Biophotonics

By Prof. Basudev Lahiri | IIT Kharagpur

Learners enrolled: 1827

Biophotonics is a multidisciplinary field where light-based technologies are utilized to reveal biological mechanisms, and diagnose several diseases along with finding their treatments. This course introduces the basics of biology and photonics, and provides the most relevant and important application from chemistry, biology, and medicine. For examples, it includes how to detect and identify new viruses (such as the Coronavirus) and how to measure neural activities in live mouse.
No specific prior knowledge is required to take the course; however, basic knowledge of optical physics will be useful.

INTENDED AUDIENCE : Final Year UG/PG/PhD Scholar/ Medical Practitioner

PREREQUISITES : None but basic knowledge of optical physics will be useful

INDUSTRIES SUPPORT : Bruker, F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG,GE Healthcare, Horiba Ltd., IDEX Corporation, IPG Photonics Corporation, Koninklijke Philips NV, Procter & Gamble Company, The Qiagen, Inc., Applied Materials, Thermo Fisher Scientific.

Summary

Course Status :	Completed
Course Type :	Elective
Language for course content :	English
Duration :	12 weeks
Category :	Multidisciplinary Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering Biological Sciences & Bioengineering Physics
Credit Points :	3
Level :	Postgraduate
Start Date :	24 Jan 2022
End Date :	15 Apr 2022
Enrollment Ends :	07 Feb 2022
Exam Date :	24 Apr 2022 IST

Note: This exam date is subject to change based on seat availability. You can check final exam date on your hall ticket.

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Course layout

Week 1:Introduction of Biophotonics

Week 2:Fundamentals of Light and Matter

Week 3: Basics of Biology

Week 4:Basics of light-matter interactions in molecules, cells and tissues

Week 5:LASERs for Biophotonics

Week 6:Bioimaging: Principles and Applications

Week 7: Optical Biosensors

Week 8:Light Activated Therapy: Photo Thermal and Photo Dynamic Therapy

Week 9:Tissue Engineering with Light

Week 10:Optical Tweezers, Scissors and Traps

Week 11: Nanotechnology for Biophotonics: Nano Bio Photonics

Week 12:Optogenetics & Neurophotonics

Books and references

• Introduction to Biophotonics, Paras N. Prasad (2003)

• Biophotonics: Concepts to Applications, Gerd Keiser (2016)

• Physical Biology of the Cell, Rob Phillips (2012)

• Fundamentals of Biomedical Optics, Caroline Boudoux (2017)

Instructor bio

Prof. Basudev Lahiri

IIT Kharagpur

I am an Assistant Professor at the Department of Electronics and Electrical Communication Engineering, IIT Kharagpur, India. I have over fifteen years of experience in various nanofabrication techniques as applied to nanophotonics. I combine my expertise both as a designer of nanophotonics devices, and as a developer of new optical characterization techniques to produce novel Bio Nano Photonic technologies. Presently, I am developing new instrumentation methods that provide ultra-high resolution biochemical images, for the accurate diagnosis of viral and bacterial diseases.

Course certificate

The course is free to enroll and learn from. But if you want a certificate, you have to register and write the proctored exam conducted by us in person at any of the designated exam centres.
The exam is optional for a fee of Rs 1000/- (Rupees one thousand only).
Date and Time of Exams: 24 April 2022 Morning session 9am to 12 noon; Afternoon Session 2pm to 5pm.
Registration url: Announcements will be made when the registration form is open for registrations.
The online registration form has to be filled and the certification exam fee needs to be paid. More details will be made available when the exam registration form is published. If there are any changes, it will be mentioned then.
Please check the form for more details on the cities where the exams will be held, the conditions you agree to when you fill the form etc.

CRITERIA TO GET A CERTIFICATE

Average assignment score = 25% of average of best 8 assignments out of the total 12 assignments given in the course.
Exam score = 75% of the proctored certification exam score out of 100

Final score = Average assignment score + Exam score

YOU WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR A CERTIFICATE ONLY IF AVERAGE ASSIGNMENT SCORE >=10/25 AND EXAM SCORE >= 30/75. If one of the 2 criteria is not met, you will not get the certificate even if the Final score >= 40/100.

Certificate will have your name, photograph and the score in the final exam with the breakup.It will have the logos of NPTEL and IIT Kharagpur .It will be e-verifiable at nptel.ac.in/noc.

Only the e-certificate will be made available. Hard copies will not be dispatched.

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