CRATER 2.0 program
October 8-10 2025
Program book
Book of abstracts
Day 0 - October 7, 2025
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13:00
Labtours at ICTER - International Centre for Translational Eye Research
Send an email to d.zyckamalesa@ichf.edu.pl to sign up.
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15:30
End of the labtours
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16:30
Guided Warsaw sightseeing tour (walking)
Send an email to crater@candela.org.pl to sign up.
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19:00
End of the tour & end of the day 0.
Day 1 - October 8, 2025
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8:00
Registration & coffee & cookies
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9:00
Welcome remarks
Maciej Wojtkowski
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9:20
Recognition of Maciej Żylicz’s contribution to ICTER’s mission
Maciej Wojtkowski
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9:30
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10:00
Plenary: Hidden in Plain Sight - Microscopic Secrets of Clinical OCT Images Revealed Using Multi-Perspective Non-Confocal Adaptive Optics SLO
Richard B. Rosen
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10:30
Coffee break
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11:00
Plenary: Extracellular Vesicles and Complement Activation Drive AMD Pathogenesis in Patient-Derived RPE Cells
Majlinda Lako
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11:25
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11:50
Plenary: Retinal gene therapy - opportunities and challenges
James Bainbridge
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12:15
Plenary: Fluorophores as optical sensors in the living retina
Jennifer Hunter
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12:40
Lunch break
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14:00Parallel I.1: Molecular processes of visionSession chaired by Wiesław Gruszecki @ Aula A14:00Karl-Wilhelm Koch14:2514:5015:15Parallel I.2: Clinical TechnologiesSession chaired by Robert Iskander @ Aula BInvited: TelCaps in macular edema: revisiting the concept of focal vs diffuse rupture of the blood-retinal barrier14:00Elena Gofas-Salas14:25The potential of utilizing eye movements as a diagnostics indicator of Parkinson's Disease - retinal eye tracker NeuroFETMarta Skrok14:45The Immediate Effect of Defocus Incorporated Multiple Segment (DIMS) Spectacle Lenses on the Choroidal Thickness using Swept-Source Optical Coherence Tomography in ChildrenLou Ann Christensen Andersen15:05Ayoub Lassoued15:25Vasantha Kumar Kathirvelu15:45
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16:00
Poster session (list of posters can be found below)
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18:00
Welcome reception
Pracownia Przewrotu Kopernikańskiego (click here to check location)
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21:00
End of the day 1
Day 2 – October 9, 2025
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8:30
Registration & coffee & cookies
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9:00
Introducing PICO – announcement of a new research group at ICTER
Olaf Strauss, Maciej Wojtkowski
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9:10
Plenary: Autofluorescence imaging of the human retina: metabolic marker for health and disease
Thomas Ach
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9:35
Plenary: Adaptive optics autofluorescence imaging of retinal degenerations
Ethan Rossi
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10:00
Plenary: IDHea™: Accelerating Oculomics, AI, and Digital Health Innovation
Tilman Otto
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10:25
Coffee break
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10:50
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11:15
Plenary: Experimental human optoretinography: relating functional imaging to visual function
Ravi S. Jonnal
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11:40
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12:05
Plenary: Dynamic FFOCT of retinal explants and organoids
Kate Grieve
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12:30
Conference photo
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12:35
Lunch break
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13:45Parallel II.1: Functional Retinal ImagingSession chaired by Ravi Jonnal @ Aula AInvited: Full-Field imaging platforms for structural and functional assessment of retina in humans and small animal models13:45Spectral phasor analysis of two-photon excited human fundus autofluorescence: a promising approach for objective retinal diagnosticsPiotr Kasprzycki14:10Optoretinography at ICTER – fast and non-contact in vivo measurements of photoreceptors’ functionSławomir Tomczewski14:50Parallel II.2: Genomics and AISession chaired by Olaf Strauss @ Aula BIdentifying multimodal molecular programs with topic modeling.Marcin Tabaka13:45Unlocking FFPE Tumor Archives for Single-Cell ATAC and RNA SequencingNatalia Ochocka-Lewicka14:05Andjela Sekulic14:25Recurrence Quantification Analysis of Eye Movement for Parkinson's Disease DetectionBogna Bylicka15:05
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15:30
Coffee break
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16:00Parallel II.3: Novel Optical MethodsSession chaired by Kate Grieve @ Aula A16:00Diederick C. Niehorster16:50Anatomical and physical factors that (might) affect the crystalline lens wobbling performanceDamian Siedlecki17:30Parallel II.4: Ophthalmic biologySession chaired by Georgios Skretas @ Aula BInvited: Female sex is risk factor for accelerated retinal degeneration via lipid peroxidation in murine RP models16:00Carmen Longo17:10Glial Contributions to Diabetic Retinopathy: Insights from the INSC94Y Porcine ModelSweetu Susan Sunny17:30
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18:10
End of the day 2
Day 3 – October 10, 2025
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Celebrating 25 years of Fourier Domain Optical Coherence Tomography in ophthalmic imaging
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8:30
Registration & coffee & cookies
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9:00
Plenary: Imaging the cornea with mechanical contrast using phase-decorrelation OCT
Andrew M. Rollins
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9:25
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9:50
Plenary: Fourier-domain OCT: From Ultrahigh to How Low Is Enough?
