Workshops

LESTER WOLFE WORKSHOP IN LASER BIOMEDICINE

Spectroscopy on the Surface: Emerging Biomedical Applications

Surface-enhanced Raman and fluorescence spectroscopy are coming of age in biology and medicine. This workshop will examine progress, pitfalls, and prospects in this area.

Introduction and Physical Picture
Robert Silbey, MIT

Nanoscale Optical Biosensors
Richard VanDuyne, Northwestern University

Skin and Bones: Raman and Surface Raman Microscopy in Dermatology and Orthopedics
Michael D. Morris, University of Michigan

PANEL DISCUSSION: Probing Beneath the Surface
Panel members: Speakers plus Joseph Lakowicz, University of Maryland and
Katrin Kneipp, Technical University of Berlin
Moderator: Michael Feld, MIT

Tuesday, December 3, 2002 3:30-6:00 PM
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Room 34-401
77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge

Refreshments served at 3:00 PM

Sponsored by the George R. Harrison Spectroscopy Laboratory, MGH Wellman Laboratories, Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, and CIMIT (Center for the Integration of Medicine and Innovative Technology)