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  Monday, 05 April, 2004
  Room A - "Ramón y Cajal" Amphitheatre Room B - "Prof. Botella" Auditorium
9:00 Welcome     
  Opening Plenary Session
Chair: O.S. Wolfbeis
9:30

PL1
Economical Optical Real-Time DNA Arrays - Optical Biosensors at the Onset of the XXI Century

K. Cammanna, C. Peterb
University of Münster, Germanya
ICB GmbH, Germanyb

10:30 Coffee break
  Plenary Session
Chair: G. Gauglitz
11:00 PL2
Confronting the Challenge of Design of Selectivity for Optical DNA Biosensors and Biochips

U.J. Krull, P.A.E. Piunno,
University of Toronto, Canada
  Session 1
Chair: H. Podbielska
Session 2
Chair: L. Lechuga
12:00 IL 1.1
Optical Detection of DNA-Modifying Enzymes on Immobilized Substrates

F. F. Bier, N. Gajovic-Eichelmann, E. Ehrentreich-Foerster, P.M. Schmidt, J. Henkel
Fraunhofer IBMT, Germany
IL 1.2
Recent Development in Transducers Based on Planar Integrated Optical Waveguides

S. Scott Saavedra, J.T. Bradshaw, S.B. Mendes, N.R.Amstrong,
University of Arizona, USA
12:30 OA 1.1
Signal Enhancement of Protein Chips

C. Preininger,a U. Sauer,a M. Trombitas,a O. Obersriebnig,a G. Krumpel,b W. Kern c
ARC Seibersdorf Res. GmbH, Austria ab
University of Technology Graz, Austria c

OB 1.1
Development of Deep Silicon Hollow Waveguides for Optical Sensing

V.J. Cadarso,a A. Llobera,b C. Domínguez,a
IMB-CSIC, Spain a
Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany b

12:50

OA 1.2
Protein Immobilization fro Multi-Channel Biosensors

C, Boozer,a J. Ladd,a S. Chen,a Q. Yu,a J. Homola,b S. Jiang, a
University of Washington, USA a
Academy of Sciences of the Czech Replublic, Czech Republic b

OB 1.2
Deep Probe Optical Waveguide Biosensors with Reverse Symmetry Design for Micron Scale Biological Objects

R. Horváth, H.C. Pedersen, N. Skivessen, D. Selmeczi, M.B. Larsen
Riso National Lab., Denmark

13:10 OA 1.3
Analytical Biosensing Based on Measurement of Biomolecule Conformation Changes Using Surface Plasmon Resonance

L.M. May, D.A. Russell,
University of East Anglia, UK
OB 1.3
Ultra-Thin Freestanding Si3N4 Membrane Waveguides for Application in Evanescent Field Sensing of MEMS Movements

G. Altena, M. Dijkstra, G. Van Elzakker, G. Venhorts, H. Hoekstra, P. Lambeck,
University of Twente, The Netherlands
13:30 Lunch  Lunch
  Plenary Session
Chair: T. Vo-Dihn
  
15:00 PL3
Room Temperature Phosphorescence Detection for Optical Sensors

A. Sanz Medel,
University of Oviedo, Spain
  Session 3
Chair: M. Nakagawa
Session 4
Chair: P. NIkitin
16:00 IL 1.3
Optical Detection in Microfluidic Systems

A. Dybko
Warsaw University of Technology, Poland
IL 1.4
Integrated Optochemical Sensors Based on New Vis-NIR Chromoionophores

J. Alonso, M. Puyol, L. Rivera,
Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Spain
16:30 OA 1.4
Plasmonic Enhacement of Fluorescence for Sensors Applications

O. Stranik, C. McDonagh, B.D. MacCraith,
Dublin City University, Ireland
OB 1.4
Application of Tailored Integrated Optical Chips for Label-Free (Bio)Chemical Sensing

R.E. Kunz, K. Cottier,
CSEM, Switzerland
16:50 OA 1.5
Zwitter-Ionic Conjugated Polyelectrolytes, New Fluorescent Probes for the Recording of Biospecific Interactions

K.P.R. Nilsson, O. Inganäs,
Linköpings University, Sweden
OB 1.5
Label Free Detection of Proteins

C. Hoffmann, B, Schirmer, H. Benter, A. Brandenburg.
Fraunhofer-Institu für Physikalische
Messtechnik, Germany
17:10 OA 1.6
Fluorescence Detection of Small Molecules by Fused-Ring Heterocycles

T. Bell,
University of Nevada, USA
OB 1.6
An Optical Fibre-Based System that Measures theQuality and Temperature of Food in a Full-Scale Production Environment

M. O'Farrel,a E. Lewis,a C. Flanagan,a T. Sun,b K.T.V. Grattan,b N. Jackman,c
Univeristy of Limerick, Ireland a
London City University, UK b
Food Design Applicantions Ltd, Ireland c
17:30 POSTER SESION "O" & Technical Exhibition + Refreshments 
19:30 End of session
19:00 PSC Meeting (meeting room)  

All events except the Conference Banquet will take place at Europt(r)ode VII venue
(Faculty of Medicine, Universidad Complutense de Madrid)