NanoSensorPhotonics 2011 Optical Biosensors, Nanobiophotonics and Diagnostics - A Symposium - Venue and date Dead Sea, Israel 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 Host institution 1 Sponsors Support 2 Saturday 5 November 2011 Dead Sea Networking Tour Chair: Ariel Kushmaro, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel 10:30 Departure from Royal Rimonim hotel 11:00-14:00 Masada 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 3 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] 4 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 5 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 6 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] 7 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] 8 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 9 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] 10 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 11 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,