Boston University
College of Engineering
44 Cummington Street
Boston, MA 02215

Emerging Technology and Best Practices Seminar Series

Friday, November 30, 2007
Optical Imaging for Medicine and Biology: Applications in Cancer Detection
8:00AM-4:00PM, Cocktail Hour 4:00-5:00PM
The Photonics Center
8 Saint Mary's Street, 9th Floor
Boston, MA 02215

Host:
Professor Jerome Mertz, Department of Biomedical Engineering

Abstract:
Optical molecular imaging is the fastest growing imaging modality for cancer research. Nevertheless, optical imaging of cancer remains an enormous technological challenge. This conference will bring together academic and industry leaders in the Boston community to share their views on progress and new directions in optical imaging technology applied to cancer diagnosis and therapy, from bench to bedside. Particular emphasis will be placed on the challenges posed by cancer imaging, such as limitations in tissue depth penetration and the sensitivity and specificity of molecular markers. Topics to be covered include novel strategies in endoscopic imaging, both microscopic and macroscopic, and spectroscopic detection based on fluorescence and scattered light, aiming toward the possibility of in-situ "optical biopsy". Significant progress has also been made using preclinical small animal models to study cancer growth and development, angiogenesis, and response to drug treatment, with strategies based on two-photon or second harmonic generation, or whole-field macroscopy techniques based on fluorescence and molecular imaging. The goal of this Emerging Technologies Seminar is to facilitate and foster interactions between academic and industrial researchers by providing an overview of some the latest developments in the optical imaging of cancer.

Agenda

Time	Speaker	Seminar Title	Slide Set
8:00	Continental Breakfast
8:30	Dean Kenneth R. Lutchen College of Engineering, Boston University	Welcome Bio
8:40	Dean and Provost Karen H. Antman School of Medicine, Boston University	Molecular Imaging for Cancer: Current an d Future Clinical Applications Bio, Abstract
9:10	Rakesh K. Jain Ph.D., Andrew Werk Cook Professor of Tumor Biology, Department of Radiation Oncology, and Director, Edwin L. Steele Laboratory for Tumor Biology, Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital; Affiliated Faculty, Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology	Normalizing tumor vessels and microenvironment to treat cancer: From the bench to bedside and back Bio, Abstract
9:50	Break
10:20	Max Diem, Ph.D. Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Northeastern University	Spectral Diagnosis of Tissue Sections and Cells by Vibrational Micro-Spectroscopy Bio, Abstract
11:00	Irving J. Bigio, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Department of Physics, Boston University	Elastic light scattering spectroscopy for the detection of early cancer and pre-cancer Bio, Abstract
11:40	Lunch
12:50	Jeff Peterson Director of Applied Biology, VisEn	In Vivo Fluorescent Imaging of Mouse Disease Models Bio, Abstract
1:30	Michael S. Feld, Ph.D. Professor of Physics, and Director, George R. Harrison Spectroscopy Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Affiliated Faculty, Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology	The Color of Cancer: Imaging Disease with Quantitative Spectroscopy Bio, Abstract
2:10	Break
2:40	Satish K. Singh, M.D. Assistant Professor of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine and Staff Gastroenterologist, VA Boston Healthcare System	Eradicating Colon Cancer in our Lifetime: Light at the end of the Tunnel Bio, Abstract
3:20	Gary Tearney, M.D. Ph.D., Department of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Associate Professor, Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Harvard Medical School	Bio, Abstract
4:00	Cocktail Reception and Poster Session

For any questions, please contact Debbie Dunklee at 617-353-6377 or ddunklee@bu.edu.

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