Optica Biophotonics Congress: Optics in the Life Sciences

Bio-Optics: Design and Applications
Novel Techniques in Microscopy
Optical Manipulation and Its Applications
Optical Molecular Probes, Imaging and Drug Delivery
Optics and the Brain

Bio-Optics: Design and Applications

• Hatice Ceylan Koydemir, Texas A&M University, United States
  Smart and Portable Technologies Engineered for Biomedical Sensing and Imaging  
• Arnaud Dubois, Institut d'Optique Graduate School, France
  Line-Field Confocal Optical Coherence Tomography (LC-OCT) for Dermatology  
• Pilhan Kim, Korea Advanced Inst of Science & Tech, Republic Of Korea
  Real-Time Intravital Microscopy with Suction-Assisted Imaging Window for Thoracic Organs  
• Pierre Lane, Simon Fraser University, Canada
  Endoscopic OCT-AFI – In Vivo Imaging of the Lungs, Oral Cavity, and Gynecologic Tract  
• Muyinatu Lediju Bell, Johns Hopkins University, United States
  Listening to the Sound of Light to Guide Surgeries  
• Jonathan Liu, University of Washington, United States
  Non-Destructive 3D Pathology and Analysis for Precision Medicine  
• Andrea Locke, Vanderbilt University, United States
  Raman-Based Spectroscopic Tools for Characterizing Pediatric Eosinophilic Esophagitis  
• Christine O'Brien, Washington University School of Medicine, United States
  Light-Based Detection of Postpartum Hemorrhage with a Wearable Device  
• Juergen Popp, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Germany
  Multimodal Imaging Together with AI – A Powerful Toolbox for Tumor Diagnosis  
• Marinko Sarunic, Simon Fraser University, United Kingdom
  Deep Learning Methods for Sensorless Adaptive Optics  
• Serhat Tozburun, Izmir Biomedicine and Genome Center, Turkey
  Guide Mapping and Endoscopy Cap Approaches for Well-Confined Mucosal Laser Coagulation  
• Néstor Uribe-Patarroyo, Massachusetts General Hospital, United States
  Probabilistic Structural and Functional Optical Coherence Tomography  

