Cursos

Sede donde se gestiona

Santander

Lugar de impartición

Santander - Península de la Magdalena

Dirección

Secretaría

ORGANIZADO EN COLABORACIÓN CON

Descripción de la actividad

Light plays a vital role in our daily lives. It has revolutionized medicine, made possible international communication via the Internet, and is enabling sustainable development and providing solutions to global challenges in education, energy, environment and agriculture. Today, it is widely accepted that the present century will depend as much on Photonics (the field of Light Sciences and Technologies) as the 20th century depended on Electronics. Taking into account this relevance it was decided to create the International School on light Sciences and Technologies (ISLIST) envisioned to be a worldwide top international forum in the framework of UIMP summer courses, in the Royal Palace of Magdalena in Santander.

ISLIST has been conceived as a great opportunity to review, actualize and improve the knowledge of scientists, professionals and technicians; to enhance the education and motivation of students (especially of PhD students); to offer an ideal frame for networking and also to contribute to the education of the citizens and also to ensure that policymakers, entrepreneurs, and other key “actors” will be aware of the problem-solving potential of Photonics. Each edition of this international school is foccused on a main core and additional current hot topics.

Light in health and medicine is the central theme of this 2026 edition (IX-ISLIST). Seventeen internationally renowned researchers and professionals from the most prestigious institutions in the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Sweden, Korea, Australia, Canada, Italy, and Spain will share their knowledge and experience with attendees from more than 15 different countries through 17 lectures and two panel discussions.

Using light technologies, topics such as cerebral blood flow mapping; tissue biomechanics; research, diagnosis, and treatment of neurodegenerative diseases; vasometabolic health and diseases; marker-free virtual tissue staining; single-molecule dynamics, cell-cell interactions, and in vivo studies; nanomedicines and treatments such as photodynamic therapy (PDT) and photothermal therapy (PTT) for tumour eradication; general and in situ diagnostics; vision correction and enhancement; and tools for personalized and regenerative medicine, among others, will be addressed throughout the development of this 9th edition of ISLIST.