Interventional Biophotonics Week and Summer School 2025

The third Interventional Biophotonics Week and Summer School 2025 is taking place on July 21-25, 2025 at the brand new Aggie Square, at the UC Davis Health campus in Sacramento.

The first 2 days will feature invited speakers and center updates, while the next 3 days will be an instructional summer school focused on learning practical skills in Interventional Biophotonics.

Registration includes:

• 5 days of learning (2 day symposium with latest updates from the NCBIT followed by a 3 day summer school for trainees)
• For out of towners: hotel accommodations at Courtyard by Marriott Sacramento Midtown (Check-in Sunday, July 20th - Check out Friday, July 25th)
• Transportation to/from Napa/Sonoma Valley for 1/2 day excursion (Thursday, July 24th)!
• Breakfast, lunch & dinner (Monday-Thursday), and breakfast & lunch (Friday)

Registration deadline extended to Friday, June 27th, click here to register.

Find out more about the current program and invited keynotes and speakers here.

We have an exciting program lined up, with the following confirmed speakers: 

Anita Mahadevan-Jansen, Ph.D. (Vanderbilt University)

Director of the Biophotonics Center at Vanderbilt & Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Engineering, & Neurological Surgery

Giulia Acconcia, Ph.D. (Politecnico di Milano)

Associate Professor, Department of Electronics, Information, & Bioengineering

Farzad Fereidouni, Ph.D. (Emory University)

Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Associate Professor

Guoqiang Yu, Ph.D. (University of Kentucky)

Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering

Irina Larina, Ph.D. (Baylor College of Medicine)

Professor & Kyle & Josephine Morrow Endowed Chair, Department of Integrative Physiology

Johnathan Liu, Ph.D. (University of Washington)

Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering

Jurgen Popp, Ph.D. (Leibniz Institute for Photonic Technologies)

Scientific Director & Professor, Leibniz Institute for Photonic Technologies

Kirill Larin, Ph.D. (University of Houston)

Interim Chair & Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering

Mark Anastasio, Ph.D. (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)

Donald Biggar Willett Professor in Engineering & Head, Department of Bioengineering

Sergio Fantini, Ph.D. (Tufts University)

Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering