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
Advanced Microscopy and Imaging
Discussion Leaders: Christopher Contag (Institute for Quantitative Health Science and Engineering, United States)
7:40 pm - 8:05 pm
Paul Verkade (University of Bristol, United Kingdom)
"Many Ways to Do Correlative Microscopy"
8:05 pm - 8:15 pm
Discussion
8:15 pm - 8:40 pm
Alex J. Walsh (Texas A&M University, United States)
"Maximizing Label-free Fluorescence Microscopy Data with Quantitative Analyses"
8:40 pm - 8:50 pm
Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:15 pm
Jonathan Liu (University of Washington, United States)
"Non-Destructive 3D Pathology for Precision Therapy"
9:15 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
Label-Free Imaging
Discussion Leader: Andrew Rollins (Case Western Reserve University, United States)
9:00 am - 9:25 am
Yongkeun Park (KAIST, South Korea)
"Quantitative Phase Imaging and Artificial Intelligence: Label-Free 3D Imaging, Classification, and Inference"
9:25 am - 9:45 am
Discussion
9:45 am - 10:10 am
Sixian You (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States)
"Label-Free in Vivo Microscopy"
10:10 am - 10:25 am
Discussion
10:25 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:25 am
Kimani Toussaint (Brown University, United States)
"Leveraging Metrics from Quantitative Second-Harmonic Generation Imaging for Assessment of Collagenous Tissues"
11:25 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 12:10 pm
Irene Georgakoudi (Tufts University, United States)
"Assessments of Tissue Metabolic and Biomechanical Function Using Label-Free Two Photon Imaging"
12:10 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
The GRC Power Hourâ„¢
The GRC Power Hourâ„¢ is designed to address diversity and inclusion in the scientific workplace by providing a safe environment for informal and meaningful conversations amongst colleagues of all career stages. The program supports the professional growth of all members of our communities, including ethnicity, race and/or gender identity by providing an open forum for discussion and mentoring.
Organizers: Caroline Boudoux (Polytechnique Montréal / Castor Optics, Canada) and Irene Georgakoudi (Tufts University, United States)
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Engineering Contrast
Discussion Leader: Afrouz Anderson (NIH/NIBIB, United States)
7:30 pm - 7:55 pm
Cristina Zavaleta (University of Southern California, United States)
"A Path Towards the Clinical Translation of Nano-Based Imaging Contrast Agents"
7:55 pm - 8:10 pm
Discussion
8:10 pm - 8:35 pm
Daniel Razansky (University of Zurich and ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
"Advanced Optoacoustic Methods for Ultrafast Imaging of Biological Dynamics"
8:35 pm - 8:50 pm
Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:15 pm
Summer Gibbs (Oregon Health & Science University, United States)
"Fluorescence Guided Surgery for Improved Clinical Outcomes"
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Endoscopy
Discussion Leader: Audrey Bowden (Vanderbilt University, United States)
9:00 am - 9:25 am
Sarah Bohndiek (University of Cambridge, United Kingdom)
"Seeing Early Cancer in a New Light"
9:25 am - 9:45 am
Discussion
9:45 am - 10:10 am
Ahsan Akram (University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom)
"Pathways for Photonic Fingerprinting in the Distal Lung"
10:10 am - 10:25 am
Discussion
10:25 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:25 am
Eman Namati (SpectraWAVE, Inc., United States)
"Optical Coherence Tomography in the Age of Artificial Intelligence"
11:25 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 12:10 pm
Caroline Boudoux (Polytechnique Montréal / Castor Optics, Canada)
"Optical Imaging with Photonic Lanterns, and Other Novel Fiber Optics Components"
12:10 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
Neuroscience and the Brain
Discussion Leader: Chris Schaffer (Cornell University, United States)
7:30 pm - 7:55 pm
Nozomi Nishimura (Cornell University, United States)
"Safaris in the Brain: Imaging Cells in Their Environment"
7:55 pm - 8:10 pm
