Biomedical

Photonics plays a crucial role in the innovation of the biomedical field. A large number of B-PHOT research projects are also situated in this application area. For example, B-PHOT has been coordinating the Network of Excellence on Biophotonics : Photonics4life

Here are some examples of other research projects where photonics is a key element for breakthroughs in the biomedical domain:

• Super-sensitive detection of Alzheimer’s disease biomarkers in plasma by an innovative droplet split-and stack approach - EU FET project -Sensapp
• MIC-STRIP : Combat microbials in humans and animals with the MICSTRIP concept – towards a spin-off company - IOF PoC project
• Towards compact multimodal spectroscopic devices for the read-out of microfluidic organs-on-chip - FWO project
• Human stem cells-on-a-chip: a new 3D platform for drug-induced liver steatosis - FWO project
• Low-cost waferscale plastic micro-fluidic biophotonic chips -FWO-Hercules project
• Optical and microfluidic tools to unravel the dynamics of bio-condensates- OZR-SRP project
• MIC-STRIP: development of a microfluidic strip and device for rapid and accurate determination of the minimum inhibitory concentrations (MIC) of antibiotics - IOF PoC project

• Optical Fibre Dose Imaging for Adaptive Brachytherapy - EU project - ORIGIN
• Carbon nanomaterial enhanced optical fibres for biomedical imaging and sensing - FWO-EOS project- CHARMING
• Photonics Skins for Optical Sensing - EU project- PHOSFOS
• Biodegradable fiber optic technology for biophotonic applications - FWO project

• Developing the Next Generation Compact Light source and Spectrometer Systems to be used among other in the healthcare - EU Marie-Curie ITN project - X-Class
• MIC-STRIP : Combat microbials in humans and animals with the MICSTRIP concept – towards a spin-off company - IOF PoC project
• Integrated Spectrometer for Spectral Tissue Sensing - EU project - Inspect
• Towards compact multimodal spectroscopic devices for the read-out of microfluidic organs-on-chip - FWO project
• MIC-STRIP: development of a microfluidic strip and device for rapid and accurate determination of the minimum inhibitory concentrations (MIC) of antibiotics - IOF PoC project

• Deploying nonlinear-optical effects in graphene to pave the way for the development of portable mid-infrared broadband light sources for healthcare applications - EU FET project - Graphenics