Keynote Speaker:

• Dr. Zygmunt (Karol) Gryczynski (“Tex” Moncrief Jr. Chair & Professor of Physics, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, TCU & Director, Center for Commercialization of Fluorescence Technologies (CCFT) Dept. of Molecular Biology and Immunology, UNTHSC)

  In a career spanning nearly 25 years encompassing his early work with Dr. Joe Lakowicz as an Assistant Director in the Center for Fluorescence Spectroscopy at the University of Maryland to establishing the Center for Commercialization of Fluorescence Technologies (CCFT), Dr. Gryczynski has made significant contributions in nearly every branch of fluorescence spectroscopy. He will share his perspectives on the evolution of fluorescence spectroscopy, discuss some of his current research on the applications of FLIM and FRET, and look forward into the future of our field.

Invited Speakers:

• Dr. Isiah Warner (Louisiana State University) - Spectral Properties of Cyanine-based Fluorescent NanoGUMBOS

• Dr. David Birch (University of Strathclyde) – Applications of FLIM for Fibril Imaging

• Dr. Richard Ludescher (Rutgers University) – Molecular Probes of Food Quality

• Dr. Bruce Cohen (Lawrence Berkley Labs) – Photoluminescence of Nanomaterials and Nanoparticles

• Dr. Natalie Mladenov (University of Colorado) – Applications of fluorescence spectroscopy in natural environments: tracking the sources, transport, and reactivity of dissolved organic matter

Additional talks by HORIBA Scientific staff:

• Dr. Jim Mattheis – Fluorescence Lifetime Measurements

• Dr. Adam Gilmore – CDOM Measurements Using Fluorescence EEMs

• Dr. Lin Chandler – Micro Fluorescence Techniques for Biomedical Applications

• Dr. Karen Gall – Surface Plasmon Resonance Imaging