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  • Monday, 1 June 2009
    • 08:00 - 09:30 Registration and administrative formalities
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building, outside Euler Lecture Hall
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Euler Lecture Hall
      • 08:00 Registration and administrative formalities 1h30'
    • 09:30 - 09:50 Opening remarks
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Euler Lecture Hall
      • 09:30 Opening remarks 20'
        Speaker: J. Niemela, S. Raghu
    • 09:50 - 10:40 What is Optofluidics (OF) and what we will discuss this week?
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Euler Lecture Hall
      • 09:50 What is Optofluidics (OF) and what we will discuss this week? 50'
        Speaker: D. Cojoc (CNR-INFM Nat. Lab. TASC Trieste)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 10:40 - 11:00 Coffee break
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Euler Lecture Hall
      • 10:40 Coffee break 20'
    • 11:00 - 12:00 Optical manipulation of binary liquid mixtures: from the simple manipulation of the concentration to the application to liquid-liquid phase transitions
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Euler Lecture Hall
      • 11:00 Optical manipulation of binary liquid mixtures: from the simple manipulation of the concentration to the application to liquid-liquid phase transitions 1h0'
        Speaker: J.-P. Delville (University of Bordeaux, CNRS Talence)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 12:00 - 13:00 Optical radiation pressure effects on isotropic fluids and fluid interfaces; typical interface deformation and jetting; scattering effects in bulk
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Euler Lecture Hall
      • 12:00 Optical radiation pressure effects on isotropic fluids and fluid interfaces; typical interface deformation and jetting; scattering effects in bulk 1h0'
        Speaker: J.-P. Delville (University of Bordeaux, CNRS Talence)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 13:00 - 14:30 Lunch break
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Euler Lecture Hall
      • 13:00 Lunch break 1h30'
    • 14:30 - 15:30 Optical manipulation of living cells in fluids
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Euler Lecture Hall
      • 14:30 Optical manipulation of living cells in fluids 1h0'
        Speaker: D. Cojoc (CNR-INFM Nat. Lab. TASC Trieste)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 15:30 - 16:00 Coffee break
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Euler Lecture Hall
      • 15:30 Coffee break 30'
    • 16:00 - 17:00 Optical control of electroosmotic fluid flow
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Euler Lecture Hall
      • 16:00 Optical control of electroosmotic fluid flow 1h0'
        Speaker: P. Ormos (Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Szeged)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 17:00 - 18:00 Fabrication of Optofluidic devices I
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Euler Lecture Hall
      • 17:00 Fabrication of Optofluidic devices I 1h0'
        Speaker: M. Tormen (CNR-INFM Nat. Lab. TASC Trieste)
        Material: lecture notes
  • Tuesday, 2 June 2009
    • 08:40 - 08:55 Participant's short presentation: Optically induced rotation of laser-trapped chiral lipid tubules by linearly polarized light
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Euler Lecture Hall
      • 08:40 Participant's short presentation: Optically induced rotation of laser-trapped chiral lipid tubules by linearly polarized light 15'
        Speaker: N. Chattham (Kasetsart University, Bangkok)
    • 09:00 - 10:00 Optical manipulation of solids in fluids I - radiation pressure exerted by light. Optical trapping, optical levitation, optical tweezers
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Euler Lecture Hall
      • 09:00 Optical manipulation of solids in fluids I - radiation pressure exerted by light. Optical trapping, optical levitation, optical tweezers 1h0'
        Speaker: J.-M. Fournier (EPFL Lausanne)
    • 10:00 - 10:30 Coffee break
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Euler Lecture Hall
      • 10:00 Coffee break 30'
    • 10:30 - 11:30 Optical manipulation of solids in fluids II - optical forces: scattering, gradient, binding Optical trapping of biosamples; cells as fluid entities rather than solids
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Euler Lecture Hall
      • 10:30 Optical manipulation of solids in fluids II - optical forces: scattering, gradient, binding Optical trapping of biosamples; cells as fluid entities rather than solids 1h0'
        Speaker: J.-M. Fournier (EPFL Lausanne)
    • 11:30 - 12:30 Optical control in integrated optical microfluidic devices
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Euler Lecture Hall
      • 11:30 Optical control in integrated optical microfluidic devices 1h0'