Novel Techniques in Microscopy

• Adela Ben-Yakar, University of Texas at Austin, United States
  LEAD Fluorescence Microscopy Performing at 0.8 Million Frames Per Second for 3D Imaging Flow Cytometry and Brain Imaging  
• Bo-Jui Chang, UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, United States
  Pushing the Limits with Structured Illumination in Light-Sheet Fluorescence Microscopy  
• Vincent Ralph Ching-Roa, University of Rochester, United States
  Rapid Large-Volume Tissue Imaging with Multiplane Parallel Strip-Scanning Two-Photon Microscopy  
• Wonshik Choi, Korea University, Republic Of Korea
  Solving Higher Order Inverse Scattering Problem for In Vivo Through-Skull Imaging  
• Keng Chou, University of British Columbia, Canada
  Spinning-Disk Structured Illumination Microscopy for High-Speed Super-Resolution Imaging  
• Shwetadwip Chowdhury, University of Texas at Austin, United States
  3D Tomography of Scattering Tissue  
• Michelle Digman, University of California Irvine, United States
  The Phasor Approach to FLIM for Metabolic Profiling and Mitometer for Tracking Phenotypic Changes in Mitochondria in Cancer Cells  
• Adam Glaser, Allen Institute for Neural Dynamics, United States
  Leveraging Electronics Metrology Technologies for a New Large-Scale Light-Sheet Microscopy System  
• Sicong He, Southern Univ of Science & Technology, China
  Minimally Invasive Imaging of the Mouse Spinal Cord at Subcellular Resolution Through an Optically Cleared Intervertebral Window  
• Guangwei Hu, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
  Single-Shot, Isotropic and Miniaturized Differential Interference Contrast (SIM-DIC) Microscopy Based on Computational Flat-Optics  
• Fang Huang, Purdue University, United States
  In Situ PSF Retrieval in 4Pi Single-Molecule Systems Enables Ultra-High-Resolution Imaging Through Brain Slices With Uncompromised Fidelity  
• Zhiwei Huang, National University of Singapore, Singapore
  Scan-Free Stimulated Raman Scattering Tomography for Volumetric Deeper Tissue Imaging  
• Xingchen Ji, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
  Developing High Confinement and Low-Loss Silicon Nitride Photonic Devices for Optical Coherence Tomography  
• Xingde Li, Johns Hopkins University, United States
  Two-Photon Fiberscopy Imaging of Neural Activities in Freely-Behaving Rodents and Beyond  
• Chang Liu, Helmholtz Institute Jena, Germany
  Revealing the Ultra-Structure of Microorganisms Using Table-Top Extreme Ultraviolet Ptychography  
• Kevin Tsia, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
  Speeding in Microscopy: from Optofluidic Single-Cell Imaging to In-vivo Animal Imaging  
• Tom Vettenburg, University of Dundee, United Kingdom
  Planar Light-sheet Microscopy with Curved Airy Beams  
• Dushan Wadduwage, Harvard University, United States
  Differentiable Microscopy (∂μ) as a Generalized Paradigm of Optics and Optical System Design  
• Yuxiao Wei, Harvard Medical School, United States
  Quantitative Analysis of Drug Tablet Aging by Fast Hyperspectral Stimulated Raman Scattering Microscopy  
• Florian Willomitzer, Univ of Arizona, Coll of Opt Sciences, United States
  Macroscopic Imaging through Scattering Media with Single-Shot Synthetic Wavelength Holography  
• Sixian You, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States
  An Energetic, Tunable, Ultra-Broadband Fiber Source for Imaging and Spectroscopy  
• Roger Zemp, University of Alberta, Canada
  Photoacoustic Remote Sensing Virtual Histology  
• Haishan Zeng, BC Cancer Agency Research Centre, Canada
  In vivo Multiphoton Microscopy and Multiphoton Absorption Based Laser Therapy  
• Alessandro Zunino, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Italy
  Extending the Three-Dimensional Resolution with Focus-ISM  

Optical Manipulation and Its Applications

• John Bechhoefer, Simon Fraser University, Canada
  Information Engines Based on Optical Traps and Feedback  
• Pierre-Francois Brevet, Université de Lyon, France
  Second Harmonic Generation from Nanoparticles : From Free Liquid Suspensions to Controlled Single Nanoparticles  
• Grégory David, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
  Optical Trapping of Aerosols  
• Anna Chiara De Luca, CNR ISASI, Italy
  SERS-Based Biosensors for Biomedical Applications  
• Jochen Fick, Institut Néel, France
  Optical Fiber Tweezers for Biological Specimen Trapping  
• Nancy Forde, Simon Fraser University, Canada
  Manipulation beyond Light: Using a Centrifuge for High-Throughput Single-Molecule Force Spectroscopy  
• Reuven Gordon, University of Victoria, Canada
  Analysis of Single Unmodified Proteins and Their Interactions with Nanoaperture Optical Tweezers: PR65 Case Study  
• Patricia Haro Gonzalez, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain
  Multiparametric Remote Optical Sensing by a Single Trap Upconverting Microparticle at the Microscale  
• Akihiro Kusumi, Okinawa Inst of Science & Technology, Japan
  Development of Ultrafast Camera-Based Single Fluorescent-Molecule Imaging for Cell Biology  
• Alessandro Magazzù, CNR IPCF, Italy
  Optical and Raman Tweezers for the Manipulation and Characterization of Cosmic Dust and Sea Microplastics  
• Yoko Miyamoto, University of Electro-Communications, Japan
  Vortex Inversion and Angular Momentum Distribution  
• Justus Ndukaife, Vanderbilt University, 
  Trapping and Sensing Nanoscale Extracellular Vesicles and Particles Using Resonant Dielectric Cavities  
• Peter Pauzauskie, University of Washington, United States
  Cold Brownian Biophotonics with Nanoscale Materials  
• Basudev Roy, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India
  Study of Out-of-Plane Rotations in Optical Tweezers with Usage in Soft Matter and Biological Systems  
• Stephen Simpson, Institute of Scientific Instruments ASCR, Czech Republic
  Non-Conservative Levitational Optomechanics: From Stochastic Bifurcations to Synchronization  
• Giuseppe Strangi , Case Western Reserve University, United States
  Hyperbolic Metamaterials: From Biosensing to Optomechanics  
• Grover Swartzlander, Rochester Institute of Technology, United States
  Applications of Radiation Pressure Force on a Thin Diffractive Film  
• Fan Wang, Beihang University, China
  Lanthanide Ion Modulated Dielectric Resonance Enhancement for Nanoscale Optical Force Dye and Interferometric Scattering Microscopy  
• Cuifeng Ying, Nottingham Trent University, United Kingdom
  Plasmonic Nanotweezers for Monitoring Conformational Dynamics of Single, Unmodified Proteins  

Optical Molecular Probes, Imaging and Drug Delivery

• Stefan Andersson Engels, Tyndall National Institute, Ireland
  Upconverting Nanoparticles for High-Contrast Breast Cancer Immune-Histochemistry Biomarker Mapping  
• Ali Azhdarinia, UT Health Science Center at Houston, United States
  Fluorescence-Guided Surgery in Neuroendocrine Tumors: Pathway to Translation  
• Carolyn Bayer, Tulane University, United States
  Photoacoustic Imaging of Systemic Vasodilation  
• Françoise Cailler, SurgiMab, France
  Development and Clinical Application of SGM-101, a Fluorescent Anti-CEA Antibody, for Real-Time Detection of Tumors During Fluorescence-Guided Surgery  
• Ji-Xin Cheng, Boston University, United States
  Bond-Selective Imaging at the Same Sensitivity and Resolution of Fluorescence Microscopy  
• Hak Soo Choi, Massachusetts General Hospital, United States
  How to Improve Signal-to-Background Ratio in Cancer Theranosis?  
• Paula Demétrio de Souza França, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, United States
  PARPi-FL as a Tool for Fluorescence-Guided Diagnosis and Intraoperative Assessment of Surgical Margins in Oral Cancer  
• Summer Gibbs, Oregon Health and Science University, United States
  Near Infrared Contrast Agents for Intraoperative Nerve Visualization  
• Christa Haase, Massachusetts General Hospital, United States
  Image-Guided Single Cell Transcriptional Analysis for Uncovering Novel Therapeutic Targets  
• Tayyaba Hasan, Massachusetts General Hospital, United States
  Image Guided Therapuetics  
• Susanne Kossatz, Technische Universität Munchen, Germany
  Fluorescent Analogs of Clinical Stage SSTR2-targeted Radioligand Therapy Agents Provide New Insights into Mechanisms of Hematotoxicity  
• Twan Lammers, Rheinish Westfalische Tech Hoch Aachen, Germany
  Theranostic Concepts in Cancer Nanomedicine  
• Christie Lin, OnLume Surgical, United States
  Real-Time Surgical Assessment Using an Ambient-Light Compatible Wide-Field Fluorescence-Guided Surgery Platform  
• Guolan Lu, Stanford University, United States
  Tracking Therapeutic Antibody Delivery in Clinical Tumors  
• Geoffrey Luke, Dartmouth College, United States
  Perfluorocarbon Nanodroplets as Multimodal Contrast Agents and Drug Delivery Vehicles  
• Srivalleesha Mallidi, Tufts University, United States
  Photoacoustic Imaging  
• Fay Nicolson, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, United States
  Surface Enhanced Spatially Offset Raman Spectroscopy (SESORS) for Preclinical Cancer Imaging  
• Girgis Obaid, University of Texas at Dallas, United States
  Molecularly Targeted PDT Agents For Tumor Priming and Surgical Navigation  
• Miguel Pleitez, Technische Universität Munchen, Germany
  Label-Free Metabolic Microscopy by Mid-Infrared Optoacoustic and Optothermal Detection  
• Narasimhan Rajaram, University of Arkansas, United States
  Imaging and Sensing of Biomolecular Processes and Pathways in Primary Tumors to Identify Long-Term Outcome  
• MOHAMMAD SAAD, Massachusetts General Hospital, United States
  Evaluating the Imaging and Therapeutic Performance of a Dual Function Antibody Conjugate in Head and Neck Cancer Spheroids  
• Kimberley Samkoe, Dartmouth College, United States
  Fluorescence Guided Surgery  
• Kenneth Tichauer, Illinois Institute of Technology, United States
  Clinical Fluorescein Imaging to Detect Early Signs of Diabetic Retinopathy  
• Danielle Tokarz, Saint Mary's University, Canada
  Measurement of the Crystalline Structure of Collagen-Like Scaffolds of Otoconia in the Mouse Vestibular System by Second Harmonic Generation Microscopy  

