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Program - Current Speakers for FluoroFest 2014 - Raleigh/Durham, NC

Plenary Speaker:

  • Barry Lentz
    UNC School of Medicine

Invited Speakers:

  • Prof. David Birch
    Department of Physics, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK
    Title: Melanin Fluorescence and Structure

  • John Papanikolos
    UNC Chemistry
    Title: Ultrafast spectroscopy of complex systems

  • Adam Hall
    Wake Forest
    Title: Solid-state nanopores and nanopore arrays optimized for optical detection

  • Marcus Jones
    UNCC Chemistry
    Title : Photo-induced excitation dynamics in colloidal semiconductor nanocrystals

  • Brian Cummins
    UNC & NC State Biomedical Engineering
    Title: A point-of-surgery diagnostic for parathyroid hormone utilizing the fluorescent microarray

  • Keith Weninger
    NC State Physics
    Title: Macromolecular Complexes via Single Molecule FRET

  • Benjamin Stanford
    Director of Applied Research. Hazen & Sawyer
    Title: Applications of 3-D Fluorescence in Water Treatment: From Spill Detection to Climate Change

  • Rick Ludescher
    Rutgers Food Science
    Title: Phosphorescent Probes of Molecular Mobility in Amorphous Biomaterials

The FluoroFest 2014 Program is available for download here.

Provisional Schedule

Day 1 - Thursday November 6th

Day 2 - Friday November 7th
  • [8:00 - 9:00] Sign In & Confirm Registration, Poster Set Up, Coffee & Cookies
  • [9:00 - 9:15] Welcome to Carolina Biophysics Symposium/FluoroFest 2014 - Barry Lentz, Ishai Nir
  • [9:15 - 9:30] Introduction of Barry Lentz (Plenary Speaker) by Ishai Nir
  • [9:30 - 11:15] Plenary Talk: Barry Lentz: Reflections of an Old Timer
  • [11:15 - 11:45] Coffee Break
  • [11:45 - 12:00] Group Photo
  • [12:00 - 1:00] Lunch
  • Session I: Trapping photons and what to do with them
  • [1:00 - 1:15] John Papanikolos, Professor of Chemistry, UNC-CH: "Solar Energy: Strategies for Using Harvested Photons"
  • [1:15 - 1:45] John Papanikolos "Electron Dynamics in Photon Harvesting Proteins"
  • [1:45 - 2:15] Andrew Moran, Associate Professor of Chemistry, UNC-CH "Development of Multidimensional Resonance Raman Spectroscopy for Studies of Photochemical Dynamics"
  • [2:15- 2:45] Eric Grumstrup, Assistant Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry Montana State University: "Ultrafast Imaging: Correlating Structure and Function in Silicon Nanostructures"
  • [2:45 - 4:00] Fluorescence application workshop 1 (Hands on session with instruments) and Posters
  • [4:00 - 4:30] Coffee & Cookies Break
  • [4:30 - 5:00] Marcus Jones, Assistant Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry UNC Charlotte: "Photon-harvesting nanocrystals, mechanism of action and design"
  • [5:30 - 6:30] Round Table
  • [6:45] Group Dinner
    The Pit in Durham; 321 W. Geer Street, 919-282-3748
  • [8:30 - 9:00] Coffee & Cookies
  • Session II: Cells and How they Work Together
  • [9:00 - 9:30] David Birch, Professor of Physics University of Strathclyde: "Melanin Fluorescence and Structure"
  • [9:30 - 10:00] Brian Cummins, Post-doctoral Research Scholar NCSU/UNC-CH Biomedical Engineering Department "A point-of-surgery diagnostic for parathyroid hormone utilizing the fluorescent microarray"
  • [10:00 - 10:45] Kerry Bloom, Thad L. Beyle Distinguished Professor of Biology UNC-CH: "The organization and distribution of chromosomes when cells divide"
  • [10:45 - 11:15] Coffee Break
  • [11:15 - 12:00] Klaus Hahn, Thurman Professor of Pharmacology UNC-CH: "Cell conversations and how we listen to them"
  • [12:00 - 1:00] Lunch
  • [1:00 - 2:15] Fluorescence application workshop 2 (Hands on session with instruments) and Posters
  • Session III: Novel Applications of Luminescence
  • [2:15 - 2:45] Keith Weninger, Professor of Physics NCSU: "Macromolecular Complex Structure Revealed via Single Molecule FRET"
  • [2:45 - 3:15] Benjamin Stanford, Director of Applied Research, Hazen and Sawyer, P.C. : "Fluorescence in modern Water Analysis"
  • [3:15 - 3:45] Rick Ludescher, Professor of Food Science and Dean of Academic Programs School of Environmental and Biological Science: "Florescence in Modern Food Analysis"
  • [3:45 - 4:15] Adam Hall Wake Forest University: "DNA Sequencing using Nanopores?"
  • [4:15-4:45] Philip Yip, Graduate Student University of Strathclyde: "dSTORM Super-Resolution Microscopy of 25 atom gold clusters"
  • [4:45-5:15] Olga Shenderova, Adámas Nanotechnologies, Inc: "Fluorescent Nanodiamonds: Versatile Bioimaging Agents"
  • [5:15 - 5:30] Closing, Barry Lentz and Ishai Nir