Founded by Professor Frédéric Leblond in 2018, OptiMaL is an optical research platform associated with the TransMedTech Institute. After around 2 years of establishing a solid research niche, OptiMaL platform is becoming a core facility of the CHUM research center (CRCHUM). We have been successfully involved in various multidisciplinary projects in collaboration with pioneering companies and research organizations. Our team is composed of 2 professors, 3 research professionals and 5 postdoctoral fellows with a broad range of expertise. We have a wide variety of spectroscopic instruments capable of analysing from the macro to the micro scale. We aim to use our skills in optical instrumentation and data analysis to boost discoveries and enhance technology transfer in clinical research, surgical guidance, and biomedical imaging.