Topics Categories 1. Optics in the Human brain · Diffuse optical tomography (DOT) · Functional near infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) · Diffuse Correlation spectroscopy (DCS) · Neurophotonic biopsy · Photodynamic therapy · Intrasurgical optical imaging · Fast Optical Signals · Clinical translation 2. Structural and multiscale brain imaging · OCT for structural imaging in the CNS · 2nd- and 3rd- harmonic structural imaging · Deep phase contrast for neuroanatomy · Single particle tracking for synapse investigation · Superresolution imaging in the CNS · Whole brain neuro-anatomy with light sheet microscopy · Whole brain neuro-anatomy with 3. Functional brain microscopy techniques · In vivo Multi-photon functional imaging · Deep Multi-photon imaging · High-speed / multiplexing functional microscopy techniques · Functional light-sheet imaging · Light-field imaging · Temporal focusing microscopy · Wearable / implantable microscopes · Adaptive optics approaches to imaging 4. Functional brain macroscopy and hybrid techniques · Wide-field VSD / Calcium imaging · Speckle flow imaging · Optical intrinsic signal imaging · Opto/Photoacoustic imaging of the CNS · Functional OCT in the CNS · Implantable devices and probes for imaging and recording 5. Optogenetics and optical modulation tools and techniques · Multispectral and hybrid optogenetic approaches · Adaptive optics for beam shaping · Tools for targeted optogenetic light delivery · Optical dissection of brain function with caged compounds · Infrared Neural Stimulation, · Photo-coagulation and targeted photodamage · Laser axotomy in vivo · Optical Cochlear prostheses · Single Synapse stimulation · Interconnections between the neurobiological and the opto/electrical devices · Towards optogenetics in humans 6. Novel contrast and genetic approaches for brain imaging and modulation · Fluorescent proteins to image structure · Fluorescent proteins to image function / metabolism · Optogenetic tools for photoactivation and multiplexing · Raman-based contrast for brain imaging · Voltage sensitive dyes · Vascular tracers · Phosphorescent probes · Cerenkov imaging · Multi-modality contrast · Probes for CNS disease