Lab on Fiber: A key enabling technology for precision medicine- Prof. A. Cusano, Dipartimento di Ingegneria (DING), Università degli Studi del Sannio, Benevento
Abstract: 2000 years ago, Hippocrates recognized that "The right therapy depends exclusively on the right diagnosis". He thus anticipated what we now call the era of personalized medicine, in which treatments are selected on the basis of individual molecular markers in order to obtain a precise diagnosis and find the right treatment for the right patient at the right time. In this context, Lab on fiber technology was introduced ten years ago as a promising key enabling technology aimed to develop new theranostic devices that can be integrated into the working channels of mini-invasive clinical instruments (needles, catheters and nano endoscopes) for in vivo liquid and tissue biopsy, supporting light-assisted local therapies. After one decade, new functionalities and unprecedented performances have been achieved connected with relevant milestones and significant breakthroughs, showing that lab on fiber technology is much more than a simple vision, especially when personalized life sciences are envisaged as a target application area.
Biography: Prof. Cusano is full Professor of Electronics, Optoelectronics and Photonics at the University of Sannio. His research interests are focused on the suitable merging of optical fibers and nanotechnologies and was the pioneer of the "Lab on fiber Technology'' concept nowadays recognized as an hot topic in nanophotonics. He published over 500 papers on prestigious international journals and communications in well-known international conferences worldwide; he has close to 20 national and international patents currently in charge of prestigious industrial companies. He is co-author of more than 100 invited chapters published in international books, invited papers, key note and plenary lectures in prestigious scientific international journals as well as international conferences. In 2020, he was appointed as Technical Director of the Research Infrastructure (C-NOS: Optoelectronics and Photonics Technologies for Life Science Applications).
