• METANANO School
      on Optical Biosensing

      15-19 August 2022
      online




General information

We cordially invite you to take part in the METANANO School on Optical Biosensing to be held online on 15-19 August 2022.
Optical biosensing is new fast growing interdisciplinary direction at the junction of nanophotonics, biochemistry, microfluidics, medicine. Due to the modern achievements in nanophotonics one can detect even single virus particles, sort the molecule of different chirality, or read DNA chains.

The world's best experts will give lectures grouped into a 5-day course on optical biosensing. The course will start from the fundamentals and will cover the latest achievements as well. The school is intended for students interested in broadening their knowledge and getting the skills necessary for conducting your own scientific research in this new exciting area.

All participants of the School will be offered to complete a written final test based on the school's lectures content. Students who will successfully pass the test (higher than 85% correct answers) will be awarded 3 ECTS.

The School is organized by the School of Physics and Engineering of ITMO University with financial support of Russian Science Foundation (grant № 21-72-30018).

Lecturers

Preliminary Program

Time in the program is GMT +3.



11:30am

11:30 - 11:45

Opening Ceremony

11:00am

11:00 - 12:30

Maria Soler

Topic: Developing label-free optical biosensors as ultimate solution for diagnostics and biomedicine Read abstract
11:00 - 12:30

Evgeniya Sheremet

Topic: Introduction to nano-Raman spectroscopy Read abstract
11:00 - 12:30

Frank Vollmer

Topic: Single-molecule sensing with optoplasmonic microcavities Read abstract
12:30 - 12:45

Break

11:45am

11:45 - 13:15

Mihail Petrov

Topic: Tutorial onplasmonic nanoresonators for light emission enhancement Read abstract

12:00pm

12:00 - 13:30

Q-Han Park

Topic: Introduction to Chiral sensing Read abstract

12:45pm

12:45 - 14:15

Andreas Tittl

Topic: Fundamentals of molecular spectroscopy Read abstract
12:45 - 14:15

Nikolai Khlebtsov

Topic: Plasmonic SERS tags: fabrication, optical properties, and applications to biosensing, bioimaging, and theranostics Read abstract
12:45 - 14:15

Pavel Melentiev

Topic: Quantum nano-plasmonics for biosensing and bioimaging on the level of single molecules and virions Read abstract

14:15pm

14:15 - 15:15

Lunch Break

14:15

End of the 4th day

13:15pm

13:15 - 13:30

Break

13:30pm

13:30 - 15:00

Sang-Hyun Oh

Topic: Promises and challenges of nanoplasmonic biosensors Read abstract
13:30 - 13:45

Break

15:00pm

15:00 - 16:00

Lunch Break

16:00pm

16:00 - 17:30

Timofey Pylaev

Topic: Plasmonic nanoparticle layers based optoporation system towards precise and controllable intracellular delivery of biomolecules Read abstract
17:30

End of the 1st day

15:15pm

15:15 - 16:45

Hatice Altug

Topic: Mid-Infrared Metasurfaces for Biosensing and Imaging Read abstract
15:15 - 16:45

Jian-An Huang

Topic: Plasmonic hot spot engineering for reliable SERS biosensors: from reproducible detection, quantitative analysis to single-molecule sequencing Read abstract
15:15 - 16:30

Lunch Break

16:45pm

16:45 - 17:00

Break

16:45

End of the 3rd day

17:00pm

17:00 - 18:30

Fritz Keilmann

Topic: Superresolution nanoscopy using mid-infrared light Read abstract

13:45pm

13:45 - 15:15

Thomas Weiss

Topic: Theory of chiral light-matter interaction Read abstract

16:30pm

16:30 - 18:00

Alexander Govorov

Topic: Plasmonic Metastructures and DNA-Assemblies for Optics and Photochemistry: the Origin of Chirality, the 2D World, and Hot Electrons Read abstract

18:00pm

18:00 - 18:30

Break

18:30pm

18:30 - 20:00

Jennifer Dionne

Topic: Emerging nanophotonic platforms for infectious disease diagnostics: Re-imagining the conventional microbiology toolkit Read abstract
18:30

End of the 2nd day

20:00pm

20:00 - 20:30

Closing Ceremony

Topics

Monday

Plasmonics study the interaction of electromagnetic waves with metallic nanostructures capable to enhance the incident field in several orders due to so-called "plasmonic resonances". These resonances are very sensitive to the environment and, thus, can be used for the detection of biomolecules.

  • #Plasmonics
  • #Surface plasmon resonance; #SPR
  • #Localized surface plasmon resonance; #LSPR
  • #Plasmonic nanoparticles;
  • #Surface plasmon polariton; #SPP
Tuesday

All biomolecules including amino acids, enzymes, proteins, etc have multiple chemical bonds which have their own mechanical resonances in the mid-infrared spectrum. These resonances manifest themselves as resonant peaks in absorption spectra. Each molecule has a unique set of resonances allowing one to identify it unambiguously.

  • #mid-IR spectroscopy
  • #Surface enhanced infrared absorption; #SEIRA
  • #metasurfaces
  • #vibrational modes
  • #chemical bonds
Wednesday

The mechanical resonances of chemical bonds of biomolecules manifest themselves not only in the absorption spectra in the mid-infrared spectrum but also in the scattering spectra in the visible range. The scattering of incident light becomes modulated at the frequencies of the mechanical oscillations. This results in the appearance of additional peaks in the scattering spectra (Raman peaks). The intensity of these peaks can be drastically enhanced in the vicinity of plasmonic structures allowing even single-molecule detection.

  • #Raman scattering
  • #Stokes and anti-Stokes lines
  • #Surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy; #SERS
  • #Plasmonic nanostructures
  • #vibrational modes
  • #chemical bonds
Thursday

Single-molecule detection represents the ultimate goal of ultrasensitive chemical analysis and it has already had a large impact on our understanding of biological materials and processes. There many techniques allowing detection of single molecules including fluorescence methods, single molecule surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy, label-free methods used ultra-high-Q resonators.

  • #high-Q resonators
  • #photonic crystal cavity
  • #whispering gallery modes
  • #label-free detection
  • #fluorescence microscopy
Friday

Chirality plays an essential role in life, providing unique functionalities to a wide range of biomolecules, chemicals, and drugs, which makes chiral sensing and analysis critically important. The detection and differentiation of enantiomers in small quantities are crucially important in many scientific fields, including biology, chemistry, and pharmacy. Chiral molecules manifest their handedness in their interaction with the chiral state of light, which is commonly leveraged in circular dichroism spectroscopy — the difference in the absorption of left- and right-handed circularly polarized waves.

  • #Circular dichroism; #CD
  • #Chiroptical spectroscopy
  • #Circular polarization
  • #Chirality
  • #Chiral molecules

Application

Selection of the School participants is made on the basis of applicant’s CV and motivation.
Application to the School is closed. The results of selection will be announced by 25 July via email you indicated in the application form.



Early fee
before 8 August		 Late fee
from 9 August
Online 65 EUR
 85 EUR


The fee includes tuition, lecture materials and 3 ECTS certificates upon successful completion of the exam.


Important Dates

  • 11 July 2022 – Application deadline

  • 18 July 2022 – Extended Application deadline

  • 25 July 2022 - Decision on acceptance to the School

  • 15-19 August 2022 – METANANO School on Optical Biosensing

Organizers

School Secretaries

CONTACTS

Email: summerschool@physics.itmo.ru

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