Short Course 2024
Multiscale Biophotonics: A Platform for Interdisciplinary Research Training and Career Development, July 23rd - August 2nd 2024
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 an 11-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 -- Tuesday, 23 July 2024
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
Technology Demonstration 1a: Introduction to the Virtual Tissue Simulator, Dr. Carole Hayakawa pdf
Technology Demonstration 1b: Mie Scattering and Mie Simulator GUI, Dr. Janaka Ranasinghesagara pdf
Laboratory A (Computation) Part 1: Tissue Absorption and Scattering Spectra pdf
Laboratory A (Computation) Part 2: Mie Scattering pdf
Day 2 -- Wednesday, 24 July 2024
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: Prof. Michelle Digman pdf » view online video
Day 3 -- Thursday, 25 July 2024
Biological Microscopy
Lecture 3: Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging Microscopy, Prof. Michelle Digman pdf » view online video
Lecture 4: Optical Microscopy in Cells and Tissues, Prof. Eric Potma pdf » view online video
Technology Demonstration 2: Chemical Imaging and Laboratory for Fluorescence Dynamics Tours, Profs. Eric Potma & Michelle Digman
Laboratory B (Computation): LFD Computational Lab pdf
Day 4 -- Friday, 26 July 2024
Monte Carlo Methods & Team Science
Lecture 5: Monte Carlo Methods: Fundamentals, Prof. Scott Prahl pdf » view online video
Lecture 6: Monte Carlo Methods: Extensions and Application, Dr. Carole Hayakawa pdf » view online video
Technology Demonstration 3: Virtual Photonics Open Source Software, Ms. Lisa Glover pdf » view online video
Laboratory C (Computation): Monte Carlo Simulations: Error Analysis & Spatial and Angular Distributions pdf
Evening Presentation: Dr. Yama Akbari pdf » view online video
Day 5 -- Saturday, 27 July 2024
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. Rolf Saager pdf » view online video
Laboratory D (Hybrid): Integrating Sphere Data Acquisition & Data Analysis pdf
Day 6 -- Sunday, 27 July 2024
Free Day
Day 7 -- Monday, 29 July 2024
Problem Based Learning & Career Development
Problem Based Learning: Proposal Generation, Prof. Vasan Venugopalan pdf
Afternoon Activity: Tour of Industry Partners and Entrepreneurship Facilities
Evening Presentation: Dr. David Cuccia pdf » view online video
Day 8 -- Tuesday, 30 July 2024
Laser Speckle Imaging & Problem Based Learning
Lecture 9: Laser Speckle Principles, Instrumentation and Biomedical Application, Dr. Christian Crouzet pdf
Lecture 10: Modeling of Laser Speckle Imaging, Prof. Bernard Choi pdf » view online video
Technology Demonstration 4: Laser Speckle Imaging Instrumentation
Laboratory E (Hybrid): Laser Speckle Imaging of Flow pdf
Evening Presentation: Dr. Anand Ganesan and Dr. Mihaela Balu pdf » view online video
Day 9 -- Wednesday, 31 July 2024
Wide Field Imaging and Spectroscopy & Problem Based Learning
Lecture 11: Spatial Frequency Domain Imaging (SFDI) Methods and Biomedical Applications, Prof. Rolf Saager pdf » view online video
Lecture 12: Determination of Tissue Properties from Optical Signals, Dr. Carole Hayakawa pdf » view online video
Technology Demonstration 5: SFDI Instrumentation
Laboratory F (Hybrid) Part 1: Recovery of Tissue Properties from Spatially-Resolved and Spatial Frequency Domain Reflectance Measurements pdf
Laboratory F (Hybrid) Part 2: Optical Property Recovery using SFDI Instrumentation pdf
Day 10 -- Thursday, 1 August 2024
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
Laboratory G (Hybrid) Part 1: Recovery of Tissue Properties from Time-Resolved and Temporal Frequency-Domain Reflectance Measurements pdf
Laboratory G (Hybrid) Part 2: Optical Property Recovery using FDPM Instrumentation pdf