SUNDAY |
2:00 pm - 11:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
| Welcome / Introductory Comments |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Cellular/Subcellular Imaging and Manipulation |
| Discussion Leader: Peter So (MIT) |
7:30 pm - 8:00 pm | Jason Shear (University of Texas at Austin)
"Interfacing with Dynamic Cellular Systems using Biocompatible Microfabrication" |
8:00 pm - 8:10 pm | Discussion |
8:10 pm - 8:40 pm | Adela Ben-Yakar (University of Texas at Austin)
"Femtosecond Laser Nanosurgery, Fundamentals and Applications" |
8:40 pm - 8:50 pm | Discussion |
8:50 pm - 9:20 pm | Eric Potma (University of California at Irvine)
"Looking at biology with CARS" |
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
MONDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
8:45 am | Group Photo |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Imaging Brain Function and Disease |
| Discussion Leader: Elizabeth Hillman (Columbia University) |
9:00 am - 9:30 am | Brian Bacskai (Massachusetts General Hospital)
"In vivo imaging of structure and function in the brains of Alzheimer's mice with multiphoton microscopy" |
9:30 am - 9:45 am | Discussion |
9:45 am - 10:15 am | Elizabeth Hillman (Columbia University)
"High resolution functional optical imaging of exposed cortex in-vivo" |
10:15 am - 10:30 am | Discussion |
10:30 am | Coffee Break |
11:00 am - 11:30 am | Turgut Durduran (University of Pennsylvania)
"Optical Measurement of Cerebral Blood Flow, Oxygenation and Metabolism: From Benchtop to the Clinic" |
11:30 am - 11:45 am | Discussion |
11:45 am - 12:15 pm | Jens Steinbrink (Berlin NeuroImaging Center)
"The Blushing and the Glowing Brain: Novel Non-Invasive Optical Methods to Characterize the Function and Pathophysiology of the Central Nerval System" |
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session I |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Retinal Imaging |
| Discussion Leader: Christoph Hitzenberger (Medical University Vienna) |
7:30 pm - 8:00 pm | Dietrich Schweitzer (University Jena, Germany)
"Reflectance and autofluorescence measurements for metabolic studies at the fundus" |
8:00 pm - 8:10 pm | Discussion |
8:10 pm - 8:40 pm | Johannes deBoer (Harvard Medical School)
"Optical coherence tomography in ophthalmology" |
8:40 pm - 8:50 pm | Discussion |
8:50 pm - 9:20 pm | Austin Roorda (University of California Berkeley)
"Adaptive Optics Ophthalmoscopy for Clinical and Basic Science" |
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
TUESDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | New Technology/Methodology I |
| Discussion Leader: Vasan Venugopalan (University of California at Irvine) |
9:00 am - 9:30 am | Joseph P. Culver (Washington University School of Medicine)
"Functional and molecular imaging with diffuse optical tomography: Practical challenges in mouse and man" |
9:30 am - 9:45 am | Discussion |
9:45 am - 10:15 am | David Cuccia (University of California, Irvine)
"Modulated Imaging: Quantitative imaging of intrinsic and extrinsic tissue optical properties and chromophores in the spatial frequency domain" |
10:15 am - 10:30 am | Discussion |
10:30 am | Coffee Break |
11:00 am - 11:30 am | Lihong Wang (University of Washington, St. Louis)
"High-resolution photoacoustic imaging" |
11:30 am - 11:45 am | Discussion |
11:45 am - 12:15 pm | Brett Bouma (Harvard Medical School)
"Comprehensive volumetric microscopy with optical frequency-domain imaging" |
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session I |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Cancer Imaging and Therapy |
| Discussion Leader: Brian Pogue (Dartmouth University) |
7:30 pm - 8:00 pm | John Frangioni (Harvard Medical School)
"Fluorescence Imaging Systems and Contrast Agents for Real-Time Surgical Guidance" |
8:00 pm - 8:10 pm | Discussion |
8:10 pm - 8:40 pm | Lothar Lilge (University of Toronto)
"Optical Transillumination: A physical breast cancer risk indicator?" |
8:40 pm - 8:50 pm | Discussion |
8:50 pm - 9:20 pm | Brian Wilson (University of Toronto)
"Paradigm Shifts in Photodynamic Therapy" |
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
WEDNESDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | New Technology/Methodology II |
| Discussion Leader: Irene Georgakoudi (Tufts University) |
9:00 am - 9:30 am | Changhuei Yang (Caltech)
"Optofluidic Microscope - How to build a fingertip size high resolution microscope?" |
9:30 am - 9:45 am | Discussion |
9:45 am - 10:15 am | Emmanuel Beaurepaire (Ecole Polytechnique, INSERM, France)
"Third-harmonic generation (THG) microscopy of cells and tissues: mechanisms of contrast and applications" |
10:15 am - 10:30 am | Discussion |
10:30 am | Coffee Break |
11:00 am - 11:30 am | Gabriel Popescu (MIT)
"Nanoscale imaging of live cells using optical interferometry" |
11:30 am - 11:45 am | Discussion |
11:45 am - 12:15 pm | Yael Roichman (New York University)
"Holographic optical tweezers, reaching into the microscopic world" |
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session II |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Optical Biosensors |
| Discussion Leader: Katrin Kneipp (Harvard Medical School) |
7:30 pm - 8:00 pm | David Walt (Tufts University)
"Optical fiber microarrays" |
8:00 pm - 8:10 pm | Discussion |
8:10 pm - 8:40 pm | Lisa DeLouise (University of Rochester)
"Exploring the limits of optical detection with porous silicon microcavity sensors" |
8:40 pm - 8:50 pm | Discussion |
8:50 pm - 9:20 pm | Richard van Dyne (Northwestern University)
"Sensors based on Plasmonics" |
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
THURSDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
8:30 am - 9:00 am | Business Meeting |
| (Nominations for the next Vice Chair; Fill out Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss future Site & Scheduling preferences; Election of the next Vice Chair) |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Nanostructures for Biomedical Applications |
| Discussion Leader: Gereon Huettmann (Medical Laser Center Luebeck) |
9:00 am - 9:30 am | Thomas Klar (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München, Germany)
"Bio-Spectroscopy with Gold Nanoparticles" |
9:30 am - 9:45 am | Discussion |
9:45 am - 10:15 am | (open) |
10:15 am - 10:30 am | Discussion |
10:30 am | Coffee Break |
11:00 am - 11:30 am | Christoph Gimmler (University of Hamburg, Germany)
"Nanoparticles for Bio-Labeling" |
11:30 am - 11:45 am | Discussion |
11:45 am - 12:15 pm | Elmar Endl (University of Bonn, Germany)
"On the potential use of laser activated nanoparticle mediated cell elimination in biomedical applications" |
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session II |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | New Era of Molecular Photomedicine |
| Discussion Leader: Sam Achilefu (University of Washington, St. Louis) |
7:30 pm - 8:00 pm | Rebecca Drezek (University of Texas at Austin)
"Activatable Nanoparticles for Molecular Imaging and Targeted Therapy of Cancer" |
8:00 pm - 8:10 pm | Discussion |
8:10 pm - 8:40 pm | Gang Zheng (University of Pennsylvania)
"Molecular beacons as integrated optical imaging and photodynamic therapy agents" |
8:40 pm - 8:50 pm | Discussion |
FRIDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am | Depart |