Dissemination & Communication Events
2025
| Meeting Name | Presentation Title | Partner | Location | Date | Diss/Comm |
| Biotechnology, Bioinformatics & Bioeconomy Forum 2025 | Bioengineering as the engine of clinical translation in healthcare economy | TUM | Athens, Greece | Sept-17 | Dissemination |
| 3rd International Conference on Nanotechnologies & Bionanoscience | Listening to Light: Advances in Optoacoustic Imaging | TUM | Heraklion, Greece | Sept-9 | Dissemination |
| 34th Annual Meeting of the International Genetic Epidemiology Society | Exploring the plasma proteome of prediabetes and type 2 diabetes | HMGU | Cologne, Germany | Sept-2 | Dissemination |
| 34th Annual Meeting of the International Genetic Epidemiology Society | Translational genomics of complex diseases | HMGU | Cologne, Germany | Sept-1 | Dissemination |
| Nature Biotechnology's Forum podcast | Photoacoustic Imaging Roundtable: Ntziachristos and Yao | TUM | online | Aug-19 | Dissemination & Communication |
| 2025 Gordon Research Conference on Tissue Microstructure Imaging | From Optical to Optoacoustic Imaging: Technology Advances and Clinical Translation> | TUM | Easton, MA, USA | Jul-13-18 | Dissemination |
| 2025 Tag der offenen Tür am TUM Klinikums | Chair of Biological Imaging Optoacoustic Imaging and Sensing Booth | TUM | Munich, Germany | Jul-5 | Communication |
| 2025 Soapbox Science Munich | In the life of an optoacoustic technology scientist | TUM | Munich, Germany | Jul-5 | Communication |
| 2025 European Conference on Biomedical Optics | Automatic real-time quality assessment for optoacoustic mesoscopy data | TUM | Munich, Germany | Jun-20-24 | Dissemination |
| 2025 European Conference on Biomedical Optics | Skin flattening of Raster-scan Optoacoustic Mesoscopy (RSOM) Reconstructions based on polynomial fitting | TUM | Munich, Germany | Jun-20-24 | Dissemination |
| 2025 European Conference on Biomedical Optics | Automatic quantification of human skin anatomy and microvasculature biomarkers by optoacoustic mesoscopy with machine learning | TUM | Munich, Germany | Jun-20-24 | Dissemination |
| 85th American Diabetes Association Scientific Sessions | Prognostic Proteomics Modeling in Type 2 Diabetes Reveals Shared and Distinct Mechanisms of Macro- and Microvascular Complications | HMGU | Chicago, USA | Jun-20-23 | Dissemination |
| Multi-omics in Metabolic Disease Conference 2025 | Genetic Regulation of Protein Expression in Prediabetes and Type 2 Diabetes | HMGU | Cambridge, England | Jun-4-6 | Dissemination |
| Multi-omics in Metabolic Disease Conference 2025 | Translational genomics of type 2 diabetes | HMGU | Cambridge, England | Jun-4-6 | Dissemination |
| Multi-omics in Metabolic Disease Conference 2025 | Unravelling the molecular mechanisms causal to type 2 diabetes across global populations and disease-relevant tissues | HMGU | Cambridge, England | Jun-4-6 | Dissemination |
| Olink Symposium at Helmholtz Munich | Translational Genomics of Type 2 Diabetes | HMGU | Munich, Germany | Mar-19 | Dissemination |
| European Molecular Imaging Meeting 2025 | Exhibition Booth | TUM | Bilbao, Spain | Mar-11-14 | Dissemination |
| University of Copenhagen Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research Metabolism Day | Translational Genomics of Type 2 Diabetes | HMGU | Copenhagen, Denmark | Mar-11 | Dissemination |
| University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine Center for Advanced Metabolic Imaging in Precision Medicine (CAMIPM) Seminar Series | Looking and listening to light: advances with optical and optoacoustic imaging | TUM | Philadelphia, PA, USA | Feb-27 | Dissemination |
| Institute Genomics Lab Seminar | Combining optoacoustic imaging phenotypes and multi-omics to advance diabetes healthcare: progress overview | UTARTU | Tartu, Estonia | Feb-27 | Dissemination |
