6th European short course on "Principles and Applications of Time-Resolved Fluorescence Spectroscopy"

The "Short Course on Principles and Applications of Time-resolved Fluorescence
Spectroscopy" is intended for individuals wishing an in-depth introduction to the principles
of fluorescence spectroscopy and its applications to the Life Sciences. The course is held
in cooperation with Dr. J.R. Lakowicz from the Center of Fluorescence Spectroscopy
(CFS) in Baltimore.
The course consits of lectures in the morning as well as instrumentation and software
hands-on training. The course is taught by Joseph R. Lakowicz as well as Rainer Erdmann
and the staff of PicoQuant, together with guest lectures who have extensive experience in
time-resolved fluorescence and its applications to the Life Sciences.
This years guest lecturers are: Manfred Auer, Jörg Enderlein, Paul French and Johan
Hofkens. Hands-on experimentation will be offered by Olympus, PTI, Varian and
PicoQuant.

The course covers the basics of steady state and time-resolved fluorescence spectroscopy
and instrumentation (time- and frequency-domain measurements, anisotropy, solvent
effects, quenching and Foerster energy transfer, data analysis) and emphasises in its
advanced part time-resolved fluorescence, together with advanced applications of
fluorescence in biophysics, sensing, imaging, clinical chemistry, multi-photon excitation
and ultrasensitive detection.
Registration deadline
is 31st July 2008. A special course fee is offered for registrations until 31st May 2008 (early
bird fee). Course enrolment is limited and early registration is recommended.