Photonics and Microfluidics for Life Sciences Workshop

Sep16Wed

Photonics and Microfluidics for Life Sciences Workshop

Wed, 16/09/2015 - 09:55 to 14:00
Speaker: 
Various
Affiliation: 
Heriot-Watt University
Synopsis: 

0955-1000
Welcome
Dr Lynn Paterson
Institute of Biological Chemistry, Biophysics and Bioengineering, Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh, UK

Session 1 CHAIR Dr Manoj Varma (tbc)

1000-1030
Optical Imaging Techniques: From the Bench to the Bedside
Dr Parama Pal
Robert Bosch Centre for Cyber Physical Systems, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India

1030-1045
Optical manipulation of single cells in a three dimensional microfluidic chip
Ms Anusha Keloth
Institute of Biological Chemistry, Biophysics and Bioengineering, Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh, UK

10.45-1100
Microfluidics towards high throughput cell separation
Dr Melanie Jimenez
Institute of Biological Chemistry, Biophysics and Bioengineering, Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh, UK

1100-1115 Coffee

Session 2 CHAIR Dr Parama Pal (tbc)

1115-1145
Optical Sensing: From Molecules to Organisms
Dr Manoj Varma
Center for Nano Science and Engineering (CeNSE), Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India

1145-1200
Imaging beyond the diffraction limit
Dr Amy Davies
Institute of Biological Chemistry, Biophysics and Bioengineering, Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh, UK

1200-1230
Intratumoral thermal reading during photothermal therapy by multifunctional fluorescent nanoparticles
Dr Patri Haro
Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain

1230-1235
Closing
Prof Ajoy Kar
Institute of Photonics and Quantum Sciences, Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh, UK.

1235-1400
Lunch

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