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<div><font face="Times" color="#000000"><b>Lester Wolfe Workshop in
Laser Biomedicine<br>
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Molecular tools in diagnostic medicine:<br>
The opportunity for biomedical optics<br>
<br>
<br>
</b>Recent ground-breaking progress in cell and molecular biology has
resulted in tremendous advances in understanding the molecular
underpinnings of human diseases. These new discoveries have given rise
to the new discipline of molecular diagnostics that continues to
revolutionize the practice of diagnostic pathology and in vivo
imaging. In parallel, the development of targeted therapies against
specific molecular markers has placed additional demands for
molecular-specific characterization of cells and tissues. This
workshop will introduce the participants to the current challenges and
opportunities in molecular diagnostics, with special emphasis on the
contribution of optical and spectroscopic methods.<br>
<br>
<br>
<b>State-of-the-art in molecular diagnostics<br>
</b>John Iafrate, Massachusetts General Hospital/ Harvard Medical
School<br>
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<b>Flip-flopping contrast mechanisms in optical imaging<br>
</b>Samuel Achilefu, Washington University School of Medicine<br>
<br>
<b>Molecular pathology with mid-infrared chemical imaging<br>
</b>Rohit Bhargava, Beckman Institute at the University of
Illinois<br>
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<b>Imaging of molecular assemblies for cancer detection, monitoring
and therapy:<br>
A plasmonic approach<br>
</b>Konstantin Sokolov, University of Texas, at Austin<br>
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Tuesday, November 25, 2008, 3:30-6:00 PM<br>
Massachusetts Institute of Technology<br>
Grier Room, 34-401<br>
77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge<br>
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Refreshments served at 3:00 PM<br>
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</font><font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Sponsored by the
G. R. Harrison Spectroscopy Laboratory, MIT; MGH Wellman Center for
Photomedicine; Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology;
and CIMIT (Center for Integration of Medicine and Innovative
Technology).</font></div>
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