development Plan, Profs. Bernard Choi & Vasan Venugopalan pdf » view online video
Evening Presentation: My Entrepreneurship Journey in Biophotonics – Commercializing Spatial Frequency Domain Imaging (SFDI) at Modulim, Dr. David Cuccia pdf » view online video
Day 3 -- Tuesday, 11 July 2023
Biological Microscopy
Lecture 3: Optical Microscopy in Cells and Tissues, Prof. Eric Potma pdf » view online video
Lecture 4: Modeling Focused Beam Propagation in Scattering Media, Dr. Janaka Ranasinghesagara pdf » view online video
Laboratory B (Computation): Mie Scattering and Analysis of Focused Beam Propagation
Day 4 -- Wednesday, 12 July 2023
Monte Carlo Methods & Team Science
Lecture 5: Monte Carlo Methods: Fundamentals, Prof. Shuang Zhao pdf » view online video
Lecture 6: Monte Carlo Methods: Extensions and Application, Dr. Carole Hayakawa pdf » view online video
Tutorial: Virtual Photonics Open Source Software Tools, Ms. Lisa Malenfant pdf » view online video
Evening Presentation: Femtosecond Laser Technology in Ophthalmic Surgery, Dr. Tibor Juhasz pdf » view online video
Day 5 -- Thursday, 13 July 2023
Optical Dosimetry, Optical Property Measurement & Team Science
Lecture 7: Light Fields Generated by Collimated Beams, Prof. Vasan Venugopalan pdf » view online video
Lecture 8: Ex Vivo Measurement of Tissue Optical Properties Using Inverse Adding Doubling, Prof. Scott Prahl pdf » view online video
Laboratory D (Hybrid): Integrating Sphere Data Acquisition & Data Analysis pdf
Evening Presentation: Translational Biophotonics - A guide to Develop Therapeutic Innovations that Improve Human Health, Prof. Anand Ganesan pdf » view online video
Day 6 -- Friday, 14 July 2023
Problem Based Learning & Career Development
Problem Based Learning: Proposal Generation, Prof. Vasan Venugopalan pdf
Afternoon Activity: Tour of Industry Partners and Entrepreneurship Facilities
Day 7 -- Saturday, 15 July 2023
Wide Field Imaging and Spectroscopy & Problem Based Learning
Lecture 9: Spatially-Resolved and Spatial Frequency Domain Methods and their Biomedical Application, Dr. David Cuccia pdf » view online video
Lecture 10: Determination of Tissue Properties from Optical Signals, Dr. Carole Hayakawa pdf » view online video
Day 8 -- Monday, 17 July 2023
Laser Speckle Imaging & Problem Based Learning
Lecture 11: Laser Speckle Principles, Instrumentation and Biomedical Application, Prof. Bernard Choi pdf
Lecture 12: Modeling of Laser Speckle Imaging, Prof. Bernard Choi pdf » view online video
Laboratory F (Hybrid): Flow Mapping with Laser Speckle Imaging
Day 9 -- Tuesday, 18 July 2023
Diffuse Optical Imaging and Spectroscopy & Problem Based Learning
Lecture 13: Diffuse Optics Instrumentation and Biomedical Application, Prof. Thomas O'Sullivan pdf » view online video
Lecture 14: Analysis of Diffuse Optical Signals, Prof. Vasan Venugopalan pdf » view online video