with kind support of
Center for Fluorescence Spectroscopy & Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
University of Maryland Medical School
Baltimore, Maryland 21201
Course Chairman: Rainer Erdmann, PicoQuant GmbH
Aims and Purpose
The course is intended for individuals wishing an in-depth introduction to the principles of fluorescence spectroscopy and its applications to the Life Sciences. Attendees are typically professionals who are using or intend to use fluorescence in their research. Most attendees have some knowledge of fluorescence, typically in a specialized area. However, other individuals, from totally different research areas and industry, get the opportunity to enter this exciting field in a very effective way and benefit especially from the experimental section.
Course instructors
Joseph R. Lakowicz,
Professor of Biochemistry and Director of the Center for Fluorescence Spectroscopy
Zygmunt "Karol" Gryczynski,
Professor at the Department of Molecular Biology and Immunology at the University of North Texas
Rainer Erdmann,
Managing Director of the R&D company PicoQuant GmbH and specialist in ultrasensitive fluorescence analysis
Matthias Patting,
Senior Scientist at PicoQuant GmbH and specialist in software design for time-correlated single photon counting instrumentation
Michael Wahl,
Senior Scientist at PicoQuant GmbH and specialist in instrumentation for time-correlated single photon counting
Guest lecturers
Manfred Auer, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research Vienna, Innovative Screening Technology, as well as lecturer for Biophysical Chemistry at the University of Salzburg, Austria. He specializes in the development of novel drug discovery technologies.
Jörg Enderlein, Professor at the University of Tübingen, Germany. He specializes in Single Molecule Detection, Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy (FCS) and complex data analysis.
Paul French, Head of the Photonics group at the Imperial College London, UK. He specializes on biomedical optics with particular emphasis on coherence-gated imaging through turbid media and fluorescence lifetime imaging applied to molecular biology, clinical imaging and drug discovery.
Johan Hofkens, Head of the single molecule and fluorescence microscopy group in the laboratory for photochemistry and spectroscopy, devision for molecular and nanomaterials, departement for chemistry, KULeuven, Belgium. He is specialized in application of time resolved fluorescence techniques and
single molecule spectroscopy in material science and biosciences.
Course organisation
The lectures on Monday and Tuesday will deal with basic principles of fluorescence spectroscopy, while from Wednesday to Friday more specialized topics will be covered:
Monday and Tuesday - Principles of Fluorescence Spectroscopy
These lectures deal with the basics of steady-state and time-resolved fluorescence spectroscopy and instrumentation. They cover time- and frequency-domain measurements, anisotropy, solvent effects, quenching and Förster Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET), as well as an introduction into data analysis.
Wednesday to Friday - Time-Resolved Fluorescence Spectroscopy: Principles, Instrumentation and Applications
These lectures emphasise time-resolved fluorescence along with advanced applications of fluorescence in biophysics, sensing, imaging, clinical chemistry, multi-photon excitation and ultrasensitive detection. Guest lectures will be given on various topics that can include e.g. fluorescence microscopy, multi-photon microscopy, correlation spectroscopy, single molecule detection and high throughput screening.
Apart from the lectures, hands-on experimentation (steady-state and time-resolved experiments as well as data analysis) is offered on various instruments provided by market leading companies.
Hands-on Experimentation
The following companies will offer hands-on experimentation
(in alphabetical order, subject to changes):
Olympus
FluoView FV1000
- a confocal laser scanning microscope, upgraded to lifetime capabilities using the
dedicated kit
from PicoQuant
PicoQuant
FluoTime 100
- a compact fluorescence lifetime spectrometer based on Time-Correlated Single Photon Counting
FluoTime 200
- a modular fluorescence lifetime spectrometer based on Time-Correlated Single Photon Counting
MicroTime 200
- a time-resolved confocal fluorescence microscope
OBB Corporation
EasyLife V- a turn-key, LED-based, portable fluorescence lifetime system
Varian
Cary Eclipse
- a steady-state fluorescence spectrophotometer
There are still a few places left. Please register as soon as possible, via our online-form.
Course fee
Binding registration and payment
before May 31
after May 31
Academic / University
800 €
950 €
Industry and Private Sector
1650 €
1900 €
Besides full course attendance, the fee includes all coffee breaks, 1 reception, 1 dinner, daily lunch, course materials and the use of instruments. Attendees will be responsible for their own travel, lodging and meals.
Financial support
As in the previous years, PicoQuant will grant a fee waiver to a few participants from the university / academic sector of economically less privileged countries. Accomodation, travel and personal expenses still need to be paid by the participants themselves. The selection of sponsored people is completely the sole decision of PicoQuant and there is no right or guarantee to receive a fee waiver.
Please note that the fee waivers have already been granted. Further applications can not be accepted.
Location
The course will take place on the WISTA campus in Berlin, Adlershof. More details will be announced soon.
Detailed information on how to get to Berlin, Adlershof can be found
here.
Accomodation
There are various hotels in the area but we strongly recommend the following, which is in walking distance and for which we have negotiated special rates.
Please contact the hotel via phone, fax or email to book a room.
The rooms are bookable at this rate until September 11, 2008. We can not guarantee any reservations to these prices or any reservation at all after this date.
The rooms are bookable at this rate until September 27, 2008. We can not guarantee any reservations to these prices or any reservation at all after this date.
Previous Courses
The European short course on
"Principles and Applications of Time-Resolved Fluorescence Spectroscopy"
is an annual event since 2003. For further details about each year's event, please select the year from the list below.
Aims and Purposes
