School Program

September 5^th

Arrival and registration

Location: Platform of Research in Systemic Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Biology, Splaiul Independentei, 91-95, Bucharest, Romania; Ground level, Conference room.

Contact person: Assoc prof. Beatrice Radu (beatrice.mihaela.radu@gmail.com); For emergency please dial: 00-40-726702902.

September 6^th

9.00-12.00 Module 1: Quantitative phase imaging (QPI) for biomedical investigations;

Location: University Politehnica of Bucharest, Bucharest (Splaiul Independenței 313, București 060042)

9:00 – 10:00 Principles of QPI methods and biomedical applications – Prof Gabriel Popescu

10:00 – 10:15 Coffee break

10:15 – 12:00 Hands-on session for QPI – Prof Gabriel Popescu, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering & Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology

Coordinators: Assoc. Prof. Mona Mihailescu, Prof Gabriel Popescu, Prof. Tudor Savopol

 

12.00-14.00 Lunch Break (Location: to be announced)

 

14.00- 17.00 Module 2: Confocal fluorescence imaging and high-content analysis in cell biology

Location: Institute of Biochemistry of the Romanian Academy (Splaiul Independenței 296, București 060031)

14:00-15:00 Basic introduction to confocal microscopy and high-content analysis in cell biology

Lector: to be announced

15:00 – 15:15 Coffee break

15:15-17:00 Hands-on session for confocal fluorescence imaging

Trainers:  to be announced

Coordinators: Dr Ioana Popa, Dr Simona Ghenea

 

19:00 Poster Session and Networking Dinner

Location: Platform of Research in Systemic Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Biology, Splaiul Independentei, 91-95, Bucharest, Romania; Ground level, Conference room.

 

September 7^th

9.00-12.00 Module 3 “Superresolution Microscopy”

Location: Victor Babes Institute (Splaiul Independenței 99-101, Bucharest 050096)

9:00 – 10:00 Basic introduction to confocal super resolution microscopy

Lector: Prof Giorgio Modesti (Leica)

10:00 – 10:15 Coffee break

10:15 – 12:00 Hands-on session for STED

Trainer: Assoc. Prof. Mihaela Gherghiceanu

Coordinators: Assoc. Prof. Mihaela Gherghiceanu

 

12.00-14.00 Lunch Break (Location:   to be announced)

 

14.00-17.00 Module 4 “Advanced Microscopy based on Optical Waveguides and electrified interfaces”

Location: International Center of Biodynamics (Intrarea Portocalelor 1B, București 060101)

14:00-15:00 Optical Waveguides (including Surface Plasmon resonance) for assessment of refractive index contrasts

Lector:   to be announced

15:00 – 15:15 Coffee break

15:15-17:00 Hands-on session for TIRF and SPR

Trainer:   to be announced

Coordinators: Dr Eugen Gheorghiu,  Dr Mihaela Gheorghiu