Introduction to Fluorescence:

  9:30–10:00

Olaf Rolinski, “Fluorescence – the basics”

10:00–10:30

Graham Hungerford, “Fluorescence – the techniques”

10:30–11:00

Loic Camenen “Fluorescence – the instrumentation”

11:00–12:15

Coffee, instrument demonstrations and hands-on Session 1

Fluorescence in Sensing

13:30-14:15

John Pickup, “Glucose monitoring for diabetes using fluorescence-based sensors”

14:15–14:45

Alina Karabchevsky, “Metallic columnar nano-structured thin films for surface enhanced fluorescence and biosensing in water”

14:45-15:15

Coffee & posters

15:15–16:00

Linda Swanson “Stimuli responsive polymers as optical sensors”

16:00–18:00

Instrument demonstrations and hands-on Sessions 2 & 3 

Fluorescence Lifetime

9:00–9.45

Jim Mattheis, “Time and frequency domain lifetime measurements”

9:45–10:15

Tony Hallam, “Data analysis in fluorescence”

10:15–11:00

David Phillips, “Fluorescence lifetime imaging [FLIM]: Principles and Applications in Biology”

11:00-12:15

Coffee, instrument demonstrations and hands-on Session 4

Fluorescence in Nanotechnology

13:30-14:15

Adam Gilmore, “Luminescence the instrumental key to the future of nanotechnology”

14:15–15:00

Jeff Fagan, “Optical characterisation of single-wall nanotubes”

15:00-15:30

Coffee & posters

15:30–16:15

Isiah Warner,“Fluorescent frozen ionic liquid nanoparticles :a new breed of fluorescent nanomaterials”

16:15–17:30

Instrument demonstrations and hands-on Session 5

Fluorescence in Bioscience

9:00–9:45

Martin Hof, “The solvent relaxation technique: hydration and mobility in membranes and enzymes”

9:45–10:15

Xiao-Ping Li, “A two-step binding model proposed for the electrostatic interactions of ricin A chain with ribosomes: an interaction study by surface plasmon resonance”

10:15-10:45

Coffee & posters

10:45–11:30

Barry Lentz, “The role of platelet membranes in blood coagulation: phosphatidylserine as a second messenger”

11:30–12:15

Open discussion forum

Fluorescence Polarization

13:30-14:00

Ton Visser, “Quantitative FRET from fluorescence depolarization: a few protein examples”

14:00-14:30

Jacek Fisz, “Another look at fluorescence polarisation microscopy”

14:30-15:00

David Birch, “Nanoparticle metrology from fluorescence anisotropy decay”

15:00-15:30

Jan Karolin, “Nanopores and biosilica”

15.30-15.40

Close of FluoroFest