Program - Brillouin Microscopy Conference 2024
Program
11.09.2024:
Start 12 o´clock: Lunch with mingling
Afternoon:
14.00 Opening of conference; Thorsten Hamann
1st scientific session: Keynote lectures
Chair: Kareem Elsayad, Medical University Vienna
Markéta Šámalová, Massaryk University, Czech Republic
“Expansin-induced changes in the biomechanical properties of cell walls make plants more resistant to environmental stresses”
Francesca Palombo, University of Exeter, UK
"Brillouin microscopy in medical research "
15.45: Coffee break
16.15 - 18.30: Poster and exhibitors session
Dinner in town on your own (see recommendations under travel)
12.09.2024:
Morning:
9.00: 2nd scientific session: New developments in Brillouin microscopy
Chair: Thomas Dehoux, Insitute Lumiére Matiére, Université Lyon
9.00 Benoit Rufflé, University of Montpellier, FR
“High-contrast high-efficiency two-stage VIPA based Brillouin imaging spectrometer using a single diffraction mask”
9.15 Kirill Larin, University of Houston, USA
“Assessment of embryonic biomechanical properties during development using high-resolution Brillouin microscopy”
9.30 Rafael Fuentes-Dominguez, University of Nottingham, UK “Nanobells: towards elasticity imaging at the nanoscale”
9.45 Joshua Trapp, University of Stuttgart, DE
“Two-Photon Lithography Fabricated Micro-Optical Fiber Probe for Endoscopic Brillouin Scattering Spectroscopy”
10.00 Salvatore La Cavera III, University of Nottingham, UK “Phonon microscopy of plant cells”
10.15 Carlo Bevilacqua, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, DE
“Full-field Brillouin microscopy based on an imaging Fourier transform spectrometer”
10.30: Coffee Break
11.00 3rd scientific session: Presentations from exhibitors
Chair: Thorsten Hamann, NTNU
11.00 Raimund Schlüßler, Cellsense-Technologies
„The Discoverer Brillouin microscope: A versatile 3D Imaging Tool for Mechanobiology“
11.15 Ian Miller, Lightmachinery
"Evaluation of the Effects of Objective Numerical Aperture on Brillouin Microscopy"
11.30 Alexander Jelzow, Toptica Biophotonics AG
“TOPTICA DLC DL pro / TA pro Systems for Brillouin Scattering Microscopy”
11.45 4th scientific session: Brillouin microscopy in medical research
Chair: Francesca Palombo, University of Exeter, UK
11.45 Peter Török, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore “Does Brillouin shift correlate with Young’s modulus in biomedical samples?”
12.25 Chenchen Handler, University of Maryland, College Park, USA “Role of extracellular viscosity on cancer metastatic potential”
12.40 Christian Iriarte-Valdez, Leibniz University Hannover, DE “Comparative studies on UVA and femtosecond corneal crosslinking characterized using Brillouin microscopy”
12.55: Lunch
Afternoon:
14.00 Li Zhang, Instituto Italiano di Tecnologia Rome, IT
“Mechanical characterization of vascular smooth muscle cell using Brillouin microscopy”
14.15 Felix Weedon, University of Exeter, UK
“Brillouin-raman microscopy to study the effect of active chemicals on human hair shaft”
14.30 Jitao Zhang, Wayne State University, USA
“Mechanical evolution of metastatic cancer cells in three-dimensional microenvironment”
14.45: Coffee Break
15.15-16.00 Business meeting of the BioBrillouin society
Chair: Kareem Elsayad
16.00-17.00 5th scientific session / Panel discussion: “Fresh from the lab / the next big thing”
Social Program:
19.30 Conference dinner: Scandic Nidelven
13.09.2024:
Morning:
9.00 6th scientific session: Fundamental studies using Brillouin microscopy
Chair: Robert Prevedel, EMBL
9.00 Silvia Caponi, CNR-IOM, Unit of Perugia, IT
“Brillouin and Raman Spectroscopy: A correlative characterization of cells and tissues”
9.15 Kareem Elsayad, Medical University of Vienna, AU
“Consensus statement on Brillouin light scattering spectroscopy/microscopy in biorelevant matter”
9.30 Florian Lindner, Graz University of Technology, AU
“Studying mechanical properties of porous materials with Brillouin light scattering and machine-learned force fields”
9.45 Maurizio Mattarelli, University of Perugia, IT
“Vibrational normal modes of biological microstructures: a perspective on Raman and Brillouin measurements”
10.00 Steve Hill, University of Exeter, UK
“Refractive index prediction of tissue phantoms using light scattering spectroscopy”
10.15 Zhe Wang, University of Heidelberg, DE
“Monitoring cis-to-trans isomerization of azobenzene using Brillouin microscopy”
10.30: Coffee Break
11.00: 7th scientific session: Brillouin microscopy in life sciences
Keynote/chair: Henrik Jönsson, Sainsbury Laboratory, Cambridge
“On generating growth and shape anisotropy in plants”
11.30 Luis Alonso-Baez, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NO “How do viscoelastic properties differ in Arabidopsis root tissues and zones?”
11.45 Juan Manuel Gomez, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, DE “Embryonic cell populations display highly dynamic mechanical transitions during gastrulation”
12.00 Lucie Vovard, Institut Lumière Matière Lyon, FR
“Brillouin Light Scattering reveals sub-nanometric mechanics in cells”
12.15 Timm Landes, Hannover Centre for Optical Technologies, DE “Brillouin light scattering microscopy reveals micro-mechanical inhomogeneities of the apple fruit cuticle”
12.30 Julia Garcia-Baucells, Max Perutz Laboratory Vienna, AU
“Centrosome mechanical properties change during mitosis in C. elegans embryos”
12.45 Announcement of poster prize winner // Date/location of the next meeting
13.00: Farewell/Lunch