{"id":5,"date":"2012-08-28T09:30:02","date_gmt":"2012-08-28T13:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/botlab\/home\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T09:49:33","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T14:49:33","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/botlab\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/botlab\/files\/2017\/08\/BOTlab-logo.png\" alt=\"BOTlab logo\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-547\" width=\"350\" height=\"auto\" \/><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Welcome to the Biomedical Optical Technologies Lab (BOTLab).<\/h4>\n<div class=\"bu-slideshow-container botlab-banner autoplay\" id=\"bu-slideshow-container-431\" data-slideshow-name=\"botlab-banner\" data-slideshow-delay=\"5000\" style=\"width: 700px; ; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><div class='slideshow-loader active'><div class='loader-animation'><\/div><p>loading slideshow...<\/p><\/div><div class=\"bu-slideshow-slides\"><ul class=\"bu-slideshow transition-fade\" id=\"bu-slideshow-431\"><li id=\"bu-slideshow-431_0\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/botlab\/files\/2026\/01\/Roblyer-Lab-group_2025191-F-2-636x425.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-431_1\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/botlab\/files\/2026\/01\/Roblyer-Lab_2025262-636x430.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-431_2\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-center\"><img src=\"\/botlab\/files\/2025\/07\/SWIR-wearable-636x386.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"bu-slide-caption caption-bottom-center\"><p class=\"bu-slide-caption-text\">A wearable SWIR probe for tissue hydration monitoring<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-431_3\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/botlab\/files\/2026\/01\/Roblyer-Lab_2025388-636x425.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-431_4\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-top-right\"><img src=\"\/botlab\/files\/2024\/11\/24-1626-ROBLYER-002_feat-crop-636x425.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"bu-slide-caption caption-top-right\"><p class=\"bu-slide-caption-text\">A wearable probe for cuffless blood pressure measurements<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-431_5\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-top-right\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/botlab\/research\"><img src=\"\/botlab\/files\/2016\/04\/dDOSI_1000.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><div class=\"bu-slide-caption caption-top-right\"><p class=\"bu-slide-caption-text\">digital frequency domain diffuse optical spectroscopy (FD-DOS) device for monitoring patients at the bedside.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-431_6\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/botlab\/files\/2024\/06\/SCOS.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"bu-slide-caption caption-bottom-right\"><p class=\"bu-slide-caption-text\">Speckle Contrast Optical Spectroscopy<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-431_7\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/botlab\/files\/2026\/01\/Roblyer-Lab_2025211-636x443.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-431_8\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/botlab\/research\"><img src=\"\/botlab\/files\/2021\/04\/flexGif1_700b.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><div class=\"bu-slide-caption caption-bottom-right\"><p class=\"bu-slide-caption-text\">Flexible wearable probe for breast cancer treatment monitoring.  <\/p><\/div><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-431_9\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/botlab\/people\"><img src=\"\/botlab\/files\/2017\/09\/17-1400-ROBLYERLAB-035-1024x666.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><div class=\"bu-slide-caption caption-bottom-right\"><p class=\"bu-slide-caption-text\">Ph.D. students Fei Teng, Kavon Karrobi, and Syeda Tabassum in the BOTLab <\/p><\/div><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-431_10\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-top-left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/botlab\/research\"><img src=\"\/botlab\/files\/2021\/04\/20210324_MDA1mgmlB_195umCollagenNADH.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><div class=\"bu-slide-caption caption-top-left\"><p class=\"bu-slide-caption-text\">Label-free nonlinear microscopy: A tumor spheroid composed of MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cells showing collagen (green) and the metabolic cofactor NADH (red).<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"bu-slideshow-navigation-container\"><ul class=\"bu-slideshow-navigation nav-icon\" id=\"bu-slideshow-nav-431\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-1\" class=\" active\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>1<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-2\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>2<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-3\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>3<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-4\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>4<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-5\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>5<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-6\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>6<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-7\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>7<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-8\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>8<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-9\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>9<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-10\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>10<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-11\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>11<\/span><\/a><\/li> <\/ul><\/div><\/div>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">We develop new optical technologies to study human disease.<\/h5>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\">Principal Investigator: Darren Roblyer, Ph.D.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/profile\/darren-roblyer-ph-d\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University<\/a><\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the Biomedical Optical Technologies Lab (BOTLab). 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