Program 2008

Program 

08:00-09:00 – Registration

09:00-09:30 – Welcome - Prof. Menachem Magidor, 
                                     President of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel. 

Session I - Novel sensing platforms

09:30-10:15 – Yeshaiahu Fainman, University of California, San Diego,USA.
                        "Optofluidic Plasmonics for Sensing Applications"

10:15-10:45 – Uri Banin, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.
                        "Nanoscale Imaging of Excitons in Heterostructured
                        Semiconductor Nanorods"

10:45-11:15 – Aaron Lewis, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.
                        "Measurement of Membrane Potential with Ultrahigh Sensitivity
                        and Resolution" 

11:15-11:45 – Coffee break 

Session II -  Bio sensing

11:45-12:15 – Yuri Feldman, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.
                       "The Unexplored Avenues of Human Skin Electromagnetic 
                       Properties in the SubTHz band"

12:15-12:45 – Micha Spira, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.
                       "Dendritic spine-like gold protrusions improve the adherence and
                       electrical coupling of neurons with the surface of micro-electronic
                        devices"

12:45-13:15 – Shimshon Belkin, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel. 
                        "Whole-cell bacterial biochips for environmental monitoring"

13:15-14:30 – Lunch 

Session III -  Computational sensing

14:30-15:15 – David Brady, Duke University, Durham NC, USA.
                        "Compression, chemometrics and coherence in computational
                        optical sensors"

15:15-15:45 – Leo Joskowicz, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.  
                        "Real-time intraoperative navigation in neurosurgery"

15:45-16:15 – Coffee break 

Session IV -  Advanced sensing applications

16:15-16:45 – Dvir Yelin, The Technion, Haifa, Israel.
                       "Ultra-Miniature, Functional Endoscopy"

16:45-17:15 – Michal Balberg, Ornim Medical Ltd, Global Park, Lod, Israel.
                       "Coherence sensing – saving lives"

17:15-17:30 – Concluding remarks -
                      Aharon Agranat, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.

 

Abstract of each unit