School Program
September 5th
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 6th
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 7th
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