Muscle near-infrared spectroscopy
Bridging science,
technology and practice.
mNIRS brings together the researchers, clinicians, practitioners and manufacturers working on muscle near-infrared spectroscopy: how it is measured, how it is reported, and what it can tell us about working muscle.
17–19 September 2026 · University of Pavia
Three days in Pavia
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Day 1 · Thursday
Sponsor showcase alongside scientific presentations from leading international experts.
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Day 2 · Friday
Research contributions from established investigators, early-career scientists, and PhD and Master's students.
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Day 3 · Saturday
Real-world demonstrations and applied discussion in sporting contexts, closing with a roundtable on future directions.
From the community
News
- Conference
mNIRS 2026 opens in Pavia
The second international muscle NIRS meeting runs from 17 to 19 September at the University of Pavia, with three days of science, sponsor demonstrations and applied discussion.
- Site
mnirs.org has a new look
The site has been redesigned ahead of Pavia. The conference archive, video library and partner list are all still here.
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Welcome to MuscleNIRS
Muscle near infrared spectroscopy (mNIRS) has developed enormously since Frans Jöbsis first demonstrated in 1977 that near infrared light could be used to monitor…
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Measuring oxygen saturation using other Multi-Distance Methods
Methods other than SRS use multiple source–detector distances to estimate StO₂. While the methods vary, a shared principle is that shorter distances sample more…
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Measuring oxygen saturation using Spatially Resolved Spectroscopy (SRS)
There are methods for measuring absolute muscle tissue oxygen saturation (StO₂) that do not require expensive time-domain or frequency-domain systems. One such…
Talks, tutorials and webinars
Video library
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Keynote Muscle oxygenation and its use to study mitochondrial capacity Prof. Kevin McCully, University of Georgia -
Plenary Monitoring in sport has changed: time to consider muscle oxygenation Prof. Stéphane Perrey, Université de Montpellier -
Invited mNIRS in health care and observational cohort studies Dr Siana Jones
Industry
Muscle NIRS providers
Mailing list
Stay in the loop
Conference calls, new talks in the library, standards consultations and job posts. Roughly monthly, never more.