Optical Molecular Probes, Imaging and Drug Delivery (OMP)

Focuses on the convergence in these rapidly evolving areas, spanning from basic biology to clinical diagnostics and therapeutic applications.

This multidisciplinary topical meeting will highlight recent advances in these rapidly evolving areas with a goal of stimulating novel strategies for molecular probe development, site-specific drug delivery, monitoring treatment response and clinical translation to improve diagnosis or treatment of diseases. 

Areas to be covered include, but are not limited to, novel molecular probe design, applications of smart molecular probes in basic and applied research, endogenous and exogenous optical molecular biomarkers, multimodal imaging, advances in instrumentation and algorithms for optical molecular imaging, molecular and functional imaging of normal and diseased tissue, image-guided drug delivery, drug screening and monitoring therapeutic response. 

Broad participation by experts, postdoctoral fellows and students is expected and encouraged.

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Chairs

Susanne Kossatz

Technische Universität Munchen, Germany,
General Chair

Srivalleesha Mallidi

Tufts University, United States,
General Chair

Kenneth Tichauer

Illinois Institute of Technology, United States,
General Chair

Stefan Andersson Engels

Tyndall National Institute, Ireland,
Program Chair

Fay Nicolson

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, United States,
Program Chair

Committee Members

• Susanne Kossatz, Technische Universität Munchen, Germany, General Chair
• Srivalleesha Mallidi, Tufts University, United States, General Chair
• Kenneth Tichauer, Illinois Institute of Technology, United States, General Chair
• Stefan Andersson Engels, Tyndall National Institute, Ireland, Program Chair
• Fay Nicolson, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, United States, Program Chair
• Alba Alfonso Garcia, University of California Davis, United States
• Mekhail Anwar, University of California San Francisco
• Michael Bouvet, University of California San Diego
• Oliver Bruns, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Jim Delikatny, , United States
• Allison Dennis, Boston University
• Sylvain Gioux, Intuitive Surgical, Switzerland
• Katarzyna Komolibus, Tyndall National Institute, Ireland
• Ethan LaRochelle, QUEL Imaging, United States
• Frédéric Leblond, Polytechnique Montréal, Canada
• Malini Olivo, A*STAR Skin Research Lab