BiOS biomedical optics symposium convenes in San Francisco

The largest biomedical optics conference in the world is set to meet Feb. 1-6 at Moscone Center in San Francisco as part of the larger Photonics West exposition, presenting a total of 4,600 papers, 93 conferences, 17 plenary sessions and two technical exhibitions.

The BiOS meeting will highlight the cutting edge of translational research, diagnostics and therapeutics, bio- and neuro-photonics, optogenetics and new imaging technologies from around the globe. Areas of special focus include tissue optics and engineering; biomedical spectroscopy, microscopy and imaging; and nanotechnology in biomedical imaging.

This year’s symposium is chaired by James Fujimoto of Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Mass., and R. Rox Anderson, MD, from the Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston.

Just a few of the sessions offered at the symposium include “Optical Imaging, Therapeutics, and Advanced Technology in Head and Neck Surgery and Otolaryngology,” “Diagnostic and Therapeutic Applications of Light in Cardiology,” “Optical Techniques in Neurosurgery, Brain Imaging, and Neurobiology,” “Optogenetics and Optical Control of Cells,” and “Frontiers in Biological Detection: From Nanosensors to Systems.”