Research
The Laboratory covers Research and Development areas in the fields of:
- Biophotonics and NanoBiophotonics,
- Fluorescence Molecular Imaging using specific external probes,
- Linear and non-linear imaging microscopy,
- Atomic Force Microscopy of Biomaterials,
- Functional cell imaging,
- Free-radicals and anti-oxidants,
- Optical Methods in Tumour Treatment and Detection such as Photodynamic Therapy and Photodiagnosis,
- Development of non-contact 3-D computer vision systems,
- Fluorescence Molecular Tomography,
- Bioinformatics.
In addition it has a “small animal imaging facility”, two developed animal models ( Non-melanoma skin cancer and prostate cancer) and cells culture rooms and modeling.
The Laboratory has extensive experience in National and European Projects and in FP6 participated in two Integrated Projects (BRIGHT.EU and BRIGHTER.EU ).