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<font size="4"><b><span style="color: black;">Lester Wolfe Workshop in Laser Biomedicine</span></b><b><o:p></o:p></b></font></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height:normal"><font size="3">“Optics in the lower GI tract:
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<p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height:normal"><font size="3">Using light where the sun don’t shine”</font></p><div><br></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">Non-invasive optical diagnostics is playing an increasing role in many different organ systems and in various parts of the body. The lower GI
tract and colon are particularly relevant in this regard due to the high risk posed by colon cancer. Optics are also being used to explore the basic biology and physiology of the intestine using mouse models and innovative “organ-on-a-chip” designs.</span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 14px;">Current Diagnostic Challenges in Colonoscopy<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Norman Nishioka, MD, Director of Endoscopy, Massachusetts General Hospital; Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b style="font-size: 14px;">Tissue Optical Spectroscopy for Clinical Diagnostics in the Colon and Pancreas<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Mary-Ann Mycek, PhD, Professor and Associate Chair for Translational Research, Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering & Medical School, University of Michigan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 14px;">Optical microscopy for the studies of the murine intestine<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Seok-Hyun (Andy) Yun, PhD, Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School. Massachusetts General Hospital, Wellman Center for Photomedicine<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 14px;">A Really Small Colon<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Nancy Allbritton, MD, PhD, Professor & Chair, UNC/NCState Department of Biomedical Engineering<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<h1 style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 14px;"><br></span></h1><h1 style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 14px;">Tuesday, May 5, 2015, 4:00-6:00 PM<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
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<span style="font-size: 14px;">Massachusetts General Hospital<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 14px;">Simches Research Building, 3<sup>rd</sup> Floor, Room 3110<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 14px;">185 Cambridge Street, Boston, MA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 14px;">Refreshments served at 3:30 PM, Room 3110<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt">Sponsored by the MIT Laser Biomedical Research Center, MIT, MGH Wellman Center for Photomedicine, and the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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