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TO ALL PARTICIPANTS

 
Link to video recording of the workshop:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYc-eBoIpXTI2d_5Govhx27BS-3MKfR6v


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This virtual Workshop will bring together young researchers from all over the world and established scientists working on the interaction of light with biological matter. A variety of perspectives will provide interdisciplinary contents of both introductory and advanced nature.

Multidisciplinarity, theory and experiments, as well as different backgrounds are crucial to understanding the diversity of phenomena and the fundamental processes that govern the complex interaction of light with living matter.

This online format is an adaptation of the ICTP school and workshop originally planned in IISER, Trivandrum, India, to promote scientific development and exchanges in the whole area.

The programme will include:

• oral invited presentations by high-profile senior scientists, covering introductory aspects and most recent research developments;
• young researchers’ contributed talks;
• poster presentations through virtual poster sessions.

Topics:

• advanced spectroscopy and imaging to probe bio-interfaces;
• dynamical processes: electron and energy transfers, quantum biology;
• excited states, photophysics and photochemistry in biological matter.

Preliminary list of speakers:

Ellen Backus, University of Wien
Ross McKenzie, University of Queensland
Henrik Ottosson, Uppsala University
Igor Schapiro, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Massimo Trotta, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche at Bari
Julia Weinstein, University of Sheffield


Call for contributed posters / contributed talks:

Applicants are encouraged to present their work through posters or contributed talks. Candidates wishing to do so will be requested to upload relevant abstracts in PDF format during application process. Please make sure you use our templates to generate such PDFs. Templates are available below for download.

Online application is open (via the "Apply here" button).
Deadline for application: 31 October 2021 (midnight, Rome time)



 

