Conference Program
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| Sunday, December 8th | |
| 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM | Registration |
| 1:00 PM to 1:15 PM | Welcoming Remarks |
| Session 1: ADVANCES IN OPTOGENETIC TECHNOLOGIES | |
| 1:15 PM to 2:00 PM | Keynote Presentation: John Rogers, Northwestern University. Soft, Wireless Optoelectronic Systems for Optogenetics |
| 2:00 PM to 2:10 PM | Break |
| 2:10 PM to 3:55 PM | Novel Optogenetic Modalities |
| 2:10 PM to 2:15 PM | Introduction |
| 2:15 PM to 2:50 PM | Invited speaker: Peter Hegemann, Humboldt University. Rhodopsin-cyclases for Photocontrol of cGMP/cAMP Signaling |
| 2:50 PM to 3:25 PM | Invited speaker: Anna Moroni, University of Milan. Engineering K+ channels for Long Term Inhibition |
| 3:25 PM to 3:40 PM | Gun Kim, University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign. On-Demand Targeted Light Generation in Bio-Compatible Elastomers Using High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound for Optogenetic Application |
| 3:40 PM to 3:55 PM | Ashley Dickey, Clemson University. Synthesis and Luminescence Investigation of Nano-Scintillators As Next Generation Tools for Optogenetics |
| 3:55 PM to 4:05 PM | Break |
| 4:05 PM to 5:50 PM | Optogenetic Tools for Animal Cells |
| 4:05 PM to 4:10 PM | Introduction |
| 4:10 PM to 4:45 PM | Invited speaker: Wilfried Weber, University of Freiburg. Extracellular Optogenetics to Control Cell Fate and Function |
| 4:45 PM to 5:20 PM | Invited speaker: Vladislav Verkhusha, Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Near-infrared Optogenetic Tools Engineered from Bacterial Phytochromes |
| 5:20 PM to 5:35 PM | Mark Gomelsky, University of Wyoming. Near-Infrared Light-Activated Adenylate Cyclase for Applications in Mammals |
| 5:35 PM to 5:50 PM | Kai Zhang, University of Illinois. Bidirectional Optogenetic Control of Neurotrophin Signaling during Cell Differentiation and Embryonic Development |
| 5:50 PM to 6:00 PM | Break |
| 6:00 PM to 6:55 PM | Optogenetic Tools for Microbial and Plant Cells |
| 6:00 PM to 6:05 PM | Introduction |
| 6:05 PM to 6:40 PM | Invited speaker: Kevin Gardner, City University of New York. Comparative Studies of LOV Switching Mechanisms and Characteristics |
| 6:40 PM to 6:55 PM | Nikolai Mushnikov, University of Wyoming. Light-inducible Asymmetric Cell Division and Cell Differentiation in Bacteria |
| 6:55 PM to 8:30 PM | Welcome Reception & Poster Session |
| Monday, December 9th, 2019 | |
| 8:00 AM to 9:00 AM | Registration |
| 8:30 AM to 9:40 AM | Optogenetic Tools for Microbial and Plant Cells (cont.) |
| 8:30 AM to 9:05 AM | Invited speaker: Andreas Moeglich, University of Bayreuth. Controlling Nucleic Acids by Light |
| 9:05 AM to 9:40 AM | Invited speaker: Matias Zurbriggen, University of Duesseldorf. Engineering Photoreceptors into Optogenetic Tools for the Control and Understanding of Cellular Processes in Animal and Plant Systems |
| 9:40 AM to 10:15 AM | Materials and Devices for Optogenetic Applications |
| 9:40 AM to 9:45 AM | Introduction |
| 9:45 AM to 10:00 AM | Kathrin Brenker, Opto Biolabs and University of Freiburg. Opto Biolabs: Combining Optogenetics with Flow Cytometry |
| 10:00 AM to 10:15 AM | Lukasz Bugaj, University of Pennsylvania. Multiplexed, Multicolor Optogenetics for High-Throughput Manipulation of Cell Behavior |
| 10:15 AM to 10:25 AM | Break |
| Session 2: OPTOGENETICS IN BIOMEDICINE | |
| 10:25 AM to 10:30 AM | Introduction |
| 10:30 AM to 11:15 AM | Keynote Presentation: Ed Boyden, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Optical Tools for Analyzing and Controlling Brain Circuits |
| 11:15 AM to 11:20 AM | Break |
| 11:20 AM to 2:35 PM | Optogenetics in Neurological Disorders |
| 11:20 AM to 11:25 AM | Introduction |
| 11:25 AM to 12:00 PM | Invited speaker: Ute Hochgeschwender, University of Central Michigan. Biological Light for Optogenetic Applications in Biomedicine |