| System Diabetic Medicine Workhop | Translational Genomics of Type 2 Diabetes | HMGU | Lille, France | Feb-20 | Dissemination |
| 2025 EU DxPx Industry & Investor Partnering Conference | Optoacoustic imaging and sensing exhibitor booth | TUM/td> | Munich, Germany | Feb-6 | Dissemination |
| UCI Beckman Laser Institute & Medical Clinic Seminar | From Optical to Optoacoustic Imaging: Technology Advances and Clinical Translation | TUM | Irvine, CA | Jan-21 | Dissemination |
2024
| Meeting Name | Presentation Title | Partner | Location | Date | Diss/Comm |
| Indian Institute of Technology Bombay Seminar | Optical and Optoacoustic Imaging | TUM | Mumbai, India | Dec-17 | Dissemination |
| Indian Institute of Science Seminar | Optical and Optoacoustic Imaging | TUM | Bangalore, India | Dec-16 | Dissemination |
| Indian Conference on Computer Vision, Graphics and Image Processing (ICVGIP 2024) | Looking and Listening to light: advances in optical and optoacoustic imaging | TUM | Bangalore, India | Dec-13 | Dissemination |
| University of Tartu Institute of Genomics Seminar | Preparing and running a call-back project at EstBB - the OPTOMICS case | UTARTU | Tartu, Estonia | Nov-14 | Dissemination/Communication |
| Deutsch-Griechisches Innovationsforum | Panel discussant | TUM | Athens, Greece | Nov-13 | Dissemination |
| MEDICA Trade Fair 2024 | Optoacoustic imaging and sensing exhibitor booth | TUM | Düsseldorf, Germany | Nov-11-19 | Dissemination |
| American Society of Human Genetics Annual Meeting 2024 | Dissecting ancestry-aware molecular causal effects for type 2 diabetes | HMGU | Denver, CO | Nov-6 | Dissemination |
| International Genetic Epidemiology Society 33rd Annual Meeting | Dissecting ancestry-aware molecular causal effects for type 2 diabetes | HMGU | Denver, CO | Nov-4 | Dissemination |
| The Southern African Society for Human Genetics Biennial Congress 2024 | Translational genomics of complex diseases | HMGU | Sun City, South Africa | Oct-27 | Dissemination |
| 6th Worldwide conference on Genetics, Geriatrics and Neuroegenerative Diseases Research (GeNeDis 2024) | Optoacoustics for advancing biomedical observation | TUM | Athens, Greece | Oct-19 | Dissemination |
| Nature Conference "Human Genetics and Genomics: maximizing power to address complexity and human health" | Translational genomics of complex diseases | HMGU | Beijing, China | Oct-10 | Dissemination |
| 1st Helmholtz Health Summit | Raster-scan Optoacoustic Mesoscopy and optoacoustic sensors exhibit and demonstration | TUM | Berlin, Germany | Oct-8 | Dissemination |
| The International Conference on Laser Ablation 2024 | Listening to Light: Optoacoustic Imaging and Applications | TUM | Crete, Greece | Oct-3 | Dissemination |
| Vulnerable Plack Meeting 2024 | Advances in optical and optoacoustic technologies in cardiovascular disease | TUM | Seville, Spain | Sept-23 | Dissemination |
| Institute of Genetics and Biophysics "Adriano Buzzati-Traverso" of the National Research Council (CNR) Seminar | Translational genomics of complex traits | HMGU | online | Sept-15 | Dissemination |
| Thessaloniki International Fair (T.I.F. 2024) | Engineering, Healthcare and Economic Drivers | TUM | Thessaloniki, Greece | Sept-8 | Dissemination/Communication |
| Thessaloniki International Fair (T.I.F. 2024) | Exhibitor Booth | TUM/HMGU | Thessaloniki, Greece | Sept-7-15 | Dissemination/Communication |
| Helmholtz Munich Press Release | The future of medicine is personalized | HMGU/TUM | online | Jul-25 | Communication |
| Munich Oben Ohne Festival | Optoacoustic imaging exhibition booth | TUM | Munich, Germany | Jul-22 | Communication |
| Munich Institute of Biomedical Engineering (MIBE) Seminar | Advances in Optoacoustic Biomedical Imaging: Focus on Microscopy | TUM | Munich, Germany | Jul-9 | Dissemination |
