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International Workshop<\/span><\/p>\n

Translational Photonics Technologies for Life Sciences<\/h1>\n

Supported by Photonics4Life<\/strong> and Photonics4Health<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Date<\/span><\/p>\n
29\u201330 October 2026<\/div>\n
Thursday \u2013 Friday<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Venue<\/span><\/p>\n
ILP-bygget, Auditorium Didaktikken (1.059)<\/div>\n
UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Troms\u00f8<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Workshop chairs<\/span><\/p>\n
Prof. Balpreet Singh Ahluwalia<\/div>\n
UiT \/ UiO, Norway<\/div>\n
Prof. Dalip Singh Mehta<\/div>\n
IIT Delhi, India<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Thu 29 Oct<\/a>Fri 30 Oct<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Thursday 29 October<\/h2>\n

Day 1<\/span><\/div>\n

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08:45\u201309:00<\/div>\n
15 min<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Arrival & registration<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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09:00\u201309:10<\/div>\n
10 min<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Welcome<\/div>\n

Balpreet Singh Ahluwalia & Hege Windes<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Session 1<\/span><\/p>\n

Enabling Photonics Technologies<\/h3>\n

Chair: Dalip Singh Mehta<\/span><\/div>\n

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09:10\u201309:50<\/div>\n
40 min<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Paras Prasad \u00b7 University at Buffalo, USA<\/span><\/div>\n

Nonlinear optical imaging and Ramanomics integrating with quantum photonics and AI to advance brain research<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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09:50\u201310:20<\/div>\n
30 min<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Soumik Siddhanta \u00b7 IIT Delhi, India<\/span><\/div>\n

New directions in Raman instrumentation and data analysis<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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10:20\u201310:40<\/div>\n
20 min<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Balpreet Singh Ahluwalia \u00b7 UiT \/ UiO, Norway<\/span><\/div>\n

PIC4Life<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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10:40\u201311:00<\/div>\n
20 min<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Firehun Tsige Dullo \u00b7 SINTEF, Norway<\/span><\/div>\n

Low-loss, low-background aluminium oxide waveguide platform for UV\u2013visible applications<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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11:00\u201311:30<\/div>\n
30 min<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Coffee break & group picture<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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11:30\u201312:00<\/div>\n
30 min<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Discussion<\/span><\/p>\n
Reflection & open discussion<\/div>\n

Facilitator: Balpreet Singh Ahluwalia<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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12:00\u201313:00<\/div>\n
60 min<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Lunch at UNN<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Session 2<\/span><\/p>\n

Photonics4Clinics<\/h3>\n

Chair: Anurag Sharma<\/span><\/div>\n

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13:00\u201313:30<\/div>\n
30 min<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Vivek Tandon \u00b7 AIIMS New Delhi, India<\/span><\/div>\n

Making fluorescence-guided glioma surgery accessible: an indigenous 5-ALA platform from India<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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13:30\u201314:00<\/div>\n
30 min<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Deepika Mishra \u00b7 AIIMS New Delhi, India<\/span><\/div>\n

From bench to bedside to village: what clinicians need from photonics for oral cancer screening<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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14:00\u201314:30<\/div>\n
30 min<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Dalip Singh Mehta \u00b7 IIT Delhi, India<\/span><\/div>\n

Label-free non-invasive photonics technologies for fast screening and early diagnosis of common cancers: Lab2Clinics<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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14:30\u201315:00<\/div>\n
30 min<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Discussion<\/span><\/p>\n
Reflection & open discussion<\/div>\n

Facilitator: Paras Prasad<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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15:00\u201315:30<\/div>\n
30 min<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Coffee break<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Session 3<\/span><\/p>\n

Photonics4AMR<\/h3>\n

Chair: Balpreet Singh Ahluwalia<\/span><\/div>\n

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15:30\u201315:50<\/div>\n
20 min<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Gunnar Skov Simonsen \u00b7 UiT and UNN, Norway<\/span><\/div>\n

AMR burden<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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15:50\u201316:10<\/div>\n
20 min<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Rafi Ahmad \u00b7 Inland Norway University, Norway<\/span><\/div>\n

Superbugs vs. super tech: how AI and genomics are reshaping the battle against infection and AMR<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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16:10\u201316:30<\/div>\n
20 min<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Vimarsh Awasthi \u00b7 UiT, Norway<\/span><\/div>\n

Photonics4AMR: rapid classification of AMR strains<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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16:30\u201317:00<\/div>\n
30 min<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Discussion<\/span><\/p>\n
Reflection & open discussion<\/div>\n

Facilitator: Rafi Ahmad<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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17:00<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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End of day 1<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Friday 30 October<\/h2>\n

Day 2<\/span><\/div>\n

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Session 4<\/span><\/p>\n

Photonics4Fertility and Nanotechnology<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
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09:00\u201309:30<\/div>\n
30 min<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Sivarama Krishnan \u00b7 IIT Madras, India<\/span><\/div>\n

Unique prospects of femtosecond laser-based technologies for medicine: from lab to life<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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09:30\u201310:00<\/div>\n
30 min<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Renu John \u00b7 IIT Hyderabad, India<\/span><\/div>\n

Seeing life in 4D: quantitative phase imaging of sperm, oocytes and embryos by digital holographic microscopy<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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10:00\u201310:20<\/div>\n
20 min<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Mona Nystad \u00b7 UiT and UNN, Norway<\/span><\/div>\n

The past, present and future of assisted reproduction<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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10:20\u201310:40<\/div>\n
20 min<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Roy Ambli Dalmo \u00b7 UiT, Norway<\/span><\/div>\n

Aquaculture and fishery sciences meet nanotechnology<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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10:40\u201311:30<\/div>\n
50 min<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Discussion & coffee<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Session 5<\/span><\/p>\n

RRI, Innovation and Panel Discussion<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
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11:30\u201311:45<\/div>\n
15 min<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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H\u00e5kon Gustafson Gi\u00e6ver \u00b7 Norinnova, Norway<\/span><\/div>\n

Nordic innovation \u2013 global opportunities<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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11:45\u201312:00<\/div>\n
15 min<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Per Stromhaug \u00b7 University at Buffalo, USA<\/span><\/div>\n

Innovation ecosystem at UB<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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12:00\u201313:00<\/div>\n
60 min<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Panel<\/span><\/p>\n
Science for Society: From Discovery to Public Value \u2013 Shaping Healthcare and Society Towards 2040<\/div>\n

Led by Deepika Rai<\/p>\n

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Jens Hultgren Nielsen<\/strong> \u00b7 Innovation Norway, Norway<\/span><\/div>\n
Tove Kl\u00e6boe Nilsen<\/strong> \u00b7 Helse Nord RHF, Norway<\/span><\/div>\n
Paras Prasad<\/strong> \u00b7 University at Buffalo, USA<\/span><\/div>\n
Anurag Sharma<\/strong> \u00b7 IIT Delhi, India<\/span><\/div>\n
Bj\u00f8rn-Morten Batalden<\/strong> \u00b7 Dean, Faculty of Science and Technology, UiT, Norway<\/span> to be confirmed<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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13:00\u201314:30<\/div>\n
90 min<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Lunch<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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14:30\u201316:00<\/div>\n
90 min<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Laboratory tours, demonstrations & scientific discussions<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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16:00<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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End of workshop<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Hosted by<\/span><\/p>\n
Department of Physics and Technology<\/div>\n
UiT The Arctic University of Norway<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Programme<\/span><\/p>\n
Subject to change<\/div>\n
Last updated 21 October 2026<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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