First International Workshop on Label-free Biosensing (LFB 2008)

April 8th and 9th, 2008

University of Twente, The Netherlands

Tuesday, April 8: Morning session

 

Time

Speaker

Affiliation

Title (Click title for webcast)

09.00-09.15

Albert van den Berg

University of Twente

Introduction to label-free biosensing

09.15-09.45

Wolfgang Knoll

Max Planck Institute of Polymer Research

Biosensing based on an SPR / QCM combination set-up

09.45-10.15

Rob Kooyman

University of Twente

Noble metal nanoparticles as biosensing elements

10.45-11.15

Naomi Halas

Rice University

Plasmonics: merging nanoparticles with light for biosensing

11.15-

11.45

Scott Manalis

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Suspended microchannel resonators for biomolecular detection

11.45-12.15

Arshak Poghossian

Research Center JŸlich

Label-free detection of charged macromolecules with field-effect devices: Possibilities and limitations

 

Tuesday, April 8: Afternoon session

 

Time

Speaker

Affiliation

Title Title (Click title for webcast)

14.00-14.30

Cyril Picard

University of Grenoble

When DNA strands wave at a fluid interface: what about a detection based on surface rheology?

14.30-15.00

Aurel Ymeti

University of Twente

Fast, ultrasensitive biosensor based on interferometry and lab-on-a-chip technology

15.00-15.30

Cees Otto

University of Twente

Spontaneous Raman spectroscopy: imaging the chemical state of cells

16.00-16.30

Olof Karlsson

GE Healthcare

Recent progress in Biacore methodology

16.30-17.00

John G Quinn

ICXT Nomadics

Designing biosensors for kinetic and affinity analysis

17.00-17.30

Peter Schuck

National Institutes of Health, USA

Bayesian analysis of the distribution of binding parameters of immobilized surface molecules

17.30-18.00

GŸnter Gauglitz

University of TŸbingen

Direct Optical Detection Methods in Bioanalytics

 

Wednesday, April 9: Morning session

 

Time

Speaker

Affiliation

Title Title (Click title for webcast)

09.00-09.30

Robert Corn

University of California, Irvine

Extreme biosensing using plasmons, nanoparticles and enzymes

09.30-10.00

Nico de Mol

Utrecht University

SPR kinetic and thermodynamic applications in drug development

10.00-10.30

Erk Gedig

XanTec bioanalytics

Advanced surface chemistry for direct optical biosensors

11.00-11.30

Thomas Neumann

Graffinity Pharmaceuticals

Label-free screening of fragment libraries by SPR imaging of chemical microarrays

11.30-12.00

David Myszka

University of Utah

The Good Shepherd

12.00-12.30

Richard Schasfoort

University of Twente

Future trends in SPR technology