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First Congress Great Success by Andrew Lague — last modified 03/20/2008 14:36

The NSF Center for Biophotonics Science & Technology (CBST) of UC Davis hosted the 1st International Congress on Biophotonics (ICOB) on February 3-7, 2008 in Sacramento, California.

Journal of Biophotonics Launches by Andrew Lague — last modified 03/06/2008 10:34

The Journal of Biophotonics published their inaugural issue this month, March 2008

International congress lays the groundwork for biophotonics roadmap by Andrew Lague — last modified 04/28/2008 15:05

The Journal of Biomedial Optics covers the International Congress on Biophotonics

NIH Establishes UC Davis/LLNL Center for Point-of-Care Technologies by Andrew Lague — last modified 11/29/2007 14:03

Doctors one day may be able to diagnose bloodstream infections within one hour rather than waiting a day to several days for conventional test results from labs.

Nature publishes groundbreaking x-ray research by Andrew Lague — last modified 08/08/2007 13:50

CBST Researchers Henry N. Chapman and David A. Shapiro published in this month's Nature

Big Bang: UC Davis Business Plan Competition by Andrew Lague — last modified 07/27/2007 10:31

Final judging of the 2007 Big Bang! the annual UC Davis Business Plan Competition organized by MBA students of the Graduate School of Management. Participants form teams, develop their business ideas and compete for cash. Winners are chosen.

Journal of Biophotonics Call for Papers by Andrew Lague — last modified 05/21/2007 15:10

Wiley InterScience introduces the Journal of Biophotonics

New Biophotonics Textbook by Lihong Wang and Hsin-I Wu by Andrew Lague — last modified 05/21/2007 14:54

The Director of CBST is very pleased to announce the publication of an important new entry level textbook on tissue optics entitled: Biomedical Optics: Principles and Imaging (June, 2007, John Wiley and Sons, Inc.) by his longtime colleague, Professor Lihong Wang from Washington University in St. Louis (lhwang@wustl.edu) and Hsin-i Wu from Texas A&M (wwu@tamu.edu).

9th International Conference on Optics Within Life Sciences by Andrew Lague — last modified 01/24/2007 11:39

The Center for Biophotonics was pleased to co-sponsor the 9th International Conference on Optics Within Life Sciences (OWLS9), which took place at National Yang-Ming University in Taipei, Taiwan from November 26-29, 2006.

Protein imaging now possible using X-ray laser by Andrew Lague — last modified 11/30/2006 15:33

CBST & Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) scientists for the first time have validated the idea of using extremely short and intense X-ray pulses to capture images of objects such as proteins before the X-rays destroy the sample.

First Education Retreat a Success by Andrew Lague — last modified 10/11/2006 15:50

The first ever education retreat was held on October 5-6, 2006

LIFETIME Achievement Award by Andrew Lague — last modified 10/11/2006 09:21

Brian Wilson, PhD, Chair of CBST’s Program Review Committee for Science & Technology was honored at OPTICAL IMAGING 2006 – LIFETIME Achievement Award

Arnold Burger, PhD, CBST Collaborator Elected SPIE Fellow by Andrew Lague — last modified 06/28/2006 10:00

SPIE – The International Society for Optical Engineering will honor 33 new Fellows of the Society this year.

Congresswoman Matsui Named to House Science Committee by Andrew Lague — last modified 05/10/2006 22:25

In accepting her new appointment to the House Science Committee, Congresswoman Matsui lauded the NSF Center for Biophotonics.

Science Fair Winners! by Felix R Morio — last modified 03/29/2006 07:20

Center High School CBST Research Teams win first and second place in the Senior Team Science division of the Sacramento Regional Science and Engineering Fair.

A new science — biophotonics — has a new center of operations at the UC Davis Medical Center by Andrew Lague — last modified 02/06/2006 14:28

Quarters for the National Science Foundation-funded UC Davis Center for Biophotonics Science and Technology were dedicated Monday in the Oak Park Research Building at 2700 Stockton Blvd. Known as CBST, the biophotonics center is a research hub for roughly 100 investigators at nine institutions across the United States.

UC Davis tech center lights up seven new firms by Andrew Lague — last modified 02/06/2006 10:06

A new UC Davis center that uses light to diagnose and treat disease has already played a role in the development or spin-off of seven area companies.

Sacramento Bee: New capital center to spearhead medical research by Andrew Lague — last modified 02/06/2006 10:04

The National Science Foundation formally opened a new world outpost on the "frontier of science" - the $52 million Center for Biophotonics Science and Technology - expected to sow publicly traded companies in the capital region.

CBST Installs World's Most Powerful Commercial Wide-Field Light Microscope by Andrew Lague — last modified 06/16/2008 11:39

The first commercial ultra-high resolution microscope using structured illumination developed at UC San Francisco (UCSF) by researchers funded by the Center for Biophotonics Science and Technology (CBST) and built by high-end research equipment maker Applied Precision is now in operation at the Oak Park Research Building at the Sacramento campus of UC Davis