Biophotonics
Biophotonics is an emerging interdisciplinary research area that encompasses light-based technologies (photons) and biology. It essentially uses a photonic technique to detect and/or control a biological phenomenon or event. The biological levels can range from cells, organisms, animals and humans, ecosystems and biospheres – thus encompassing a wide range of applications. It is a scientific discipline of remarkable societal importance which came into existence after the invention of the light compound microscope. Biophotonics has evolved and its application in biotechnology has been instrumental in life sciences. It is against this background that our BioPhotonics initiative endeavours to pursue biophotonic innovation in line with the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
The Centre for Applied Bioscience Research and the Centre for Advanced Photonics and Process Analysis (CAPPA) entered into a partnership to exploit the application of photonics in life sciences. The Centre for Applied Bioscience Research and CAPPA are two well-established research centres and Technology Gateways with distinct areas of expertise in MTU. the Centre for Applied Bioscience Research focusses on life sciences/bioresources while CAPPA focusses on photonics. The development of biophotonics as an expertise domain will have a broad-ranging impact on life science using photonics to solve life sciences and bioresource challenges of regional, global and societal benefit. Photonics has broad areas of application in agriculture and environment, biopharmaceutical, bioeconomy, biotechnology, cosmetics, food and drink, animal and human health, marine, and pharmaceutical.
BioPhotonics@MTU incorporates photonics specialisms in:
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Biophotonics is especially applicable to a range of industry scientific and technical challenges, please contact us for more information.