Thursday, May 27
08:15 Pick-up from hotel IBIS (please meet at front desk) public bus to IPHT at Campus Beutenberg
begin 10:00 am
D. Cialla (FSU Jena) Tip enhanced Raman spectroscopy as novel biosensing technology.
M. Natan (Oxonica) Encapsulated, SERS-Active Au Nanotags: New Biological Applications for Old Nanomaterials
K. Strelau (FSU Jena) Tip enhanced Raman spectroscopy as novel biosensing technology.
---- lunch ---
M. Jäger (Potsdam) Novel chip-based detection of the mechanical properties of cells
T. Hillebrandt (AJInnuscreen GmbH, Berlin) A short overview about technologies for isolation of nucleic acids a journey through time
---- poster session & coffee----
K. Dimitrov (Brisbane) Nano-barcoding of Single Molecules for Molecular Diagnostics
P. Schierack (Lausitz) Detection of antibodies and DNA by multiplex microbead arrays using the VideoScan platform technology
Gang Zheng (MaRS Toronto) Novel Lipid-based Nanophotonics for In Vivo Cancer Imaging
Poster session and coffee
19:00 Get-together at restaurant “Scala”(downtown, 28th floor of Interhop (Jen) Tower, 5 min walk from hotel, cf. downtown map)
Friday, May 28
08:15 Pick-up from hotel IBIS (please meet at front desk) public bus to IPHT at Campus Beutenberg
begin 9:00 am
DNA Superstructures
I. Willner (Jerusalem) Functional DNA Nanostructures
A. Woolley (Provo) DNA origami nanofabrication, localization and metallization
W. Shih (Harvard) Self-assembly of DNA into nanoscale three-dimensional shapes
"DNA-Based MicroNano Integration"
DNA Integration
P. Törmä (Helsinki) Strong coupling with surface plasmon polaritons, and DNA origami as a nanobreadboard
A. Chworos (UCSB) Atomic Force Microscopy for analysis of programmable DNA/RNA Nanostructures and other bioapplications
W. Sherman (BNL) Zwitterions and Flexible Linkers: Optimizing the Attachment of Gold Nanoparticles to Branched DNA Scaffolds
12:30 ---- lunch break / posters ----
DNA Conductivity
D. Porath (Jerusalem) Advances in our studies of the electrical properties of DNA
J. Toppari (Jyväskylä) Characterization of the Conductance Mechanisms of DNA Origami by AC Impedance Spectroscopy
J. Wirth (IPHT) Manipulation of DNA-molecules with ultrashort laser pulses by using of metal nanoparticles as laser light antennas.
15:00 ---- coffee break / posters ----
G4-DNA
A. Oliveira-Brett (Coimbra) Thrombine Binding Aptamer Quadruplex Formation: AFM and Voltammetric Characterization
D. Liu (Beijing)) Nanodevices and smart materials based on DNA i-motif structures
A. Kotlyar (Tel Aviv) Production and assembly Of DNA-Nanoparticle hybrids into nanostuctures
17:15 Orchid excursion: bus departure (IPHT) to orchids, afterwards the bus will go directly to the hotel
19:30 dinner at “Ratszeise” (downtown at market place)
Saturday, May 29
9:00
Devices
R. Rinaldi (Lecce) Optical transducer microdevices for quantitative analysis of real time PCR and genomic/proteomic applications
M. Heller (UCSD) Multilayer BioDerivatized Nanoparticle Composites by Electric Field Directed Self-Assembly
Hybrid DNA
A. Pike (Newcastle) Modification of DNA /polymer hybrid nanowires
G. Brancolini (Modena) Gap modulation in DNA-based assemblies by complexation with metal ions.
A. Omerzu (Ljubljana) Multilayer BioDerivatized Nanoparticle Composites by Electric Field Directed Self-Assembly
12:00 end of scientific program