- Dennis Matthews, PhD, Director of the NSF Center for Biophotonics Science and Technology, Sacramento, CA: "Opportunities for Biophotonics in Point-of-Care Medicine".
- Juergen Popp, PhD, Coordinator of the Photonics4Life Network of Excellence, Germany: "Raman Spectroscopy - An Emerging Tool in Biophotonics"
- Brian Wilson, PhD, University Health Network, Toronto: "Making Fluorescence -Guided Surgery a Quantitative Science"
The webinars will be recorded and posted at www.biophotonicsworld.org for later viewing, and will be available to members of www.BiophotonicsWorld.org portal all over the world. The series will continue with monthly webinars, with a hiatus in August 2010.
You will need a computer, internet access, and speakers (or headphones); also a microphone if you want to ask questions of the presenter(s).
You can invite others to join www.BiophotonicsWorld.org by following the "Invite your colleagues to join BiophotonicsWorld" link on the first page of the website. Please forward this newsletter to others who might be interested to join in and listen to the webinar.
Grants of interest to the biophotonics community, for international collaborations and/or exchanges:
European Molecular Biology Organization
The EMBO Long-Term Fellowships are awarded for a period of up to two years and support post-doctoral research visits to laboratories throughout Europe and the world. International exchange is a key feature in the application process. All fellowships must involve movement between countries and one of those countries must be an EMBC (European Molecular Biology Conference) Member State.
Deadlines are twice a year 15 August and 15 February.
http://www.embo.org/programmes/fellowships/long-term.html
The Royal Society International Joint Projects
Aim: The Royal Society International Joint Project programme is designed to enable international collaboration by providing a mobility grant for researchers and members of their research teams to cover travel, subsistence and research expenses. It also aims to provide seed money for research that will lead to further collaboration and greater funding in the future from larger funding bodies.
Subjects covered: All areas of the life and physical sciences, including engineering, but excluding clinical medicine.
Value of the grant: Up to £6000 a year for 2 years for travel and subsistence. Within the £6000 available each year, up to £1000 can be used for research expenses (excluding computer hardware).
Deadline: varies by country.
http://royalsociety.org/International-Joint-Projects/
The Fulbright Program
The Fulbright Program is the flagship international educational exchange program sponsored by the U.S. government and is designed to “increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries.” It provides participants with the opportunity to study, teach and conduct research, exchange ideas and contribute to finding solutions to shared international concerns. The Program operates in over 155 countries, and awards approximately 7,500 new grants annually.
The term "Fulbright Program" encompasses a variety of exchange programs, including both individual and institutional grants:
- Fulbright US Scholar Program
- Fulbright Specialists Program
- Fubright Visiting Scholar Program
- Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence (SIR) Program
- Fulbright Visiting Specialists Program: Direct Access to the Muslim World
- Fulbright New Century Scholars global program
- Fulbright US Student Program
- Fulbright Foreign Student Program
- Fulbright Teacher Exchange Program
- Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program
- Fulbright-Hays Program
More to come later. May the force of biophotonics be with you!
...from your friendly colleagues at the BiophotonicsWorld.org development desk
