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17 - 22 January 2026
San Francisco, California, US

Plan to attend BiOS 2026 in San Francisco


SPIE BiOS is the most comprehensive biomedical optics meeting in the field. Topics include biomedical optics, therapeutics and diagnostics, biophotonics, new imaging modalities, optical coherence tomography, neurophotonics, optogenetics, tissue optics, and nanophotonics.

The 2026 call for papers is open. Explore the conferences to see where your research fits best. 

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Featuring 50 conferences on:

  • Medical Photonics: Therapeutics and Diagnostics
  • Neurophotonics, Neurosurgery, and Optogenetics
  • Technologies for Translational Biophotonics
  • Tissue Optics and Light-Tissue Interaction
  • Biomedical Microscopy, Spectroscopy, and Imaging
  • Nano/Biophotonics
  • Quantum Effects and Measurement Techniques in Biology and Biophotonics

Speaker presenting at SPIE Photonics West conference on the topic of 'BiOS Hot Topics', with the speaker's name, Chen Yang, displayed on a screen behind them.

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BiOS Expo: 17-18 January 2026

Launch the year by reconnecting with customers, clients, and prospects. Share your best biomedical optics and biophotonics solutions with this global audience all gathering in San Francisco.

BiOS Symposium Chairs


Rainer Leitgeb

Medizinische Univ. Wien (Austria)

Laura Marcu

Univ. of California, Davis (United States)

BiOS Symposium Co-chairs


Sergio Fantini

Tufts Univ. (United States)

Paola Taroni

Politecnico di Milano (Italy)

BiOS Program Track Chairs


Medical Photonics: Therapeutics and Diagnostics
Brian Jet-Fei Wong, Beckman Laser Institute and Medical Clinic, Univ. of California, Irvine (United States)
Gabriela Apiou, Wellman Center for Photomedicine and Massachusetts General Hospital Research Institute, Harvard Medical School (United States)

Neurophotonics, Neurosurgery, and Optogenetics
Anne Roe, Nathan Kline Institute, New York Univ. (United States)
Shy Shoham, New York Univ. (United States)

Technologies for Translational Biophotonics
Tuan Vo-Dinh, Duke Univ. (United States)
Anita Mahadevan-Jansen, Vanderbilt Univ. (United States)

Tissue Optics and Light-Tissue Interaction
E. Duco Jansen, Vanderbilt Univ. (United States)
Jessica C. Ramella-Roman, Florida International Univ. (United States)

Biomedical Spectroscopy, Microscopy, and Imaging
Ammasi Periasamy, Univ. of Virginia (United States)
Daniel L. Farkas, Univ. of Southern California (United States) and SMI (United States)

Nano/Biophotonics
Paras Prasad, Univ. at Buffalo (United States)
Ewa M. Goldys, The Univ. of New South Wales (Australia)