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 Staff / Welcome and Introduction from the Chairs
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm
Quantum Biophotonics
Discussion Leader: Anjul Loiacono (Infleqtion, United States)
7:40 pm - 7:45 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:45 pm - 8:10 pm
Miles Padgett (University of Glasgow, United Kingdom)
"Quantum Imaging"
8:10 pm - 8:20 pm
Discussion
8:20 pm - 8:45 pm
Warwick Bowen (University of Queensland, Australia)
"Quantum Sensing and Control of the Dynamics of Single Proteins"
8:45 pm - 8:55 pm
Discussion
8:55 pm - 9:20 pm
Heike Riel (IBM Research - Zurich , Switzerland)
"Quantum Computing: Applications in Biomedical Photonics"
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
Modeling Theory of Light-Tissue Interactions
Discussion Leader: Ton Van Leeuwen (Amsterdam UMC, The Netherlands)
9:00 am - 9:05 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:05 am - 9:30 am
Leah Wilk (Amsterdam UMC, Location AMC, The Netherlands)
"Photon Transport from the Diffuse to the Sub-Diffuse Domain in Turbid Media"
9:30 am - 9:50 am
Discussion
9:50 am - 10:15 am
Alec Walter (Vanderbilt University, United States)
"Scattering Phase Function and Polarization on Accuracy of Diffuse and Sub-Diffuse SFDI"
10:15 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:25 am
Alwin Kienle (Institute for Laser Technologies in Medicine and Metrology at Ulm University, Germany)
"New Insights in Tissue Optics"
11:25 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 12:10 pm
Peter Naglic (Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia)
"Light Propagation Modeling for Determining Optical Properties of Turbid Media Utilizing Optical Fiber Probes"
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: Andrea Locke (Vanderbilt University Biophotonics Center, United States) and Jessica Ramella-Roman (Florida International University, United States)
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Optical Technology for Surgical Guidance
Discussion Leader: Anita Mahadevan-Jansen (Vanderbilt University, United States)
7:30 pm - 7:35 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:35 pm - 8:00 pm
Colleen Kiernan (Colleen M Kiernan, United States)
"NIR-Guided Endocrine Surgery"
8:00 pm - 8:10 pm
Discussion
8:10 pm - 8:35 pm
Viktor Gruev (University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, United States)
"Fluorescence-Guided Surgical System Using Holographic Displays"
8:35 pm - 8:50 pm
Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:15 pm
Sylvain Gioux (Intuitive Surgical, Switzerland)
"SFDI/In vivo Optical Properties for Surgical Guidance"
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
State of the Art in Optical Microscopy
Discussion Leader: Peter So (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States)
9:00 am - 9:05 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:05 am - 9:30 am
Changhuei Yang (California Institute of Technology, United States)
"Computation and Intelligence in Imaging"
9:30 am - 9:50 am
Discussion
9:50 am - 10:15 am
Leonel Malacrida (Institut Pasteur de Montevideo & Universidad de la Republica, Uruguay)
"Unlocking the Complexity of Hyperspectral Imaging and FLIM by the Phasor Approach Analysis: From Fundamental to Advanced Applications"
10:15 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:25 am
Bryan Millis (Vanderbilt University, United States)
"Novel Microscopies and Access for Everyone"
11:25 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 12:10 pm
Ulrike Boehm (Carl Zeiss AG, Germany)
"Translating Novel Developments in Microscopy to Commercial Systems"
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
ML/AI in Optical Imaging
Discussion Leader: Florian Jug (Fondazione Human Technopole, Italy)
7:30 pm - 7:35 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:35 pm - 8:00 pm
Loic Royer (Chan Zuckerberg Biohub San Francisco, United States)
"Self-Driving Multi-View Light Sheet Microscopy"
8:00 pm - 8:10 pm
Discussion
8:10 pm - 8:35 pm
Juergen Popp (Leibniz-IPHT, Germany)
"AI-Driven Multimodal Imaging: A Powerful Toolbox for Tumor Diagnosis and Therapy"
8:35 pm - 8:50 pm
Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:15 pm
Late-Breaking Topic
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Neurophotonics
Discussion Leader: Anna Roe (Zhejiang University, China)
9:00 am - 9:05 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:05 am - 9:30 am
Michelle Sander (Boston University, United States)
"Single Infrared Light Pulses Induce Excitatory and Inhibitory Neuromodulation"
9:30 am - 9:50 am
Discussion
9:50 am - 10:15 am
Michalina Gora-Gioux (Wyss Center for Bio and Neuro Engineering, Switzerland)
"Use of Optical Imaging to Shine New Light on the Gut-Brain Axis"
10:15 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:25 am
Daniel Palanker (Stanford University, United States)
"Photovoltaic Restoration of Sight in Age-Related Macular Degeneration"
11:25 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 12:10 pm
Claus-Peter Richter (Northwestern University, United States)
"Challenges and Progress Toward Optical Cochlear Implants"
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
Probing Tissue Biomechanics with Light
Discussion Leader: Kirill Larin (University of Houston, United States)
7:30 pm - 7:35 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:35 pm - 8:00 pm
Vasan Venugopalan (University of California, Irvine, United States)
"Pulsed Laser Microbeams for Cellular Mechanotransduction and Microrheology"
8:00 pm - 8:10 pm
Discussion
8:10 pm - 8:35 pm
Seemantini Nadkarni (Massachusetts General Hospital, United States)
"Speckle Rheological Microscopy: Mapping the Micromechanical Architecture of Tissue"
8:35 pm - 8:50 pm
Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:15 pm
Brendan Kennedy (The University of Western Australia , Australia)
"Mapping the Micro-Scale Mechanical Properties of Cancer Using Optical Coherence Elastography"
9:15 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(s); Complete the GRC Evaluation Forms; Discuss Future Dates and Venue; Election of the Next Vice Chair(s)
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Cutting Edge Developments in Optical Imaging
Discussion Leader: Imran Avci (VU Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
9:00 am - 9:05 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:05 am - 9:30 am
Brett Bouma (Harvard Medical School, United States)
"Intravascular OCT"
9:30 am - 9:50 am
Discussion
9:50 am - 10:15 am
Christine Hendon (Columbia University, United States)
"Cardiac Structure/Function Imaging with OCT"
10:15 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:25 am
Gijs Van Soest (Erasmus MC, The Netherlands)
"Photoacoustic Imaging for Clinical Translation and Applications in Clinical Research"
11:25 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 12:10 pm
Caitlin Davis (Yale University, United States)
"Multispectral Vibrational Imaging for High Resolution Tracking of Live Cell Metabolic Processes"
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
Immunophotonics
Discussion Leader: Tayyaba Hasan (Massachusetts General Hospital / Harvard Medical School, United States)
7:30 pm - 7:35 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:35 pm - 8:00 pm
Wei Chen (University of Oklahoma, United States)
"Localized Immunophotonics for the Treatment of Metastatic Cancers"
8:00 pm - 8:10 pm
Discussion
8:10 pm - 8:35 pm
Feifan Zhou (Hainan University, China)
"Neuroimmunology Using Light Modulation"
8:35 pm - 8:50 pm
Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:15 pm
Hisataka Kobayashi (National Cancer Institute, United States)
"Near Infrared Photoimmunotherapy of Cancer"
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure