Beckman Laser Institute

Inspired by a ruby beam of light, the Beckman Laser Institute co-founder changed science, medicine – and UCI

Optics innovator Thomas Milner is back at UCI as director of the Beckman Laser Institute & Medical Clinic

Quick-to-produce devices could help alleviate hospital shortages during COVID-19 crisis

Life-changing undergraduate opportunity lets students explore, invent and experiment with everything from robotic coats to a video game of the human digestive tract

Laser Associated Sciences has received $50,000 for placing second in primeUC, a systemwide competition for early-stage companies involved in the development of innovative life science technologies. The competition was part of UC President Janet Napolitano’s Innovation & Entrepreneurship Initiative, which aims to help startups affiliated with the university. Founded by UCI Beckman Laser Institute graduates […]

UCI’s Dr. Petra Wilder-Smith has pioneered the use of laser technology to noninvasively detect and treat oral cancers

The concept that revolutionized laser surgery and earned UC Irvine more than $40 million came to Dr. J. Stuart Nelson in 1992 while he was watching a baseball game. In the early 1990s, surgeons like Nelson were trying to adapt laser technology for medical use, and the Beckman Laser Institute & Medical Clinic was an […]

Handheld laser scanner developed at UCI improves detection, diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer.