Network of excellence for biophotonics (PHOTONICS4LIFE)
Category
NoE
Area
Information & communication technologies
Description
Today Biophotonics is an emerging multidisciplinary research area, embracing all light-based technologies applied to the life sciences and medicine. Enhancing diagnosis, therapy and follow-up care, Biophotonics drives the trend towards personalized medicine and plays a crucial role in limiting health-care costs and appropriately addressing the accelerating challenges associated with population aging and the consequent increase in age-related diseases.
Participating Countries
Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Sweden, The Netherlands, United Kingdom and Russia.
Contact
Juergen Popp "INSTITUT FUER PHOTONISCHE TECHNOLOGIEN E.V GERMANY juergen.popp@ipht-jena.de