- Email: [email protected]
1994 Calendar
Biosensors & Bioelectronics Vol. 9 No. 4/S (1994)
WORKSHOP REPORT
multiwire electrodes had been used by him to give depth-dependent and multi-site profiles of pO2 in the kidney, brain and other organs. A large number of data points were clearly necessary for any representative picture of tissue ~02, but inevitably, surface measurement was less distorting than the use of puncture techniques, and this may become a dominant approach in the future, particularly with the advent of reporter molecules for 02 which could be optically interrogated in an intact tissue. An important observation in the time domain was that while ~02 in local microenvironments drop as a result of hypoxia or a lowered haematocrit, recovery leads to ~02 values returning to their original relative values. This confirms that whatever the structure of the three dimensional 02 profile in a given tissue, it is by no means randomly arrived at, and possesses a stability with mechanisms for its conservation.
The Workshop gathered together a unique mix of expertise and skills, and combined with the enthusiasm and depth of the ensuing discussions, it could certainly be deemed a success. For the sensor Group, many questions remained to be answered about the nature of the bio-system being studied, not, at least, the formulation of such questions might be easier now. Hopefully, future dialogue will be able to range in more depth over basic issues. The list is a large one, but includes, continuous monitoring, pathophysiological correlates of biorhythms, tissue/blood interrelationships, requisite sensor characteristics (response time, stability, sensitivity, signal to noise ratio) and feedback design. If the learning process is a protracted one, this first step was certainly an enjoyable one.
1994 CALENDAR We are very keen to help publicise your 1994/95/96 meeting, exhibition or course etc. so if you want to use B&B to help with your Call for Papers please fax details ASAP: [44] (0)865 84397 1. Please let us know in good time - six months or more if possible.
17-22 July 1994
4th Gordon Research Conference on Bio/Analytical Sensors Location: Colby-Sawyer College, New London, New Hampshire, USA. Symposia to include medical diagnostics, biomolecular interactions, environmental monitoring, signal discrimination, technology drivers, in vivo measurements, workshops, and molecular electronics. Tutorial sessions and open workshops will be geared to enhance information exchange. Contributions for lively poster session solicited. Contact: Dr. Fran Ligler, Center for Bio/Molecular Science and Engineering, 4555 Overlook Avenue, S.W., Washington, DC 20375, USA. Fax: [l] (202) 404-8938.
xiv
Q956-5663/94/$7.00
0 1994 Elsevier Science Ltd.
Biosensors & Bioelectronics Vol. 9 No. 4/5 (1994)
August 28th to 1st September
CLEO Europe 94 Location: The RAI Congress Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. European Conference on Lasers and Optics 94 (CLEO Europe) will start a European sequence for the CLEO meeting held annually in N. America since 1981. It will be held in parallel with the 5th European Quantum Electronics Conference (EQEC 94). The conference and exhibition encompasses the whole field of lasers and electro-optics. All aspects of technology are included including device development, systems and applications: from gas and free-electron lasers, through semiconductor lasers, laser spectroscopy, ultrafast optics and electronics, LIDAR, optical computers, material processing and lightwave communication. Sensors and measurements medical and biological applications, will be included: lasers in surgery and medicine, photobiology and phototherapy, imaging and optical diagnostics, optoelectronic biomedical sensors and devices, fibre optic delivery systems, etc. Contact: Institute of Physics, Meetings and Conference Dept, 47 Belgrave Square, London SW1 1X UK. Fax: [44] (0)71259 6002. N. America: IEEE/LEOS, tel/fax: (908) 562 3896 / 157 1. Exhibition: c/o Optical Society of America, teljfax: [l] (202) 416-1950 / -6140.
22-24 September 1994
XIIth Conference of Analytical Chemistry Locution: Ovidus University in Constanta, Romania. Contact: Dr Gabriel-Lucian, Organizing Committee, RADU, Romanian Society of Analytical Chemistry, 13, Bul. Carol I, Sector 3,70346 Bucharest, Romania.
25-30 September 1994
XIIth Symposium on Bioelectrochemistry & Energetics Locution: Sevilla, Spain. A BES event which includes ion channels, membrane interactions, EM field effects, molecular electronics and, of course, biosensors. Contact: Inst. de Bioquimica Vegetal y Fotosintesis, Faculty of Biology, University of Seville, CSIC, Apartado 1113,41080 Seville, Spain. Fax: [34] 5-4620154.
