principles of fluorescence techniques

april 15-18, 2024 | urbana-champaign, il

(tentative agenda)

April 15, 2024
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM Registration & Introductions
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM Welcome to the Beckman Institute
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM Short History of Fluorescence
Dr. Beniamino Barbieri
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM Basic Fluorescence Principles I
Overview, Excitation and Emission Spectra,
Quantum Yields, Polarization

Prof. David M. Jameson
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM Coffee Break
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM Basic Fluorescence Principles II
Time-Resolved Fluorescence and Quenching

Prof. David M. Jameson
6:30 PM Networking Mixer
April 16, 2024
8:00 AM - 8:30 AM Breakfast
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM Basic Fluorescence Principles III
FRET: In vitro and In vivo Fluorescence Probes

Prof. David M. Jameson
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Coffee Break
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM Basic Instrumentation
Prof. David M. Jameson
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM FCS, Autocorrelation; PCH, Cross-correlation
Prof. Michelle Digman
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM Group Picture and Experiment Group Assignment
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM Laboratory Practicals
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM Coffee Break
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM Laboratory Practicals
April 17, 2024
8:00 AM - 8:30 AM Breakfast
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM RICS, N&B, Scanning FCS
Prof. Michelle Digman
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Coffee Break
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM FLIM, Spectral FLIM, Phasors
Prof. Michelle Digman
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Lunch
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM Laboratory Practicals
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Coffee Break
3:30 PM - 5:30 PM Laboratory Practicals
April 18, 2024
8:00 AM - 8:30 AM Breakfast
8:30 AM - 10:30 AM Group Discussion
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM Coffee Break
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Free Time
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Lunch
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Investigating the Voltage Sensor Conformations of Ion Channels using FLIM-FRET
Prof. Gucan 'Gabriel' Dai
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Exploiting Biological Autofluorescence
for Label-Free Multimodal Multiphoton Imaging

Prof. Stephen A. Boppart
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Closing Remarks/Award of Participation Diplomas