Be part of these co-located meetings merging translational biophotonics and applications, and novel additive manufacturing technologies in any area of photonics.

At the University of Southern California's Michelson Center, leaders in the field will discuss paths that led to their advancements and will also plot new directions for the future of optical imaging and photonics for both research and clinical applications. Clinicians will present their perspectives on application needs, while industry representatives will discuss pathways to commercialization.

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2022 Conference chairs


Tomasz Tkaczyk

Rice Univ. (United States)

Brian E. Applegate

Keck School of Medicine of USC (United States)

A powerful slate of invited speakers—see full program including all invited speakers


Andrea Armani

The Univ. of Southern California (USA)
Additive manufacturing in microscopy

Gabriela Apiou

Harvard Medical School, Mass General Research Institute, and Wellman Center for Photomedicine (USA)

Aydogan Ozcan

Univ. of California Los Angeles (USA)
Deep learning-enabled computational microscopy for biophotonics

Massimo De Vittorio

Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (Italy)
Implantable photonic tools for recording and manipulation of brain activity

Jeeseong Hwang

National Institute of Standards and Technology (USA)
Standards developed by National Institute of Standards and Technology for the evaluation of optical medical imaging devices

Laura Waller

Univ. of California, Berkeley (USA)
Computational 3D microscopy

One powerful conference covering two major areas:


Additive Manufacturing for Photonics

Present on the latest implementation of additive manufacturing for photonic and biophotonic applications and technologies ranging from non-linear 2-Photon Polymerization, Stereo-lithography, Jet printing, Extrusion printing. Discuss your technology limits, present components / devices and example applications including interconnects, fibers/waveguides, imaging systems, sensors, implants, etc.

3D printing

Invited speakers for Additive Manufacturing


Remmi Baker, Nanoscribe
Jörg Smolensk, Nanoscribe
Aydogan Ozcan, UCLA
Tomasz Tkaczyk, Rice
Michael Eggelston, Bell labs

Julia Greer, Caltech
Jun Lou, Rice
Cindi Li, Arizona State
Andrea Armani, USC

Translational Biophotonics

Present on the latest technologies and applications of OCT, new technologies for diagnostic imaging and detection, point-of-care testing, bio-printing, and their translation to the clinic. Leaders in the field will discuss paths that led to their advancements and will also plot new directions for the future of optical imaging and photonics for both research and clinical applications.

biophotonics research in application

Invited speakers for Translational Biophotonics


John Rassmussen, MD Anderson
Ann Gillenwater and Rebecca Richards Kortum, MD Anderson / Rice
Gabriela Apiou, Harvard Medical School, Mass General Research Institute, and Wellman Center for Photomedicine
Banghe Zhu, UTH
Kirill Larin, UTH and UofH
Martin Villiger, Harvard Medical School
Pierre Lane, BCCRC
Robert Zawadzki, UC Davis
Chris Xu, Cornell

Jeeseong Hwang, NIST
Andrew Dunn, UT Texas
Kyle P. Quinn, University of Arkansas
Liang Gao, UCLA
Nick Durr, JHU
Manu Prakesh, Stanford
Dan Elson, Imperial
Laura Waller, UC Berkley
Changheui Yang, Caltech
Massimo De Vittorio, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia

Students and early career professionals: attend for free


Conference grants

We will be offering a limited number of conference grants to eligible and selected students and early career professionals (ECPs). Applicants are those either presenting and publishing an accepted paper, or co-authors and non-author attendees attending SPIE Translational Biophotonics + Additive Manufacturing for Photonics.