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This division encompasses laser and optical techniques and technologies for basic biological research, as well as medical diagnostics and therapeutic applications. Explore the technical groups within this division, each of which offers their members access to innovative events, focused networking opportunities and engaging webinars.</p> </p> </div> </div> <h5>Technical Groups</h5> <div class="row row-cols-1 row-cols-md-3"> <div class="col mb-2"> <div class="card h-100"> <div class="card-body"> <h5 class="card-title"><a href="/get_involved/technical_groups/bmo/applications_of_visual_science/" class="card-link">Applications of Visual Science (BN)</a></h5> <p class="card-text">This group is interested in encoding and display of visual information, new technologies for visual displays, the understanding and treatment of diseases affecting the visual system, and ophthalmic optics.</p> <a href="/get_involved/technical_groups/bmo/applications_of_visual_science/" class="card-link">Learn More</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col mb-2"> <div class="card h-100"> <div class="card-body"> <h5 class="card-title"><a href="/get_involved/technical_groups/bmo/clinical_vision_sciences_(vs)/" class="card-link">Clinical Vision Sciences (BC)</a></h5> <p class="card-text">This group focuses on the investigation of vision function in disease and development. Interest include the development of new assessment techniques, the efficacy of treatment and prevention of vision function deficits, and the study of visual performance in aging, disease and development.</p> <a href="/get_involved/technical_groups/bmo/clinical_vision_sciences_(vs)/" class="card-link">Learn More</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col mb-2"> <div class="card h-100"> <div class="card-body"> <h5 class="card-title"><a href="/get_involved/technical_groups/bmo/color_(br)/" class="card-link">Color (BR)</a></h5> <p class="card-text">This group works on all aspects related to the physics, physiology, and psychology of color in biological and machine vision. Interests include, but are not limited to, color discrimination, color perception, color appearance, color imaging, as well as color in lighting and illumination engineering.</p> <a href="/get_involved/technical_groups/bmo/color_(br)/" class="card-link">Learn More</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col mb-2"> <div class="card h-100"> <div class="card-body"> <h5 class="card-title"><a href="/get_involved/technical_groups/bmo/microscopy_and_optical_coherence_tomography_(bm)/" class="card-link">Microscopy and Optical Coherence Tomography (BM)</a></h5> <p class="card-text">This group emphasizes the development and application of new techniques for micrometer-scale structural and functional imaging of biological systems. Some areas of interest include super-resolution microscopy, multimodal approaches and linear and nonlinear quantitative imaging.</p> <a href="/get_involved/technical_groups/bmo/microscopy_and_optical_coherence_tomography_(bm)/" class="card-link">Learn More</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col mb-2"> <div class="card h-100"> <div class="card-body"> <h5 class="card-title"><a href="/get_involved/technical_groups/bmo/molecular_probes_and_nanobio-optics_(bp)/" class="card-link">Molecular Probes and Nanobio-Optics (BP)</a></h5> <p class="card-text">This group focuses on the use of molecularly specific exogenous agents to image biological tissues. The information provided by these techniques (including fluorescent proteins, quantum dots and plasmonic nanoparticles) makes it possible to construct nanoscale probes to produce therapeutic effects.</p> <a href="/get_involved/technical_groups/bmo/molecular_probes_and_nanobio-optics_(bp)/" class="card-link">Learn More</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col mb-2"> <div class="card h-100"> <div class="card-body"> <h5 class="card-title"><a href="/get_involved/technical_groups/bmo/optical_biosensors_(bb)/" class="card-link">Optical Biosensors (BB)</a></h5> <p class="card-text">This group emphasizes the development and application of optical technologies for the targeted detection of trace biological compounds for molecularly oriented medical diagnostics as well as for alerting to biological threat and contamination. </p> <a href="/get_involved/technical_groups/bmo/optical_biosensors_(bb)/" class="card-link">Learn More</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col mb-2"> <div class="card h-100"> <div class="card-body"> <h5 class="card-title"><a href="/get_involved/technical_groups/bmo/optical_trapping_and_manipulation_in_molecular_and/" class="card-link">Optical Trapping and Manipulation in Molecular and Cellular Biology (BT)</a></h5> <p class="card-text">This group focuses on the development and application of novel optical trapping and manipulation techniques to biological problems. Focus areas include the use of optical tweezers for molecular- and cellular-scale manipulation and the integration of optical manipulation with microfluidics.</p> <a href="/get_involved/technical_groups/bmo/optical_trapping_and_manipulation_in_molecular_and/" class="card-link">Learn More</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col mb-2"> <div class="card h-100"> <div class="card-body"> <h5 class="card-title"><a href="/get_involved/technical_groups/bmo/photobiomodulation_(bl)/" class="card-link">Photobiomodulation (BL)</a></h5> <p class="card-text">This group focuses on photobiomodulation, the process by which nonionizing optical radiation from lasers and noncoherent sources in the visible and near-infrared spectral range is absorbed by endogenous chromophores to elicit photophysical and photochemical events leading to physiological changes.</p> <a href="/get_involved/technical_groups/bmo/photobiomodulation_(bl)/" class="card-link">Learn More</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col mb-2"> <div class="card h-100"> <div class="card-body"> <h5 class="card-title"><a href="/get_involved/technical_groups/bmo/therapeutic_laser_applications/" class="card-link">Therapeutic Laser Applications (BA)</a></h5> <p class="card-text">This group focuses on the use of lasers in surgery and in treatment of disease. This includes the use of lasers as surgical tools for tissue cutting, welding and coagulation, as well as the use of optics to initiate cell-damaging photochemical reactions for the treatment of diseases such as cancer.</p> <a href="/get_involved/technical_groups/bmo/therapeutic_laser_applications/" class="card-link">Learn More</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col mb-2"> <div class="card h-100"> <div class="card-body"> <h5 class="card-title"><a href="/get_involved/technical_groups/bmo/tissue_imaging_and_spectroscopy_(bs)/" class="card-link">Tissue Imaging and Spectroscopy (BS)</a></h5> <p class="card-text">This group focuses on the use of light to form images of tissue or to determine tissue properties through spectroscopic measurements. The techniques used are an essential tool for biomedical research and hold great promise for clinical tasks such as breast cancer imaging and brain mapping.</p> <a href="/get_involved/technical_groups/bmo/tissue_imaging_and_spectroscopy_(bs)/" class="card-link">Learn More</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col mb-2"> <div class="card h-100"> <div class="card-body"> <h5 class="card-title"><a href="/get_involved/technical_groups/bmo/vision_(bv)/" class="card-link">Vision (BV)</a></h5> <p class="card-text">The range of interest of this group includes optics of the eye and of ophthalmic lenses and devices, physiological optics, mechanisms of transduction, transmission, coding, detection, and analysis of visual information.</p> <a href="/get_involved/technical_groups/bmo/vision_(bv)/" class="card-link">Learn More</a> </div> </div> </div> </div> <h5>Research from Optica Publishing Group</h5> <div class="row row-cols-3"> <div class="col"> <h6>Latest Articles</h6> <ul class="bordered-list"> 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