Technical Program
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All Times in Eastern Standard Timezone
| December 5th, 2021 | All Times Eastern Standard Time | |
| 10:00 AM | 10:10 AM | Advances in Optogenetic Technologies, Introduction by Emilia Entcheva and Wilfried Weber |
| 10:10 AM | 10:40 AM | Keynote: Seraphine Wegner, University of Münster introduced by Wilfried Weber |
| 10:40 AM | 11:00 AM | Question and Answer Panel Moderated By Wilfried Weber |
| 11:00 AM | 12:25 PM | New Intracellular Optogenetic Tools I Chaired by Chandra Tucker |
| 11:00 AM | 11:20 AM | Alexander Gottschalk, University of Frankfurt |
| 11:20 AM | 11:40 AM | Brian Chow, University of Pennsylvania |
| 11:40 AM | 12:00 PM | Lorena Benedetti, Janelia |
| 12:00 PM | 12:25 PM | Question and Answer Panel Moderated By: Chandra Tucker |
| 12:25 PM | 12:45 PM | Lunch Break |
| 12:45 PM | 2:05 PM | New Intracellular Optogenetic Tools II Chaired by Wilfried Weber |
| 12:45 PM | 1:05 PM | Andreas Möglich, University of Bayreuth |
| 1:05 PM | 1:25 PM | Barbara di Ventura, University of Freiburg |
| 1:25 PM | 1:45 PM | Matias Zurbriggen, University of Duesseldorf |
| 1:45 PM | 2:05 PM | Question and Answer Panel Moderated By: Wilfried Weber |
| 2:05 PM | 2:25 PM | Break |
| 2:25 PM | 3:45 PM | Light-Inducible Liquid-Liquid Phase Separation Chaired by Jared Toettcher |
| 2:25 PM | 2:45 PM | Wilfried Weber, University of Freiburg |
| 2:45 PM | 3:05 PM | Jose Avalos, Princeton University |
| 3:05 PM | 3:20 PM | Selected Abstract: Visual Detection of Protein Clusters Using a Phase-Separation-Based Fluorescent Reporter, Thomas Mumford |
| 3:20 PM | 3:45 PM | Question and Answer Panel Moderated By: Jared Toettcher |
| 3:45 PM | 4:05 PM | Break |
| 4:05 PM | 5:20 PM | Optical Technologies for 3D Sensing and Control chaired by Aranzazu Del Campo |
| 4:05 PM | 4:25 PM | Aranzazu del Campo, Scientific Director, Leibniz-Institute for New Materials (Introduced by Emilia Entcheva) |
| 4:25 PM | 4:40 PM | Seongjun Park, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology |
| 4:40 PM | 4:55 PM | Selected Abstract: The Optoreader: A Device for High-Throughput Optical Stimulation, Measurement, and Feedback in Microwell Plates, Saachi Datta |
| 4:55 PM | 5:20 PM | Question and Answer Panel Moderated By: Aranzazu Del Campo |
| 5:20 PM | 5:30 PM | Closing Statements |
| December 6, 2021 | ||
| 9:00 AM | 9:05 AM | Optogenetics in Cell Signaling Sponsored by Centre For Integrative Biological Signalling Studies (CIBSS) |
| 9:05 AM | 9:35 AM | Keynote Speaker: Jared Toettcher introduced by Wilfried Weber |
| 9:35 AM | 9:55 AM | Question and Answer Panel |
| 9:55 AM | 10:15 AM | Break |
| 10:15 AM | 11:00 AM | Poster Sessions and Networking Hour |
| 11:00 AM | 11:20 AM | Break |
| 11:20 AM | 12:45 PM | Light-Regulated Signaling Networks Moderated by Jared Toettcher |
| 11:20 AM | 11:40 AM | Won Do Heo, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology |
| 11:40 AM | 12:00 PM | Optogenetic signaling repair in a genetic model of Parkinson’s disease Harald Janovjak, Monash University |
| 12:00 PM | 12:20 PM | Lukasz Bugaj, University of Pennsylvania |
| 12:20 PM | 12:45 PM | Question and Answer Panel Moderated By Jared Toettcher |
| 12:45 PM | 1:05 PM | Break |
| 1:05 PM | 2:15 PM | High-Throughput Applications in Optogenetics Chaired by Emilia Entcheva |
| 1:05 PM | 1:20 PM | Selected Abstract: An Ultra-High-Throughput All-Optical Electrophysiology Screening Platform for the Discovery of Non-Opioid Based Pain Therapeutics, Gabriel B. Borja |
| 1:20 PM | 1:35 PM | Selected Abstract: A Computationally Driven, Optogenetic-Based Therapeutic Discovery Platform for CNS Disorders Using CRISPR-Generated Human Neuronal Models, Yang Lu |
| 1:35 PM | 1:50 PM | Selected Abstract: Optogenetic high-throughput screening, Kathrin Brenker |
| 1:50 PM | 2:15 PM | Question and Answer Panel Moderated By Emilia Entcheva |
| 2:40 PM | 3:40 PM | Poster Session II |
| 3:40 PM | 3:50 PM | Closing Statements |
| December 7, 2021 | ||
| 9:00 AM | 9:05 AM | Optogenetics in Biomedicine |
| 9:05 AM | 9:35 AM | Keynote: Haifeng Ye, East China Normal University introduced by Emilia Entcheva Optogenetic Switches for Precision Medecine |
| 9:35 AM | 9:55 AM | Question and Answer Panel |
| 9:55 AM | 11:15 AM | Select Neuroscience Applications Chaired by Emilia Entcheva |
| 9:55 AM | 10:15 AM | Yubin Zhou, Texas A&M University |
| 10:15 AM | 10:35 AM | Tobias Bruegmann, Goettingen U |
| 10:35 AM | 10:55 AM | SPONSORED TALK: ADInstruments Wireless Optogenetic Stimulation & Recording |
| 10:55 AM | 11:15 AM | Question and Answer Panel Moderated By Emilia Entcheva |
| 11:15 AM | 11:35 AM | Lunch Break |
| 11:35 AM | 1:00 PM | Applications in Cardiology and Neuro-cardiology Chaired by Emilia Entcheva |
| 11:35 AM | 11:55 AM | Leonardo Sacconi, National Institute of Optics (INO-CNR) |
| 11:55 AM | 12:15 PM | Matthew W. Kay, George Washington University |
| 12:15 PM | 12:35 PM | Franziska Schneider-Warme, University of Freiburg |
| 12:35 PM | 1:00 PM | Question and Answer Panel Moderated By Emilia Entcheva |
| 1:00 PM | 1:20 PM | Break |
| 1:20 PM | 2:40 PM | Applications in cardiology and Neuro-cardiology II Chaired by Mark Gomalsky |
| 1:20 PM | 1:40 PM | Emilia Entcheva, George Washington University |
| 1:40 PM | 2:00 PM | Stefan Luther, Max Planck Goettingen |
| 2:00 PM | 2:15 PM | Selected Abstract: Directed Differentiation of Human iPSCs into Mesenchymal Lineages By Optogenetic Control of TGF-β Signaling, Josephine Wu |
| 2:15 PM | 2:40 PM | Question and Answer Panel moderated by Mark Gomalsky |
| 2:40 PM | 3:00 PM | Break |
| 3:00 PM | 4:20 PM | Therapeutic Applications of Optogenetics Chaired by Seraphine Wegner |
| 3:00 PM | 3:20 PM | Optical Control of Cell Fate and Body Axis Formation during Xenopus Laevis Embryonic Development Kai Zhang, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| 3:20 PM | 3:40 PM | Light-dependent anti-CRISPR proteins for precision genome editing Dominik Niopek, University of Darmstadt |
| 3:40 PM | 3:55 PM | Selected Abstract: Spatiotemporally Confined Red Light-Controlled Gene Delivery at Single-Cell Resolution Using Adeno-Associated Viral Vectors, Maximilian Hörner |
| 3:55 PM | 4:20 PM | Question and Answer Panel Moderated By Seraphine Wegner |
| 4:20 PM | 4:30 PM | Closing Statements |
| 4:30 PM | 5:15 PM | Focus Group with ADInstruments: Pioneering Optogenetics Research with Wireless Opsin Stimulation and Recording in Rodents |
