Aims and Purposes	Invited Speakers	Time Schedule	Course Fees
Location Plan	Registration	Accomodation	Previous Workshops
Hands-on Experiments	Information and Correspondence

Aims and Purpose

The workshop is a two-day event which focusses on latest developments in single molecule spectroscopy and fluorescence lifetime imaging. The topics covered during this workshop include basic single molecule detection techniques, fluorescence microscopy, Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging (FLIM), Förster Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET) and Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy (FCS). The workshop includes lectures as well as hands-on experiments, which will be held in the Biophotonics Center. As the space is limited, please register as soon as possible.

This workshop is intended for researchers interested in learning about new optical microscopy techniques / methods and single molecule spectroscopy. It is intended for all levels of expertise, including graduate students, technicians and professional researchers. Basic knowledge about light microscopy is beneficial, but not necessary to attend this workshop.

The aim of this workshop is to stimulate discussion in this field and give an introduction to single molecule detection (SMD) and Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging (FLIM).

Invited Speakers

• Zygmunt "Karol" Gryczynski (University of North Texas, Fort Worth, USA)
  
• Carl Hayden (Sandia National Laboratories, USA)
  
• Fernando D. Stefani (ICFO, Barcelona, Spain)
  
• Sebastian Wachsmann-Hogiu (UC Davis, Sacramento, USA)
  
• Andreas Schönle (MPI Göttingen, Germany)
  
• Tingjuan Gao (UC Davis, Sacramento, USA)
  
• Jörg Enderlein (University of Göttingen, Germany)
  
• Mike Heilemann (University of Bielefeld, Germany)
  
• Jim Schuck (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA)
  
• Ghopal Iyer (UCLA, USA)
  
• Mircea Cotlet (Brookhaven National Laborytory, USA)
  
• Thomas Huser (UC Davis, Sacramento, USA)
  
• Samantha Fore (PicoQuant Photonics North America, USA)
  
• Felix Koberling (PicoQuant GmbH, Germany)
  
• Uwe Ortmann (PicoQuant GmbH, Germany)
  

Time Schedule

The tentative time schedule will be made available as soon as possible.

Hands-on experiments (preliminary, subject to changes)

Hands-on experiments that will be offered include:

• MicroTime 200: time-resolved confocal microscope with single molecule sensitivity
• Olympus FluoView 300 (confocal Laser Scanning Microscope) upgraded with FLIM and FCS capabilities
• Combined CARS and multi-photon fluorescence lifetime microscopy system based on TCSPC

Registration

The registration for the 4th workshop is open. Please use our online-form to register.

Course fees

Binding registration and payment
	until November 30th 2008	after November 30th 2008
without hands-on	USD 100	USD 150
with hands-on	USD 150	USD 200

Location

The workshop will be held at the premises of the Center for Biophotonics at UC Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, California, USA. The building is located on the corner of Stockton Blvd and 2nd Avenue.

• Detailed map of the area
• Plan of UC Davis Medical Center with driving directions (pdf document, 675 kB)
• Link to the corresponding webpage of the Center for Biophotonics

Accomodation

Details will be available soon.

Previous Workshops

For further details about each year's event, please select the year from the list below.

2006

2007

2008

Information and Correspondence

Rainer Erdmann PicoQuant GmbH Rudower Chaussee 29 (IGZ) 12489 Berlin, Germany Phone: +49-30-6392-6560 Fax +49-30-6392-6561 e-mail: workshops-usapicoquant.com

Thomas Huser Department of Internal Medicine and NSF Center for Biophotonics University of California, Davis 2700 Stockton Blvd., Suite 1400 Sacramento, CA 95817 Phone: +1-(916) 734-1772 Fax: +1-(916) 452-2034 e-mail: thomas.husergmail.com web: http://cbst.ucdavis.edu