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XI School of Pure and Applied Biophysics
Advanced optical microscopy methods in biophysics
ISTITUTO VENETO DI SCIENZE LETTERE ED ARTI
Palazzo Franchetti
Venice,- Campo Santo Stefano
January 29 - February 2, 2007
Organised by:
IVSLA, ISTITUTO VENETO DI SCIENZE LETTERE ED ARTI
SIBPA, SOCIETĄ ITALIANA DI BIOFISICA PURA E APPLICATA
SCIENTIFIC COORDINATORS
GIOVANNI GIACOMETTI
Istituto Veneto di Scienze Lettere ed Arti
Universitą degli Studi di Padova
GIOVANNI FELICE AZZONE
Istituto Veneto di Scienze Lettere ed Arti
Universitą degli Studi di Padova
ALBERTO DIASPRO
Dipartimento di Fisica
Universitą degli Studi di Genova
CESARE USAI
Istituto di Biofisica
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche
Director of the School
GIORGIO M. GIACOMETTI
Istituto Veneto di Scienze Lettere ed Arti
Universitą di Padova
E-mail: gcometti@bio.unipd.it
SCHOOL OVERVIEW AND PROGRAM
Biophysics is a molecular science rapidly moving to the nanoscale. It seeks to explain biological function in terms of the molecular structures and properties of specific molecules. The size of these molecules varies dramatically, from small fatty acids and sugars (~1 nm = 10-9 m), to macromolecules like proteins (5-10 nm), starches (>1000 nm), and the enormously elongated DNA molecules. Much effort in biophysics is directed to determining the structure of specific biological molecules and of the larger structures into which they assemble. Some of this effort involves inventing new methods and building new instruments for monitoring these structures, and many of the exciting new developments in optical microscopy, in terms of imaging and manipulation, spectroscopy and visualization, are part of this effort. Starting from these considerations we planned to focus on Advanced Optical Microscopy Methods in Biophysics the theme of the XI School of Pure and Applied Biophysics, to be held in Venice, from January 29 to February 2 - 2007, Palazzo Franchetti, the prestigious premises of the Istituto Veneto di Scienze Lettere e Arti (IVSLA).
Lecturers:
WOLFGANG BECKER, Becker-Hickl, Germany
PAOLO BIANCHINI, Universitą di Genova,
Dipartimento di Fisica, Italia
RANIERI BIZZARRI, NEST-INFM,
Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa, Italia
ROLF TH. BORLINGHAUS, Leica Microsystems CMS,
Mannheim, Germany
FRED BRAKENHOFF, University of Amsterdam,
Swammerdam Institute for LIfe Sciences, Nederland
CARLOS BUSTAMANTE, UC Berkeley, Department
of Molecular and Cellular Biology, CA, USA
VALENTINA CAORSI, Universitą di Genova,
Dipartimento di Fisica, Italia
GIORGIO CARMIGNOTO, Universitą di Padova,
Dičartimento di Scienze Biomediche, Padova, Italia
GIUSEPPE CHIRICO, Universitą di Milano-Bicocca,
Dipartimento di Fisica, Italia
MARIO FARETTA, IFOM-IEO Campus
for Oncogenomics, European Institute
of Oncology, Milano, Italia
STEFAN W. HELL, Max-Planck-Institute
for Biophysical Chemistry, Dept.
NanoBiophotonics, Goettingen, Germany
LUCIE KUBINOVA, Institute of Physiology,
Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic,
Department of Biomathematics, Prague, Czech Republic
MANUEL MARTINEZ CORRAL, University of Valencia,
Department of Optics, Spain
DAVIDE MAZZA, Universitą di Genova,
Dipartimento di Fisica, Italia
VALENTINA MUSSI, NANOMED,
Universitą di Genova, Italia
ERWIN NEHER, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical
Chemistry, Goettingen, Germany