| 12:00 PM to 12:15 PM | Ksenia Kastanenka, MassGeneral Institute of Neurodegenerative Diseases. Optogenetic Entrainment of Slow Brain Rhythms in Alzheimers Mice |
| 12:15 PM to 12:30 PM | Raphael Lamprecht, University of Haifa. Regulation of Signaling Proteins in the Brain by Light |
| 12:30 PM to 1:45 PM | Lunch |
| 1:45 PM to 2:00 PM | Christine Gee, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf. Independent Two-Colour Control of Neuronal Activity |
| 2:00 PM to 2:35 PM | Invited speaker: Robert Gereau, Washington University. Wireless Optoelectronic Systems for Closed-loop Regulation of Pain and Organ Dysfunction |
| 2:35 PM to 2:40 PM | Introduction |
| 2:40 PM to 3:25 PM | Keynote Presentation: Adam Cohen, Harvard University. All-Optical Electrophysiology in Neuroscience and Drug Development |
| 3:25 PM to 3:35 PM | Break |
| 3:35 PM to 5:05 PM | Optogenetics in Cardiovascular Disorders |
| 3:35 PM to 3:40 PM | Introduction |
| 3:40 PM to 4:15 PM | Invited speaker: Emilia Entcheva, George Washington University. Optogenetics-Enabled High-Throughput Technology for the Advancement of Personalized Medicine with in Human Ips-Cardiomyocytes |
| 4:15 PM to 4:50 PM | Invited speaker: Tobias Bruegmann, University of Goettingen. Optogenetics to Explore G Protein Signaling in the Heart |
| 4:50 PM to 5:05 PM | Benjamin Kim, Stanford University. Genetically Encoded Voltage Imaging in Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Cardiomyocytes |
| 5:05 PM to 5:15 PM | Break |
| 5:15 PM to 6:30 PM | Optogenetic Drug Delivery |
| 5:15 PM to 5:20 PM | Introduction |
| 5:20 PM to 5:55 PM | Invited speaker: Emmanuel Tzanakakis, Tufts University. Optogenetic Engineering of Pancreatic Beta-Cells for Modulation of Insulin Release by Light |
| 5:55 PM to 6:30 PM | Invited speaker: Heifeng Ye, East China Normal University. Engineering of Far-Red Light-Controlled Optogenetic Devices for Biomedical Applications |
| 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM | Poster Session |
| Tuesday, December 10th, 2019 | |
| 8:00 AM to 9:00 AM | Registration |
| 8:30 AM to 10:00 AM | Optogenetics in Other Biomedical Applications |
| 8:30 AM to 8:35 AM | Introduction |
| 8:35 AM to 9:10 AM | Invited speaker: Zhuo-Hua Pan, Wayne State University. Chr-Based Optogenetic Approaches for Vision Restoration |
| 9:10 AM to 9:45 AM | Invited speaker: Ehud Isacoff, University of California Berkeley. Optogenetic Pharmacology of Neuromodulatory Receptors |
| 9:45 AM to 10:00 AM | Nhung Nguyen, Texas A&M University. Engineered Chimeric Antigen Receptors for Photo-Tunable Remote Control of CAR T-Cells |
| 10:00 AM to 10:10 AM | Break |
| Session 3: OPTOGENETICS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY | |
| 10:10 AM to 2:35 PM | Optogenetics in Plant Engineering and Microbial Technologies |
| 10:10 AM to 10:15 AM | Introduction |
| 10:15 AM to 10:50 AM | Invited speaker: Michael Blatt, University of Glasgow. How Do You Get Stomata to Shut up … or at Least Speak in Turn? |
| 10:50 AM to 11:25 AM | Invited speaker: Jose Avalos, Princeton University. Optogenetic Control of Engineered Metabolisms for Microbial Chemical Production |
| 11:25 PM to 11:40 AM | Yoshihiro Toya, Osaka University. Application of an Optogenetic Switch for Controlling the Central Carbon Metabolism in Escherichia coli |
| 11:40 AM to 11:55 AM | Azady Pirhanov, University of Connecticut. Optical Control of Exopolysaccharide Production and Biofilm Formation in the Soil Bacterium Sinorhizobium meliloti |
| 11:55 AM to 1:10 PM | Lunch |
| 1:10 PM to 1:45 PM | Invited speaker: Jeff Tabor, Rice University. Optogenetic Control of Gut Bacterial Metabolism |
| 1:45 PM to 2:20 PM | Invited speaker: Megan McClean, University of Wisconsin - Madison. Single-cell Measurement and Optogenetic Control to Unravel Yeast Signaling Networks |
| 2:20 PM to 2:35 PM | Makoto Lalwani, Princeton University. Orthogonal Optogenetic Circuits for Optimizing Microbial Chemical Production |
| 2:35 PM to 2:45 PM | Closing Remarks |