Newton Researcher Links Workshops

2018 Bio-photonics For Medical Technologies

Under the Researcher Links Workshop scheme, which funded by UK and Malaysia governments through Newton Ungku Omar Fund (NUOF) and delivered by British Council and Academy of Science, Malaysia. We will be holding a workshop on the above theme in Malacca, Malaysia from 23-25th July 2018.

The workshop is aimed to educate and train PhD students, young researchers in the field of Bio-photonics. This workshop would focus to combine the photonics and its applications in bio-technology. Both these sectors have been identified by the EU Horizon 2020 programme as the two key enabling technologies (out of only 6), which are expected to reshape our world in the 21st century. This workshop provides an outstanding scientific program including lectures from renowned world experts in these fields. This workshop will foster an international atmosphere for the participants to exchange scientific ideas and technological advances and also seek career guidance within the field of photonics and biomedical optics.

The workshop covers the following topics:

• Laser and light interaction on cells and tissues
• Laser and light microscopy
• Confocal and Multi photon imaging
• Optical methods of diagnosis of cells, tissues and body fluids for cancer and blood diseases
• Optical coherence tomography for tissue imaging
• Advances in photo dynamic diagnosis and therapy of cancer
• Raman Spectroscopy and Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS)
• Laser micro manipulation of cells
• Laser and light interaction on cells and tissues
• Surface plasmon resonance and optical fibre biosensing and imaging
• IP protection, spin-off, and entrepreneurship

This workshop is limited to 50 early career researchers (ECRs) from Malaysia and UK. Only 40 ECRs (20 from Malaysia and 20 from UK) will be selected to receive our sponsorship.

Participants will be expected to deliver a short presentation on their research area and its relationship to the workshop theme, and to take part in group-discussions over each of the three days of the workshop.

Important Dates

Application dateline:	30th April 2018
Extended dateline:	13rd May 2018
Registration Dateline (including abstract):	29th May 2018
Full paper submission dateline (including powerpoint poster):	10th June 2018

Tentative

Time	Program	Speaker
8:30	Registration,  LEVEL 22
9:00	Opening Ceremony
9:05	Workshop speech by UK President of the workshop	Professor B M Azizur Rahman
9:15	Photonics – Introduction to Bio-photonics from its emergence to becoming key enabling technology: Design and optimisation of Bio-photonic Devices	Professor B M Azizur Rahman
10:30	Coffee Break
11:00	Photonics Research and funding opportunity in Malaysia	Professor Datuk Harith Ahmad
11:30	Bio-photonics –fundamentals and opportunities	Prof Ajoy K Kar
12:10	Silicon Photonics - The Opportunity	Professor Richard de la Rue
12:45	Sponsor speech (British Council, Malaysia)	Rowena Lim
13:00	Lunch,  LEVEL 11
14:00	Lab on a chip – developments and applications	Professor Ajoy K Kar
14:30	Biosensors: basic technologies- Silicon slot and ring resonators as Biosensors by Professor B M Azizur Rahman Microfibres and micro-knot resonator based sensors by Professor Sulaiman Wadi Harun Plasmonic and evanescent sensors by Prof. Richard de la Rue
15:30	Coffee Break
16:00	Biosensors and applications in healthcare instrumentations	Professor B M Azizur Rahman
20:00	Dinner,  LEVEL 22 click to view venue

Time	Program	Speaker
9:00	PowerPoint Poster presentation
10:30	Coffee Break
11:00	PowerPoint Poster Presentation
12:00	Fundamentals of Optical Sensors	Professor Kenneth Grattan
12:30	FBG and LPG sensors	Professor Kenneth Grattan
1:00	Lunch, LEVEL 11
14:30	Industry-academic career	Professor Richard De La Rue
15:30	Coffee Break
16:00	Funding opportunities in UK and Internationalisation	Professor B M Azizur Rahman / Prof. Richard de la Rue

Time	Program	Speaker
9:00	Research methods, IP protection and spin-offs	Professor Kenneth Grattan / Prof Ajoy K Kar
9:45	Networking of young participants	Professor B M Azizur Rahman
10:30	Coffee Break
11:00	Round Table discussions	Professor B M Azizur Rahman/ Professor Sulaiman Wadi Harun
11:45	Closing Ceremony
1:00	Lunch,  LEVEL 11