Rainer A. Leitgeb
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10:15
Coffee break
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10:45
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11:10
Plenary: From Ocular Biometry to High-Speed, High-Resolution, and Multifunctional Optical Coherence Tomography - Interferometric Ranging and Imaging in the Human Eye over 40+ Years
Christoph K. Hitzenberger
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11:35
Plenary: Translating Optoretinography for Clinical Retinal Imaging
Marinko Sarunic
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12:00
Plenary: Progress in the speed of en-face optical coherence tomography
Adrian Podoleanu
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12:25
25 years of Fourier Domain Optical Coherence Tomography in Poland: Recognition of Andrzej Kowalczyk's contribution
Maciej Wojtkowski
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12:45
Lunch break
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14:00Parallel III.1: Novel OCT techniquesSession chaired by Robert J Zawadzki @ Aula AViacheslav Mazlin14:0014:30Invited: OCT Imaging of the Vitreous Body: A New Frontier in Ophthalmic Diagnostics15:00Line-field spectral domain OCT for fast volumetric acquisition towards in vivo dynamic OCTZofia Bratasz15:25Parallel III.2: Novel Imaging and robotics methodsSession chaired by Ryszard Naskręcki @ Aula BTransforming Eye Care: OCT Innovations, Robotic Guidance, and Low-Cost Tools for the Future14:00Dynamic High-resolution Full-Field Optical Coherence Microscopy of Living Mouse Oocytes and Early EmbryosSeweryn Morawiec14:30Microscopic imaging behind scattering media from speckle patternMikołaj Rogalski15:00
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15:50
Conference wrap-up
Maciej Wojtkowski
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16:00
End of the day 3 and end of the CRATER 2.0
List of posters
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List of CRATER 2.0 posters
P1: Poster withdrawnPatricio EspinozaP3: Targeting Retinal Cells with G-deleted Rabies VirusAnna GalińskaP4: YOLO AI for a real time surgical tool classification and pose estimationTomasz GawrońskiMateusz GrochalskiP7: Application of force feedback in robotic assisted ophthalmic proceduresKrzysztof GromadaP8: Beyond the Limits of Optogenetics: Is Signal Amplification Possible?Milena GumkowskaAgata GutOliwia KaczkośVineeta KaushikP12: Quantifying Retinal Vascular Dynamics with Scanning Laser OphthalmoscopeJulia KochańskaWiktor KuleszaP14: Manual and remote robot control for ophthalmic applicationsAdam KurekMarta Mikuła-ZdańkowskaP17: Impact of diurnal IOP variations on the multi-spot air-puff OCT measurementsJadwiga MilkiewiczKlaudia Nowacka-PieszakP19: Synergistic Effects of Chronic Lead Exposure and Genetic Predisposition on Retinal DegenerationAnna AvesaniP20: A Viral Vector Approach for Restoring Light Sensitivity with Modified OpsinsJagoda PłaczkiewiczP21: Poster withdrawnP22: Inferring multimodal single-cell feature signatures with topic modelingPiotr RutkowskiP23: Characterization of Visual Information Processing Alterations in the RHOP23H/WT Rat Model of Retinitis PigmentosaKarolina SaranP25: Visually evoked retinal responses in a pharmacological model of an early stage of photoreceptor degenerationBartłomiej BałamutP26: Interaction between RD3 and GCAP1 in photoreceptors: implications for retinal dystrophies and therapyValerio MarinoAustėja TrečiokaitėP30: Lensless Digital In-line Holography: Application to the characterization of ophthalmic solutions for refractive error compensationRosa Vila-AndrésArmin EskandarinasabKatarzyna KunioLars-oliver PetersP35: Cas9-based method to deplete abundant sequences in sequencing libraries, shown in cell lines with potential for FFPE applicationsNataliya GalaganP37: Calibration method for lensless holographic tomographyJulia DudekP38: Retinal Based Eye-Tracking for Non-Invasive Detection of Early-Stage Parkinson’s DiseaseKrzysztof TołpaP39: Retinal peripheral image quality in Chinese children’s eyesSimon WinterP40: Structural, Biophysical and Bioinformatics Insights into PDE6 as a Pillar protein in the Phototransduction CascadeSaurav KarmakarP41: Retinal Guanylyl Cyclase: domains, ligands, and diseasesNelam KumarP42: Advancing Precision Diagnostics for Delineation of Basal Cell Carcinoma in Hyperspectral ImagesPaulina IbekP43: Quantification of Retinol‑Binding Protein 3 via labelled antibodies followed by Two‑Photon Excitation Fluorescence Imaging as an early Biomarker for Diabetic RetinopathyAnna Izabela GrabowskaP45: Visualization and quantification of mechanical wave propagation in soft media using phase-sensitive OCT and focused-ultrasound stimulationRaúl Urriza ArpalP46: Residual visual dysfunction in Purtscher-like retinopathy despite full visual acuity recovery: a case highlightAnna Maria BłońskaP47: CUT&Tag for Profiling Histone Modifications and Transcription Factors in Human Cells and TissuesStefania RobakiewiczP48: Blueprint for Low-Cost, Flexible OCT (Work-in-Progress)Piotr NalewajkoP49: Cascaded Enhancement of angiography – split spectrum algorithm on polarization sensitive OCT dataŁukasz JarzęckiP50: Architecture and Initial Tests of a simultaneous, Two-Meridian OCT for Corneal Air-Puff StudiesMateusz NowakP51: Unraveling Gene Regulation: Combined RNA and Chromatin Profiling at Single-Cell ResolutionJoanna BemAgata LabedzBarbara Kominek