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Feature Announcement for Biomedical Optics Express

Novel Techniques in Microscopy

Submissions Open: 1 May 2015

Submission Deadline: 15 June 2015

Biomedical Optics Express is planning a feature issue on "Novel Techniques in Microscopy," associated with the OSA topical meeting of the same name to be held as part of the Optics in the Life Sciences Congress in Vancouver, Canada, 12-15 April 2015. The guest editors will be the co-chairs of the conference Paul Campagnola and Erica Potma. The feature issue will contain papers based on oral and poster presentations from the conference. While meeting participants are particularly encouraged to submit their work, this special issue is open to all contributions

The Novel Techniques in Microscopy topical meeting, for which this will be the fourth bi-annual edition, has become the pre-eminent international meeting focused on the development of new and creative techniques in optical microscopy for biological or biomedical applications. Advances in optical microscopy are continually enhancing imaging performance and versatility. Examples include increasing depth-penetration in scattering media, improving resolution beyond the diffraction limit, increasing speed, enhancing sensitivity and/or specificity, developing novel contrast mechanisms, addressing challenges related to intravital imaging, and more. This meeting will provide a rich collection of fresh and creative technical developments in optical microscopy for biological or biomedical applications.

Topics of interest for the feature issue include:

  • Super resolution
  • Phase microscopy and tomography
  • Advances in tissue microscopy
  • Nonlinear optical imaging

All papers need to present original, previously unpublished work, and will be subject to the normal standards and peer-review process of the journal. To be eligible for publication, the papers need to add substantial and/or significant new information to the original conference summary. Normal Biomedical Optics Express Article Processing Charges will apply to all published articles.

Manuscripts must be prepared according to the usual standards for submission to Biomedical Optics Express (see: style guide) and uploaded through OSA's electronic submission system: (https://prism.optica.org), specifying from the drop-down menu that the manuscript is for the Feature Issue on Novel Techniques in Microscopy.

Feature Issue Editors

Paul Campagnola, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA

Eric Potma, University of California, Irvine, USA