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Today the Network for Biophotonics Photonics4Life welcomes a new associated Partner. Former Local Cluster Partner LENS is promoted based on the merits and the very active participation of LENS in Photonics4Life and the P4L projects in particular. LENS was established in 1991 with the goal of offering to the European scientific community an institution where new and advanced laser techniques and instrumentation are developed and applied indifferent fields of science and technology. [more]

The Newsletter contains detailed information about the activities of Photonics4Life and related Biophotonic news. The recent issue introduces in detail the two core partners Lund University and Laser Centre Sweden and the Technical Research Centre of Finland as well as the Local Cluster Partner Ophthalmic Department of the “Misericordia e Dolce” Hospital, Prato, Italy. Newsletter 6 also features articles about events of Photonics4Life in Barcelona and Munich, covers new scientific breakthroughs and gives a tutorial about in vivo flow cytometry and much more. [more]

Today the Network for Biophotonics Photonics4Life welcomes a new associated Partner. Cluster “Montpellier” will join P4L to add its combined expertise in cameras for oral diagnostics and clinical endoscopes. Cluster “Montpellier” is composed of three entities, an industrial partner, a clinical research group from the dental faculty and a laboratory of biophysics-biophotonics. The three organisms started working together on a project concerning the development of an intraoral camera to facilitate the detection of precancerous lesions and cancer of the oral mucosa after staining and / or based on the autofluorescence of the tissues. [more]

Due to the climate change a potentially catastrophic ecological situation has developed in Uzbekistan. Scarce resources of fresh water accompany a rapidly growing population. As a result severe droughts become more frequent. They lead to a proliferation of many diseases especially in the Aral Sea region. Over the last years Uzbekistan was able to acquire much needed medical equipment for diagnostics and treatment. However, the educational and research infrastructure in Uzbekistan is not yet able to provide qualified and experienced personnel to operate and modify the devices. [more]