2023
A. Durkin, J. Vicente, K.K. Dilley, M. Lemberger, A. K. Ganesan, M. Balu “Intravital multiphoton microscopy of human skin with label-free molecular contrast” Biophotonics Congress: Optics in the Life Sciences, Vancouver, Canada, April 23 – 27, 2023 – oral presentation
M. Balu, J. Vicente, A. Durkin, A. K. Ganesan “Label-free intravital imaging of immune cells in human skin using multiphoton microscopy” Focus on Microscopy, Porto, Portugal, April 2 – 5, 2023 – oral presentation
M. Balu “The power of multiphoton microscopy in dermatology” AAD Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, March 17 – 21, 2023 (invited)
M. Balu, J. Vicente, A. Durkin, K.M. Kelly, j. Shiu, A. K. Ganesan “Intravital optical imaging of wound healing in human skin” SPIE Photonics West, San Francisco, CA, January 31 – February 2, 2023 (invited)
2022
M. Balu, J. Vicente, K. Shrestha, A. Durkin, C. B. Zachary, K.M. Kelly, A. K. Ganesan “Fast, large area multiphoton exoscope (FLAME) for clinical skin imaging” Biophotonics Congress: Biomedical Optics, Fort Lauderdale, FL, April 24-27, 2022 (invited)
M. Balu, J. Vicente, K. Shrestha, A. Durkin, C. B. Zachary, K.M. Kelly, A. K. Ganesan “Development of a fast, large area multiphoton exoscope for clinical skin imaging” SPIE Photonics Europe, Strasbourg, France April 3-7, 2022
J. Vicente, A. Durkin, K. Shrestha, M. Balu “Enhancement of the cutaneous melanin assessment in human skin by in vivo imaging using fast large-area multiphoton exoscope (FLAME)” SPIE Photonics West, San Francisco, CA, January 2022- virtual presentation
K. Shrestha, Sun CH, J. Vicente, A. Durkin, M. Balu “Laser Photodamage Threshold Assessment for Human Skin Imaging by Multiphoton Microscopy” SPIE Photonics West, San Francisco, CA, January 2022- virtual presentation
M. Balu, J. Vicente, K. Shrestha, A. Durkin, C. B. Zachary, A. K. Ganesan, K.M. Kelly, “Fast large area multiphoton exoscope (FLAME) for improving the detection accuracy of early melanoma” SPIE Photonics West, San Francisco, CA, January 2022- oral presentation (invited)
2021
M. Balu. “Multiphoton microscopy for clinical skin imaging” The 9th BLI Korea International Symposium, September 2021 (invited talk, virtual event)
M. Balu, A. Fast, G. Lentsch, J. Shiu, C. Polleys, C. Mizzoni, P. Mobasher, K. Koenig, B.J. Tromberg, I. Georgakoudi, A. Ganesan. “In vivo multiphoton tomography provides insights into therapeutic response of pigmentary skin disorders” ISBS 2022 WORLD CONGRESS ON BIOPHYSICS AND IMAGING OF THE SKIN, June 2021 (invited talk, virtual event)
M. Balu, A. Fast, A. Durkin, G. Lentsch, “Development of a fast, large area multiphoton exoscope (FLAME) for clinical skin imaging” SPIE Photonics West February 2021 (invited talk, virtual event)
A. Fast, A. Durkin, G. Lentsch, C. B. Zachary, L. Doan, B. Lee, K.Kelly, M. Balu “Mapping out lesion heterogeneity on (sub)cm scale with a fast large area multiphoton exoscope (FLAME)” SPIE Photonics West February 2021 (virtual event)
G. Lentsch, J. Shiu, J. Flesher, P. Mobasher, C. Polleys, C. Mizzoni, K. Koenig, S. Jin, L. Zhang, B. Tromberg, Q. Nie, I. Georgakoudi, A. Ganesan, M. Balu “In-vivo optical microscopy and single cell transcriptomics approaches provide insights into therapeutic response of vitiligo” SPIE Photonics West February 2021 (virtual event)
2020
M. Balu, “Multiphoton Microscopy: Benefits of Imaging with Molecular Contrast,” Short Course on Reflectance Confocal Microscopy, Multiphoton Microscopy and Other Emerging Diagnostic Technologies in Dermatology, July 17, 2020 (virtual event)
G. Lentsch, P. Mobasher, C. Mizzoni, K. Koenig, B. Tromberg, I. Georgakoudi, A. Ganesan, M. Balu, “In vivo optical imaging of vitiligo skin micro-grafting treatment using multiphoton microscopy and reflectance confocal microscopy” SPIE Photonics West, San Francisco, CA, January 2019- oral presentation
