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ECE 498SB - Special Topics in ECE: Biophotonics

Fall 2004 Journal Article Review Schedule

Date

Article Presentr
Thur August 26 OCT: Feasibility for Image-Guided Surgery of Breast Cancer Prof. Boppart

Tues


31

Optical Projection Tomography Dianna Liu

Thur

September

2

Optical Sectioning with Selective Plane Illumination Microscopy Etay Luz

Tues


7

Supercontinuum Generation in Photonic Crystal Fibers Adrien Muller

Thur


9

Novel Laser Source for Multi-Photon Microscopy Paras Baxi

Tues


14

Nano-Optics in the Biological World: Beetles, Butterflies, Birds Rachana Patel

Thur


16

Phytochrome Ancestry: Sensors of Bilins and Light Haritha Akkineni

Tues


21

Imaging Skin Pathology with Polarized Light Joe Banasiak
Angular Light Scattering from Cells  

Thur


23

Birefringence and Scattered Light Measurements in Nerves Jay Pasquesi
Optical Properties of Skin in the Near-Infrared  

Tues


28

Microscopic Origin of Light Scattering in Tissue Gareth Jones

Thur


30

Confocal Examination of Nonmelanoma Cancers to Guide Surgery Jonathan Bean   
Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy of Tumor Transport  

Tues

October

5

Exam #1 N/A

Thur


7

Optical Doppler Tomography Gauri Bedekar 
Thermal Source Optical Coherence Tomography  

Tues


12

Optical Recording of Action Potentials with SHG-Microscopy Johnson Liu 

Thur


14

In Vivo Bioluminescence Imaging for Studies of Infection Diana Limsui
Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Scattering Microscopy  

Tues


19

Microscopy Demonstrations & Tours N/A

Thur


21

All-Optical Histology using Ultrashort Laser Pulses  
Optical Spectroscopy and Imaging of Brain Robert Wilson 

Tues


26

Near-Infrared Raman Spectroscopy Toward Cancer Diagnosis Nija Joshi

Thur


28

Nanoparticles with Raman Spectroscopic Fingerprints Ryan Marry

Tues

November

2

Multiple Color Imaging of Live Cells using Quantum Dots William B Lanford
Real-Time Optical Imaging of Precancer using Gold-Nanoparticles  

Thur


4

Synthesis and Characterization of Multifunctional Nanoclinics Patrick Mathias
Aspherical MagMOONS Contrast Agents  

Tues


9

Exam #2 N/A

Thur


11

Biomolecular Screening with Encoded Porous-Si Photonic Crystals
Implantation of Silicon Chip Microphotodiode Array in the Retina Charles Choi

Tues


16

Optical Clearing of In Vivo Human Skin Dennis Dobbs 

Thur


18

Spherical Aberration after LASIK Neeta Acharya 
Laser Ablation Plume Dynamics  

Tues


23

Thanksgiving Break N/A

Thur


25

Thanksgiving Break N/A

Tues


30

Fluorescence Quenching: A Tool for Single-Molecule Study Olexandr Kokhan 
Predictive Dosimetry for Phototoxicity in PDT on Normal Skin  

Thur

December

2

Photo-Thermal Tumor Ablation using Absorbing Nanoparticles Shachar Luz
Skin Rejuvination using Lasers  

Tues


7

Project Presentations N/A

Thur


9

Project Presentations N/A

Fri


17

Final Exam (8-11am) N/A