Optical diagnostics
Clinical and biomedical optics partners
The vitamin D assay, the steatosis probe and the EGFR nanoprobes. About this programme →
Transplant surgery · Netherlands
Dr Ian Alwayn
Professor and Director, Department of Transplant Surgery
LUMC Transplant Center, Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum, Leiden
Partner on the development of a medical diagnostic tool for liver transplantation applications. Co-author on the steatosis probe papers from 2015 onward, including the 2025 study of liver discard rates.
Biomedical optics · Canada
Dr Haishan Zeng
Distinguished Scientist, Imaging Unit, Integrative Oncology Department, BC Cancer Agency
Professor of Dermatology, Pathology and Physics, University of British Columbia
Works on the optical properties of biological tissues and light–tissue interaction, and their application to medical diagnosis and therapy — liver fat detection, oral cancer detection and nasopharyngeal cancer detection.
Nanobiophotonics · Brazil
Dr Landulfo Raniero
Nanobiophotonics group
Universidade do Vale do Paraíba
Long-running collaboration on EGFR-targeted nanoprobes and photodynamic therapy agents — gold-nanostructured chlorin e6, FT-IR characterisation of theranostic nanoprobes, and treatment of triple-negative breast cancer. Seven joint publications between 2015 and 2021.
Biophotonics · United States
Dr Anita Mahadevan-Jansen and Dr Andrea Locke
Vanderbilt University
Co-authors on the 2024 evaluation of the portable ambient-light-compatible spectroscopic probe across minimum-to-severe steatosis in human liver specimens.
Vitamin D lateral flow assay
Partners on the aptamer-based test for 25-hydroxyvitamin D3. About the project →
Chemistry · Canada
Department of Chemistry, Dalhousie University
Collaborator on the aptamer-based lateral flow assay for vitamin D.
Dentistry · Canada
Faculty of Dentistry, Dalhousie University
Collaborator on the aptamer-based lateral flow assay for vitamin D.
Science and technology · Barbados
Faculty of Science and Technology, The University of the West Indies, Cave Hill
Collaborator on the aptamer-based lateral flow assay for vitamin D.
Science and technology · Barbados
Faculty of Science and Technology, The University of the West Indies, Cave Hill
Collaborator on the aptamer-based lateral flow assay for vitamin D.
Chemistry · United States
Vanderbilt University
Collaborator on the aptamer-based lateral flow assay for vitamin D.
Equitable participation in STEMM
Networks, universities and community partners
The research documents who enters and stays in science; these partners run the programmes that feed it. About this programme →
National network · Canada
Canadian Black Scientists Network
Dr Hewitt is a co-founder
A national network of Black scientists, engineers and health professionals. Dr Hewitt co-founded CBSN and established CBSN Youth, the network’s science fair competition. More on CBSN →
Regional network · Atlantic Canada
CISE Atlantic
Community of support for inclusion in science and engineering
Partner on the equitable participation in STEMM programme and on community engagement across the region. Community engagement →
University partners · Canada
York, McMaster, UBC, Calgary and others
Outreach and pathway collaborations
Universities the lab works with on community engagement, including McMaster’s Mac iSTEP, modelled on Imhotep’s Legacy Academy. University collaborations →
Physics · Caribbean
University of the West Indies
Ongoing collaboration linking the lab’s research and training programme to physics in the Caribbean.
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Interested in collaborating?
We are particularly interested in clinical partners for the steatosis probe study, and in groups working on coherent Raman or holographic reconstruction.