25-30 September 1994
International Conference on Molecular Electronics & Biocomputing Locution: Goa, India. The event includes biomimetic and supramolecular chemistry of molecularly designed intelligent, smart and adaptive materials, devices and systems; principles of self assembled or artificially engineered molecular aggregates and architectures; LB films, membranes, conducting polymers; characterization techniques; theory and modelling of molecular sensors; neural and neuromolecular systems; materials, nanomanipulations and devices; and other topics. An international list of plenary speakers has been arranged. Contact: Dr Ratna Phadke, Chemical Physics Group, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Homi Bhaba Rd., Bombay 400 005 India. Tel/fax: [91] 22 215 2971 / 2181. Email: [email protected] ; [email protected] Contrnued on page 314
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WORKSHOP REPORT
multiwire electrodes had been used by him to give depth-dependent and multi-site profiles of pO2 in the kidney, brain and other organs. A large number of data points were clearly necessary for any representative picture of tissue ~02, but inevitably, surface measurement was less distorting than the use of puncture techniques, and this may become a dominant approach in the future, particularly with the advent of reporter molecules for 02 which could be optically interrogated in an intact tissue. An important observation in the time domain was that while ~02 in local microenvironments drop as a result of hypoxia or a lowered haematocrit, recovery leads to ~02 values returning to their original relative values. This confirms that whatever the structure of the three dimensional 02 profile in a given tissue, it is by no means randomly arrived at, and possesses a stability with mechanisms for its conservation.
The Workshop gathered together a unique mix of expertise and skills, and combined with the enthusiasm and depth of the ensuing discussions, it could certainly be deemed a success. For the sensor Group, many questions remained to be answered about the nature of the bio-system being studied, not, at least, the formulation of such questions might be easier now. Hopefully, future dialogue will be able to range in more depth over basic issues. The list is a large one, but includes, continuous monitoring, pathophysiological correlates of biorhythms, tissue/blood interrelationships, requisite sensor characteristics (response time, stability, sensitivity, signal to noise ratio) and feedback design. If the learning process is a protracted one, this first step was certainly an enjoyable one.
1994 CALENDAR We are very keen to help publicise your 1994/95/96 meeting, exhibition or course etc. so if you want to use B&B to help with your Call for Papers please fax details ASAP: [44] (0)865 84397 1. Please let us know in good time - six months or more if possible.
17-22 July 1994
4th Gordon Research Conference on Bio/Analytical Sensors Location: Colby-Sawyer College, New London, New Hampshire, USA. Symposia to include medical diagnostics, biomolecular interactions, environmental monitoring, signal discrimination, technology drivers, in vivo measurements, workshops, and molecular electronics. Tutorial sessions and open workshops will be geared to enhance information exchange. Contributions for lively poster session solicited. Contact: Dr. Fran Ligler, Center for Bio/Molecular Science and Engineering, 4555 Overlook Avenue, S.W., Washington, DC 20375, USA. Fax: [l] (202) 404-8938.
xiv
Q956-5663/94/$7.00
0 1994 Elsevier Science Ltd.
Biosensors & Bioelectronics Vol. 9 No. 4/5 (1994)
August 28th to 1st September
CLEO Europe 94 Location: The RAI Congress Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. European Conference on Lasers and Optics 94 (CLEO Europe) will start a European sequence for the CLEO meeting held annually in N. America since 1981. It will be held in parallel with the 5th European Quantum Electronics Conference (EQEC 94). The conference and exhibition encompasses the whole field of lasers and electro-optics. All aspects of technology are included including device development, systems and applications: from gas and free-electron lasers, through semiconductor lasers, laser spectroscopy, ultrafast optics and electronics, LIDAR, optical computers, material processing and lightwave communication. Sensors and measurements medical and biological applications, will be included: lasers in surgery and medicine, photobiology and phototherapy, imaging and optical diagnostics, optoelectronic biomedical sensors and devices, fibre optic delivery systems, etc. Contact: Institute of Physics, Meetings and Conference Dept, 47 Belgrave Square, London SW1 1X UK. Fax: [44] (0)71259 6002. N. America: IEEE/LEOS, tel/fax: (908) 562 3896 / 157 1. Exhibition: c/o Optical Society of America, teljfax: [l] (202) 416-1950 / -6140.
22-24 September 1994
XIIth Conference of Analytical Chemistry Locution: Ovidus University in Constanta, Romania. Contact: Dr Gabriel-Lucian, Organizing Committee, RADU, Romanian Society of Analytical Chemistry, 13, Bul. Carol I, Sector 3,70346 Bucharest, Romania.
25-30 September 1994
XIIth Symposium on Bioelectrochemistry & Energetics Locution: Sevilla, Spain. A BES event which includes ion channels, membrane interactions, EM field effects, molecular electronics and, of course, biosensors. Contact: Inst. de Bioquimica Vegetal y Fotosintesis, Faculty of Biology, University of Seville, CSIC, Apartado 1113,41080 Seville, Spain. Fax: [34] 5-4620154.
25-30 September 1994
International Conference on Molecular Electronics & Biocomputing Locution: Goa, India. The event includes biomimetic and supramolecular chemistry of molecularly designed intelligent, smart and adaptive materials, devices and systems; principles of self assembled or artificially engineered molecular aggregates and architectures; LB films, membranes, conducting polymers; characterization techniques; theory and modelling of molecular sensors; neural and neuromolecular systems; materials, nanomanipulations and devices; and other topics. An international list of plenary speakers has been arranged. Contact: Dr Ratna Phadke, Chemical Physics Group, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Homi Bhaba Rd., Bombay 400 005 India. Tel/fax: [91] 22 215 2971 / 2181. Email: [email protected] ; [email protected] Contrnued on page 314
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