Schedule
| Day 1 – Wednesday May 15 – CNSI Alfred E Mann Auditorium & Lobby | |
| 1:30pm – 2:00pm | Participant Registration & Check-In |
| 2:00pm – 3:00pm | Welcome & Introduction to UNESCO’s International Day of Light |
| 3:00pm – 4:00pm | Session 1: Art in Science – Session Chair Victoria Vesna (UCLA) Daniel G. Jay (Tufts) | Chromophore assisted light inactivation, fluorescence & electrophoresis art Walter Gekelman (UCLA) | Using lasers to map the motion of ions in a plasma physics experiment |
| 4:00pm – 5:00pm | Session 2: Keynote – Session Chair Laurent Bentolila (UCLA) Scott E. Fraser, Ph.D. – Provost Professor, Director of Science Initiatives, USC Adding dimensions to intravital imaging to better eavesdrop on biology |
| 5:00pm – 5:30pm | Interactive Fiat Lux installation by the Art|Sci Collective |
| 5:30pm – 7:00pm | Networking reception |
| Day 2 – Thursday May 16 – CNSI Alfred E Mann Family Foundation Auditorium and Lobby | |
| 9:00am – 9:30am | Light breakfast and vendor showcase |
| 9:30am – 10:45am | Session 3: Navigating Neuroscience in 3D – Session Chair Esteban Fernandez (CHLA) Ivan Lopez (UCLA) | Laser confocal imaging of sensory neurons of the human internal ear Ranmal Samarasinghe (UCLA) | Modeling and Imaging Neural Networks using Human Brain Assembloids Peyman Goldshani (UCLA) | New generation 1P & 2P miniaturized microscopes for in-vivo imaging during free behavior |
| 10:45am – 11:00am | Coffee break and vendor showcase |
| 11:00am – 12:15pm | Session 4: Multiphoton in the Musculoskeletal System – Session Chair Blaise Ndjamen (UCSF) Jimmy Hu (UCLA) | Multiphoton of living craniofacial stem cells Kristen Reider (UCLA) | Correlated two photon and atomic force microscopy for characterizing surgically extracted tissues Tad Kremen (UCLA) | Soft tissue-to-bone healing: Defining the problem and potential solutions |
| 12:15pm – 1:15pm | Lunch break and vendor showcase |
| 1:15pm – 2:30pm | Session 5: Multimodal and Multiplexed Imaging – Session Chair Brian Jeong (UCLA) Janielle Cuala (USC) | Multimodal imaging reveals changes in beta cell metabolism and heterogeneity over the course of pregnancy Lior Kashani Ligumsky (UCLA) | Stop blaming the placenta: Label-free multiphoton microscopy reveals previous cesarean scars are a defining pathology of the Placenta Accreta Spectrum (PAS) Niles A. Pierce (Caltech) | HCR imaging: multiplexed, quantitative, sensitive, versatile, robust |
| 2:30pm – 2:45pm | Coffee break and vendor showcase |
| 2:45pm – 4:00pm | Session 6: Beyond the Visible Spectrum – Session Chair Haley Marks (UCLA) Justin Caram (UCLA) | Seeing the shortwave infrared with novel materials, detectors and interferometric methods Ellen Sletten (UCLA) | Multiplexed in vivo imaging with near and shortwave infrared polymethine fluorophores Eric Potma (UCI) | Nonlinear optical imaging with mid-infrared light |
| 4:00pm – 5:00pm | Vendor showcase/poster session |
| 5:00pm – 6:15pm | Session 7: Cutting Edge Microscopy Modalities – Session Chair Laurent Bentolila (UCLA) Enbo Zhu (UCLA) | Multi-View light-sheet imaging system with comprehensive tissue clearing compatibility and large field of view Liang Gao (UCLA) | Breaking the speed barrier: high-speed light-field microscopy for kilohertz to terahertz 3D imaging Aydogan Ozcan (UCLA) | Virtual Staining of Label-free Tissue Using Deep Learning |
| 6:15pm – 7:30pm | Networking Reception |
| Day 3 – Friday May 17 – CNSI 3rd Floor Executive Conference Rooms – Brunch & Learn – 10:00 am | |
| Vendor Slam Talks (3rd Floor Executive Conference Room) 10:00 am – 2:00 pm |
Vendor Demo Fair (Labs/Booths) 10:00 am – 2:00 pm |
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| 2:00 pm | Closing Remarks & Awards Ceremony (Auditorium) |
