News & Updates

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February 2026

New Research Grant Awarded

BRIGHT Lab has been awarded a significant research grant from DST-SERB to develop AI-powered diagnostic tools for early cancer detection. This funding will support our ongoing work in biophotonics and machine learning.

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January 2026

Paper Published in Nature Biomedical Engineering

Our latest research on real-time label-free cancer diagnosis using Raman spectroscopy has been published in Nature Biomedical Engineering. This breakthrough could revolutionize intraoperative cancer detection.

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December 2025

Lab Member Wins Best Paper Award

Congratulations to our PhD scholar for winning the Best Paper Award at the International Conference on Biomedical Optics. The paper focused on AI-driven virtual histology techniques.

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November 2025

Collaboration with Leading Cancer Hospital

BRIGHT Lab has initiated a collaboration with AIIMS Delhi to clinically validate our biophotonic diagnostic technologies for breast cancer detection. Patient trials will begin in early 2026.

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October 2025

New Equipment Installed

Our lab has acquired a state-of-the-art confocal Raman microscope system, enhancing our capabilities for high-resolution molecular imaging and spectroscopic analysis.

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September 2025

Welcome New PhD Students

We are excited to welcome three new PhD students to our team. They will be working on projects related to AI-assisted diagnosis, label-free imaging, and spectroscopic techniques.

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August 2025

Dr. Pandey Invited Speaker at International Symposium

Dr. Rishikesh Pandey was invited as a keynote speaker at the 6th Quantitative Phase Imaging Symposium in Boston, where he presented on advances in biophotonic technologies for oncology.

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July 2024

BRIGHT Lab Officially Established

Dr. Rishikesh Pandey joins IIT Roorkee as Assistant Professor and establishes the BRIGHT Lab in the Department of Biosciences & Bioengineering. The lab focuses on biophotonics research for global health technologies.

Upcoming Events

Lab Seminar: Machine Learning in Biomedical Imaging

Speaker: Dr. John Smith, MIT

Date: March 15, 2026 | Time: 3:00 PM | Venue: Seminar Hall, BSBE Department

Open to All

Workshop: Introduction to Raman Spectroscopy

Organized by: BRIGHT Lab

Date: March 22-23, 2026 | Registration Required

Two-Day Workshop Hands-on Training

Lab Open House

For prospective students and collaborators

Date: April 5, 2026 | Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Registration Required