Location: BioScience Research Collaborative
Auditorium, Event/Exhibition Hall, & Lecture Hall (280)
December 11, 2026 | 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM
This conference will cover the following main topics: (i) Electron Microscopy: from super-resolution to in situ imaging, (ii) Multimodal electron spectroscopies, (iii) Optical imaging at the nanoscale, and (iv) Computational and biomedical imaging. The conference will include invited talks, a poster session, and networking. Our goal is to bring together researchers to stimulate and enhance interdisciplinary research within imaging.
Click here to read the Rice News article about our conference, and click here to view photos from the 2025 conference.
Session 1 - Morning
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Electron microscopy: from super-resolution to in situ imaging
Organized by Prof. Yimo Han
Confirmed Speakers:
- Jamie Warner, Ph.D., UT Austin (More Info)
- James LeBeau, Ph.D., MIT (More Info)
- Qian Chen, Ph.D., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (More Info)
- Yu-Tsun Shao, Ph.D., University of Southern California (More Info)
Session 2 - Afternoon
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Multimodal electron spectroscopies
Organized by Prof. HaeYeon Lee
Confirmed Speakers:
- Benjamin Lawrie, Ph.D., Oak Ridge National Lab (More Info)
- Jianguo Wen, Ph.D., Argonne National Lab (More Info)
Session 3 - Morning
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Optical imaging at the nanoscale
Organized by Prof. Anna-Karin Gustavsson
Confirmed Speakers:
- Steven Boxer, Ph.D., Stanford University, Keynote Speaker (More Info)
- Wesley Legant, Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (More Info)
- Ke Xu, Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley (More Info)
- Melike Lakadamyali, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania (More Info)
- Khalid Salaita, Ph.D., Emory University (More Info)
Session 4 - Afternoon
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Computational and biomedical imaging
Organized by Prof. Anna-Karin Gustavsson
Confirmed Speakers:
- Na Ji, Ph.D., UC Berkeley, Keynote Speaker (More Info)
- Kirill Larin, Ph.D., University of Houston (More Info)
- Hari Shroff, Ph.D., HHMI Janelia Research Campus (More Info)
- Nalini Singh, Ph.D., UC Berkeley (More Info)
- Lei Tian, Ph.D., Boston University (More Info)