We have resources and people that allow us to generate some of the most compelling research in the country.

• Biophotonics Imaging Therapeutics and Sensing Laboratory Light and lasers have been used in medicine and biology for many years and recent advances have resulted in explosive growth of the field of biophotonics. The primary mission of the Biophotonics Imaging, Therapeutics, and Sensing Laboratory is to improve therapeutic modalities in the treatment of cancer and disease by harnessing biophotonics technologies to increase understanding of disease processes, monitor treatment therapeutic outcomes, and enhance existing treatment modalities or create novel therapies. Research interests include biomedical optics, functional optical imaging, spectral imaging, light and laser-tissue interactions, therapeutic use of biophotonics technologies, and optical sensing.
• Biomedical Optics Laboratory  The mission of Biomedical Optics Laboratory is to discover and explore alternative biomedical imaging methods using visible/near-infrared light, microwave, x-ray, and ultrasound. We develop advanced computational methods for inverse problems, construct complex or simple imaging hardware, and perform laboratory, pre-clinical and clinical experiments. Our recent research interests include the development and optimization of diffuse optical tomography, fluorescence molecular tomography, photoacoustic tomography, microwave tomography and electromagnetic wave-induced thermoacoustic tomography for a variety of pre-clinical and clinical applications including breast cancer detection, cancer margin identification, monitoring of cancer therapy, epilepsy localization, osteoarthritis diagnosis, and noninvasive study of neuro-vascular and neuro-cellular coupling.
• Electrical Bioimpedance Laboratory The Electrical Bioimpedance Laboratory's focus is non-invasive electrical monitoring and imaging techniques. The electrical properties of different body tissues vary widely throughout the body and electrical measurements are highly sensitive to changes in tissue composition, pathology, shape and temperature. The techniques and devices the lab is developing are typically low-cost and portable.
• Gene Dynamics Laboratory The Gene Dynamics Lab focuses on molecular and cellular engineering. Specifically, we will design and implement artificial multi-gene networks to modulate neuronal function. These networks will be used for the study of the molecular events underlying neuronal differentiation and the application of gene therapy to repair neuronal injury and enhance neuronal regeneration.
• Neural Robotics and Neural Computation Laboratory The Neural Robotics and Neural Computation Laboratory at the University of Florida explores the computational processes of living neural networks. Our interests include plasticity (memory) in neural networks, information processing, real-time feedback control systems, and neural interface technology using invitro cultures of rat cortical neurons on multi-electrode arrays.
• Neural Engineering Laboratory The most successful biological information processing system is the brain; our understanding of it continues to inspire solutions to problems ranging from pattern recognition to motion control.additional computational insights and strategies can be gained as a result of the process of understanding signal processing and coding in small networks of neurons that have been deliberately designed for computational function.
• Neuroinformatics Laboratory The Neuroinformatics Lab at the University of Florida explores neural mechanisms of cognition and motor behavior using both experimental and modeling approaches. Our recent works deal with (1) neuronal oscillations and attentional control, (2) information processing in the brain, (3) development of advanced signal processing methods for the analysis of nonstationary, multivariate neurobiological data, (4) single trial analysis of event related signals, and (5) behavior and brain analysis of sensorimotor integration.
• Stem Cell Research Laboratory The Laboratory of Stem Cell Research investigates the potential of endogenous or transplantable stem/progenitor cells for repairing the diseased or injured brain. To achieve this end, we use several approaches. We investigate the regulation of adult hippocampal neurogenesis both to understand how to stimulate endogenous brain repair and to understand how transplantable stem cells will behave in situ. We also use in vitro systems to investigate the mechanisms that govern progenitor cell behavior. We collaborate closely with the Neural Robotics and Neural Computation Laboratory to understand how transplanted neural stem cells influence a circuit and conversely, how a biologically active circuit influences transplanted neural stem cells.