The 21st International Workshop on “Single Molecule Spectroscopy and Super-resolution Microscopy in the Life Sciences” will take place from September 2 to 4, 2015 in Berlin, Germany. The annual event, organized by PicoQuant, brings together users as well as developers from Physics, Chemistry, and Biology. It provides an interdisciplinary platform for experienced and young scientists to share their research and developments in ultrasensitive optical detection down to the single molecule level and below the classical diffraction limit.
Poster session
Eight distinguished researchers will present their recent findings in the field of ultrasensitive spectroscopy. Contributed oral presentations and a poster session complete the workshop program. A welcome reception and a dinner give participants the opportunity for further discussions with the invited speakers and the other attendees. Invited speakers are Hermann Gaub, Katharina Gaus, Taekjip Ha, Theo Lasser, Atsushi Miyawaki, Felix Ritort, Philip Tinnefeld, and Viola Vogel.
Abstracts can be submitted until June 7, 2015.
Registration is open until August 15, 2015.
Date: September 2-4, 2015
Location: WISTA Campus, Berlin-Adlershof, Germany
Contact: PicoQuant GmbH
Jana Bülter
www.picoquant.com/_workshop.htm
[email protected]
Further details
Invited speakers
- Hermann Gaub (LMU München, Germany)
“Force and Function: How do Molecules do it?”
- Katharina Gaus (UNSW, Sydney, Australia)
“Molecular insights into the regulation of T cell signalling”
- Taekjip Ha (University of Illinois, USA)
“Next generation fluorescence technologies for eavesdropping on single molecular conversations”
- Theo Lasser (EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland)
“3D Real Time SOFI”
- Atsushi Miyawaki (RIKEN, Japan)
- Felix Ritort (Universitat de Barcelona, Spain)
“Measuring binding affinities using force methods”
- Philip Tinnefeld (TU Braunschweig, Germany)
“Nanophotonic Promises for Single-Molecule Detection”
- Viola Vogel (ETH Zürich, Switzerland)
“Making the connection: cellular bonds and tethers under tensile forces.”
Excerpt of topics
- Single molecule detection techniques, such as confocal fluorescence microscopy, widefield fluorescence microscopy, Scanning Nearfield Optical Microscopy (SNOM), Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM), Raman scattering
- High-resolution microscopy techniques, such as Stimulated Emission Depletion (STED), Localization microscopy (PALM, STORM, dSTORM, GSDIM), Fluctuation microscopy (SOFI)
Other applications in current biological, biophysical and biochemical research projects
Call for papers
Abstracts can be submitted until June 7, 2015.
Registration
until June 7, 2015 early bird fee
until August 15, 2015 regular fee
About PicoQuant
PicoQuant GmbH is a research and development company in the field of optoelectronics. The company was founded in 1996 and is based in the science and technology park Berlin-Adlershof, Germany. The company is a worldwide leader in the field of single photon counting applications. The product line includes pulsed diode lasers and LEDs, photon counting instrumentation, fluorescence lifetime spectrometers and time-resolved confocal microscopes. PicoQuant employs currently around 50 people. Since April 2008 Sales and Support in North America is handled by PicoQuant Photonics North America Inc.