Biophotonics box: educational kit for multidisciplinary outreach activities in optics and photonics

Saito Nogueira, Marcelo; Komolibus, Katarzyna; Pacheco Tobo, Andrea Liliana; Jayet, Baptiste; Sekar, Sanathana Konugolu Venkata; Sorensen, Simon; Tyndall, Caitriona; Andersson-Engels, Stefan

Biophotonics box: educational kit for multidisciplinary outreach activities in optics and photonics

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Date

2021-09

Authors

Saito Nogueira, Marcelo

Komolibus, Katarzyna

Pacheco Tobo, Andrea Liliana

Jayet, Baptiste

Sekar, Sanathana Konugolu Venkata

Sorensen, Simon

Tyndall, Caitriona

Andersson-Engels, Stefan

Publisher

Optical Society of America

Abstract

The biophotonics box enables multidisciplinary/interdisciplinary and self-paced learning with at-home experiments using low-resource components. Experiments can increase the interest of students in STEM subjects by emphasizing the real-life applications in biology and medicine.

Keywords

Biophotonics box , At-home experiments , Low-resource components

Citation

Saito Nogueira, Marcelo; Komolibus, Katarzyna; Pacheco Tobo, Andrea Liliana; Jayet, Baptiste; Sekar, Sanathana Konugolu Venkata; Sorensen, Simon; Tyndall, Caitriona; Andersson-Engels, Stefan (2021) 'Biophotonics box: educational kit for multidisciplinary outreach activities in optics and photonics', in Danner, A., Poulin-Girard, A. and Wong, N. (eds.) Education and Training in Optics & Photonics Conference 2021, Washington, DC, United States, 8–10 September, OSA Technical Digest, paper W4B.5 (2pp). Available at: https://www.osapublishing.org/abstract.cfm?uri=ETOP-2021-W4B.5 (Accessed: 5 November 2021)