| Day 1 – Wednesday May 15 – CNSI Alfred E Mann Auditorium & Lobby | |
| 1:30pm – 2:00pm | Participant Registration & Check-In |
| 2:00pm – 3:00pm | Welcome & Introduction to UNESCO’s International Day of Light |
| 3:00pm – 4:00pm | Session 1: Art in Science – Session Chair Victoria Vesna (UCLA) Daniel G. Jay (Tufts) | Chromophore assisted light inactivation, fluorescence & electrophoresis art Walter Gekelman (UCLA) | Using lasers to map the motion of ions in a plasma physics experiment |
| 4:00pm – 5:00pm | Session 2: Keynote – Session Chair Laurent Bentolila (UCLA) Scott E. Fraser, Ph.D. – Provost Professor, Director of Science Initiatives, USC Adding dimensions to intravital imaging to better eavesdrop on biology |
| 5:00pm – 5:30pm | Interactive Fiat Lux installation by the Art|Sci Collective |
| 5:30pm – 7:00pm | Networking reception |
| Day 2 – Thursday May 16 – CNSI Alfred E Mann Family Foundation Auditorium and Lobby | |
| 9:00am – 9:30am | Light breakfast and vendor showcase |
| 9:30am – 10:45am | Session 3: Navigating Neuroscience in 3D – Session Chair Esteban Fernandez (CHLA) Ivan Lopez (UCLA) | Laser confocal imaging of sensory neurons of the human internal ear Ranmal Samarasinghe (UCLA) | Modeling and Imaging Neural Networks using Human Brain Assembloids Peyman Goldshani (UCLA) | New generation 1P & 2P miniaturized microscopes for in-vivo imaging during free behavior |
| 10:45am – 11:00am | Coffee break and vendor showcase |
| 11:00am – 12:15pm | Session 4: Multiphoton in the Musculoskeletal System – Session Chair Blaise Ndjamen (UCSF) Jimmy Hu (UCLA) | Multiphoton of living craniofacial stem cells Kristen Reider (UCLA) | Correlated two photon and atomic force microscopy for characterizing surgically extracted tissues Tad Kremen (UCLA) | Soft tissue-to-bone healing: Defining the problem and potential solutions |
| 12:15pm – 1:15pm | Lunch break and vendor showcase |
| 1:15pm – 2:30pm | Session 5: Multimodal and Multiplexed Imaging – Session Chair Brian Jeong (UCLA) Janielle Cuala (USC) | Multimodal imaging reveals changes in beta cell metabolism and heterogeneity over the course of pregnancy Lior Kashani Ligumsky (UCLA) | Stop blaming the placenta: Label-free multiphoton microscopy reveals previous cesarean scars are a defining pathology of the Placenta Accreta Spectrum (PAS) Niles A. Pierce (Caltech) | HCR imaging: multiplexed, quantitative, sensitive, versatile, robust |
| 2:30pm – 2:45pm | Coffee break and vendor showcase |
| 2:45pm – 4:00pm | Session 6: Beyond the Visible Spectrum – Session Chair Haley Marks (UCLA) Justin Caram (UCLA) | Seeing the shortwave infrared with novel materials, detectors and interferometric methods Ellen Sletten (UCLA) | Multiplexed in vivo imaging with near and shortwave infrared polymethine fluorophores Eric Potma (UCI) | Nonlinear optical imaging with mid-infrared light |
| 4:00pm – 5:00pm | Vendor showcase/poster session |
| 5:00pm – 6:15pm | Session 7: Cutting Edge Microscopy Modalities – Session Chair Laurent Bentolila (UCLA) Enbo Zhu (UCLA) | Multi-View light-sheet imaging system with comprehensive tissue clearing compatibility and large field of view Liang Gao (UCLA) | Breaking the speed barrier: high-speed light-field microscopy for kilohertz to terahertz 3D imaging Aydogan Ozcan (UCLA) | Virtual Staining of Label-free Tissue Using Deep Learning |
| 6:15pm – 7:30pm | Networking Reception |
| Day 3 – Friday May 17 – CNSI 3rd Floor Executive Conference Rooms – Brunch & Learn – 10:00 am | |
| Vendor Slam Talks (3rd Floor Executive Conference Room) 10:00 am – 2:00 pm |
Vendor Demo Fair (Labs/Booths) 10:00 am – 2:00 pm |
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| 2:00 pm | Closing Remarks & Awards Ceremony (Auditorium) |