| 32nd Annual International Laser Physics Workshop | Advances in Diagnostics and Theranostics using Optoacoustic Imaging | TUM | Sao Carlos, Brazil | Jul-5 | Dissemination |
| Forscha - Münchner Wissenschaftstage (Munich Science Days) | Munich Imaging (TUM CBI and Helmholtz Munich) Outreach Booth | TUM | Munich, Germany | Jun-28-30 | Communication |
| TU Munich School of Medicine and Health Fest 2024 | Optoacoustic imaging exhibitor booth | TUM | Munich, Germany | Jun-24 | Communication |
| 84th Scientific Sessions of the American Diabetes Association | Panel Discussion Diabetes Genome-Wide Association Study—Why Keep Going? | HMGU | Orlando, FL | Jun-21 | Dissemination |
| Helmholtz Munich Townhall Meeting | Bioengineering, Biological & Medical Imaging, and Clinical Translation | TUM | Munich, Germany | Jun-6 | Dissemination/Communication |
| 1st International Symposium on Digital Twins in Healthcare | Information Matters | TUM | Ayia Napa, Cyprus | May-17 | Dissemination |
| 1st International Symposium on Digital Twins in Healthcare | Insight on the ethical considerations of Digital Twins: the OPTOMICS case | Rhizome (Ethics Advisor) | Ayia Napa, Cyprus | May-17 | Dissemination |
| 1st International Symposium on Digital Twins in Healthcare | Translational Genomics of Complex Disease | HMGU | Ayia Napa, Cyprus | May-16 | Dissemination |
| 1st International Symposium on Digital Twins in Healthcare | Panel: The Transformational Potential of Digital Twins- Discovering the Building Blocks of Europe’s Proactive Healthcare: Policy Creation and Implementation | TUM | Ayia Napa, Cyprus | May-16 | Dissemination |
| TUM Annual Campus Run | Display of project logos and research accomplishments | TUM | Munich, Germany | May-16 | Communication |
| Bioengineering 2024 Conference | Next-generation biological and biomedical technologies | TUM | Munich, Germany | May-6 | Dissemination |
| 30th Workshop of the International Stroke Genetics Consortium | Keynote lecture, Translational Genomics of Type 2 Diabetes | HMGU | Munich, Germany | Apr-24 | Dissemination |
| Optoacoustic imaging for diease monitoring Workshop | Optoacoustic imaging for diease monitoring | TUM | online | Apr-22 | Dissemination/Communication |
| 9th Meeting of the Study Group on Genetics of Diabetes (SGGD) | Translational Genomics of type-2 diabetes | HMGU | Exeter, United Kingdom | Apr-18 | Dissemination |
| 9th Meeting of the Study Group on Genetics of Diabetes (SGGD) | Unravelling the interplay between type 2 diabetes, genetics and metabolite levels | HMGU | Exeter, United Kingdom | Apr-18 | Dissemination |
| SPIE Photonics Europe 2024: Hot Topics III | Listening to light: going beyond optical imaging using optoacoustics | TUM | Strasbourg, France | Apr-11 | Dissemination |
| 52nd European Mathematical Genetics Meeting | Correcting genomic inflation using Genomic Control and LD-Score regression leads to loss of power in GWAS meta-analysis | HMGU | Klosterneuberg, Austria | Apr-3 | Dissemination |
| 52nd European Mathematical Genetics Meeting | Unravelling the interplay between type 2 diabetes, genetics and metabolite levels | HMGU | Klosterneuberg, Austria | Apr-3 | Dissemination |
| Helmholtz Pioneer Campus Podcast | The Health Engineers | TUM | online | Mar-8 | Dissemination/Communication |
| Introductory course in Genomics Research | Preparing and running a call-back project at EstBB - the OPTOMICS case | UTARTU | Tartu, Estonia | Mar-6 | Dissemination/Communication |
| We are MIBE Speaker Series | Advances in optical and optoacoustic imaging and sensing | TUM | Garching, Germany | Feb-28 | Dissemination |
| MEDICA Trade Fair Inverview | Diabetes: AI skin scanner detects disease progression | TUM | online | Feb-27 | Dissemination/Communication |
| Masterclass: Paris Cardiovascular Research Center | Optoacoustic imaging for cardiometabolic diseases | TUM | Paris, France | Feb-23 | Dissemination |