        Speaker: P. Ormos (Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Szeged)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 12:30 - 12:45 Participant's short presentation: High spatial resolution BDNF delivery by means of laser tweezers to stimulate hyppocampal neurons signalling
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Euler Lecture Hall
      • 12:30 Participant's short presentation: High spatial resolution BDNF delivery by means of laser tweezers to stimulate hyppocampal neurons signalling 15'
        Speaker: E. D'Este (CNR-INFM Nat. Lab. TASC Trieste, and University of Trieste)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 12:45 - 14:30 Lunch break
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Euler Lecture Hall
      • 12:45 Lunch break 1h45'
    • 14:30 - 15:30 Computer generated holograms: multipoint, interactive, 3D optical traps
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Euler Lecture Hall
      • 14:30 Computer generated holograms: multipoint, interactive, 3D optical traps 1h0'
        Speaker: R. Di Leonardo (University "La Sapienza", Roma)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 15:30 - 16:30 Statistical microhydrodynamics: fluid phenomena at the micron scale
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Euler Lecture Hall
      • 15:30 Statistical microhydrodynamics: fluid phenomena at the micron scale 1h0'
        Speaker: R. Di Leonardo (University "La Sapienza", Roma)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 16:30 - 16:45 Participant's short presentation: Digital in-line holographic microscopy: an alternative tool to visualization of microfluidics
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Euler Lecture Hall
      • 16:30 Participant's short presentation: Digital in-line holographic microscopy: an alternative tool to visualization of microfluidics 15'
        Speaker: J. Garcia-Sucerquia (Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Medellin)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 16:45 - 17:15 Coffee break
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Euler Lecture Hall
      • 16:45 Coffee break 30'
    • 17:00 - 18:00 Use of spatial light modulators (SLM) for beam shaping and optical tweezers
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Euler Lecture Hall
      • 17:00 Use of spatial light modulators (SLM) for beam shaping and optical tweezers 1h0'
        Speaker: M. Padgett (University of Glasgow)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 18:00 - 18:15 Participant's short presentation: Generation of “needle” beams and manipulation of light beam shapes by using birefringent plates with topological charge.
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Euler Lecture Hall
      • 18:00 Participant's short presentation: Generation of “needle” beams and manipulation of light beam shapes by using birefringent plates with topological charge. 15'
        Speaker: E. Karimi (University of Napoli "Federico II", Napoli)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 18:15 - 20:00 POSTER SESSION
      Location: Leonardo Building Terrace (in case of bad weather Leonardo Building Poster Gallery - lobby level)
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Euler Lecture Hall
      • 18:15 POSTER SESSION 1h45'
  • Wednesday, 3 June 2009
    • 08:40 - 08:55 Participant's short presentation: A thermal lens model including the Soret effect
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Euler Lecture Hall
      • 08:40 Participant's short presentation: A thermal lens model including the Soret effect 15'
        Speaker: H. Cabrera (Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Cientificas, Merida)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 09:00 - 10:00 Survey of Research Outcomes from the Caltech Center for Optofluidic Integration
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Euler Lecture Hall
      • 09:00 Survey of Research Outcomes from the Caltech Center for Optofluidic Integration 1h0'
        Speaker: C. Yang (California Institute of Technology, Pasadena)
    • 10:00 - 10:30 Coffee break
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Euler Lecture Hall
      • 10:00 Coffee break 30'
    • 10:30 - 11:30 Optofluidic Microscope
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Euler Lecture Hall
      • 10:30 Optofluidic Microscope 1h0'
        Speaker: C. Yang (California Institute of Technology, Pasadena)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 11:30 - 12:30 Opto-thermocapillary actuation of fluid interfaces
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Euler Lecture Hall
      • 11:30 Opto-thermocapillary actuation of fluid interfaces 1h0'
        Speaker: J.-P. Delville (University of Bordeaux, CNRS Talence)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 12:30 - 13:45 Lunch break
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Euler Lecture Hall
      • 12:30 Lunch break 1h15'
    • 13:45 - 14:00 Bus transfer from ICTP to Area Science Park Basovizza. Meeting point at 1:45 p.m. in the Leonardo Building entrance hall.
