UTSA physics professor Dhiraj Sardar, (third from left)
welcomed Center for Biophotonics Science and
Technology directors Kennedy Reed, Dennis
Matthews and Stephen Lane.

Biophotonics speakers encourage UTSA collaborations

(Jan. 21, 2003)--Center for Biophotonics Science and Technology (CBST) directors visited UTSA last week to discuss the center's goals and projects. The directors spoke to UTSA students and faculty, and guests from the community to encourage their participation in the center's activities and collaborative research projects with other member institutions and entities outside the center.

The CBST, funded by a $40 million, 10-year National Science Foundation grant, is a consortium of institutions whose mission is to develop biophotonics, the science of using light and other energies to understand and work with biological materials.

UTSA is one of 10 institutions selected nationwide to partner in the center which has headquarters at UC-Davis. UTSA's representative is physics professor Dhiraj Sardar, whose work with undergraduate students in his laser lab contributed significantly to UTSA's membership in the CBST.

The center's science and technology section includes 20 initial projects, among which are investigations to create advanced optical microscopy techniques, develop biological sensors and assays for detecting pathogens and toxins, and work with photo-activated devices and novel materials. There are also opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students to serve as interns with center institutions.

CBST industry partners include SBC Communications, Chiron, and LifeWave.

For more information, visit the Center for Biophotonics Science and Technology Web site.

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