Graduate programs in biophotonics: unique transdisciplinary training in applied photonics for the life sciences

Andréanne Deschênes; Flavie Lavoie-Cardinal; Mario Méthot; Paul De Koninck

doi:10.1117/12.2523459

2 July 2019 Graduate programs in biophotonics: unique transdisciplinary training in applied photonics for the life sciences

Andréanne Deschênes, Flavie Lavoie-Cardinal, Mario Méthot, Paul De Koninck

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Proceedings Volume 11143, Fifteenth Conference on Education and Training in Optics and Photonics: ETOP 2019; 1114327 (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2523459
Event: Fifteenth Conference on Education and Training in Optics and Photonics: ETOP 2019, 2019, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada

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In 2008, Université Laval launched the first and only graduate programs in biophotonics in Canada. This initiative is dedicated to the training of a new generation of highly qualified researchers at the interface of life sciences and optics. It also stemmed from the strong expertise of the University in optics/photonics, its major investments in state-of-the art biophotonics infrastructure and technologies, and its desire to promote multidisciplinary training of graduate students. The programs are hosted by the Faculty of Science and Engineering in collaboration with the Faculty of Medicine, regrouping professors from 3 Faculties and 10 departments at Université Laval. The biophotonics graduate programs offer students from a wide variety of scientific backgrounds the opportunity to train in highly skilled research teams on projects that bridge the gap between traditional research fields. They benefit from transdisciplinary training opportunities in the fields of physics, chemistry, biology, biochemistry, neurosciences, medicine, engineering and ethics.

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Andréanne Deschênes, Flavie Lavoie-Cardinal, Mario Méthot, and Paul De Koninck "Graduate programs in biophotonics: unique transdisciplinary training in applied photonics for the life sciences", Proc. SPIE 11143, Fifteenth Conference on Education and Training in Optics and Photonics: ETOP 2019, 1114327 (2 July 2019); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2523459

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