2010 GRC on Lasers in Medicine and Biology; Gordon Research Conference

描述(由申请者提供)：2010年戈登激光医学和生物学研究会议将于2010年7月25日至30日在新罕布夏州霍尔德内斯的霍尔德内斯学校举行。会议的目的是召集来自学术界、诊所/医院、国家实验室和工业界的主要研究人员，以研究生物光子学的未来方向。 旨在改善医疗实践和生物学理解的研究。这次会议的第二个目标是提供一个智力挑战的、开放的和愉快的环境，以同化年轻的研究人员进入这个令人兴奋的领域。计划举行九次技术会议，广泛和全面地涵盖生物光子学领域，同时深入审查几个快速发展的子领域。会议的题目是(1)问题驱动会议：内窥镜检查，(2)显微镜检查，(3)治疗，(4)光声断层扫描，(5)漫反射光学断层扫描， (6)光学相干断层扫描，(7)造影剂，(8)前沿技术，(9)问题驱动会议：神经科学。我们相信，生物光子学社区是我们生物医学研究组合中日益增长的重要组成部分，而本次戈登研究会议对我们社区的健康至关重要。我们从国家卫生研究所寻求资金，以支持这一重要会议。 公共卫生相关性：生物光子学的进步使新的临床程序成为可能，并带来了新的生物学理解。《戈登在医学和激光方面的会议》 生物学“聚集了光子学领域的主要研究人员，共同确定和解决最相关的生物医学问题。会议还充当了一个教育论坛，研究生和博士后研究员可以在科学会议和非正式的社会活动中与高级研究人员互动并向他们学习。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The 2010 Gordon Research Conference on Lasers in Medicine and Biology will be held from July 25-30, 2010 at the Holderness School, Holderness, New Hampshire. The intent of the conference is to assemble lead investigators from academia, clinics /hospitals, national laboratories, and industry to examine the future directions of biophotonics research with the goal of improving medical practices and biological understanding. A second goal of this conference is to provide an intellectually challenging, open, and convivial environment to assimilate young researchers into this exciting field. Nine technical sessions are scheduled to provide a broad and comprehensive coverage of the biophotonics field while giving in depth examination of several rapidly developing subfields. The titles of the sessions are (1) Problem driven session: endoscopy, (2) Microscopy, (3) Therapy, (4) Photoacoustic tomography, (5) Diffuse optical tomography, (6) Optical coherence tomography, (7) Contrast agents, (8) Frontier technologies, and (9) Problem driven session: neuroscience. We believe that the biophotonics community is an important growing component in our biomedical research portfolio and this Gordon Research Conference is vital to the health of our community. We seek funds from the National Institute of Health to support this important meeting. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: The advances in biophotonics have enabled new clinical procedures and have brought new biological understandings. The "Gordon Conference on Lasers in Medicine and Biology" gathers leading investigators in the photonics field to jointly identify and tackle the most relevant biomedical problems. The conference further serves as an educational forum where graduate students and postdoctoral fellows can interact with and learn from senior investigators both formally in scientific sessions and informally in social activities.