Optica Biophotonics Congress
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Optica Biophotonics Congress
26 - 29 April 2026
The Westin Fort Lauderdale Beach Resort
Fort Lauderdale, Florida UNITED STATES
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Deadline: 09 December 2025, 12:00
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Through significant technological advances, optical techniques have been playing an ever-increasing role in the study and treatment of issues related to life sciences ranging from molecular-level investigation to clinical treatment of patients.
The latest advances in molecular probe development, life science imaging, novel and more powerful optical instrumentation and its application to study fundamental biological processes and clinical investigations will be presented. This progress in instrumentation development and its rapid application represents important enablers that permit studies not possible a few years ago.
Cumulatively, the meetings in this congress bring together leaders in the field whose contributions are significantly advancing the state of the art in biological and medical research through the use of optical technologies.
Clinical and Translational Biophotonics (Translational)
Addresses clinical diagnostic, surgical guidance and therapeutic approaches that use light.
Microscopy, Histopathology and Analytics (Microscopy)
Provides a forum for presenting the latest research in novel microscopy devices and methods, machine learning
Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT)
Topics central to this meeting are novel OCT methods and technologies, imaging probes and systems, computational
Optical Tomography and Spectroscopy (OT&S)
Such developments will also include a specific focus on diagnostic and treatment-monitoring capabilities derived from
Optics and the Brain (Brain)
Focuses on innovative research, tools and techniques to increase fundamental knowledge about the brain and nervous
Congress Chairs
Jonathan Liu
Stanford University, USA
Congress General Chair
Kate Bechtel
Ripley Medical, USA
Congress Industry Chair
Marco Arrigoni
Light Conversion, USA
Congress Industry Vice Chair
The main image (above) adapted as 3D model with permission from authors: Co-registration of fNIRS source-detector channels (mid-way points between source and detector pairs) on a standard human brain atlas. Directional changes in information flow between human brain cortical regions after application of anodal transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) over Broca’s area. Cao, Jianwei; Wang, Xinlong; Liu, Hanli; Alexandrakis, GeorgeBiomedical Optics Express, Vol. 9, Issue 11, pp. 5296-5317 (2018).