Discussion
8:10 pm - 8:35 pm
Jana Kainerstorfer (Carnegie Mellon University, United States)
"Diffuse Optical Methods to Assess Neurovascular Coupling in Patients"
8:35 pm - 8:50 pm
Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:15 pm
Daniel Côté (CERVO Brain Research Center, Canada)
"Guiding Neurosurgeons"
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Margin Assessment and Surgical Guidance
Discussion Leader: Sylvain Gioux (Intuitive Surgical, Switzerland)
9:00 am - 9:25 am
Eben Rosenthal (Vanderbilt University Medical Center, United States)
"Clinical Application and Study Design for Intraoperative Imaging"
9:25 am - 9:45 am
Discussion
9:45 am - 10:10 am
Laura Marcu (University of California Davis, United States)
"Bringing Malignancy to Light in the Operating Theater"
10:10 am - 10:25 am
Discussion
10:25 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:25 am
Muyinatu Bell (Johns Hopkins University, United States)
"Listening to the Sound of Light to Guide Surgeries"
11:25 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 12:10 pm
Christopher Contag (Institute for Quantitative Health Science and Engineering, United States)
"Pathologists, Proximity and Patients: Tools to Advance Point-of-Care Pathology"
12:10 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(s); Complete the GRC Evaluation Forms; Discuss Future Dates and Venue; Election of the Next Vice Chair(s)
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Imaging in the Circulatory System
Discussion Leader: Charles Lin (Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, United States)
7:30 pm - 7:55 pm
Eva Sevick-Muraca (University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, United States)
"Imaging the Lymphatics: The Fountain of Youth and Health"
7:55 pm - 8:10 pm
Discussion
8:10 pm - 8:35 pm
Darren Roblyer (Boston University, United States)
"You Can Have Your Cake and Image It Too: Noninvasive Imaging of Blood Lipids Through the Skin"
8:35 pm - 8:50 pm
Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:15 pm
Clemens Alt (Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, United States)
"The Eye as a Window into the Brain: Tracking Central Nervous System Inflammation by Retinal Imaging"
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Thursday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Noninvasive Probing of the Eye
Discussion Leader: Ralf Brinkmann (University of Luebeck, Germany)
9:00 am - 9:25 am
Iwona Gorczynska (Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Poland)
"Identification of the Retinal Layer Containing Photopigments in OCT Images Through Correlation with Human Two-Photon Vision"
9:25 am - 9:45 am
Discussion
9:45 am - 10:10 am
Kirill Larin (University of Houston, United States)
"Dynamic Optical Coherence Elastography: Emerging Tool for Noninvasive Quantification of Mechanical Properties of Tissues"
10:10 am - 10:25 am
Discussion
10:25 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:25 am
Peter Török (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
"Can Brillouin Microspectroscopy Measure Mechanical Properties of Cornea?"
11:25 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 12:10 pm
Gereon Hüttmann (University of Lübeck, Germany)
"Dynamic Phase Changes for 3D Spatially Resolved Imaging of Biological Function in Human Retina"
12:10 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
Photo-Activation and Inactivation
Discussion Leader: Alex Vitkin (University of Toronto, Canada)
7:30 pm - 7:55 pm
Kaushal Rege (Arizona State University, United States)
"Laser-Activated Nanomaterials for Sealing and Repair of Soft Tissues"
7:55 pm - 8:10 pm
Discussion
8:10 pm - 8:35 pm
Bryan Spring (Northeastern University, United States)
"Tumor-Targeted, Activatable Photoimmunotherapy and Its Development Towards Multiplexed Precision Photomedicine"
8:35 pm - 8:50 pm
Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:15 pm
Vanderlei Bagnato (University of Sao Paulo, Brazil)
"Photodynamic Decontamination of the Respiratory Tract: From Infections to Organ Transplantation"
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure