Courses
- “Optical tweezers - nano-and micromanipulation using linear and angular momentum of light”
Dra. Halina Rubinsztein-Dunlop
Lectures:
1. Highly focused laser beams and micromanipulation-basic principles
2. Characterisation and quantitative calculations of trapping fields
3. Transfer of angular momentum of light and optical torque calculations
4.Optically driven micromachines and applications
- “Forces and torques at the microscale”
Lectures:
1. Optical tweezers and optical forces.
2. Photonic force microscopy
3. Total internal reflection microscopy
4. Influence of diffusion gradients on force measurements
5. Torque measurement
6. Plasmonic optical manipulation
7. Thermal fluctuations out-of-equilibrium and in biological systems
- “Defocusing microscopy”
Dr. Ubirajara Agero Batista
Lectures:
1. Fundamentals of Optical Tweezers and application to the study of single-molecule DNA/drug interaction.
2. Theory of Defocusing Microscopy.
3. Use of Defocusing Microscopy for 3D reconstruction of red blood cells and measurements of biomechanical properties of living cells.
- “Biophotonics in the diagnostic and treatment of cancer and infections: from experiments to real clinical applications”
Dr. Vanderlei Bagnato
Lectures:
1. Principles and general ideas on light tissue interactions.
2. Experimental basis on the photodiagnostic and treatment of cancer using light mediated reactions.
3. Clinical applications and results.