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Lecture by Prof. Bahman Anvari

 

May 23, 2012

NIPSIA is very proud that Prof. Bahman Anvari, from the University of California, Riverside, has accepted its invitation to present a lecture at the USPTO on "Nano-Materials for Near lnfrared Optical Imaging and Phototherapy" for the USPTO patent examiners, at the USPTO's BIO-TECH Fair.

Abstract of the talk

In recent years, various types of nano-materials have been developed for optical imaging and therapy of disease. Near infrared (NIR) imaging based on exogenous nano-constructs is particularly advantageous in that: (1) NIR wavelengths have a relatively deep optical penetration in biological tissues; (2) there is negligible tissue autofluorescence in NIR band so that the use of an exogenous fluorophore enhances the signal to background ratio; and (3) use of nano-scale optical contrast agents can provide a technique for imaging at subcellular and molecular levels. In this seminar, Prof. Anvari will present some of the research activities in his laboratory that are directed towards fabrication, characterization, and applications of optical nano-structures composed of polymeric or biological materials. As an illustrative example, he will describe the utilization of genome-depleted brome mosaic plant infecting virus doped with indocyanine green (ICG), and FDA-approved chromophore, as a platform for biomedical imaging and phototherapeutic applications. Prof. Anvari will discuss the potential utility of such nano-materials for various potential clinical applications ranging from cutaneous hypervascular malformations to cancer.