Principles of Fluorescence Techniques

The Fluorescence Education Center, also referred to as the Fluorescence Foundation, will host two courses on the principles of fluorescence techniques to be held from:
June 29 – July 2, 2009 in Genova, Italy
and
September 14-17, 2009 in Madrid, Spain

The Principles of Fluorescence Techniques course will outline the basic concepts of fluorescence techniques and the successful utilization of the currently available commercial instrumentation. The course is designed for students who utilize fluorescence techniques and instrumentation and for researchers and industrial scientists who wish to deepen their knowledge of fluorescence applications. Key scientists in the field will deliver theoretical lectures. The lectures will be complemented by the direct utilization of steady state and lifetime fluorescence instrumentation and confocal microscopy for FLIM and FRET applications.

Topics addressed in this course include:

– Basic Definitions and Principles of Fluorescence
– Fluorescence Polarization
– Time-resolved Fluorescence
– Instrumentation
– Data Manipulation and Data Analysis
– Non-Linear Microscopy Including SHG
– GFP Fluorescence and Photoactivation
– Confocal and Multiphoton Fluorescence Microscopy
– FCS, Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy
– FLIM, Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging
– Single Molecule Imaging
– Image Processing and Deconvolution Approaches

www.fluorescence-foundation.org

Focus on Microscopy 2009

From Sunday April 5 to Wednesday April 8, 2009 the Focus on Microscopy (FOM) conference will take place in Krakow, Poland. It is the continuation of a yearly conference series presenting the latest innovations in optical microscopy and its application in biology, medicine and the material sciences. Key subjects are the theory and practice of 3D optical imaging, related 3D image processing, and reporting especially on developments in resolution and imaging modalities. The FOM conference also covers the rapidly advancing fluorescence labeling techniques for the confocal and multiphoton 3D imaging of live- biological-specimens. A technical exhibition will be a special feature of this year’s conference in Krakow.

Upcoming topics will cover:
– Confocal and multiphoton-excitation microscopy
– Novel illumination and detection strategies
– Fluorescence: new labels, fluorescent proteins, quantum dots, single molecule
– Time-resolved fluorescence: FRET, FRAP, FLIM, FCS
– Coherent non-linear microscopy: SHG, THG, SFG, CARS
– Raman, light scattering microscopy
– Multi-dimensional imaging
– Sub-wavelength resolution: near field microscopy, STED, PALM
– Laser manipulation, ablation and microdissection, photoactivation
– Optical tools in genomics, proteomics, phenomics, cytometry
– Magnetic resonance and X-ray microscopy
– Image processing and visualization
– Live cell and whole tissue imaging

The conference will take place at the Jagiellonian University Auditorium Maximum, ul. Krupnicza 35, in the center of Krakow.

Details for registration, abstract submission, deadlines, etc. will soon be available on:
www.focusonmicroscopy.org

Krakow, Poland (source: pixelio.de)