FluoroFest Glasgow 2017 Outline Programme
Monday 24th April
| 10:00 - 10:45 | Registration & coffee |
| 10:45 - 11:00 | Welcome & Introduction |
Fluorescence Basics, Techniques and Instrumentation |
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| 11:00 - 11:45 | Plenary Lecture: Otto Wolfbeis, University of Regensburg
Fluorescent sensing and imaging of oxygen: from fiber optics to planar sensors and nanosensors |
| 11:45 - 12:25 | David Birch, University of Strathclyde
A lifetime in fluorescence: its measurement and application |
| 12:25 - 13:00 | Sebastian van de Linde, University of Strathclyde
Fluorescence microscopy: basics to beyond the diffraction limit |
| 13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch & poster session |
| 14:00 - 14:30 | Klaus Suhling, Kings College London
Wide-field TCSPC fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy |
| 14:30 - 14:50 | Robert Henderson, University of Edinburgh
CMOS SPAD cameras: counting and timing every photon in every pixel |
| 14:50 - 15:05 | Tara Sabir, Leeds Beckett University
High resolution multi-parameter spFRET determination of 3D structure of the RNA stem loop SL(A) of Dengue Virus |
| 15:05 - 15:20 | Sharon D’Souza, Institute of Physics Publishing
The secret art of publishing in scientific research journals |
| 15:20 - 15:30 | Graham Hungerford, HORIBA Jobin Yvon IBH
Introduction to the instrument range for the hands-on sessions |
| 15:30 - 17:30 | Instrument time with coffee & poster session |
| 17:30 - 19:00 | FluoroFest Mixer at the Village Hotel Club |
Tuesday 25th April
Fluorescence in Life Sciences and Medicine |
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| 09:00 - 09:45 | Plenary Lecture: Yves Mély, University of Strasbourg
Faithful monitoring of local conformational changes in nucleic acids using advanced fluorescent nucleoside surrogates |
| 09:45 - 10:05 | Ton Visser, University of Wageningen
Maximum entropy analysis of EGFP fluorescence anisotropy decay |
| 10:05 - 10:25 | Changlin Tian, University of Science and Technology of China Hefei
Integrated system of fluorescent lifetime image microscopy and patch-clamp for the in vivo dynamic analysis of ion channels in a single cell |
| 10:25 - 10:45 | Jérémie Léonard, University of Strasbourg
Towards sensitive, high-throughput, fluorescence lifetime-based biomolecular assays |
| 10:45 - 11:15 | Coffee break & poster session |
| 11:15 - 11:35 | Thomas Just Sørensen, University of Copenhagen
A single optical sensor for pH (and DO) |
| 11:35 - 13:00 | Research student 5 minute Flash presentations |
| 13:00 - 14:15 | Lunch & poster session |
| 14:15 - 15:00 | Plenary Lecture: Karol Gryczynski, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth
Developing Probes and Technologies for Ultrasensitive Biomedical Assays and Imaging of Cellular Microenvironments |
| 15:00 - 17:00 | Instrument time with coffee & poster session |
| 18:30 - 22:30 | FluoroFest Feast at Ross Priory on the banks of Loch Lomond |
Wednesday 26th April
Fluorescence in Nanotechnology & Materials |
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| 09:00 - 09:45 | Plenary Lecture: Joseph Lakowicz, University of Maryland
Controlling fluorescence by near-field interactions with nanostructures: opportunities for research and biomedical applications |
| 09:45 - 10:05 | Christian Coelho, Université de Bourgogne/AgroSupDijon
Chemical significance of fluorescent PARAFAC components applied to white winemaking oenological practices |
| 10:05 - 10:25 | Bo Laursen, University of Copenhagen
Triangulenium dyes with long fluorescence lifetime |
| 10:25 - 10:40 | Tariq Sajjad, University of St Andrews
Fluorescence for the study of solar cells |
| 10:40 - 11:10 | Coffee break & poster session |
| 11:10 - 11:55 | Plenary Lecture: Martin Nikl, Institute of Physics, Prague
Research and development of scintillation materials |
| 11:55 - 12:15 | Mario Berberan-Santos. University of Lisbon
Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence (TADF) in photoluminescence and in electroluminescence |
| 12:15 - 12:45 | Andrew Beeby, University of Durham
Tuning the Properties of Cyclometalated Iridium Complexes |
| 12.45 - 13:10 | Open forum: Future requirements & new opportunities for fluorescence & Closing Remarks |
| 13:10 - 14:00 | Lunch & poster session |
| 14:00 - | Additional Instrument time as required |