| Helmholtz Press Release | What Our Genetic Information Tells Us About Type 2 Diabetes Risk and Complications | HMGU | online | Feb-19 | Dissemination/Communication |
| SPIE Photonics West/BiOS at the Molecular-Guided Surgery Conference | Advances in optical and optoacoustic imaging | TUM | San Fransisco, California | Jan-27 | Dissemination |
2023
| Meeting Name | Presentation Title | Partner | Location | Date | Diss/Comm |
| TUM Press Release | Examining diabetes with a skin scanner and AI | TUM | online | Dec-11 | Dissemination/Communication |
| Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Conference on Genome Informatics | Translational genomics of complex disease | HMGU | Cold Spring Harbour, New York | Dec-7 | Dissemination |
| Imaging in Neuromuscular Disease Conference | Advances in clinical optoacoustic imaging | TUM | Berlin, Germany | Nov-7 | Dissemination |
| International Genetic Epidemiology Society 32nd Annual Meeting | Unravelling the interplay between type 2 diabetes, genetics and metabolite levels | HMGU | Nashville, TN | Nov-6 | Dissemination |
| Nature Office London | The unexpected wonders of optoacoustic sensing in biomedicine | TUM | London, United Kingdom | Sept-27 | Dissemination |
| International Symposium on Human Genomics | Unravelling the interplay between type 2 diabetes, genetics and metabolite levels in the UK Biobank cohort | HMGU | Paris, France | Sept-21 | Dissemination |
| 18th Young European Scientist Meeting | Looking and listening to light: the evolution of optical imaging and sensing | TUM | Porto, Portugal | Sept-16 | Dissemination |
| The European Society of Cardiology Congress 2023 | Booth D300, Nightingale Health | NGH | Amsterdam, Netherlands | Aug-25 | Dissemination |
| International School of Light Sciences and Technologies 2023 | Listening to light: Advances in optoacoustic imaging | TUM | Santander, Spain | Jun-20 | Dissemination |
| Multi-Omics in Metabolic Disease Conference 2023 | Unravelling the interplay between type 2 diabetes, genetics and metabolite levels | HMGU | Hinxton, United Kingdom | Jun-8 | Dissemination |
| Forscha - Münchner Wissenschaftstage (Munich Science Days) | Munich Imaging (TUM CBI and Helmholtz Munich) Outreach Booth | TUM | Munich, Germany | May-5-7 | Communication |
| Delphi Economic Forum: Health and Life Sciences Session/Panel | Successful models of Healthcare, Life Sciences Research & Pharma industry synergy | TUM | Delphi, Greece | Apr-27 | Dissemination |
| IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging 2023 | Listening to light: Advances in optoacoustic imaging | TUM | Cartagena, Colombia | Apr-21 | Dissemination |
| Schwanke Meets Science | Big Data in der Medizin | HMGU | virtual | Mar-11 | Communication |
| SPIE Photonics West BiOS Hot Topics | Sound of light: optoacoustic vs. optical imaging | TUM | San Fransisco, CA | Jan-28 | Dissemination |
2022
| Meeting Name | Presentation Title | Partner | Location | Date | Diss/Comm |
| 14th African Society of Human Genetics meeting and the 2nd international congress of the Moroccan Society of Genomics and Human Genetics | The Translational Genomics of Complex Diseases | TUM | Rabat, Morocco | Dec-14 | Dissemination |
| Tokyo University, Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Molecular Imaging Seminar | Looking and listening to light: advances in optical and optoacoustic imaging | TUM | Tokyo, Japan | Dec-6 | Dissemination |
| First IMPaCT T2D Symposium: Genome Sequencing and Precision Medicine for Type 2 Diabetes | Translational genomics of cardiometabolic trait | HMGU | Barcelona, Spain | Nov-18 | Dissemination |
| Khalifa University Faculty of Bioengineering Seminar | Optoacoustic imaging and clinical translational in biomedical sciences | TUM | Abu Dhabi, UAE | Nov-18 | Dissemination |
