Summer School in NCSR DemokritosSummer 2005

Methods in micro – nano technology and nanobiotechnology

Organizer: National Center for Scientific Research “Demokritos”

Participating Institutes: Microelectronics,

Radioisotopes and Radiodiagnostic Products, Physical Chemistry

 

Information: www.imel.demokritos.gr, Contact: Evangelos Gogolides, evgog@imel.demokritos.gr

Rational:

Modern Research takes advantage of Micro and Nanotechnology developments.

Merging areas of research (Nanobiotechnology) demand interdisciplinary skills.

Necessary for researchers from Life Sciences, Chemistry, and Engineering to acquire skills in Micro and Nanotechnologies.

Target: Establish common language between the various disciplines-promote interdisciplinary research

Content: Five (5) day intensive summer school Offers: classroom and laboratory experience on:

micro and nano-technology processes / materials / applicationsTargeted in: Nanobiotechnology

Who should attend:

Group leaders involved in molecular biology or biotechnology,Post Doctoral FellowsGraduate students with Engineering, Science or Life Science background, All those who wish to apply micro-technology in their research.

Maximum number of registrants 20 persons. Fees: 1000 Euro (accommodation NOT included)Dates: 6-10 June 2005.

Synergies with other schools in Greece and Nano2life: Back to back with Practical Course on Advanced techniques in molecular biologyorganized by FORTH/ICEHT, Date: 13-18 June 2005http://mb_school.iceht.forth.gr A small reduction in the fee for those taking both seminars is being considered.

Syllabus 1:

Lecture 1: Introduction to micro and nano-technology and nanobiotechnology

Lecture 2: Patterning technologies (lithography and plasma etching) for Si, glass, and plastic substrates in the fabrication of analytical/bioanalytical microdevices

Laboratory 1: Fabrication of microfluidic devices on plastic substrates by novel lithographic techniques.

Syllabus 2:

Laboratory 2: Fabrication of plastic Capillary Electrophoresis Devices by Lithography and plasma etching techniques.

Lecture 3: Principles of Integrated Biosensing Devices

Laboratory 3: Operation of a lab-on-a-chip optical device using model assays and real time measurements

Monolithic silicon optocouplers

PMMA Capillaries

Syllabus 3:

Lecture 4: Patterning of biomolecules and other biological substances

Laboratory 4a: Part A: Fabrication of protein microarrays using biocompatible photoresist-based lithography.

Laboratory 4b: Part B. Fluorescence detection of protein arrays.

Fluorescence picture of the rabbit γ-globulins and biotinylated-BSA spot arrays after a 2 h immunoreaction with a mixture of AF 546 labeled streptavidin (red spots) and AF 488 labeled anti-rabbit IgG antibody (green spots). The spot size is approximately 4 μm.

Twelve rows of different protein spots fabricated in 12 succesive lithographic steps

Syllabus 4:

Lecture 5: Biomolecules as building blocks of molecular electronics

Laboratory 5: Nano-patterning by electron beam lithography

Lecture 6: Protein and DNA arrays: fabrication, detection and applications.

Laboratory 6: Demonstrating a capillary fluoroimmunosensor

Syllabus 5:

Lecture 7: Drug Delivery, Liposomes, Dendrimers, Cyclodextrins

Laboratory 7: Dynamic light scattering and Z-potential measurements, Video enhanced optical microscopy of Liposomes and Atomic Force Microscopy

Atomic Force Microscopy

Formation of DNA nanoparticles of ~40 nm diameter

PC-CHOL-ODPG / DHP Liposomes

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r (nm)

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Liposome-liposome interactionsCorrelation of Optical Microscopy and Dynamic Light Scattering results

Laboratory 7: Dynamic light scattering optical microscopy

Syllabus 6:

Laboratory 8: Drug inclusion monitoring in situ by NMR spectroscopy X-ray diffraction characterisation of drug inclusion in Cyclodextrins and 3-D visualisation

(OH)n

NH26

ppm (t1) 3.504.004.505.00

Syllabus 7: