Sunday
2:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome from the GRC Chair
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm
Challenges and Emerging Solutions in Biophotonics Research
Discussion Leaders: Bruce Tromberg (University of California, Irvine, USA) and Irene Georgakoudi (Tufts University, USA)
7:40 pm - 7:45 pm
Opening Remarks
7:45 pm - 8:10 pm
Rajesh Naik (Air Force Research Laboratory, USA)
"Human Performance for Airmen"
8:10 pm - 8:20 pm
Discussion
8:20 pm - 8:45 pm
Florian Jug (Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Germany)
"Content-Aware Image Restoration and Quantitative Downstream Analysis with Deep Learning"
8:45 pm - 8:55 pm
Discussion
8:55 pm - 9:20 pm
Roshan Shetty (Photothermal Spectroscopy Corp., USA)
"Successes and Pitfalls in Commercializing Biophotonics Technologies: One Entrepreneur's Story"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Group Photo
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
New Directions in Cancer Care
Discussion Leaders: Samuel Achilefu (Washington University School of Medicine, USA) and Javier Jo (Texas A&M University, USA)
9:00 am - 9:30 am
Louise Perkins (Melanoma Research Alliance, USA)
"Melanoma: A Case Study for Progress and Persistent Challenges in Cancer"
9:30 am - 9:45 am
Discussion
9:45 am - 10:15 am
Rohit Bhargava (Beckman Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA)
"From Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopic Imaging to a Laser Based System: A Transition to Practice"
10:15 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:30 am
Tayyaba Hasan (Massachusetts General Hospital / Harvard Medical School, USA)
"Cancer Therapeutics: What Do Photochemical Strategies Bring to the Table?"
11:30 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 12:15 pm
Matthew Baker (University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom)
"Tumours, Translation, Trials and Tribulations: Developing Serum Based Spectroscopic Diagnostics"
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Power Hour
The GRC Power Hour is an optional informal gathering open to all meeting participants. It is designed to help address the challenges women face in science and support the professional growth of women in our communities by providing an open forum for discussion and mentoring.
Organizer: Kristen Maitland (Texas A&M University, USA)
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Light for Drug Discovery and Delivery
Discussion Leaders: Cristina Zavaleta (University of Southern California, USA) and Kin Chan (BioPharmX, Inc., USA)
7:30 pm - 7:55 pm
Beverley Isherwood (AstraZeneca, United Kingdom)
"Shedding Light on Drug Discovery"
7:55 pm - 8:10 pm
Discussion
8:10 pm - 8:35 pm
Adela Ben-Yakar (University of Texas at Austin, USA)
"A New Technique that Can Perform 0.8 Million Frames per Second"
8:35 pm - 8:50 pm
Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:15 pm
Conor Evans (Massachusetts General Hospital, USA)
"Pharmacokinetic Tomography: Exploring Drug Uptake with Advanced Microscopy"
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Transforming Forensic Science with Light
Discussion Leaders: Maurice Aalders (Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands) and Lise Randeberg (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway)
9:00 am - 9:30 am
Niamh NicDaeid (University of Dundee, United Kingdom)
"New Technologies: Identifying Areas of Need in Forensic Science"
9:30 am - 9:45 am
Discussion
9:45 am - 10:15 am
Meez Islam (Teesside University, United Kingdom)
"The Detection, Identification and Age Estimation of Biological Traces in a Forensic Context Using Optical Spectroscopy"
10:15 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:30 am
Ravi Kalyanaraman (Bristol-Myers Squibb, USA)
"CSI:PIT: Forensic Investigation at Bristol-Myers Squibb"
11:30 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 12:15 pm
Betsy Jean Yakes (U.S. Food and Drug Administration, USA)
"Food Forensics: Spectroscopic Technologies for Food Authentication"
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Tools for the Global Underserved Population
Discussion Leaders: Audrey Bowden (Vanderbilt University, USA) and Aydogan Ozcan (University of California, Los Angeles, USA)
