UArizona Wyant College of Optical Sciences

Can optics lead to better cancer outcomes? I had the pleasure of speaking with Travis Sawyer recently about his work on early cancer detection of esophageal and ovarian endothelial cancers with multimodal optical imaging. We discussed: * The power of OCT, Multi-photon imaging, and Multispectral fluorescence are well suited to detecting certain cancers * How a multimodal approach can dramatically improve cancer detection * Future work in cancer detection. If you are curious to hear more, you can watch the full discussion here! https://lnkd.in/dtMXXKEB #optics #biomed #CancerResearch

JUST RELEASED: The Bayh-Dole Coalition just released our 2024 "Faces of American Innovation" report. This second-annual report highlights five amazing people whose work to transform early-stage discoveries into commercial products improved millions of lives across the globe. The 2024 Faces of American Innovation report profiles the following innovators: - Dr. Shafiqul Chowdhury, a professor at the LSU School of Veterinary Medicine and senior member of the National Academy of Inventors, developed a vaccine for bovine respiratory disease to reinforce food supplies and prevent virus mutations that could affect humans. - Dr. Rachel Dorin, founder and CEO of TeraPore Technologies, developed the Intelligent Membrane platform to filter impurities out of drugs, making them safe for patients to ingest. - Dr. Ashok Gadgil, a professor at UC Berkeley and researcher at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, invented UV Waterworks, which uses ultraviolet light to purify water on-site in communities lacking potable supplies. - Dr. Hong Hua, a professor at the University of Arizona, developed the eSight -- a pair of electronic glasses that help the legally blind see. - Katharine Ku, a former Stanford University administrator, pioneered a licensing program that set a national standard and facilitated the creation of historic inventions like the Google search algorithm. "For nearly five decades, the Bayh-Dole Act has catalyzed American innovation and improved the quality of life for people here and around the world while making the United States the global innovation powerhouse… This year, we are proud to honor a new class of innovators who seized the opportunity established by the Bayh-Dole Act and are changing the world," says Bayh-Dole Coalition executive director Joseph Allen. Read the full report below: https://lnkd.in/dxttdR_u #BayhDole #BayhDoleFOAI #techtransfer #science #research #technology #innovation #patents #IP #licensing #policy

🎓 We're delighted to announce Hong Hua as one of our Faculty Innovation Ambassadors! Hong will act as a mentor, offering valuable resources from the College of Optical Sciences. Stay tuned for future events and opportunities to meet Hong in the fall.

Polarized #light can help characterize tissue features that yield important biophysical info. #SPIE_JBO published a 2-part Special Section on Polarimetry in Biomedical Optics, edited by Alex Vitkin (University of Toronto and University Health Network), Jessica Ramella-Roman (Florida International University), and Nirmalya Ghosh (IISER KOLKATA). Their excellent editorial wraps up Issue 5: https://lnkd.in/gBAKY9Xv #OnTheCover: "Evaluating backscattering polarized light imaging microstructural mapping capabilities through neural tissue and analogous phantom imaging" by Justina Bonaventura, Kellys Morara, Rhea Carlson, Courtney Comrie, AnneLeigh Twer, Elizabeth Hutchinson, and Travis Sawyer. Article link here: https://lnkd.in/g5YQF8TJ Bookmark and enjoy the double issue: 📌 Part 2: https://lnkd.in/g2iee_cw Part 1: https://lnkd.in/gQRBNuCF Check out the related JBO Hot Topics webinar recording, "Polarimetry in Biomedical Optics": https://lnkd.in/gi-txj-5 Thanks to JBO EIC Brian Pogue! #BiomedicalEngineering #Polarimetry #Photonics SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics