VII Summer school “Photonics meets Biology”, 26. – 30. August 2024, Split, Croatia

Biophotonics Summer School and Workshop will take place from 26. to 30.8. 2024 in Split, Croatia, at the Mediterranean Institute for Life Sciences https://www.medils.org/ , address: Meštrovićevo šetalište 45, HR – 21000 Split, Croatia.

Chair: Bojan Resan, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland
Co-Chair: Maria Farsari, Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser (IESL-FORTH), Greece
Co-Chair: Edik Rafailov, Aston University, UK

List of confirmed speakers:

Plenary:

Francesco Pavone, University of Florence, Italy, “AI assisted imaging”
Mihaela Zigman, Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, Germany, “Infrared molecular fingerprinting to probe health and disease”

Invited:

Ronald Sroka, Ludwig Maximilian University Munchen, Germany, “Hyperspectral Imaging for medical application”
Peter Andersen, Technical University of Denmark, “Spatial Offset Optical Coherence Tomography: A New View on Multiple Scattered Light”
Ferda Canbaz, University of Basel, Switzerland, “Miniaturized smart lasers for minimally-invasive automated osteotomy”
Luigi Bonacina, University of Geneva, Switzerland, “Deeper and Faster: New Tools for Nonlinear Bioimaging”
Anthi Ranella, Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser (IESL-FORTH), Greece, “Mechanobiology in Tissue Engineering”
Gregory Sokolovskii, Ioffe Institute, Russia, “Mid-infrared quantum-cascade lasers”
Kiril Larin, University of Houston, USA, “Optical Coherence Elastography for Tissue Biomechanics”
Pablo Loza-Alvarez, ICFO, Spain, “Selected applications in light sheet fluorescence microscopy”
Costas Grigoropoulos, University of California, Berkeley, USA, “Design, Fabrication and Testing of Functional Hierarchical Mechanical Metamaterials”
Giannis Zacharakis, IESL-FORTH, Greece, “Going deeper than microscopy: looking and listening to complex biological systems”
Sergei Sokolovski, Aston University, UK, “Bioprinting: Reaching tissue functionality by material, architecture, and technique”
Irina Larkina, Baylor College of Medicine, USA, “Biophotonics for female reproductive health”
Emmanuel Stratakis, IESL-FORTH, Greece, “Applications of pulsed lasers in biomaterials processing and diagnostics”
Aleksandar Krmpot, University of Belgrade, Serbia, “Nonlinear imaging and laser nano surgery of fungal cells to enable electrophysiological measurements”
Plamena R. Angelova (Stroh), University College London, UK, “Assessment and modulation of brain energy metabolism”
Joo-Hiuk Son, University of Seoul, Republic of Korea, “Terahertz radiation for potential cancer therapy”
Igor Meglinski, Aston University, UK, “Spin and Orbital Angular Momenta in Biomedical Diagnosis and Tissues Characterization”
Katalin Hideghéty, ELI-Hungary, “The Development and Potential of Laser-Driven Ionizing Radiation in Medicine”
Teemu Myllylä, University of Oulu, Finland, “Optics in emerging brain therapies and diagnostics”
Merce Masana Nadal, University of Barcelona, Spain, “Optical tools to monitor and modulate neuronal circuitry in specific brain circuits”
Anne Regnier-Vigouroux, Universität Mainz, “Can light therapy switch on macrophage anti-tumor activities”
Ioanna Zergioti, National Technical University of Athens and PhosPrint P.C., “Laser bioprinting for biomedical and sensing applications”
Viktoria Barygina, European Laboratory for Non-linear Spectroscopy (LENS), Italy, “Multispectral optical sensor for monitoring psychological stress”
Arash Rahimi-Iman, University of Giessen, Germany, “3D nanoprinted optical multi-mode microcavity structures towards light-matter interaction and light-based sensing applications”

Student posters:

“The effect of a lipid surface coating on the permeation of upconverting nanoparticles through a 3D human lung epithelial model”Doyoung Kim, Gabrielle A Mandl, Marta Balkota, Jimmy Vernaz, Song Huang, Samuel Constant, Pierre Maechler, John Capobianco, and Luigi Bonacina, Department of Applied Physics, University of Geneva, Switzerland
“Rheological analysis of bioinks used for Laser Induced Forward Transfer” Elezoglou¹, Kyriakos Giannakopoulos¹, A. Hatziapostolou³, A. Klinakis^2,3, I. Zergioti^1,3, 1National Technical University of Athens, School of Applied Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Athens, Greece, ²Biomedical Research Foundation of the Academy of Athens, Athens, Greece, ³Department of Naval Architecture, School of Engineering, University of West Attica, Athens, Greece, ⁴PhosPrint P.C., Attika Technology Park Lefkippos, Agia Paraskevi, Athens, Greece.
“Study of metastasis of laser bioprinted lung tumor towards lymph node in an Organ on Chip platform”, Maria Chliara¹, Maria Dimadi², Stavroula Elezoglou¹, Marianneza Chatzipetrou¹, A. Hatziapostolou³, Katerina Tsilingiri⁴, Apostolos Klinakis⁴, Ioanna Zergioti¹, 1Institute of Communication and Computer Systems (ICCS), National Technical University of Athens, Heroon Polytehneiou 9, 15780 Athens, Greece, ²PhosPrint P.C., Lefkippos Technology Park, NCSR Demokritos Patriarchou Grigoriou 5’ & Neapoleos 27, 15341 Athens, Greece, ³Department of Naval Architecture, School of Engineering, University of West Attica, Athens, Greece, ⁴Biomedical Research Foundation of the Academy of Athens, 4 Soranou Ephessiou Street, 11527, Athens, Greece.
“Nonlinear in vitro imaging of cancer cells selectively labeled by custom synthetized NaGd₈Yb_0.17Er_0.03F₄ nanoparticles”, Miljana Piljevic¹, Ivana Dinic², Marta Bukumira¹, Mihailo D. Rabasovic¹, Aleksandar J. Krmpot¹, Milos Lazarevic³, and Lidija Mancic², 1Photonic Center, Institute of Physics Belgrade, University of Belgrade, Pregrevica 118, Zemun, 11080, Belgrade, Serbia, ²Institute of Technical Sciences of SASA, Kneza Mihaila St. 35, 11000, Belgrade, Serbia, ³School of Dental Medicine, University of Belgrade, dr Subotica 8, 11000, Belgrade, Serbia
“1267 nm laser-induced cell toxic effects in human non- and melanoma skin models”, Arooj Khalid, Viktor Dremin, Sergei Sokolovsky, and Edik Rafailov, College of Engineering and Physical Sciences, Aston University, Birmingham, UK
“Road to Non-invasive Optogenetics: Challenges and Progress”, Diana Galiakhmetova*^,a, Viktor Dremin^a, Aleksandr Koviarov^a, Dmitrii Stoliarov^a, Neville Ngum^b, Rheinallt Parri^b, Andrei Gorodetsky^c, Marios Maimaris^d, Daria M. Shcherbakova^e, Mikhail Baloban^e, Vladislav V. Verkhusha^e, Sergei Sokolovski^a, Edik Rafailov^a, aAston Institute of Photonic Technologies, Aston University, Birmingham, UK, B4 7ET, ^bAston Pharmacy School, Aston University, Birmingham, UK, B4 7ET, ^cUniversity of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK, B15 2TT, ^dImperial College London, London, UK, SW7 2AZ, ^eAlbert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA, 10461,
“Calibration of reflection and back-scattering Mueller Polarimetric setups”, Bhanu Pratap Singh, Vladislav Stefanov, and Andre Stefanov, Institute of Applied Physics, University of Bern, Switzerland
“A refractometry sensor for the detection of pathogens in bioreactor samples”, Chatzipetrou¹, E. Damianidou², M. Dimadi², A. Bokski³, E. Schreuder³, A. Klinakis² and I. Zergioti¹, 1School of Applied Mathematics and Physical Sciences, National Technical University of Athens, Zografou 15780, Greece, ²PhosPrint P. C. Lefkippos Technology Park, NCSR Demokritos, Patriarchou Grigoriou 5’ & Neapoleos 27, 15341, Agia Paraskevh, Athens, Greece, ³LioniX International B.V., Hengelosestraat 500, 7521 AN Enschede, The Netherlands
“Advancing Glioma Treatment – Evaluating Direct Light Therapy in Neural Networks and Mouse Models”, Givehchi^1,2,3, M. Negrini^1,2,3, C. Geiß⁶, S. Gieß⁶, I. Donati della Lunga^1,2,3, M. Küçükerden^1,2,3, V. Dremin⁷, D. Galiakhmetova⁷, S. Sokolovski⁷, E. Rafailov⁷, J. Dickie⁸, P. Uusimaa⁵, V. Kaivosoja⁵, R. Perttila⁵, J. Alberch^1,2,3, M. Rodriguez^1,2,3, A. Ruehm⁴, R. Sroka⁴, J. Soriano⁹, A. Régnier-Vigouroux⁶, M. Masana^1,2,3 , 1University of Barcelona, Institute of Neurosciences, Department of Biomedicine, Spain, ²Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain, ³Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red sobre Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED), Madrid, Spain, ⁴LIFE-Center of Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany, ⁵Modulight Oy, Finland, ⁶Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany, ⁷Aston University Institute of Photonic Technologies, UK, ⁸Modus R&I, Dundee, UK, ⁹University of Barcelona Institute of Complex Systems (UBICS)
“Direct Light Therapy for glioma treatment – Effects on human glioblastoma cell lines and primary immune cells”, S.Gieß¹, C.Geiß¹, M.Givehchi^2,3,4, M.Negrini^2,3,4, V.Dremin⁵, D.Galiakhmetova⁵, S.Sokolovski⁵, E.Rafailov⁵, A.Ruehm⁶, R.Sroka⁶, P.Uusimaa⁷, V.Kaivosoja⁷, R.Perttila⁷, J.Dickie⁸, J.Alberch^2,3,4, M.Rodriguez^2,3,4, J.Soriano^2,3,4, M.Masana^2,3,4, A.Régnier-Vigouroux¹, 1Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany, ²University of Barcelona, Institute of Neurosciences, Department of Biomedicine, Spain, ³Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain, ⁴Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red sobre Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED), Madrid, Spain, ⁵Aston University Institute of Photonic Technologies, UK, ⁶LIFE-Center of Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany, ⁷Modulight Oy, Finland, ⁸Modus R&I, Dundee, UK
“Targeting of EGFR-expressing cells for NLO imaging and drug delivery”, Paulí Figueras, Alessandra Spada, Simone Spinozzi, Ameni Dhouib, Yannick Mugnier, Dario Diviani, Sandrine Gerber, Luigi Bonacina, Nonlinear Bioimaging LAB, Department of Applied Physics, University of Geneva.
“Bioinspired Bone-like Hydrogel Scaffolds for Bone Tissue Regeneration via Multiphoton Lithography”, Myrto Charitaki^a,^b, Anthi Ranella^aMaria Farsari^a, aInstitute of Electronic Structure and Laser, Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas (FORTH), Heraklion, Greece, ^bDepartment of Material Science and Engineering, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece
“Influence of Scaffold Mechanics on Neural Stem Cell Fate: Comparing 3D cell cultures in Auxetic elastic, non-Auxetic elastic, and Stiff 3D Scaffolds for Mechanotransduction Pathway Analysis”, Danai Trimintziou ^{a, b}, Andreas Parlanis ^a,b, Maria Farsari ^a, Anthi Ranella ^a, aInstitute of Electronic Structure and Laser, Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas (FORTH), Heraklion, 71003, Greece, ^bDepartment of Biology, University of Crete, Heraklion, 71003, Greece
“Diffraction based Multi-photon scanning microscope with 4 kHz framerate”, Moritz Wiggert¹, Dirk Theisen-Kunde², Paulí Figueras¹, Alexandra Latshaw¹, Yannick Mugnier³, Sebastian Karpf⁴, Luigi Bonacina¹, 1Nonlinear Bioimaging LAB, University of Geneva, ²Medical Laser Center Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany, ³SYMME, Université Savoie Mont Blanc, ⁴Institute of Biomedical Optics (BMO), University of Lübeck, Germany
“Harnessing the Power of Orbital Angular Momentum of Light for Retinal Diseases Diagnosis and Treatment”, Fatima Khanom, Igor Meglinski, Gary Misson, Stephen Anderson, Institute of Photonic Technologies, Aston University, UK

MEDILS Institute is conveniently located 20 minutes’ walk from the Split city center (old town), and 20 minutes by car from the Split airport. More details how to reach MEDILS you can see at https://www.medils.org/contact , tab How to reach us?

The hotel and travel arrangements are to be organized by each attendant individually in the personally most optimal way.

There are available affordable rooms onsite at MEDILS for the event visitors, but the number is limited, and it is available on the first-come-first-serve basis. For availability of rooms at MEDILS, please contact Irena Rajić at email irena.rajic@medils.hr or telephone +385(0)21555600.

There are multiple hotels and apartments in short walking distance for the MEDILS. Examples of nearby hotels are Hotel Jadran http://hoteljadran.eu/en/ or Hotel Cvita https://hotelcvita.com/ or West Coast Deluxe Rooms https://westcoastsplit.com/ .

There are many other hotels and apartments in the city of Split, in the vicinity of the Marjan Park, where MEDILS is situated.

Registration fee for attending the Summer school, which includes attending lectures, lunches, coffee breaks, welcome reception, finger food and drinks during poster sessions, but not excursion and dinner:

1) students (BS, MS, PhD) 400 Euros,
2) all other participants (including plenary and invited speakers) 500 Euros.

For student registrations, you must send a scanned copy of a valid student document (enrollment document, valid student card etc.) at most one week after the registration to bojan.resan@fhnw.ch
There will be limited number of student grants to partially cover travel expenses. Please send your inquiry to bojan.resan@fhnw.ch

To register click here.

Poster submissions: please send the title, affiliations and an abstract (100-200 words) to bojan.resan@fhnw.ch

Here is the updated Summer school final program: