NanoSensorPhotonics 2011

Optical Biosensors, Nanobiophotonics and Diagnostics

- A Symposium -

Venue and date , November 5-9, 2011

Conference chairperson Robert S. Marks, Ben Gurion University, Beer-Sheva, Israel [email protected]

International Steering Committee Marc Lamy de la Chapelle, Universite Paris 13, Paris, France Serge Cosnier, Universite Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France Local organizers Robert S. Marks, Ben Gurion University Ibrahim Abdulhalim, Ben Gurion University Levi Gheber, Ben Gurion University Tamar Amir, Ben Gurion University [email protected] Congress secretariat Alice Luber, Ben Gurion University Email: [email protected] Fax: +972-8-6472857

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Sponsors

Support

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Saturday 5 November 2011

Dead Sea Networking Tour Chair: Ariel Kushmaro, Ben Gurion University of the , Beer-Sheva, Israel

10:30 Departure from Royal Rimonim hotel

11:00-14:00

15:00-16:00 Qumran Dead Sea scrolls

Pre-conference welcome get-together reception Rm TBD Royal Rimonim Hotel

17:00-18:30

Free time We recommend relaxing while floating in the Dead Sea

20:00-21:00 Dinner

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Scientific Program

Sunday 6 November 2011

Registration Rm TBD

09:00-open

Opening ceremony

Greetings Panel: Robert S. Marks Marc Lamy de la Chapelle Serge Cosnier

09:30-09:50 Welcome address

Dov Litvinoff, Head of the Tamar Regional Council Zvi Hacohen, Rector, Ben Gurion University Razi Vago, Chair of Biotechnology Engineering, Ben Gurion University

Plenary speaker Chair: Robert S. Marks, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel

09:50-10:50 Metal Enhanced Fluorescence Chris Geddes, University of Maryland, Baltimore, USA [email protected]

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Session Nanoantenna in the IR Chair: Ilana Bar, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel Co-Chair: Marc Lamy de la Chapelle, CSPBAT, University Paris 13, France

10:50-11:10 SEIRS with gold nanoantennas Annemarie Pucci, KIP, Heidelberg University, Germany [email protected]

11:10-11:30 Nanofocusing of infrared light with tapered transmission lines Rainer Hillenbrand, CICNanogune, San Sebastian, Spain, [email protected]

11:30-11:50 Close encounters between nanoantennas Javier Aizpurua, DFM, CSIC, San Sebastian, Spain

12:30-13:30 Lunch at hotel

Session Nanoantenna in the visible Chair: Neso Sojic, ISM Universite de Bordeaux, France Co-Chair: Annemarie Pucci, KIP, Heidelberg University, Germany

13:45-14:05 Reading of biochips by Raman and surface enhanced Raman Spectroscopies Ilana Bar, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel [email protected]

14:05-14:25 Remote surface enhanced raman imaging via a nanostructured optical fiber array Neso Sojic, ISM Universite de Bordeaux, France [email protected]

Dead Sea Networking Tour Chair: Allon Canaan, Dept. of Genetics, Yale University School of Medicine. Co-chair: Ariel Sobarzo, Department of Virology & Molecular Genetics, Ben Gurion University, Israel

15:00-17:00 Desert jeep ride

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Session Nanoantenna biosensing Chair: Philippe Barthélémy, University of Bordeaux, INSERM U869, Bordeaux, FRANCE Co-chair: Raul Jose Martin, Departamento de Fisica Aplicada Universidad Autonoma de Madrid

18:30-18:50 Optical properties of gold nanoatenna: applications to biosensor Marc Lamy de la Chapelle, CSPBAT, University Paris 13, France [email protected]

18:50-19:10 Plasmonic Nano structures for biomedical applications Enzo di Fabrizio, Italian Institute of Technology, Genova, Italy

19:10-19:30 Optimization of plasmon nanostructures for sensing purposes Timothe Toury, Universite de Technologie de Troyes, Troyes, France [email protected]

19:30-19:50 New approach for implementing epitope prediction: Uncovering the specific humoral immune response profile in ebolavirus Sudan infected patients Ariel Sobarzo, Department of Virology & Molecular Genetics, Ben Gurion University, Israel [email protected]

End of lectures day 20:30-22:00 BBQ dinner at the Rimonim Hotel

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Monday 7 November 2011

Registration

09:00-10:30

Plenary speaker Chair: Chris Geddes, University of Maryland, Baltimore, USA [email protected]

10:00-10:40 The origin of the high background in SERS on nanoantennas Andreas Otto, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf Institute of experimental physics of condensed matter University of Düsseldorf, Germany [email protected]

Session nanobiophotonics Chair: Serge Cosnier, UJF, Grenoble, France Co-chair: Javier Aizpurua, DFM, CSIC, San Sebastian, Spain

10:40-11:00 Micro sensors based on nematic liquid crystals Maxim Tomilin, Saint-Petersburg State University of Information Technologies. Russia [email protected]

11:00-11:20 Analytical applications of enzymatic growth of quantum dots. Valery Pavlov, San Sebastian, Spain [email protected]

11:20-11:40 Biomedical and environmental biosensors Robert S. Marks, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel [email protected]

11:40-12:00 Photocurrent and electrochemiluminescence by electrodes modified by electrogenerated polymers or composite materials containing metal complexes Serge Cosnier, UJF, Grenoble, France [email protected]

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12:00-12:20 Multfunctional Nanoplatforms for Biomedical Applications Philippe Barthélémy, University of Bordeaux, INSERM U869, Bordeaux, FRANCE [email protected]

12:20-12:40 OLED based bio-chip for protein microarray detection Patrizia Melpignano, OR-EL.doo, Slovenija [email protected]

13:00-17:00 Desert Hospitality including Lunch in the field and a short Camel trek

Session Bioreporters Chair: Gerald Thouand, Universite de Nantes, France Co-chair: Ariel Kushmaro, Ben Gurion University, Beer-Sheva, Israel

17:30-17:50 Metal enhanced bioluminescence Evegeni Eltzov, Ben Gurion University, Beer-Sheva, Israel [email protected]

17:50-18:10 Screening for Small Molecules to Inhibit EBNA1 by Monitoring Changes in Luciferase transcription Allon Canaan, Dept. of Genetics, Yale University School of Medicine. [email protected]

18:10-18:30 Biosensors for heavy metal detection with an array of bioluminescent bacteria Gerald Thouand, Universite de Nantes, France [email protected]

18:30-18:50 Increase of luminescent bacterial sensitivity by modulating protocols Elena Ionescu, Universite de Technologie de Troyes, Troyes, France elena [email protected]

18:50-19:10 Practical aspects of applying a biosensor for water quality monitoring Minne Heringa, KWR, The Netherlands [email protected]

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19:10-19:30 Sensitive immunosensing: Insights from Ebolavirus Sudan serology Leslie Lobel, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer- Sheva, Israel

19:30-19:50 Dan Davidov, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel [email protected]

End of lectures day

20:00-21:00 Dinner

21:30-24:00 Daniel Hotel Bowling

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Tuesday 8 November 2011

Registration 09:00-10:30

Plenary speaker Chair: Ibrahim Abdulhalim, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel

09:30-10:00 Nanostructured porous silicon and its applications in the field of biomedicine Raul Jose Martin, Departamento de Fisica Aplicada Universidad Autonoma de Madrid [email protected]

Special topic speaker Chair: Stephen Lee. US ARL

10:00-10:40 Femtosecond synchronization and time domain measurements Mario Ferianis, the Italian FEL based Synchrotron Radiation source, Trieste, Italy FERMI@Elettra

Session Bioimaging Chair: Sang-Mae Lee, Pusan National University, South Korea Co-chair: Rachela Popovtzer, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel

11:00-11:30 Super resolved imaging in bio related applications Zeev Zalevsky, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel

11:30-12:00 Label free biomedical diagnosis by optical fiber and planar waveguide Bragg grating sensors Sang-Mae Lee, Pusan National University, South Korea 12:00-12:30 Molecular Imaging of Cancer using Targeted Gold Nanoparticles Rachela Popovtzer, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel [email protected]

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12:30-13:30 Lunch at hotel

Session Biosensors Chair: Neso Sojic, ISM Universite de Bordeaux, France Co-chair: TBA

13:50-14:10 Luminescent phagocyte imprints as markers for disease Daria Prilutsky, Ben Gurion University, Beer-Sheva, Israel [email protected]

Dead Sea Networking Tour Chair: TBA Co-chair: TBA

14:10 -17:10 Ein Geddi Nature Reserve Spring trek

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Session Nanophotonic biosensors Chair: Enzo di Fabrizio, Italian Institute of Technology, Genova, Italy Co-chair: Timothe Toury, Universite de Technologie de Troyes, Troyes, France

17:40-18:00 High sensitivity detection of biomolecules with Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy Pietro Gucciardi, IPCF-CNR, Messina, Italy [email protected]

18:00-18:20 Miniaturization of protein arrays Levi Gheber, Ben Gurion University, Beer-Sheva, Israel [email protected]

18:20-18:40 Enhancing the sensitivity of surface plasmon resonance sensors Ibrahim Abdulhalim, Ben Gurion University, Beer- Sheva, Israel [email protected]

Invited presentations from posters Chair: Marisa Manzano, University of Udine, Italy Co-chairs: Lucilla Iacumin, University of Udine, Italy Elena Ionescu, Universite de Technologie de Troyes, Troyes, France

19:00-19:05 Continuous interstitial insulin monitoring,as a means to improve artificial pancreas system performance in Type 1 Diabetes patients. Lindy Kahanovits, Ben Gurion University, Beer- Sheva, Israel [email protected]

19:05-19:10 Antenna-Enhanced Thz Sensing of thin dielectric films Pablo Albella, Spanish Council for Scientific Research, San Sebastian, Spain [email protected]

19:10-19:15 Development of ultrasensitive peroxidase-based CL- ELISA for the determination of human thyroglobulin Marina Vdovenko, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia

19:15-19:20 TBA

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Noa Eyal, Ben Gurion University, Beer-Sheva, Israel [email protected]

19:20-19:25 Anisotropic sculptured thin films for bio-sensing and molecular detection with SERS Atef Shalabney, Ben Gurion University, Beer-Sheva, Israel

19:25-19:30 The development of an electrochemical lateral flow immunosensor for detection of native autoimmune response to GIPC1 Polina Brangel, Ben Gurion University, Beer-Sheva, Israel [email protected]

19:30-19:35 SERS in Nanoantenna Nicolas Guillot, Universite Paris 13, France [email protected]

19:35-19:40 Surface enhanced infrared spectroscopy with plasmonic nanoantennas Frank Neubrech, University of Heidelberg, Germany [email protected]

19:40-19:45 A fiber-optic genosensor for Brettanomyces in wine Francesca Cecchini, University of Udine, Udine, Italy [email protected]

19:45-19:50 Liquid lightguide immunomagnetic sensor to GIPC1 Eddie Perlman, Ben Gurion University, Beer-Sheva, Israel [email protected]

19:50-19:55 Improved bioluminescence methodology for increased sensitive detection of pesticides Kun Jia, Universite de Technologie de Troyes, France [email protected]

19:55-20:00 Detection of cancer marker EBNA-1 by DNA probe based biosensor Gaizka Garai, CICBiomagune, Spain [email protected]

20:00-20:05 Detection of ascorbic acid without interference from reducing agents Natalia Malashikhina, CICBiomagune, Spain

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[email protected]

20:05-20:10 Selection of DNA aptamers for EBNA-1 detection Ruta Grinyte, CICBiomagune, Spain [email protected]

20:10-20:15 Construction of a water toxicity sensor based on luminescent bacteria Marjolin Woutersen, KWR, The Netherlands [email protected]

20:15-20:20 Nanaoantenna enhanced infrared spectroscopy of proteins Joerg Bochterle, Univeristy of Heidelberg, Germany [email protected]

20:20-20:25 Coupling Effects in the Near-Field of Infrared Gap Antennas Pablo Alonso-González, CIC nanoGUNE Consolider, 20018 Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain [email protected]

20:25-20:30 Improving the Surface Plasmon Resonance Diverging Beam Imaging Sensor Oleg Zalizniak, Ilse Katz Institute for NanoScale Science and Technology, Ben Gurion University, Israel [email protected]

Dinner at hotel during poster session Attire: bathrobe Chair: Levi Gheber Co-chair: Mario Ferianis, Trieste, Italy [email protected]

21:00-23:00 Spa-massage session Buffet dinner Posters discussed

22:00 Best poster award decided

End of lectures day

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Wednesday 9 November 2011

Registration

09:00-10:30

Poster award Chair: TBA

09:45-10:00 Best poster award

Session Chair: Mario Feingold, Dept. of Physics, Ben Gurion Univ., Beer Sheva 84105, Israel Co-chair: Allon Canaan, Dept. of Genetics, Yale University School of Medicine

10:00-10:20 Towards Single Cell Optical Tomography Mario Feingold, Dept. of Physics, Ben Gurion Univ., Beer Sheva 84105, Israel

10:20-10:40 Microfluidic Nano-Liter Platforms and Bioartificial “lympoid-like” organ for immune deficiency regulation in burn wound and cancer patients Tanya Konry, Harvard Medical School/Center For Engineering in Medicine/Massachusetts General Hospital /Shriners Hospital, USA

10:40-11:00 Nano-optics methods for studying DNA-protein interactions at the single-molecule level Yuval Garini, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel [email protected]

11:00-11:20 Marisa Manzano, University of Udine, Italy [email protected]

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11:40-12:00 Ultrasensitive chemiluminescent enzyme immunoassay Ivan Yu. Sakharov, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia [email protected]

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12:00-12:20 Fabrication of Novel polymer-based micro-optical systems for biophotonics Pietro Ferraro, CNR-INO Napoli, Italy [email protected]

Vendor Seminar 12:20-12:40 SPR (Surface Plasmon Resonance) a Precise Surface Sensitive Quantitative Technique Used for Electro- chemical Applications Combined with EQCM, CV and EIS Maxim Koltypin, Dr. Golik Chemical Instrumentation, Tel-Aviv, Israel [email protected]

12:40-13:30 Lunch at hotel

End of lectures day

Jerusalem Networking Tour

14:00-22:30 Jerusalem:

Western Wall Tunnels

Western wall

Church of the Holy Sepulchre

Banquet dinner

CONFERENCE CONCLUDES

Departure

22:30-24:00 Return to Beer-Sheva nanoantenna group BGU team

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