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Harvard-MIT Summer Institute for Biomedical Optics


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Academic Level:
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Undergraduates - Junior
Undergraduates - Senior

Description:
HST’s Summer Institute is a nine-week program designed for outstanding undergraduate students. Participants gain real-world research experience and explore potential careers in biomedical engineering and science, with emphasis on the field of biomedical optics.

A dozen labs offer multidisciplinary projects anchored in biomedical optics and broadly focused on the development and applications of light-based techniques for imaging, diagnosis and therapies, as well as discovery of new bio-inspired engineering principles.


Participating Institution(s):
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (Lead)
Harvard Medical School
Massachusetts General Hospital

Program Materials:
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This Program can be Described by:
Academic Disciplines:
Bioengineering
Biomedical Engineering
Biotechnology
Mechanical & Industrial Engineering
Nanotechnology
Optics & Photonics

Keywords:
Image Processing
Medical Imaging
Nanobiology
Nanoscale Optics
Optical Engineering

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This program is funded by:
National Science Foundation (NSF)


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