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List of Participants

1  Prof. B M Azizur Rahman (Mentor) - City, University of London, UK
2  Prof. Kenneth Grattan (Mentor) - City, University of London, UK
3  Prof. Sulaiman Wadi Harun (Mentor) - University of Malaya, MY
4  Prof. Harith Ahmad (Mentor) - University of Malaya, MY
5  Prof. Ajoy Kumar Kar (Invited Speaker) - Heriot Watt University, UK
6  Prof. Richard De La Rue (Invited Speaker) - University of Glasgow, UK
7  Dr. Mark Mackenzie - Heriot Watt University, UK
8  Dr. Martynas Beresna - Southampton University, UK
9  Dr. Subhasri Chatterjee - City, University of London, UK
10  Dr. Federico Formenti - King's College London, UK
11  Dr. Debaditya Choudhury - Heriot Watt University, UK
12  Dr. Souvik Ghosh - City, University of London, UK
13  Dr. Yasir Ahmed Syed - Cardiff University, UK
14  Dr. Indika Bandara Wanninayake - Kingston University London, UK
15  Dr. Jharna Paul - University of Glasgow, UK
16  Dr. Fernando Perez-Cota - The University of Nottingham, UK
17  Dr. Sunjie Ye - University of Leeds, UK
18  Dr. Charlene Greenwood - Cranfield University, UK
19  Dr. Miodrag Vidakovic - City, University of London, UK
20  Dr. Tanveer A. Tabish - University of Exeter, UK
21  Dr. Suchara Sriratanavaree - City, University of London, UK
22  Dr. Siti Khadijah Idris @ Othman - Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM), MY
23  Dr. Zulzilawati Binti Jusoh - Universiti Teknologi MARA, MY
24  Dr. Fauzan Ahmad - Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (MJIIT), MY
25  Dr. Rozalina Zakaria - University of Malaya, MY
26  Dr. Ganesan Krishnan - Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, MY
27  Dr. Amirah Binti Abd Latif - Universiti Putra Malaysia, MY
28  Dr. Muhammad Imran Mustafa bin Abdul Khudus - University of Malaya, MY
29  Dr. Chong Su Sin - Xiamen University Malaysia, MY
30  Dr. Hanim binti Abdul Razak - Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM), MY
31  Dr. Arni Munira Binti Markom - Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), MY
32  Dr. Mohd Zamani Bin Zulkifli - University of Malaya, MY
33  Dr. Hazura Haroon - Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM), MY
34  Dr. Malathy Batumalay - INTI International University, MY
35  Dr. Anas Abdul Latiff - Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM), MY
36  Dr. Rafis Abdul Rahim - Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM), MY
37  Mr. Ahmad Razif bin Muhammad - University of Malaya, MY
38  Mr. Taufiq Ahmad - University of Malaya, MY
39  Mr. Fauzi Abd Rahman - Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM), MY
40  Mr. Farid Rusdi - University of Malaya, MY
41  Dr. Haziezol Helmi Mohd Yusof - University of Malaya, MY
42  Dr. Mohd Hadri Hafiz Bin Mokhtar - Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, MY
43  Dr. Bakhtiar Musa - Universiti Teknologi MARA, MY
44  Mr. Mohd Azmir Mustapa - Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), MY

