===================================================== If you have received this email in error or do not wish to receive further information about the Symposium please reply to this message with the word REMOVE in the subject line. Please accept our apologies for troubling you. Thank you. ===================================================== 12th INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON BIOLUMINESCENCE & CHEMILUMINESCENCE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE, UK; 5-9 APRIL 2002 ======================================================== DEADLINE DATE FOR ABSTRACTS ONLY 4 WEEKS AWAY ----- Monday 19 November 2001 ----- ======================================================== SYMPOSIUM WEBSITE: http://www.Lumiweb.com SYMPOSIUM DATES: Friday-Tuesday, 5-9 APRIL 2002 VENUE: Robinson College, University of Cambridge, UK ABSTRACT DEADLINE: 19 November 2001 EARLY REGISTRATION DEADLINE: 19 November 2001 GENERAL ENQUIRIES: Email: symposium@Lumiweb.com. ********************** NEW ***************************** SUPPORT FOR YOUNG SCIENTISTS BY INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR BIOLUMINESCENCE & CHEMILUMINESCENCE DETAILS AVAILABLE at http://www.unibo.it/isbc ********************************************************* This symposium, which is held in association with the International Society for Bioluminescence & Chemiluminescence (ISBC), is the next in the biennial series that was started in 1978. Please visit the Symposium web site http://www.Lumiweb.com as it has just been further updated and now contains full information about the meeting. The Symposium content will again be broad, and include all aspects of fundamental and basic science as well as the wide range of applications that now depend on these technologies. The Symposium will be held 5-9 April 2002 at Robinson College, University of Cambridge, UK. Robinson College is a modern college well designed to host conferences and has excellent en suite accommodation. All Symposium activities will be held at the College. More details about Robinson College can be found at http://www.robinson.cam.ac.uk. The Symposium will start the evening of Friday 5 April and finish at midday Tuesday 9 April. Registration and accommodation details are available at http://www.Lumiweb.com. Those who register for the Symposium by Monday 19 November 2001 (this date is also the Abstract deadline date) will get a preferential rate and current Members of the ISBC are entitled to a further reduction. PRESENTATIONS The Symposium will consist of presentations in both oral and poster format. EXHIBITION There will be an exhibition of instruments and reagents. Commercial Workshops are also planned. Further details, please enquire: symposium@Lumiweb.com ABSTRACTS Abstracts are invited for oral and poster presentations. Deadline for Abstracts: Monday 19 November 2001. See http://www.Lumiweb.com for further information. Accepted abstracts will be published in the journal "Luminescence" (publisher, John Wiley & Sons). SYMPOSIUM PROCEEDINGS PUBLICATION Manuscripts will be invited from authors making presentations and these will be published in a Proceedings volume, a copy of which will be sent after the Symposium -- and free-of-charge -- to each registered delegate. SYMPOSIUM PROGRAMME The International Society for Bioluminescence & Chemiluminescence (ISBC) is taking responsibility for the scientific programme (Programme Co-Chairs: Professor Tony Campbell (University of Wales College of Medicine), Dr Phil Hill (University of Nottingham, UK) and Professor Peter Herring (Southampton Oceanography Centre, UK) Past President of ISBC). The DeLuca Prize sponsored by Berthold Technologies http://www.berthold-online.com will be open to presenters under the age of 35 years and will be judged by the ISBC. TOPICS FOR THE SYMPOSIUM WILL INCLUDE (but are not restricted to) (A) BASIC SCIENCE OF BIOLUMINESCENCE & CHEMILUMINESCENCE: Chemiluminescence:

Detection, measurement and imaging of luminescent reactions Chemistry of chemiluminescent reactions Reaction mechanisms Chemiluminescent labels, dioxetanes, acridans etc. Oxygen and other free radicals Standard light sources

Bioluminescence:

Biochemistry of luminous organisms [firefly, Vibrio, Beneckea, Renilla etc.] Luciferases and luciferins Photoproteins Quorum sensing and autoinducers Genetic engineering of bioluminescence enzymes Circadian phenomena

Ultraweak luminescence:

Phagocytosis Cellular luminescence

Organisms:

Oceanic bioluminescence Behaviour and ecology of luminous species

(B) APPLICATIONS OF BIOLUMINESCENCE & CHEMILUMINESCENCE:

Luminescent reporter genes including lux, luc Biosensors for microbial and environmental applications Green fluorescent protein (GFP) applications High-throughput screening using luminescence Imaging techniques for cells, tissues and whole organisms Imaging of arrays Immunoassays Blot hybridisation with chemiluminescence detection Luminescence-coupled assays Cellular luminescence in clinical medicine Phagocytosis and disease ATP assays (e.g. for hygiene of food, water, clinical samples) Luminometers and instrumentation Imaging devices Chemiluminescence and fluorescence for in-situ hybridisation Use of luminescence as an educational tool Phagocytosis and cellular luminescence Ultra-weak chemiluminescence

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