Material

Light-matter Interactions from scratch: Theory and Experiments at the Border with Biology | (smr 3637)
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  • Monday, 22 November 2021
    • 08:45 - 13:00 DAY 1: Chairpersons: Eric Vauthey, Luca Grisanti
      • 08:45 Opening remarks 15'
        Speaker: Ali HASSANALI (ICTP, Trieste, Italy)
      • 09:00 Molecular Adsorption at Biological Interfaces 1h15'
        Speaker: Ellen H.G. BACKUS (University of Vienna, Department of Physical Chemistry, Vienna, Austria)
        Material: Abstract
        • Introductory part (09:00-9:30) 30'
        • Q&A session 15'
        • Research talk (09:45-10:15) 30'
      • 10:15 Break 15'
      • 10:30 Poster session 1h15'
        Material: Book of Abstracts - Posters
        • Virtual poster session 1: each poster will be presented in individual Zoom breakout rooms 1h15' 
          P01 - ASHA Haritha
Electronic Dichroism Spectra of Guanine Quadruplexes by integrating Excitonic calculations and MD Simulations
P02 - BARDI Brunella
Extremely fast triplet formation by charge recombination in a Nile Red/Fullerene flexible dyad
P03 - BOR SAIKIA Simangka
Assessing the Contribution of Lysine to the UV-visible Spectra of Charged Amino Acid Rich Proteins by Acetylation.
P04 - DAI Yasi
Addressing the Frenkel and charge transfer character of exciton states with a dimer-based model Hamiltonian: application to large aggregates of Perylene Diimide
P06 - GHOSH Soumen
Interferometric Broadband Optical Activity Spectroscopy with Fourier Transform Balanced Detection
P08 - IYER E Siva Subramaniam
Revealing the excited state dynamics of 1,4-Dicyanodibenzodioxin derivatives
P09 - KUNDU Rajasree
Cell-Permeable Fluorescent Chemical Sensors for Imaging Phosphoinositides
P11 - NATH Akashdeep
Distance-dependent Through-Space Intervalence Charge Transfer in Thiazolothiazole-based Metal-Organic Frameworks
P12 - PHAN HUU Dang Khoa Andrea
TADF in polar matrices: understanding environmental effects
      • 11:45 Break 15'
      • 12:00 Contributed talks - Dynamical processes: electron and energy transfers, quantum biology (DynET) 1h0'
        Material: Video
        • The Ultrafast Dynamics of Photoexcited DNA BasePairs Investigated with a Fragment Diabatization Linear Vibronic Coupling Model 20'
          Speaker: Martha YAGHOUBI JOUYBARI
        • Femtosecond Coherence Spectroscopy of Large, Fully Conjugated, Porphyrin Nanorings 20'
          Speaker: Giovanni BRESSAN
        • Propagating non-Markovian memory effects across spacetime with long-range tensor network models for open quantum systems 20'
          Speaker: Thibaut LACROIX
  • Tuesday, 23 November 2021
    • 09:00 - 13:00 DAY 2: Chairpersons: Anna Painelli, Mahesh Hariharan
      • 09:00 Ultrafast charge separation and vibrational control of photochemical dynamic 1h15'
        Speaker: Julia WEINSTEIN (Department of Chemistry, The University of Sheffield, Uk)
        Material: Abstract
        • Introductory part (09:00-9:30) 30'
        • Q&A session 15'
        • Research talk (09:45-10:15) 30'
      • 10:15 Break 15'
      • 10:30 The mighty power of photosynthesis. From solar light to semiartificial photosynthesis 1h15'
        Speaker: Massimo TROTTA (Istituto per i Processi Chimico Fisici, CNR, Bari, Italy)
        Material: Abstract Video
        • Introductory part (10:30-11:00) 30'
        • Q&A session 15'
        • Research talk (11:15-11:45) 30'
      • 11:45 Break 15'
      • 12:00 Contributed talks - Dynamical processes: electron and energy transfers, quantum biology (DynET) 20'
        Material: Video
        • Tracking the early events of aggregation in Aβ Switch peptides employing Protein Charge-Transfer Spectra 20'
          Speaker: Shah Ekramul ALOM
      • 12:20 Contributed talks - Excited states, photophysics and photochemistry in biological matter (ESPP) 40'
        Material: Video
        • Real-time tracking of coherent vibrational motion in ground and excited electronic states: Implications in biology 20'
          Speaker: Shaina DHAMIJA
        • X-ray absorption signature of short hydrogen bonds 20'
          Speaker: Uriel MORZAN
  • Wednesday, 24 November 2021
    • 09:00 - 13:00 DAY 3: Chairpersons: Ravi Venkatramani, Ankona Datta
      • 09:00 Insight Into the Spectral Tuning and Excited State Dynamics of Proteorhodopsin by QM/MM Simulation 1h15'
        Speaker: Igor SCHAPIRO (Fritz Haber Center for Molecular Dynamics Research, Institute of Chemistry, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel)
        Material: Abstract Video
        • Introductory part (09:00-9:30) 30'
        • Q&A session 15'
        • Research talk (09:45-10:15) 30'
      • 10:15 Break 15'
      • 10:30 Excited State Aromaticity and Antiaromaticity: Scope, Limitations, Complications and Pitfalls 1h15'
        Speaker: Henrik OTTOSSON (Department of Chemistry, Ångström Laboratory, Uppsala University, Sweden)
        Material: Abstract Video
        • Introductory part (10:30-11:00) 30'
        • Q&A session 15'
        • Research talk (11:15-11:45) 30'
      • 11:45 Break 15'
      • 12:00 Contributed talks - Excited states, photophysics and photochemistry in biological matter (ESPP) 40'
        Material: Video
        • Mixed quantum-classical approach to the simulation and assignment of the time-resolved photoelectron spectra 20'
          Speaker: Tomislav PITESA
        • Understanding Large Dihedral Angle Relaxation of DMAC-py-TRZ: A joint Experimental and Computational Study of Thermally-Activated Delayed Fluorescence Dye 20'
          Speaker: Rama DHALI
      • 12:40 Contributed talks - Advanced spectroscopy and imaging to probe bio-interfaces (SpeIm) 20'
        Material: Video
        • Looking for turn-on fluorescent probes for mucin glycoprotein detection 20'
          Speaker: Stefan Cosmin BUTNARASU
  • Thursday, 25 November 2021
    • 09:00 - 13:30 DAY 4: Chairpersons: Ali Hassanali, Cristina Sissa
      • 09:00 Simple models for complex molecular materials 1h15'
        Speaker: Ross MCKENZIE (University of Queensland, Australia)
        Material: Abstract Video
        • Introductory part: Building minimal model Hamiltonians for quantum dynamics of complex molecular materials (09:00-9:30) 30'
        • Q&A session 15'
        • Research talk: A simple model for the effect of quantum nuclear motion on hydrogen bonding in complex molecular materials (09:45-10:15) 30'
      • 10:15 Break 15'
      • 10:30 Poster session 1h15'
        Material: Book of Abstracts - Posters
        • Virtual poster session 2: each poster will be presented in individual Zoom breakout rooms 1h15' 
          P13 - PONTREMOLI Carlotta
Cyanine dyes as photosensitizers for photodynamic therapy: how the substitution groups can influence their activity
P14 - PRIYADARSHI Anurag
Monitoring Protein Unfolding and DNA Binding using Protein Charge Transfer Spectra
P15 - SAHU Amitav
Multidimensional Electronic Spectroscopy with Combined Spectral, Temporal, and Spatial Resolutions
P16 - SAPPATI Subrahmanyam
Emergence of Aggregation Induced Emission (AIE), Room Temperature Phosphorescence (RTP) and Multi- Stimuli Response from a Single Organic Luminogen by Directed Structural Modification.
P17 - SASIKUMAR Devika
Metastable Chiral Azobenzenes Stabilized in a Double Racemate
P18 - SEBASTIAN Ebin
Null Exciton-Coupled Chromophoric Dimer Exhibits Symmetry-Breaking Charge Separation
P19 - VISENTIN Sonja
Carbon dots used as responsive drug nanocarriers to deliver Squaraines: an in vitro evaluation of their Photodynamic activity
P20 - YUDIARSAH Efta
Studying the effect of internal electric and magnetic field on electric current on a periodic of poly(dA)-poly(dT) DNA structure
P21 - ZUBIRIA ULACIA Maria
Triplet Excitonic States Character Description in Perylenebismide Dimers
P05 - DELLEDONNE Andrea
Testing micelles stability exploiting RET: an important warning
P10 - MATROODI Fatima
Raman spectroscopy technique as an effective tool to monitor dilution effects on ionic liquids
P07 - HERNANDEZ POZOS Jose Luis
Mechanical deformation of red blood cells assisted by optical tweezers: a comparison between healthy and diabetic individuals.
      • 11:45 Break 15'
      • 12:00 Contributed talks - Advanced spectroscopy and imaging to probe bio-interfaces (SpeIm) 1h0'
        • A Peptide-based Fluorescent Sensor for Detection of Anionic Phospholipids 20'
          Speaker: Amitava CHANDRA
        • Synchrotron UV Resonance Raman Spectroscopy reveals the stability of Nucleic Acids in Deep Eutectic Solvents 20'
          Speaker: Mariagrazia TORTORA
        • Spectroscopic studies on cyanine IR780: ultrafast and two-photon absorption properties 20'
          Speaker: Guillermo Luis MENDOZA LUNA
      • 13:00 Awards and Closing Remarks 30'
        Speaker: Ali HASSANALI (ICTP, Trieste, Italy)
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