[MOS] Lester Wolfe Workshop 11/25/08

[Zina Queen]

Lester Wolfe Workshop in Laser Biomedicine

Molecular tools in diagnostic medicine:
The opportunity for biomedical optics


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.


State-of-the-art in molecular diagnostics
John Iafrate, Massachusetts General Hospital/ Harvard Medical School

Flip-flopping contrast mechanisms in optical imaging
Samuel Achilefu, Washington University School of Medicine

Molecular pathology with mid-infrared chemical imaging
Rohit Bhargava, Beckman Institute at the University of Illinois

Imaging of molecular assemblies for cancer detection, monitoring and therapy:
A plasmonic approach
Konstantin Sokolov, University of Texas, at Austin


Tuesday, November 25, 2008, 3:30-6:00 PM
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Grier Room, 34-401
77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge

Refreshments served at 3:00 PM

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).
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