{"id":1786,"date":"2021-09-13T17:26:03","date_gmt":"2021-09-13T14:26:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/biophysics\/?page_id=1786"},"modified":"2025-08-20T15:45:52","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T12:45:52","slug":"isaacs-group","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/biophysics\/isaacs-group\/","title":{"rendered":"Biomedical Spectroscopy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/biophysics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/87\/2024\/02\/BiomedSpect.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5113\" style=\"width:240px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/biophysics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/87\/2024\/02\/BiomedSpect.jpg 500w, https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/biophysics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/87\/2024\/02\/BiomedSpect-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/biophysics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/87\/2024\/02\/BiomedSpect-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/biophysics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/87\/2024\/02\/BiomedSpectGroupPhoto.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5119\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/biophysics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/87\/2024\/02\/BiomedSpectGroupPhoto.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/biophysics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/87\/2024\/02\/BiomedSpectGroupPhoto-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/biophysics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/87\/2024\/02\/BiomedSpectGroupPhoto-768x384.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Principal investigators<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/uefconnect.uef.fi\/en\/person\/isaac.afara\/\">Isaac O. Afara<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/uefconnect.uef.fi\/en\/person\/juha.toyras\/\">Juha T\u00f6yr\u00e4s<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Senior researchers &amp; postdocs<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uefconnect.uef.fi\/en\/person\/adriaan.gebraad\/\">Adriaan Gebraad<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uefconnect.uef.fi\/en\/person\/ervin.nippolainen\/\">Ervin Nippolainen<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uefconnect.uef.fi\/en\/person\/adam.kositsky\/\">Adam Kositsky<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uefconnect.uef.fi\/en\/person\/arash.mirhashemi-haghighi\/\">Arash Mirhashemi Haghighi<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uefconnect.uef.fi\/en\/rebecca.wicker\/\">Rebecca Wicker<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Doctoral researchers<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uefconnect.uef.fi\/en\/person\/juho.ala-myllymaki\">Juho Ala-Myllym\u00e4ki<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uefconnect.uef.fi\/en\/aishat.aremu\/\">Aishat Aremu<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uefconnect.uef.fi\/en\/eloi.canals-pascual\/\">Eloi Canals Pascual<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uefconnect.uef.fi\/en\/kuldeep.dileep\/\">Kuldeep Dileep<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uefconnect.uef.fi\/en\/saman.golpaygani-sani\/\">Saman Golpaygani Sani<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uefconnect.uef.fi\/en\/abolfazl.jalali\/\">Abolfazl Jalali<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uefconnect.uef.fi\/en\/archana.kommala\/\">Archana Kommala<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uefconnect.uef.fi\/en\/person\/omar.mahmoud\">Omar Mahmoud<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uefconnect.uef.fi\/en\/hamidreza.masjedi\/\">Hamidreza Masjedi<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uefconnect.uef.fi\/en\/person\/nithin.sadeesh\">Nithin Sadeesh<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uefconnect.uef.fi\/en\/person\/fatemeh.shahini\">Fatemeh Shahini<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uefconnect.uef.fi\/en\/person\/eslam.shehata\">Eslam Shehata<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uefconnect.uef.fi\/en\/person\/akuroma.george\/\">Akuroma Tolvanen<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Overview<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Biomedical Spectroscopy Laboratory (BSL) is a multidisciplinary and multi-cultural research group with focus on applied and computational biophotonics. The laboratory has strong expertise and track record in translational research, specifically in development and translation of optical tools for characterization and diagnostic assessment of biological tissues in surgery. BSL research laboratory provides support in terms of laboratory space and equipment required for the projects, including sample preparation, tissue processing, biomechanical measurements, and other laboratory measurements.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Principal investigators Senior researchers &amp; postdocs Doctoral researchers Overview Biomedical Spectroscopy Laboratory (BSL) is a multidisciplinary and multi-cultural research group with focus on applied and computational biophotonics. 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