Conference program
Sunday, 11 september 2011
| 14:00 - 18:00 |
Registration and exhibition build-up | Forum |
| 17:00 | Opening ceremony | Schuman room |
| 17:15 | Opening Keynote Lecture | Schuman Room |
| Otto WOLFBEIS (Germany)
Fluorescence spectroscopy: people, progress, perspectives |
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| 18:15 | Welcome cocktail | Galerie de marbre |
Monday, 12 september 2011
| 09:00 | SESSION 1 - High Resolution Microscopy Chairman: T.smith |
Schuman room |
| Maxime DAHAN (France) Exploring the dynamic properties of molecular assemblies in live cells with single molecule and nanoparticle imaging | ||
| 09:30 | Christian EGGELING (Germany) Observing nanoscale dynamics with far-field fluorescence STED microscopy |
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| 10:00 | Alberto DIASPRO (Italy) Augmented two-photon excitation(2PE) microscopy |
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| 10:30 | Coffee Break | Forum |
| 11:00 | SESSION 2 - Nanomaterials & Quantum dots Chairman: M. Berberan-Santos |
Schuman room |
| Koji SUZUKI (Japan) Needs-oriented fluorescent and chemiluminescent probes | ||
| 11:30 | Gregory SCHOLES (Canada)
Semiconductor nanocrystal photophysics: from quantum coherence on the femtosecond timescale to photoluminescence up to microseconds |
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| 12:00 | Andrew SMITH (USA) Next-generation quantum dots for molecular and cellular imaging |
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| 12:30 | Poster session 1 (red) - Lunch & Coffee | Forum |
| 14:00 | AGILENT Presentation | Tivoli Room | ||
| 14:30 | SESSION 1 High Resolution Microscopy Chairman: C. Eggeling |
Schuman Room | SESSION 2 Nanomaterials & quantum dots Chairman: A. Demchenko |
Tivoli Room |
| Cristina FLORS (UK) High density labelling of DNA with photoswitchable dyes: implications in super-resolution microscopy |
Marcus WILHELMSSON (Sweden)
The first nucleic acid base analogue FRET-pair - A versatile tool for detailed biochemical and nanotechnological structure information |
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| 15:00 | Martin BASTMEYER (ZEISS) (Germany)
Super-resolution microscopy: a direct comparison of SIM,dSTORM and CLSMn |
Hedi MATTOUSSI (USA)
Polyethylene glycol-based multidentate oligomers for enhancing the biocompatiblity of semiconductor, gold and magnetic nanocrystals |
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| 15:20 | Sofia JOHANSONN (Sweden)
A modified FCCS procedure applied to Ly49A–MHC class I cis-interaction studies in cell membranes |
Enrico RAMPAZZO (Italy)
Fluorescent avidinated silica-core/PEG-shell nanoparticles: brightness for labeling and imaging |
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| 15:40 | Coffee Break | Forum | ||
| 16:20 | Robert K. NEELY (Belgium)
DNA fluorocode: a single molecule, optical map of DNA with nanometer resolution |
Schuman Room | Albert M. BROUWER (Netherlands)
Fluorescence microspectroscopy: direct observation of polymer dynamics |
Tivoli Room |
| 16:40 | Suliana MANLEY (Switzerland)
Super-resolution imaging and more with photoactivatable fluorescence |
Hiroshi YAO (Japan)
Organic dye nanoparticles with intense fluorescence caused by a combined effect of intermolecular H-aggregation and restricted intramolecular rotation | ||
| 17:00 | Trevor A. SMITH (Australia)
Applications of sub-diffraction fluorescence imaging in biological, botanical and materials sciences |
Alfred MEIXNER (Germany)
Probing the radiative transition and determining the fluorescence quantum yield of a single molecule with a tunable microresonator |
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| 17:20 | Session of the steering committee | |||
| 18:30 | Boat trip around Strasbourg | |||
Tuesday, 13 september 2011
| 09:00 |
SESSION 3 — Fluorescence microscopy & cell imaging Chairman: G. Krishnamoorthy |
Schuman room | ||
| Fred WOUTERS (Germany)
Imaging neurodegenerative events in cells using FRET/FLIM |
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| 09:30 | Maïté COPPEY-MOISAN (France)
Spatio-temporal fluctuations of supranucleosomal state regulating accessibility of bromodomain to acetylated H4 in living cells by high-resolution FLIM |
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| 10:00 | Karsten KÕNIG (Germany)
High resolution imaging and nano-processing with femtosecond lasers |
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| 10:30 | Coffee Break | Forum | ||
| 11:00 | SESSION 4 — Fluorescence spectroscopy & fluorescence sensing
Chairman: D. Birch |
Schuman room | ||
| Gianna FAVARO (Italy)
Luminescence techniques: a powerful non-invasive diagnostic tool for artwork materials |
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| 11:30 | Eric V. ANSLYN (USA)
Triggered reactions for producing optical responses |
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| 12:00 | Klaus HAHN (USA)
Peeking and poking at rapid GTPase signaling in living cells |
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| 12:30 | Poster session 2 (blue) - Lunch & Coffee | Forum | ||
| 14:00 | OLYMPUS Presentation | Schuman Room | ||
| 14:30 | SESSION 3
Fluorescence microscopy & cell imaging Chairman: C. Eggeling |
Schuman Room | SESSION 4
Fluorescence spectroscopy & fluorescence sensing Chairman: E. Anslyn |
Tivoli Room |
| Emmanuel BEAUREPAIRE (France)
Nonlinear microscopy of tissues and embryonic morphogenesis |
Simon AMEER-BEG (UK)