Poster Presentation Schedule

No.	Time	Name	Title	University
1	9:00-9:06	Dr. Mark Mackenzie	Microfluidic Devices and Biological Lasers for Biophotonic Applications	Heriot Watt University, UK
2	9:06–9:12	Dr. Subhasri Chatterjee	Monte Carlo model for reflectance Pulse Oximetry using pulsatile monolayer perfused skin tissue	City, University of London, UK
3	9:12-918	Dr. Ganesan Krishnan	Photobiomodulation therapy on wound healing: effects of various power densities	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, MY
4	9:18–9:24	Dr. Martynas Beresna	Optical fibers for bio-sensing	Southampton University, UK
5	9:24–9:30	Dr. Debaditya Choudhury	Optical sensing of lung physiology	Heriot-Watt University, UK
6	9:30–9:36	Dr. Federico Formenti	Development of a fibre optic oxygen sensor for respiratory monitoring in the intensive care unit	King's College London, UK
7	9:36–9:42	Dr. Amirah Binti Abd Latif	Curvature Sensor Utilizing Evanescent Field Propagation Via Microfibers	Universiti Putra Malaysia, MY
8	9:42–9:48	Dr. Muhammad Imran Mustafa bin Abdul Khudus	Characterization of Solid Optical Microbottle Resonator Add-Drop Filter	University of Malaya, MY
9	9:48–9:54	Dr. Souvik Ghosh	Optical Bio-sensing with an Asymmetric Hybrid Plasmonic Mach-Zehnder Interferometer	City, University of London, UK
10	9:54–10:00	Dr. Yasir Ahmed Syed	Quantifying the Effects of 1q21.1 Copy Number Variants on Neural Lineage cells	Cardiff University, UK
11	10:00–10:06	Dr. Indika Bandara Wanninayake	Miniaturised Optical Fibre based Palpations instrument for MIS	Kingston University London, UK
12	10:06–10:12	Dr. Mohd Hadri Hafiz Bin Mokhtar	Image reconstruction algorithm for sparse and non-uniform data for optical fibre scanner	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, MY
13	10:12–10:18	Dr. Jharna Paul	Asymmetric dipole-resonators for molecular sensing	University of Glasgow, UK
14	10:18–10:24	Dr. Fernando Perez-Cota	Phonon Microscopy: challenges and opportunities	The University of Nottingham, UK
15	10:24–10:30	Dr. Sunjie Ye	Developing gold nanotubes as photoacoustic imaging contrast agents	University of Leeds, UK
	10:30-11:00	TEA BREAK
16	11:00–11:06	Dr. Zamani	Cyclic Polybutylene Terephthalate (c-PBT)-Coated Fiber Bragg Grating Temperature Sensor	University of Malaya, MY
17	11:06–11:12	Dr. Charlene Greenwood	Developing Focal Construct Technology for in vivo Diagnosis of Osteoporosis	Cranfield University, UK
18	11:12–11:18	Dr Rozalina Zakaria	Investigation of MoS2 on coated titanium surface plasmon resonance side-polished optical fiber sensor	University of Malaya, MY
19	11:18–11:24	Dr. Malathy Batumalay	Polymer Microfiber Coated with ZnO for Humidity Sensing	INTI International University, MY
20	11:24–11:30	Dr. Miodrag Vidakovic	External Refractive Index Sensor based on Graphene Oxide coated Long Period Grating for potential biosensor applications	City, University of London, UK
21	11:30–11:36	Dr. Tanveer A. Tabish	Use of FTIR and Raman spectroscopy for biomedical applications	University of Exeter, UK
22	11:36–11:42	Dr. Fauzan Ahmad	Bismuth Telluride-polyethylene oxide based passive Saturable Absorber	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (MJIIT)
23	11:42–11:48	Dr. Chong Su Sin	Excitation Spectra and Stokes Shift Measurements	Xiamen University Malaysia
24	11:48–11:54	Dr. Suchara Sriratanavaree		City, University of London, UK

Location

The workshop will be held in Hatten Hotel Malacca, Malaysia organized by University of Malaya (UM), Malaysia in collaboration with City, University of London (CUL), UK. In Malaysia, UM has become the leading research centre in photonics and one of the five National Centres of Research Excellence in Malaysia. The Photonics Research Centre of CUL has received the first Royal Society Athena Runners-up award (2016) for its research diversity work.

• 23 July - 25 July 2018


• Hatten Hotel, Malacca, Malaysia (click to view)


• About Malacca (click to view)

Mentor

The workshop will be mentored by the following estemeed photonics researchers:

Speakers

The workshop program will feature selected expert invited speakers:

Eligibility

The participants will be sought from engineers, scientists and can also be medical researchers interested in bio-photonics, as well as small and large photonics companies, biomedical instrumentation sector, that offered (and scouted for) various relevant technologies. Priorities would be young researchers in photonics who would like its exploitation in bio-sensing and medical instrument development or medical instrumentation engineers who would like to know how enabling photonics can do enhance the diagnostic equipment. 80% of the place would be reserved for young researchers who have awarded their PhDs within last 5 years. For industrial researchers who do not hold a PhD but has research experience equivalent to a PhD holder and works in a field where a PhD is not a pre-requisite for established research activity, they can also be considered eligible.

All the participants would be from UK or in Malaysia.

Workshop Fees

For the 40 selected applicants will be sponsored for all expenses which are cost of travel, accommodation, workshop fees and meals during the workshop. Meanwhile, other applicants who are interested to attend the esteemed workshop are required to pay the fees as below:

• Postgraduate Students : 900 MYR
• Working Researchers : 1100 MYR
• Accompany Person (without publication fees) : 700 MYR

Publications

All accepted papers will be published in IOP Conference which is an open-access proceedings journal. Conference papers are published online as a single volume and indexed in ISI Web of Science (Conference Proceedings Citation Index), Scopus, Ei Compendex. -all articles will receive a permanent DOI number.

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Applying

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last update :7^th May 2018