Physics: Biophotonics, FYST55/FBRN10/FBRN10F

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Physics: Biophotonics, 7.5 credits

given by the Department of Physics.

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This course is identical to the LTH course FBRN10 and the PhD course FBRN10F.

Contents​​

The course aims to provide knowledge on light interactions with diverse biological tissue found in living beings, organic matter and our natural surroundings. Understanding these interactions allows to select appropriate techniques and design optimal instrumentation for probing key features to characterize, classify or grade the health/quality of diverse biological samples. The course grasps spatial scales from microscopic cellular level, through the macroscopic regime to remote sensing of our biosphere. The course covers underlying physical principles of light in biology with a tour of biophotonic instrumental approaches developed until today. For deepened understanding and practical experience the course will offer a creative hands-on project for student groups to freely develop a simple setup for a biophotonic technique, apply it to a selected sample and present it at the end of the course.The course equips the student with a unique engineering tool-set valuable for development and application of modern photonics in life sciences.

The course consists of two modules:

1. Written exam, 4 credits
2. Laboratory Exercises and Course Project, 3.5 credits

General information

• Course codes: FBRN10 (LTH), FYST55 (Science faculty), FBRN10F (PhD).
• Semester: spring.
• Study period: ​second.
• Level: ​second cycle.
• Language: English.
• Forms of teaching: lectures, laboratory sessions, study visits, course project with a seminar for presentation. 
• Assessment: written examination, oral presentation of the course project, written laboratory reports and compulsory participation.
• Grading scale:
  • FBRN10: Fail, 3, 4, 5.
  • FYST55: Fail, Pass, Pass with distinction (U, G, VG).
• Course evaluation: 
  • Read the course evaluations on the website of LTH.
  • Read the course evaluations on the website of the Department of Physics. 
• Syllabi for the course:
  • FBRN10 syllabus on lth.se.
  • FYST55 syllabus on lu.se (in English)
  • FYST55 syllabus on lu.se (in Swedish).
  • FBRN10F syllabus on lth.se.

Course literature

• C. Boudoux, Fundamentals of Biomedical Optics (ISBN 9781366451194), 2016, Pollux
• Also useful: P.C.D. Hobbs, Building Electro-Optical Systems 9780470402290, 2009, Wiley.

Course responsible

Christian Brackmann, christian.brackmann@forbrf.lth.se 

Schedule

The latest schedule for the course can be found on the schedule software TimeEdit:

Enter FYST55 in the search box to search for the schedule on TimeEdit. Links to an external site.

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Entry requirements

LTH:

Assumed prior knowledge: Basic courses in physics and optics, FAFN01 Lasers Links to an external site., FAFN25 Atomic and Molecular Spectroscopy Links to an external site..

SCIENCE FACULTY:

Entry to the course requires English 6/B or the equivalent and 90 credits scientific studies in physics, mathematics and including knowledge equivalent to: FYSA13 Introduction to University Physics, with Optics, Waves and Quantum Physics, 7.5 credits, and FYSB24 Atomic and Molecular Physics, 7.5 credits.

The courses FYSN14 Lasers, 7.5 credits, and FYST14 Atomic and Molecular spectroscopy, 7.5 credits, are recommended but not compulsory.

Application

LTH:

Apply for the course via Course application at LTH.

SCIENCE FACULTY:

You find the application details, course description and prerequisites for the course at Lund University's central web pages.

• Physics: Biophotonics, FYST55, at lu.se (in Swedish)
• Physics: Biophotonics, FYST55, at lunduniversity.lu.se (in English)

Please note that you might need to go to the Swedish website to see if the course is open for application. For non-Swedish speakers, please refer to below instructions in order to apply to the course via Antagning.se:
Instructions in English for applying to programmes and courses (pdf, 791 kB). Download Instructions in English for applying to programmes and courses (pdf, 791 kB).

DOCTORAL STUDIES:

Sign up for the course by contacting course responsible. (Remember that you need to have the course listed in your individual study plan, ISP, to have it counted towards your exam.)

Read more

• All courses offered by the Department of Physics (on fysik.lu.se).
• All courses offered by the Department of Astronomy and Theoretical Physics (on atp.lu.se).
• Diploma work page on Canvas.