Aim of the conference:
The main goal of the conference is to provide a multidisciplinary platform for the presentation and discussion of scientific results on the ultra-weak luminescence of biological systems, with a particular focus on ultra-weak luminescence in the mid-UV range (mitogenetic radiation) and cancer-related aspects of endogenous biophotonics, radiation hormesis, secoassociated phenomena and hypotheses.
Topics:
· Experimental results on ultraweak luminescence of biological and (bio-)chemical systems;
· Instrumentation and methods for ultra-weak luminescence studies;
· Mechanisms of ultra-weak luminescence in biological and (bio-)chemical systems;
· Ultra-weak luminescence studies for monitoring and diagnostics of biological systems in medicine, agriculture, and other fields;
· Specific features of cells, tissues, physiological fluids, and metabolism in cancer, promising for diagnostics by biophotonic methods;
· Mitogenetic radiation and relevant cancer diagnostics, radiation hormesis, secondary biogenic radiation, and related phenomena: experimental results, hypotheses and prospects for further research.
Round-table discussion will be devoted to mitogenetic radiation, ‘cancer quencher’, radiation hormesis, secondary biogenic radiation and related phenomena
Reports and comments offering constructive criticism are appreciated as much as those supporting and developing the concepts.
Participation: free of charge.
Official languages: English and Russian.
Format & Venue: In-person (3 Institutskaya St., Pushchino, Moscow Region) and online (via Zoom).
Registration deadline for speakers: October 7, 2026 (registration for listeners is open till October 23, 2026). Attention! The current registration form remains active on the website of the International Symposium on Optics and Biophotonics, where the conference was held from 2022 to 2025: https://sfmconference.org/sfm26/registration.
Event: XIV Symposium on Optics & Biophotonics
Conferences/Workshops: Endogenous biophotonics: Ultra-weak luminescence from biological systems V
Abstracts will be published on the ITEB website, the recommended length of 200–250 words is not strictly limited.
Preliminary program of the 2026 conference: https://sfmconference.org/sfm26/conferences_workshops/endogenous-biophotonics-ultra-weak-luminescence-from-biological-systems-v/preliminary/
Final program and Zoom-links: will be at https://iteb.ru/about/konferentsii-iteb/Endogenous_Biophotonics_v
Organizer: Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Biophysics of the Russian Academy of Sciences (ITEB RAS), Pushchino.
Organizing Committee:
Tatyana A. Perevyazova, Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Biophysics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino
Anna A. Stankevich, Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Biophysics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino
Robert N. Khramov, Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Biophysics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino
Elena V. Naumova, Rzhanov Institute of Semiconductor Physics of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk
Program Committee:
Yury A. Vladimirov, Honourable Member of the Program Committee, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow, Russia
Andrey V. Budagovsky, Michurinsk State Agrarian University, Michurin Federal Scientific Center, Michurinsk, Tambov Region, Russia
Cristiano de Mello Gallep, University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil
Alexander A. Krasnovsky, Federal Research Center of Biotechnology, Bach Institute of Biochemistry RAS, Russia
Elena V. Naumova, Rzhanov Institute of Semiconductor Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk Akademgorodok, Russia
Vitaly Yu. Plavskii, B.I. Stepanov Institute of Physics of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Minsk, Belarus
Felix Scholkmann, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Kharlampy P. Tiras, Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Biophysics RAS, Pushchino, Moscow Region, Russia
Aleksei V. Trofimov, Emanuele Institute of Biochemical Physics RAS, Moscow, Russia
Raif G. Vasilov, Kurchatov Complex of NBICS-Technologies, National Research Center «Kurchatov Institute», Moscow, Russia
Vladimir L. Voeikov, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia
Ilya V. Volodyaev, Lomonosov Moscow State University, European Medical Centre, Moscow, Russia
Co-chairs:
Ilya V. Volodyaev, Lomonosov Moscow State University, European Medical Centre, Moscow, Russia
Elena V. Naumova, Rzhanov Institute of Semiconductor Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk Akademgorodok, Russia
Publication of post-conference papers:
Journal of Biomedical Photonics & Engineering , 2027 (Vol.13, Issue 2)
Special section on Advanced Photonic Technologies in Biomedicine
Journal of Biomedical Photonics & Engineering is an open-access electronic journal, free of charge (Q4 since 2022 г., earlier Q2 and Q3).
Submission deadline: May 15, 2027 (we advise submitting your manuscript well in advance).
Ivan A. Bratchenko iabratchenko@gmail.com
Elina A. Genina eagenina@yandex.ru
Programs of the previous conferences (2022-2025): available in the SFM History section on the website https://sfmconference.org/
For all questions related to the conference, please, feel free to contact Elena Naumova naumova@yandex.ru (if you write from abroad, please, send copy to Ilya Volodyaev ivolodyaev@gmail.com, because emails sometimes are not delivered to ru-domain).
