FABLS Workshop

Dr Charles Cranfield

Conspirators: Dr Daniel Day, A/Prof Xioasong Gan,Prof Min Gu

Centre for Micro-PhotonicsSwinburne University of Technology

SpectraPhysics Ti:S laser

Shutter

Argon:Krypton laser

ExF

CDD camera

EmF

xy translation mount

Mico-lens array

Micro-pinhole array

DM

Obj 2

Obj 1

Multiphoton and single photon excitation simultaneously

CMP Resources:

•Real-time imaging capability (Perkin Elmer Nipkow disk based confocal microscope) with multi-photon excitation.

•Olympus FV300 confocal with femtosecond pulsed laser add-on.

•Bioptechs cell perfusion chamber system.

•Biological preparation lab.

Future Biophotonics Research at CMP

• Femtosecond induced up-regulation of osteoblast mineralization for tissue engineering.

• Femtosecond laser induced cellular transfection Tirlapur and K. König, Nature 418, 290-291 (2002).

• Nonlinear microscopy and endoscopies including SHG and FLIM.

• Other collaborations???- Please approach us through Prof Min Gu