BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Turkey BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20380119T061407 TZOFFSETFROM:+0300 TZOFFSETTO:+0300 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=3TU;BYMONTH=1 TZNAME:+03 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20160907T000000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0300 TZOFFSETTO:+0300 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1WE;BYMONTH=9 TZNAME:+03 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170606T210240Z UID:F3B15D80-E5B6-11E7-833E-0050568D7F66 DTSTART;TZID=Turkey:20170526T133000 DTEND;TZID=Turkey:20170526T153000 DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Assoc. Prof. Alpan Bek\, Middle East Technical Univers ity\n\nTopic: "High Resolution Optical Microscopy and Spectroscopy Techniq ues in Biology"\n\nLocation: Middle East Technical University\, Ankara\, T urkey (EEE Sevim Tan)\n\nAbstract: High resolution optical microscopy and spectroscopy used to be limited in the micrometer spatial resolution for a bout 3 centuries after development of the first microscopes in 17th centur y. The limiting factor behind such a long time of further advancement has ultimately been the diffraction limit of visible light. It was in late 20t h century when technology has finally advanced beyond the limitation of di ffraction to enable optical spatial resolution down to the nanometer. Nano meter dimension is the realm of large molecules of which maybe most intere sting ones such as proteins are of biological origin. In this talk I will present the ideas behind breaking the diffraction limit and give an overvi ew of several high resolution imaging and spectroscopy techniques in biolo gical specimen analysis.\n\nBio: Alpan Bek has completed his BSc and MSc s tudies at Bilkent University Department of Physics. He has taken part in e xperimental research on optical properties of low dimensional systems and integrated optics under supervision of Prof. Atilla Aydinli. He has obtain ed his PhD degree from Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) whi le he conducted his PhD work at the Max-Planck Institute for Solid State R esearch in Stuttgart\, Germany under supervision of Prof. Klaus Kern. He h as constructed an optical microscope that can resolve structures down to 5 nm with visible light. He has had a post-doctoral stay at Ludwig Maximill ian’s University of Munich (LMU) in the group of Prof. Jochen Feldmann a nd conducted research together with Prof. Thomas Klar on plasmonic systems . Afterwards he has moved to Cluster in Biomedicine (CBM) in Trieste\, Ita ly to work together with Dr. Marco Lazzarino on tip enhanced Raman spectro scopy (TERS). In 2011 he has returned back to Turkey as a faculty member i n Physics Department of Middle East Technical University. He is currently conducting research in the fields of plasmonic solar cells and nonlinear p lasmonics as the leader of the Nano-Optics Research Group and as a member of The Center for Solar Energy Research and Applications (GÜNAM).\n\nSpea ker(s): Assoc. Prof. Alpan Bek\, \n\nAnkara\, Ankara\, Türkiye LOCATION:Ankara\, Ankara\, Türkiye ORGANIZER:ozergul@metu.edu.tr SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:[Legacy Report] IEEE AP/MTT/EMC/ED TURKEY CHAPTER SEMINAR SERIES -- SEMINAR 12 URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/149037 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p>Speaker: Assoc. Prof. Alpan Bek\, Middle E ast Technical University</p>\n<p>Topic: "High Resolution Optical Microscop y and Spectroscopy Techniques in Biology"</p>\n<p>Location:&nbsp\;Middle E ast Technical University\, Ankara\, Turkey (EEE Sevim Tan)</p>\n<p><em>Abs tract: &nbsp\;High resolution optical microscopy and spectroscopy used to be limited in the micrometer spatial resolution for about 3 centuries afte r development of the first microscopes in 17th century. The limiting facto r behind such a long time of further advancement has ultimately&nbsp\; bee n the diffraction limit of visible light. It was in late 20th century when technology has finally advanced beyond the limitation of diffraction to e nable optical spatial resolution down to the nanometer. Nanometer dimensio n is the realm of large molecules of which maybe most interesting ones suc h as proteins are of biological origin. In this talk I will present the id eas behind breaking the diffraction limit and give an overview of several high resolution imaging and spectroscopy techniques in biological specimen analysis.</em></p>\n<p><em>Bio: &nbsp\;Alpan Bek has completed his BSc an d MSc studies at Bilkent University Department of Physics. He has taken pa rt in experimental research on optical properties of low dimensional syste ms and integrated optics under supervision of Prof. Atilla Aydinli. He has obtained his PhD degree from Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EP FL) while he conducted his PhD work at the Max-Planck Institute for Solid State Research in Stuttgart\, Germany under supervision of Prof. Klaus Ker n. He has constructed an optical microscope that can resolve structures do wn to 5 nm with visible light. He has had a post-doctoral stay at Ludwig M aximillian&rsquo\;s University of Munich (LMU) in the group of Prof. Joche n Feldmann and conducted research together with Prof. Thomas Klar on plasm onic systems. Afterwards he has moved to Cluster in Biomedicine (CBM) in T rieste\, Italy to work together with Dr. Marco Lazzarino on tip enhanced R aman spectroscopy (TERS). In 2011 he has returned back to Turkey as a facu lty member in Physics Department of Middle East Technical University. He i s currently conducting research in the fields of plasmonic solar cells and nonlinear plasmonics as the leader of the Nano-Optics Research Group and as a member of The Center for Solar Energy Research and Applications (G&Uu ml\;NAM).</em></p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR