The research arm of the NSF Center for Biophotonics, Science & Technology (CBST) is dedicated to the development of new light-based tools and techniques for use in basic bioscience research and clinical medicine.  The Center's headquarters and primary laboratory facility is strategically located within the University of California, Davis Medical Center (UCDMC) in Sacramento, California - to establish a unique, collaborative environment that enables scientists, engineers, and physicians to work directly and more efficiently towards translating basic research into biomedical applications.

Our current research portfolio consists of both Center-driven projects, focused mainly on the development of advanced microscopy and spectroscopy; and collaborator-driven projects, in which we work jointly with researchers in areas of cancer, neuroscience, infectious and vascular disease - as well as stem cell and regenerative medicine - to address specific challenges using biophotonics.  This talk presents an overview of the major biomedical challenges that we seek to address, and our efforts to apply biophotonics to provide solutions for these problems.

If interested, please contact:

Jonathan Weinstein
Department of Physics / MS 220
University of Nevada
Reno, NV 89557-0058

phone: 775 784 6821
fax:   775 784 1398
email: weinstein@physics.unr.edu