A. Fast, A. Ganesan, K. Kelly, C. Zachary, M. Balu, “High-speed, high-resolution mesoscopic multiphoton microscopy of humans skin” SPIE Photonics West, San Francisco, CA, January 2019- oral presentation
2019
G. Lentsch, C. Mizzoni, P. Mobasher, J. Williams, S. Lee, S. Jo, K. König, B.J. Tromberg, N. Nair, U. Santhanam, M. Misra, I. Georgakoudi, A. Ganesan, M. Balu, “In vivo multiphoton microscopy for monitoring and guiding treatment of pigmentary skin disorders”, 7th International Symposium Topical Problems of Biophotonics, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, July 2019 – oral presentation
Griffin Lentsch, Manuel Valdebran, Ronald M. Harris, Ronald J. Barr, Janellen Smith, Kenneth Linden, Patrick Lee, Karsten König, Bruce J. Tromberg, Anand K. Ganesan, Christopher B. Zachary, Kristen M. Kelly, Mihaela Balu “Recent advances in multiphoton microscopy for clinical skin imaging”, Biophotonics Congress: Optics in the Life Sciences, Tucson, AZ, April 2019- oral presentation (invited)
Griffin Lentsch, Mihaela Balu, Seongjin Jo, Karsten Koenig, Bruce Tromberg, Anand Ganesan, “In vivo multiphoton microscopy of vitiligo”, SPIE Photonics West, San Francisco, CA, January 2019- oral presentation
Mihaela Balu, Griffin Lentsch, Ronald M. Harris, Inga Saknite, Karsten König, Janellen Smith, Kenneth Linden, Patrick Lee, Ronald Barr, Christopher B. Zachary, Kristen M. Kelly, Bruce J. Tromberg, “Advances in clinical imaging of pigmented lesions using multiphoton microscopy”, SPIE Photonics West, San Francisco, CA, January 2019- oral presentation
2018
Mihaela Balu, Griffin Lentsch, joshua Williams, Ronald M. Harris, Karsten König, Christopher B. Zachary, Kristen M. Kelly, Bruce J. Tromberg, “Advances in clinical multiphoton microscopy of melanoma and other skin conditions ”, Focus on Microscopy, Singapore, March 2018- oral presentation
Griffin Lentsch, Mihaela Balu, Josh Williams, Sanghoon Lee, Ronald M. Harris, Anand Ganesan, Bruce J. Tromberg, Nirmala Nair, Uma Santhanam, Manoj Misra, “In vivo multiphoton microscopy of melasma”, SPIE Photonics West, San Francisco, CA, January 2018- poster presentation
Inga Saknite, Manuel Valdebran, Jessica Lin, Griffin Lentsch, Joshua N. Williams, Mihaela Balu, Bruce J. Tromberg, Natasha A. Mesinkovska, “Feature characterization of scarring and non-scarring types of alopecia by multiphoton microscopy”, SPIE Photonics West, San Francisco, CA, January 2018- poster presentation
2017
Mihaela Balu, Griffin Lentsch, Tatiana B. Krasieva, Ronald Harris, Karsten Koenig, Christopher Zachary, Kristen M. Kelly, Bruce J. Tromberg, “Advances in clinical skin imaging using multiphoton microscopy”, FLIM, Berlin, Germany July 2017- oral presentation (invited)
Mihaela Balu, Griffin Lentsch, Inga Saknite, Josh N. Williams, Anand Ganesan, Christopher B. Zachary, Kristen M. Kelly, Bruce J. Tromberg, “Advances in clinical skin imaging of melanoma and pigmentary skin disorders using multiphoton microscopy” IPCC-Breakthrough in Pigment Cell and Melanoma Research, Denver, CO, August 2017 – oral presentation (invited)
Manuel Valdebran, Jessica Lin, Michele Van Hal, Griffin Lentsch, Mihaela Balu, Bruce Tromberg, Kristen M. Kelly, Natasha Mesinkovska, “Multiphoton microscopy for in vivo imaging of alopecia”, ASLMS, San Diego, CA, April 2017- oral presentation
Mihaela Balu, Griffin Lentsch, Dorota Korta, Karsten Koenig, Kristen M. Kelly, Bruce J. Tromberg, Christopher B. Zachary “Pilot study on in vivo multiphoton-microscopy of laser-induced optical breakdown in human skin” ASLMS, San Diego, CA, April 2017- oral presentation
