National University of Ireland, Galway, June 6 – June 12, 2012

Wolfgang Drexler * Hasan Tayyaba * Michael Kolios * Anita Mahadevan-Jansen * Vladimir Zharov * Cornelia Denz * Vasilis Ntziachristos * Gabriel Popescu … and more!

Sponsored by: SPIE, Photonics 4 Life, Olympus and Mason Tec

The international Biophotonics and Imaging Graduate Summer School (BIGSS) is a 5 ECTS credit course run every two years in partnership with Photonics 4 Life and SPIE as an intimate gathering located in the rugged landscape of west coast of Ireland.  The peripheral location and limited student numbers are specifically chosen to foster student-tutor interaction and enhance the learning experience. Each school offers an excellent group of international experts giving 4hr lecture series in their specialist areas.  There is a focus on quantitative imaging in diagnosis and therapy this year which I think is also very topical.

This year, our speakers will cover modules such as:

Optical Coherence Tomography

High Frequency Ultrasound

Photoacoustic Spectroscopy and Tomography

Fluorescence Molecular Imaging

Quantitative Phase Imaging of Cells and Tissues

Non-linear Photonics, Lasers and Optical Information Processing

Optical Techniques for Diagnosis and Guidance of Therapy

Photodynamic therapy (PDT)

As always we have a special emphasis on Commercialising Your Research and we are delighted to announce that this year’s tutorial will be led by Hugh Cormican (CEO of Cirdan Imaging and former CEO/co-founder of Andor).

For more information click Here or visit us at our website www.nuigalway.ie/tomi to view the programme.

Registration : http://imaging.nuigalway.ie/bigssbookingform.html

For further information contact Dr. Marie-Louise O'Connell at: Marie-Louise.OConnell@ul.ie.