Fluorescence as a research and diagnostic tool

Jan14Wed

Fluorescence as a research and diagnostic tool

Wed, 14/01/2015 - 14:30 to 15:30

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Speaker: 
Dmitry Gakamsky
Affiliation: 
Heriot-Watt University
Synopsis: 

Steady-state and time-resolved fluorescence spectroscopy have become an invaluable tool for biology. Basic aspects of a fluorescence probe method and applications of tryptophan fluorescence to study protein structure and function are discussed on examples of antigen presentation by class I Major Histocompatibility Complex and non-invasive cataract diagnostics.

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