Workshops

LESTER WOLFE WORKSHOP IN LASER BIOMEDICINE

Nanoparticles in Biomedicine: Let There be Light!

In recent years there has been an explosion in research on biomedical applications of nanoparticles. This workshop will explore the role of optics and photonics in this interdisciplinary field. Topics include gold nanoparticles for cancer diagnosis and therapy, fluorescent quantum dots for imaging disease, and novel approaches to drug delivery and tissue engineering.

Properties of Semiconductor Quantum Dots Relevant to Imaging
Moungi Bawendi, MIT

 

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Sponsored by the George R. Harrison Spectroscopy Laboratory, MGH Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, and CIMIT (Center for the Integration of Medicine and Innovative Technology)