7:30 pm - 7:55 pm
Akos Somoskovi (Global Good Fund, Intellectual Ventures, USA)
"Diagnostic Gaps and Clinical Challenges to Provide Patient Centered Care in High Disease Burden Settings"
7:55 pm - 8:10 pm
Discussion
8:10 pm - 8:35 pm
Gerard Cote (Texas A&M University, USA)
"Optical Point-of-Care Monitoring in Underserved Areas"
8:35 pm - 8:50 pm
Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:15 pm
Chetan Patil (Temple University, USA)
"Jaundice in Babies: How to Develop a Viable Tool that Anyone Can Use"
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Maternal/Fetal Medicine and Biophotonics
Discussion Leaders: Jessica Ramella-Roman (Florida International University, USA) and Christine Hendon (Columbia University, USA)
9:00 am - 9:30 am
James Wynn (University of Florida, USA)
"Premature Infants and the Need for New Devices that Can Aid in Survival"
9:30 am - 9:45 am
Discussion
9:45 am - 10:15 am
Andrew Rollins (Case Western Reserve University, USA)
"Optical Tools for Studying Congenital Defects"
10:15 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:30 am
Nienke Bosschaart (University of Twente, The Netherlands)
"Inside the Lactating Breast"
11:30 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 12:15 pm
Xingde Li (Johns Hopkins University, USA)
"Optical Imaging for Assessing Cervical Collagen Network Integrity and Associated Preterm Birth Risk"
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Business Meeting
Nominations for the Next Vice Chair; Fill in Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss Future Site and Scheduling Preferences; Election of the Next Vice Chair
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Immunology and Infectious Diseases
Discussion Leaders: Charles Lin (Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, USA) and Alexandra Walsh (Morgridge Institute for Research, USA)
7:30 pm - 7:55 pm
Ronald Germain (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, USA)
"Where Immunology Meets Therapy"
7:55 pm - 8:10 pm
Discussion
8:10 pm - 8:35 pm
Wei Chen (University of Central Oklahoma, USA)
"A Local Intervention of Laser Irradiation and Immunological Stimulation to Induce Systemic Anti-Tumor Immunity"
8:35 pm - 8:50 pm
Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:15 pm
Stephen Boppart (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA)
"Optical Interrogation of In Vivo Bacterial Biofilms and Their Implications in Disease"
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Thursday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Beyond the BRAIN Initiative
Discussion Leaders: William Roach (Vanderbilit University, USA) and Jana Kainerstorfer (Carnegie Mellon University, USA)
9:00 am - 9:30 am
Peter Konrad (Vanderbilt University, USA)
"Engineering Solutions to the Needs in Functional Neurosurgery"
9:30 am - 9:45 am
Discussion
9:45 am - 10:15 am
Francesco Pavone (University of Florence, Italy)
"Relation Between Structure and Function in Brain Disease: A Focus on Stroke"
10:15 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:30 am
Jaime Grutzendler (Yale School of Medicine, USA)
"Imaging Myelin Plasticity in the Live Mammalian Brain with Spectral Confocal Reflectance Microscopy (SCoRe)"
11:30 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 12:15 pm
Peter Snyder (University of Rhode Island, USA)
"Multi-Colour Laser Imaging of Macular Pigment Optical Density: Effects of Aging and of Preclinical Alzheimer’s Disease"
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Human Performance and Wellness
Discussion Leader: Patrick Bradshaw (Air Force Office of Scientific Research, USA)
7:30 pm - 7:55 pm
Thomas Barstow (Kansas State University, USA)
"Fatigue and Performance: Perspectives from Exercise Physiology"
7:55 pm - 8:10 pm
Discussion
8:10 pm - 8:35 pm
Cleber Ferraresi (Sacred Heart University / Brazil University, Brazil)
"Enhancing Human Performance with NIR Light"
8:35 pm - 8:50 pm
Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:15 pm
Sam Emaminejad (University of California, Los Angeles, USA)
"Wearable Biomarker Analysis Platforms for Human Performance Monitoring"
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure