Abstracts and Topics

 
About abstracts

As the tradition goes, there will be availability to have two Abstracts published from each contribution:

• Regular abstract - compulsory
  Published in the official symposium Abstract book (to be given to all participants)
   
• Extended abstract - optional
  Published in special issue of the Luminescence journal (available at the symposium for all participants)
   
• Full paper - optional
  Published in special issue of the Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry (to be issued in April 2011)

Abstract topics
 

• Theoretical principles and molecular mechanism of luminescence phenomena (including photoluminescence, chemiluminescence, bioluminescence and electro-generated luminescence)
   
• Improvements in instrumentation for light emission measurements (laser technology, ultra-short time-resolved spectroscopy, fluorescence probes, novel imaging techniques, miniaturized systems, microchips, microarrays, fluorescence microscopy, luminescence biosensors).
   
• Selectivity in luminescence detection . New luminescent probes and substrates. Chemical and photochemical derivatisation methods. Novel chemiluminescence reactions, enhancers and sensitizers including nanomaterials.  Luminescence in the organized media.
   
• Use of luminescence methods in molecular biology research and drug discovery. High-throughput screening. Biomarkers. Cellular process monitoring. In vitro/in vivo reporter gene luminescent techniques. Luminescent immunoassays and hybridization assays. Molecular luminescent imaging.
   
• Combination of luminescence detection with separation analytical methods (HPLC, capillary electrophoresis, GC, TLC) and with automated computer-assisted flow methods (flow-injection analysis, sequential injection analysis, sequential injection chromatography).
   
• Analytical applications of luminescence (drug analysis, bioanalysis, environmental monitoring, forensic and clinical assays, food safety, proteomics, genomics, trace analysis of high-purity materials in industry).