Optics and the Brain

• Daniel Aharoni, University of California Los Angeles, United States
  New Tools for Imaging Large-Scale Network Dynamics in Behaving Animals  
• Sage Aronson, Neurophotometrics LLC, United States
  Imaging Modality; Fiber Photometry  
• Kevin Briggman, MPI Neurobiologie des Verhaltens -CAESAR, Germany
  High Throughput Electron Microscopy-Based Connectomics  
• Jerry Chen, Boston University, United States
  Imaging the Mammalian Brain Across Space and Time with Multi-Foci Multi-Photon Microscopy  
• Yao Chen, Washington University in St Louis, United States
  Illuminating Neuromodulator Signaling with Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging Microscopy  
• Anna Devor, Boston University, United States
  Multimodal Imaging  
• Dan Dombeck, Northwestern University, United States
  Studying the Mouse Navigation System Using Virtual Reality and Functional Microscopy  
• Elizabeth Hillman, Columbia University, United States
  High Speed Volumetric Imaging  
• Jung Ho Hyun, Daegu Gyeongbuk Inst of Science and Tech, United States
  Tagging and Manipulating Neural Ensembles to Help Treat Brain Illness  
• Alexandr Klioutchnikov, MPI Neurobiologie des Verhaltens -CAESAR, Germany
  Three-Photon Head-Mounted Microscopes for Imaging All Cortical Layers in Freely Moving Rats and Mice  
• Tiffany Ko, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, United States
  Developing Brain-Directed Management Strategies in Pediatric Swine Models  
• Suhasa Kodandaramaiah, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, United States
  Brain-Wide States During Spatial Learning and Navigation Identified from Mesoscale Calcium Imaging in Freely Behaving Mice  
• Michael Lin, Stanford University, United States
  The Need for Speed: Genetically Encoded Voltage Indicators  
• Timothy Murphy, University of British Columbia, Canada
  Leveraging Synthetic Mouse Body Models for Better Alignment of Behavioral Data with Brain Activity  
• Katherine Perdue, Kernel, United States
  Using TD-fNIRS to Measure the Impact of Alcohol and Ketamine on the Brain  
• Paola Pinti, Birkbeck University of London, United Kingdom
  Opportunities and Challenges in Using Mobile and Wireless fNIRS to Assess Brain Development in Freely Moving Toddlers  
• Kaspar Podgorski, Allen Institute for Neural Dynamics, United States
  Methods for Imaging Synaptic Activity In Vivo  
• Ruben Portugues, Technische Universität Munchen, Germany
  Awake Fish Population Imaging  
• Eric Schreiter, Janelia Research Campus, United States
  Chemigenetic Indicators of Neuronal Activity  
• Lingyan Shi, University of California San Diego, 
  Multi-molecular Super Resolution Bioorthogonal Imaging in Aging and Diseases  
• Yasaman Soudagar, Neurescence Inc., Canada
  Technology Development for Understanding of Neuronal Circuitry in the Central Nervous System  
• Wenjing Wang, University of Michigan, United States
  Genetically-Encoded Fluorescent Integration Sensor for Detecting Opioids  
• Yi Xue, University of California Davis, United States
  Customized Optical Microscopy and Computational Algorithms for Brain Imaging and Optogenetic Stimulation  
• Meryem Yucel, Boston University, United States
  The Effect of Hair and Skin Properties on fNIRS Signal Quality  
• Weijian Zong, Norwegian University of Science and Tech, Norway
  An All-Optical Approach to Characterizing Grid Cell Circuits in Medial Entorhinal Cortex