Optobiology: bio-lensing in living cells from diagnostic to biolitography

Light manipulation through living sample is one of the most challenging insight of the last ten years. Actually, in nature live matter interacts with light to manage biochemical activities and such capability inspired scientist to couple light into biological system in order to achieve well defined optical and photonic operations. In this framework, we will present the lensing effect of living cells that opens new possible routes in diagnostics and, also, in optics and photonics technologies as BioLithography.

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