Fluorescence lifetime and anisotropy imaging for HCS of protein-protein interactions |
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| 15:00 | Gerhard HOLST (PCO)
FLI-Cam – a frequency-domain fluorescence lifetime imaging system based on a new directly modulatable CMOS image sensor |
Florian FECKER(QIAGEN)
A miniaturized, highly sensitive fluorescence detector and its routine application in point-of-need instrumentation |
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| 15:20 | Anca MARGINEANU (UK)
Multiplexed time lapse imaging using homoFRET and time-resolved polarisation fluorescence microscopy |
Yitzhak TOR (USA)
New fluorescent nucleosides for exploring nucleic acid damage and recognition |
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| 15:40 | Coffee Break | Forum | ||
| 16:20 | Anita JONES (UK)
Optically trapped microsensors for microfluidic temperature measurement by fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy |
Schuman Room | Kazuhiko NAKATANI (Japan)
Ligand inducible fluorescence: tools for ligand discovery and PCR monitoring |
Tivoli Room |
| 16:40 | Alla KRESS (France)
Studies on lipid order in cell membranes using fluorescence polarimetric microscopy |
Seung Bum PARK (Korea)
Discovery and biological application of full-color tunable and predictable fluorescent core skeleton (Seoul-Fluor) and fluorescent glucose bioprobes (GBs) |
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| 17:00 | Domenik LISSE (Germany)
Specific targeting of nanoparticles to proteins for visualization of single protein dynamics inside living cells |
Joseph FALKE (USA)
Fluorescence studies of membrane bound signaling proteins : One sample FRET and single molecule diffusion |
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| 17:20 | EVENING BREAK | |||
| 19:00 | Concert in the Cathedral Notre-Dame | |||
| 20:00 | Gala Dinner in the restaurant "Kammerzell" | |||
Wednesday, 14 september 2011
| 09:00 |
SESSION 5 — Single molecule & fluorescence correlation spectroscopy Chairman: D. Marguet |
Schuman room | ||
| Thomas SCHMIDT (Netherlands)
Imaging cellular signaling on molecule at a time |
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| 09:30 | David MILLAR (USA)
Assembly of ribonucleoproteins required for HIV-1 trafficking: one molecule at a time |
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| 10:00 | Robert CLEGG (USA)
Chasing fluorescence lifetimes in complex biological systems. What can Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging Microscopy (FLIM) tell us? |
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| 10:30 | Coffee Break | Forum | ||
| 11:00 | SESSION 6 — Fluorescent probes, labels & proteins
Chairman: A. de Silva |
Schuman room | ||
| Dmitry CHUDAKOV (Russia)
Fluorescent proteins and tools: Moscow news |
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| 11:30 | Raymond ZIESSEL (France)
Water-solubilisation and bio-conjugation of novel red emitting BODIPY markers |
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| 12:00 | Mireille BLANCHARD-DESCE (France)
Molecular nanoprobes for multiphotonics as new tools for bioimaging. Design and applications |
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| 12:30 | Poster session 3 (green) - Lunch & Coffee | Forum | ||
| 14:00 | BECKER & HICKL Presentation | Schuman Room | ||
| 14:30 | SESSION 5
Single molecule & FCS Chairman: R. Clegg |
Schuman Room | SESSION 6
Fluorescent probes, labels & proteins Chairman: U. Resch-Genger |
Tivoli Room |
| Claus SEIDEL (Germany)
Conformational dynamics and biomolecular structure studied by super-resolution FRET |
Amilra P. de SILVA (UK)
2011: a small space odyssey with luminescent molecules |
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| 15:00 | Ahmed HEIKAL (USA)
Multiscale dynamics of single molecules in biomimetic crowding |
Dan HUPPERT (Israel)
Excited-state intermolecular proton transfer of the firefly’s chromophore d-luciferin |
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| 15:20 | Stefan WENNMALM (Sweden)
Inverse-Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy: label-free analysis of the absolute volume of biomolecules in solution |
Olaf ROLINSKI (UK)
Detecting early stages of neurodegenerative disease by intrinsic fluorescence – beta-amyloid aggregation in Alzheimer’s disease |
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| 15:40 | Coffee Break | Forum | ||
| 16:20 | Didier MARGUET (France)
Spot variable Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy reveals fast scouting of K-Ras at the plasma membrane of living cells |
Schuman Room | Fabienne MEROLA (France)
Physical chemistry and photophysics of the cyan fluorescent protein |
Tivoli Room |
| 16:40 | Syoji ITO (Japan)
Mechanical interaction between photons and macromolecules/nanoparticles as evaluated by FCS |
Andrey KLYMCHENKO
(France)
Fluorescent probes for monitoring lipid order selectively at one bilayerleaflet | ||
| 17:00 | Closing ceremony - Announcement of MAF13 | Schuman Room | ||
Poster presentations
Dimensions: 90 cm wide x 130 cm high (3 ft x 3.7 ft).
Poster exhibition will be permanent from Sunday 11th to Wednesday 14th. Each poster will be assigned to a designated two hours presentation session (red session on Monday; blue session on Tuesday, green session on Wednesday) during which authors would be requested to be present near their respective poster.
Posters should be removed Wednesday afternoon, no later than 17:00.
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