International Conference on Laser Applications in Life Sciences 2010

The International Conference on Laser Applications in Life Sciences 2010 (LALS-2010) will be held in Oulu, Finland, on June 9-11, 2010. It is jointly organized by Optoelectronics and Measurement Techniques Laboratory of University of Oulu (Finland) and International Laser Center of M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University (Russia).

The LALS-2010 is intended to provide the frame for presentation the latest developments in research areas where lasers are used to investigate biologically relevant molecular and macroscopic systems and processes. Traditionally, main purpose of the LALS conferences is to bring together scientists from East and West working in the frontiers of laser physics, spectroscopy, biophysics and biochemistry, who share common interests in the given areas.

History of the LALS series goes back to 1986, when the first conference was organized in Prague, Czechoslovakia. The following conferences have been held in Pecs, Hungary (1988); Moscow, Russia (1990); Jyvaskyla, Finland (1992); Minsk, Belarus (1994); Jena, Germany (1996); Bratislava, Slovakia (1998); Tokyo, Japan (2000); Vilnius, Lithuania (2002); Moscow, Russia (2007); Taipei, Taiwan (2008).

We are please to announce plenary speakers and conference co-chairs.

Plenary speakers are:

Bruce Tromberg, “Diffuse optical imaging using spatially and temporally modulated light”

Laser Microbeam and Medical Program
Beckman Laser Institute and Medical Clinic
University of California, Irvine, USA

Lihong Wang, “Photoacoustic tomography: High-resolution in vivo imaging of optical contrast at new depths”

Gene K. Beare Distinguished Professor
Department of Biomedical Engineering and Department of Radiology
Washington University in St. Louis, USA

Jürgen Popp, “Raman microspectroscopy – a powerful tool for biomedical diagnosis”

Institut für Physikalische Chemie
Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
Jena, Germany

Conference sessions will be chaired by:

Nano-Biophotonics

Andrey Zvyagin, Macquarie University (Australia)
Ricardas Rotomskis, Vilnius University (Lithuania)

Laser-Tissue Interactions

Valery Tuchin, Saratov State University (Russia)
Stefan Andersson-Engels, Lund University (Sweden)

Laser Biomedical Diagnostics, Sensing and Therapy

Alexander Priezzhev, Moscow State University (Russia)
Janis Spigulis, University of Latvia (Latvia)

Single Cells and Molecules; Optical Trapping and Manipulation

Arthur Chiou, National Yang-Ming University (Taiwan)
Karl Otto Greulich, Leibnitz Institute for Age Research (Germany)

THz Waves in Biophotonics

Alexander Shkurinov, Moscow State University (Russia)
Xi-Cheng Zhang, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (USA)

Vibrational Spectroscopy of Biological Systems

Maxim Pshenichnikov, University of Groningen (The Netherlands)
Hiro-o Hamaguchi, University of Tokyo (Japan)

Molecular and Bio-Imaging

Alexander Savitsky, A.N. Bach Institute of Biochemistry of Russian Academy of Sciences (Russia)
Nikolaos Deliolanis, Institute for Biological and Medical Imaging (Germany)

Laser Microscopy

Jiri Homola, Institute of Photonics and Electronics (Czech Republic)
Pekka Hänninen, University of Turku (Finland)

Novel Optical Devices for Biomedicine

Victor Loshchenov, General Physics Institute RAS (Russia)
Timo Jääskeläinen, University of Joensuu (Finland)

Bioprinting

Ghassan Jabbour, Arizona State University (USA) and University of Oulu (Finland)

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The abstract submission deadline is February 15, 2010.
Please visit the Conference homepage for additional information:www.ee.oulu.fi/LALS-2010

Just before LALS-2010, a summer school “Infotech Oulu Workshop 2010 on Optoelectronics Devices and Instrumentation X” will be organized also in Oulu. Please visit the school homepage for more details:
http://www.ee.oulu.fi/LALS-2010/Summer_school/Summer_school.htm

Date

2010-06-09 - 2010-06-11

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