The Optica Biophotonics Congress brings researchers from across the field together in one meeting.

The congress connects work in light science with biology and medicine through diverse optical methods, advancing discoveries and their translation into practice for a multidisciplinary audience.

Engineers, optical and medical scientists, physicians, early-career researchers and graduate students exchange findings and perspectives across disciplines. The congress gives them opportunities to learn from work beyond their own specialties, form collaborations and explore how emerging optical methods can address challenges in biology and medicine.

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).