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Euler Lecture Hall
      • 13:45 Bus transfer from ICTP to Area Science Park Basovizza. Meeting point at 1:45 p.m. in the Leonardo Building entrance hall. 15'
    • 15:00 - 18:00 LIFE SCIENCE IN AREA SCIENCE PARK, BASOVIZZA:
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Euler Lecture Hall
      • 15:00 LIFE SCIENCE IN AREA SCIENCE PARK, BASOVIZZA: 3h0'
  • Thursday, 4 June 2009
    • 08:40 - 08:55 Participant's short presentation: Laser-actuated droplets in microfluidics
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Euler Lecture Hall
      • 08:40 Participant's short presentation: Laser-actuated droplets in microfluidics 15'
        Speaker: M. Robert de Saint Vincent (University of Bordeaux, CNRS Talence)
    • 09:00 - 10:00 Comparison between various types of multiple optical tweezers
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Euler Lecture Hall
      • 09:00 Comparison between various types of multiple optical tweezers 1h0'
        Speaker: J.-M. Fournier (EPFL Lausanne)
    • 10:00 - 10:30 Coffee break
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Euler Lecture Hall
      • 10:00 Coffee break 30'
    • 10:30 - 11:30 Multifunctional Optofluidic Microscope
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Euler Lecture Hall
      • 10:30 Multifunctional Optofluidic Microscope 1h0'
        Speaker: C. Yang (California Institute of Technology, Pasadena)
    • 11:30 - 12:30 Extended optical micromanipulation with test objects of special shape
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Euler Lecture Hall
      • 11:30 Extended optical micromanipulation with test objects of special shape 1h0'
        Speaker: P. Ormos (Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Szeged)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 12:30 - 14:10 Lunch break
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Euler Lecture Hall
      • 12:30 Lunch break 1h40'
    • 14:10 - 14:25 Participant's short presentation: Preparation and characterization of water in oil emulsion via drop break-off
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Euler Lecture Hall
      • 14:10 Participant's short presentation: Preparation and characterization of water in oil emulsion via drop break-off 15'
        Speaker: M. Ulmeanu (National Institute for Laser, Plasma and Radiation Physics, Magurele)
    • 14:30 - 15:30 Use of high-speed imaging technique for applications in optical tweezers
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Euler Lecture Hall
      • 14:30 Use of high-speed imaging technique for applications in optical tweezers 1h0'
        Speaker: M. Padgett (University of Glasgow)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 15:30 - 16:30 Application of SLMs and high-speed imaging in optical tweezers for microfluidics
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Euler Lecture Hall
      • 15:30 Application of SLMs and high-speed imaging in optical tweezers for microfluidics 1h0'
        Speaker: M. Padgett (University of Glasgow)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 16:30 - 17:00 Coffee break
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Euler Lecture Hall
      • 16:30 Coffee break 30'
    • 17:00 - 18:00 Driving micro-devices with biological active fluids: new physics, new technology
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Euler Lecture Hall
      • 17:00 Driving micro-devices with biological active fluids: new physics, new technology 1h0'
        Speaker: R. Di Leonardo (University "La Sapienza", Roma)
    • 19:00 - 19:00 Official Reception
      Venue: Adriatico Guest House Terrace (indoor in case of bad weather)
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Euler Lecture Hall
      • 19:00 Official Reception
  • Friday, 5 June 2009
    • 08:40 - 08:55 Participant's short presentation: Two case studies on liquid crystal reorientation based applications:  holographic data storage and nanotube reorientation 
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Euler Lecture Hall
      • 08:40 Participant's short presentation: Two case studies on liquid crystal reorientation based applications:  holographic data storage and nanotube reorientation  15'
        Speaker: S.E. San ( Gebze Institute of Technology)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 09:00 - 10:00 Fabrication of Optofluidic devices II
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Euler Lecture Hall
      • 09:00 Fabrication of Optofluidic devices II 1h0'
        Speaker: M. Tormen (CNR-INFM Nat. Lab. TASC, Trieste)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 10:00 - 10:30 Coffee break
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Euler Lecture Hall
      • 10:00 Coffee break 30'
    • 10:30 - 11:30 Fabrication of Optofluidic devices III
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Euler Lecture Hall
      • 10:30 Fabrication of Optofluidic devices III 1h0'
        Speaker: M. Tormen (CNR-INFM Nat. Lab. TASC, Trieste)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 11:30 - 11:45 Participant's short presentation: Mechanism of separation and transport of biomolecules in microfluidic devices
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Euler Lecture Hall
      • 11:30 Participant's short presentation: Mechanism of separation and transport of biomolecules in microfluidic devices 15'
        Speaker: S.K. Mitra (University of Alberta, Edmonton)
    • 11:45 - 13:00 Concluding remarks/discussions
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Euler Lecture Hall
      • 11:45 Concluding remarks/discussions 1h15'
        Speaker: D. Cojoc, J. Niemela, S. Raghu