Programme - Lasers Fighting Cancer Symposium, 25 May 2021
Speakers and abstracts >>
Open networking
(all times are Berlin/CEST)
8:30 am |
Pre-event networking |
Session 1 – Lasers in Cancer Diagnosis
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Session chair: Prof. Luis Arnaut |
8:45 am |
Dr Sylvie Jacquemot – Laserlab-Europe Coordinator |
8:50 am |
Clinical Translational Laser Spectroscopy for an Improved Cancer Diagnosis and Therapy Prof. Juergen Popp – Director, Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology |
9:05 am |
Quantitative OCT signal analysis for tumor detection Prof. Ton van Leeuwen - Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam |
9:20 am |
Raman spectroscopy for cancer diagnosis: adding a new molecular dimension Mónica Marro - ICFO - The Institute of Photonic Science |
9:35 am |
Vibrational imaging approaches for cancer diagnosis: status, needs and perspectives Dr. Renzo Vanna - Italian National Research Council, Institute for Photonics and Nanotechnologies IFN-CNR |
9:50 am |
The SOLUS project: smart optical and ultrasound diagnostics of breast cancer Prof. Paola Taroni – Politecnico di Milano |
10:05 am |
Real time widefield TCSPC imaging of a model tumour system (pdf version) (mp4 version with animations - 62 MB) Dr Graham Hungerford – Horiba |
10:20 am |
Q&A with the speakers from session 1 |
10:35 am |
Coffee Break |
Session 2 – Lasers in Cancer Treatment
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Session chair: Prof Paola Taroni |
11:00 am |
Very high energy electron beams for cancer radiotherapy Prof. Dino Jaroszynski - Director of the Scottish Centre for the Application of Plasma-based Accelerators, SCAPA |
11:15 am |
High dose rate in vivo proton irradiation based on a laser plasma accelerator Prof. Ulrich Schramm – Director Institute for Radiation Physics and Head Laser Particle Acceleration Division, HZDR |
11:30 am |
Translating optical systems into surgery & radiation oncology: academic & industry Prof. Brian Pogue – Thayer School of Engineering and Geisel School of Medicine |
11:45 am |
Translation of a combination between a laser device and a medicinal agent, from bench to bedside Prof. Luis Arnaut - Chemistry Department, University of Coimbra |
12:00 |
Photonics research in cancer therapy and industrial spin-off Prof. Katarina Svanberg – Department of Clinical Sciences and Lund Laser Centre; Board member, SpectraCure |
12:15 pm |
Q&A with the speakers from session 2 |
12:30 pm
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Closing Statements Dr Anke Lohmann - Anchored In |
12:35 pm |
Room open for post-meeting discussions and networking |
1:00 pm |
Event finishes |