UW Biophotonics Cluster Program

UW Biophotonics Cluster Program

The Biophotonics Cluster Program, a consortium of UW faculty, students and industry scientists, encourages multi-disciplinary research and education on the development and application of photonics technologies in biomedical and bioengineering research.

The Biophotonics Cluster Program is meeting its objective through the following activities:

Promoting Biophotonics Research at the UW : Promote multidisciplinary research agendas among life scientists, engineers, and health scientists to advance the application and development of Biophotonics research. Current interests center on multi-mode, multi-photon imaging of complex biological systems, development and application of novel spectroscopic and photochemical probes and the fabrication and manipulation of surfaces for drug screening, bio-MEMs and HTS assays.
Research Forums
: Organize workshops and symposia on Biophotonics research.

The Biophotonics Cluster Program Workshop. The first workshop (10.19.2000) was on Emerging Techniques in Screening and Imaging Sciences.

The First International Symposium on Biophotonics.

A seminar series Biophotonics Cluster Program Fall Seminars

An informal Biophotonics Discussion Group
Education: The field of Biophotonics has emerged from research conducted at the interface of the physical and biological sciences and engineering. Correspondingly, students who are interested in developing and/or applying photonic technologies to their research projects should benefit from a course that covers the basic principles of optics, optical spectroscopy and microscopy and the application of these techniques to address fundamental questions in the life and health sciences. The special topics course on Principles of Biophotonics covers the basic principles and practice of photonics including optics, optical design, spectroscopy and optical microscopy. Students will learn how biophotonics is being used to address specific mechanisms that underlie biological function and discover how Biophotonics research is making an impact in genomics, proteomics, drug screening, Bio-MEMs and engineering.
A new course will be offered to graduate students from Fall 2001

Principles of Biophotonics : A 3-credit course
Industrial Relations and Technology Transfer: Establish collaborative research and funding opportunities with our industry partners: Promega, ThermoMicroscopes, BD Biosciences, Beckman Coulter, Fryer Company Inc, PanVera, Zeiss, Leeds Precision Instruments, Olympus Microscopes, Packard BioScience, Prairie Technologies, Piezomax, ISS Corp. and GWC Instruments.
Outreach: Serve as a facilitator for dissemination of information on biophotonics research at the UW to local schools and colleges, local businesses and the non-profit sector.

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Last modified: 5/18/2001