About the Center for Biophotonics

The ability to image, analyze, and manipulate living tissue in a minimally - or noninvasive – manner has become essential for continued progress in biomedical research and development. Light is unique in that it can be utilized to perform exactly these functions; and for this reason, biophotonics is widely regarded as the key science upon which the next generation of clinical tools and biomedical research instruments will be based.

With this in mind, the National Science Foundation commissioned the Center for Biophotonics, Science and Technology (CBST) in 2002, with a mission to harness the power of light to solve major challenges in the life sciences and medicine through innovative research, commercialization and comprehensive educational programs.

CBST is headquartered at the UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento, CA, and from there coordinates it's research, education and knowledge transfer activities in close collaboration with its core group of partners at eight university campuses and one national laboratory. CBST continues to build an extensive worldwide network of schools, industrial partners, and other research centers.

Visit us at http://cbst.ucdavis.edu.