| World Diabetes Day | Photonics in Diabetes Healthcare Twitter campaign | TUM | virtual | Nov-14 | Communication |
| Helmholtz-Olink Symposium 2022: Next Generation Omics | Translational Genomics of Complex Traits | HMGU | Munich, Germany | Nov-4 | Dissemination |
| 5th Annual GeNeDis Conference | Illuminating medical readings with optoacoustic imaging | TUM | Zakynthos, Greece | Oct-22 | Dissemination |
| Helmholtz Munich Computational Health Center Summer Retreat | Deciphering the Genetic Architecture of Type 2 Diabetes complications using the UK Biobank | HMGU | Munich, Germany | Oct-21 | Dissemination |
| Day of Photonics 2022 | MIBE/TUM Twitter Takeover | TUM | virtual | Oct-21 | Communication |
| Atherosclerosis – Mechanisms and novel therapeutic targets, International Symposium 2022 | Optoacoustic imaging in metabolic and cardiovascular diseases | TUM | Munich, Germany | Oct-11 | Dissemination |
| World Molecular Imaging Congress | Advances in Optical and Optoacoustic Interventional Imaging Workshop | TUM | Miami, USA | Sept-28 | Dissemination |
| German Human Genome Archive 'Advances in Data Driven Biomedicine' Lecture Series | Towards Federated Genetic Analyses | HMGU | virtual | Sept-27 | Dissemination |
| Precision Medicine and Functional Genomics Conference 2022 | Translational genomics of complex traits | HMGU | Doha, Qatar | Sept-25 | Dissemination |
| International Genetic Epidemiology Society Meeting | Bridging the diversity gap: analytical and study design considerations for improving the accuracy of trans-ancestry genetic risk prediction | HMGU | Paris, France | Sept-8 | Dissemination |
| Aristotle Medical Forum 2022 | Biomedical Technologies - Medicine in the 21st Century | TUM | virtual | Jul-16 | Dissemination |
| European Congress of Radiology (ECR) 2022 | The multiple dimensions of state-of-the-art optoacoustic imaging | TUM | virtual | Jul-13 | Dissemination |
| German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD) Complications Academy Meeting | Translational Genomics of Cardiometabolic Traits | HMGU | virtual | Jul-11 | Dissemination |
| Nature Bioengineering Solutions for Biology and Medicine Conference | Introductory and Plenary Talks | TUM | Munich, Germany | Jul-4 | Dissemination |
| Symposium of the Optical Society of Japan, Consortium of Industry-Academia Collaboration on Bio-optical imaging and applications | Listening to light: Optoacoustic imaging and applications | TUM | virtual | Jul-2 | Dissemination |
| Bioimaging Thematic Club, University of Crete and FORTH | Illuminating medicine and biologic with advanced photonic sensing | TUM | Crete, Greece | May-27 | Dissemination |
| Helmholtz Diabetes Retreat 2022 | Deciphering the genomic aetiology of cardiometabolic diseases | HMGU | Munich, Germany | May-15 | Dissemination |
| Grainau Epigenetics Workshop 2022 | Unravelling the interplay between type 2 diabetes, genetics and metabolite levels | HMGU | Grainau, Germany | May-4 | Dissemination |
| TUM MRI Klinikum Rechts der Isar Habilitandenkolloquium | Fortschritte in der klinischen Translation der vaskulären und vasometabolischen Optoakustik | TUM | Munich, Germany | Apr-25 | Dissemination |
| European Mathematical Genetics Meeting | Bridging the diversity gap: analytical and study design considerations for improving the accuracy of trans-ancestry genetic risk prediction | HMGU | Cambridge, United Kingdom | Apr-21 | Dissemination |
| Electrical and Computer Engineering Conference (ECESCON 13) | Bioengineering as the driver of solutions in medicine | TUM | Patras, Greece | Apr-15 | Dissemination |
| 6th Health Innovation Conference | Bioengineering as the driver of solutions in medicine | TUM | virtual | Apr-12 | Dissemination |
| SPIE Photonics Europe 2022 | Clinical Advances in optical and optoacoustic imaging | TUM | Strasbourg, France | Apr-4 | Dissemination |