Mihaela Balu, Griffin Lentsch, Joshua N. Williams, Inga Saknite, Karsten Koenig, Anand Ganesan, and Bruce J. Tromberg, “In vivo multiphoton microscopy imaging of pigmentary skin disorders,” Biophotonics Congress: Optics in the Life Sciences, San Diego, CA April 2017 – oral presentation
Mihaela Balu, Griffin Lentsch, Dorota Korta, Karsten Koenig, Kristen M. Kelly, Bruce J. Tromberg, Christopher B. Zachary “In vivo multiphoton-microscopy of laser-induced optical breakdown in human skin” SPIE Photonics West, San Francisco, CA, January 2017- oral presentation (invited)
2016
Mihaela Balu, Hideharu Mikami, Jue Hou, Eric O. Potma, Bruce J. Tromberg, “Large field of view multiphoton microscopy of human skin”, Photonics West, SPIE San Francisco, CA, February 2016- oral presentation (invited)
2015
Mihaela Balu, Kristen M. Kelly, Christopher B. Zachary, Ronald M. Harris, Tatiana B. Krasieva, Karsten König, Bruce J. Tromberg, “Optical Biopsy: Real Time Imaging of Human Skin Using Multiphoton Microscopy”, ROMOPTO, Bucharest, Romania, September 2015 – oral presentation
Mihaela Balu, Christopher Zachary, Ronald Harris, Tatiana B. Krasieva, Karsten Koenig, Bruce J. Tromberg, Kristen M. Kelly “Pilot study on in vivo multiphoton microscopy imaging of basal cell carcinoma”, ASLMS Annual Conference, Kissimmee, FL, April 2015- oral presentation
Mihaela Balu, Christopher Zachary, Ronald Harris, Tatiana B. Krasieva, Karsten Koenig, Bruce J. Tromberg, Kristen M. Kelly, “In vivo multiphoton microscopy imaging of basal cell carcinoma”, Photonics West, SPIE San Francisco, CA, February 2015- oral presentation (invited)
2014
Mihaela Balu, Rolf Saager, Viera Crosignani, Ata Sharif, Kristen M. Kelly, Anthony J. Durkin, Bruce J. Tromberg “Quantification of melanin in vivo at microscopic and mesoscopic spatial scales”, Lasers in Medicine & Biology Gordon Conference, Holderness, NH, July 2014- poster presentation
Mihaela Balu, Christopher Zachary, Ronald Harris, Tatiana B. Krasieva, Karsten Koenig, Anthony J. Durkin, Kristen M. Kelly, Bruce J. Tromberg “Optical markers that distinguish benign and melanocytic nevi in vivo: a multiphoton microscopy study”, ASLMS Annual Conference, Phoenix, AZ, April 2014- oral presentation
Mihaela Balu, Kristen M. Kelly, Christopher Zachary, Ronald Harris, Tatiana B. Krasieva, Karsten Koenig, Bruce J. Tromberg, “Origins of contrast in multiphoton microscopy imaging of melanoma”, Photonics West, SPIE San Francisco, CA, February 2014- oral presentation (invited)
2013
B.J. Tromberg, “Developing multiphoton microscopy for clinical skin imaging”, Telluride Workshop, August 2013- oral presentation
Mihaela Balu, Kristen M. Kelly, Christopher Zachary, Ronald Harris, Tatiana B. Krasieva, Martin Weinigel, Karsten Koenig, Bruce J. Tromberg, “In-vivo multiphoton microscopy: potential for non-invasive early diagnosis of pigmented lesions”, ASLMS Annual Conference, Boston, MA, April 2013- oral presentation
Mihaela Balu, Kristen M. Kelly, Christopher Zachary, Ronald Harris, Tatiana B. Krasieva, Karsten Koenig, Bruce J. Tromberg, “Clinical Studies of Pigmented Lesions in Human Skin by Using a Multiphoton Tomograph”, Photonics West, SPIE San Francisco, CA, February 2013- oral presentation (invited)
2012
Mihaela Balu, Kristen M. Kelly, Christopher Zachary, Ronald Harris, Tatiana B. Krasieva, Karsten Koenig, Bruce J. Tromberg, “Application of MPTflex multiphoton tomograph in monitoring of human skin cellular metabolism during hypoxia and in clinical studies on skin cancer imaging”, FLIM, Saarbrucken, Germany June 2012- oral presentation (invited)
2010
Mihaela Balu, Gangjun Liu, Zhongping Chen, Bruce J. Tromberg, Eric O. Potma, “Fiber delivered probe for efficient CARS imaging of tissues“ SPIE Photonics West, San Francisco, CA (January 2010) – poster presentation