| Neurotwin 'Can Digital Twins be Useful?' Workshop | participating organization | TUM | virtual | Mar-22 | Dissemination |
| European Molecular Imaging Meeting 2022 | Quantification of skin microvasculature changes in patients with diabetes using Raster-Scan Optoacoustic Mesoscopy | TUM | Thessaloniki, Greece | Mar-16 | Dissemination |
| European Molecular Imaging Meeting 2022 | Fast optoacoustic mesoscopy of microvascular endothelial dysfunction in cardiovascular risk and disease | TUM | Thessaloniki, Greece | Mar-16 | Dissemination |
| European Molecular Imaging Meeting 2022 | Translation in imaging: preclinical to clinical and vice-versa | TUM | Thessaloniki, Greece | Mar-15 | Dissemination |
| LMU Generative Models for Cosmology Seminar | AI in Optoacoustics | TUM | Munich, Germany | Feb-10 | Dissemination |
2021
| Meeting Name | Presentation Title | Partner | Location | Date | Diss/Comm |
| TUM Press Release | Deep insights in skin imaging | TUM | virtual | Dec-13 | Diss/Comm |
| KAIST Symposium | Optical and Optoacoustic Imaging: the revolution of label free observations | TUM | virtual | Dec-3 | Dissemination |
| European Forum for Electronic Components and Systems 2021 | ECS Innovation award acceptance talk | TUM | Munich, Germany | Nov-24 | Dissemination |
| Trans2Optics International Workshop with Harvard Medical School | Introductory talk and discussion for open communication and research between TUM and Harvard Medical School | TUM | virtual | Oct-27 | Dissemination |
| DCN 2021 - Clinical update in Diabetologica and Cario-Nephrology | Listening to light: Optoacoustic imaging and applications | TUM | virtual | Oct-1 | Dissemination |
| Agean Science Festival | Listening to light: Optoacoustic imaging and applications | TUM | virtual | Sep-25 | Diss/Comm |
| 7th International Conference on Tumor Microenvironment and Cellular Stress: Signaling, Metabolism, Imaging and Therapeutic Targets | Optical and Optoacoustic Imaging: the revolution of label free observations | TUM | Kos, Greece | Sep-21 | Dissemination |
| 19th Congress of the European Society for Photobiology | Optoacoustic imaging. A new era for the optical method | TUM | virtual | Sep-3 | Dissemination |
| Greek Daily News Article | Feature article on HMGU Lead Scientist, Eleftheria Zeggini | HMGU | virtual | Aug-31 | Communication |
| European Molecular Imaging Meeting 2021 | Deep-learning-based electrical noise removal for localized spectral optoacoustic contrast in deep tissue | TUM | Göttingen, Germany | Aug-25 | Dissemination |
| EACR-ESOI Joint Conference: Imaging Cancer: Gaining Insights from cells to organisms | Optical and Optoacoustic Imaging: The revolution of label free observations | TUM | virtual | Jun-29 | Dissemination |
| ECBO World Photonics Congress | Optoacoustic imaging: a new era for the optical method | TUM | virtual | Jun-23 | Dissemination |
| UK EPSRC PA Workshop | Optoacoustic Imaging: is it ready for prime time? | TUM | virtual | Jun-16 | Dissemination |
| Zeiss Symposium on Optics - Optics in the Medical World | Listening to light: Label-free optoacoustic imaging of biomolecules | TUM | virtual | Jun-8 | Dissemination |
| University of Cambridge Institute for Metabolic Science Seminar | Next generation association studies for cardiometabolic traits | HMGU | virtual | Jun-8 | Dissemination |
| 8th Helmholtz Diabetes Conference | Next Generation association studies of cardiometabolic traits | HMGU | virtual | Mar-10 | Dissemination |
| FETFX Press Release | OPTOMICS: Digital Twin technology for type-2 Diabetes Healthcare | All | virtual | Mar-2 | Diss/Comm |
| Helmholtz Munich Townhall Meeting | OPTOMICS: Next-generation personalized healthcare with multi-omics and optoacoustic imaging | HMGU | virtual | Feb-11 | Diss/Comm |