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This Week in Photonics: Fluorescent Biosensors Shed Light on Heme Activity in Cells (6/16/2016)

This Week in Photonics: Fluorescent Biosensors Shed Light on Heme Activity in Cells
Genetically encoded fluorescent sensors are providing a way to track the mobilization of labile heme (LH) in cells.
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Thursday, June 16, 2016
       
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Fluorescent Biosensors Shed Light on Heme Activity in Cells
Fluorescent Biosensors Shed Light on Heme Activity in Cells
Genetically encoded fluorescent sensors are providing a way to track the mobilization of labile heme (LH) in cells. The sensors offer significant insight into the nature and dynamics of this potentially dangerous nutrient of which there has been little understanding until now. Although ratiometric fluorescent techniques...
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Widely Tunable MIR QCL Holds Promise for Spectroscopy, Chemical Sensing
Widely Tunable MIR QCL Holds Promise for Spectroscopy, Chemical Sensing
A broadband-tunable IR laser has demonstrated the ability to capture the unique spectral fingerprints of gases. The monolithic laser technology is compact, and is expected to have applications in spectroscopy and chemical sensing. Picture of the tunable laser system with GPIB transceiver and power supply. The main system...
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DARPA Awards $1.3M for IR Detection
DARPA Awards $1.3M for IR Detection
DARPA has awarded a $1.3 million grant to a team led by University of Central Florida researcher Debashis Chanda to fund the development of a next-generation IR detector that could be used in night vision, meteorology and space exploration. Dr. Debashis Chanda, assistant professor at the University of Central Florida's...
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Novel Design Increases Optical Efficiency in Graphene-Based OLEDs
Novel Design Increases Optical Efficiency in Graphene-Based OLEDs
Graphene-based OLED efficiency and flexibility have been shown to increase through a novel approach that uses graphene as a transparent electrode (TE) placed between titanium dioxide (TiO2) and conducting polymer layers. To improve the efficiency of graphene-based OLEDs, researchers from Korea Advanced Institute of...
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Rocky Mountain AIAA Names Lisa Hardaway Engineer of the Year
Rocky Mountain AIAA Names Lisa Hardaway Engineer of the Year
The Rocky Mountain Section (RMS) of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) has named Lisa Hardaway, of Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp., Engineer of the Year for 2015 to 2016. "We chose Lisa as the 2016 RMS Engineer of the Year based on the wide-ranging impact her work on the Ralph program...
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OSA Congress: Advanced Photonics 2016
OSA Congress: Advanced Photonics 2016
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July 18-21, 2016 - The Fairmont Hotel Vancouver - Vancouver, British Columbia

The Optical Society convenes more than 40 meetings throughout the world annually to provide you with opportunities to advance your scientific ambitions, expand your professional network and influence the future of optics and photonics worldwide. Advanced Photonics 2016 covers multiple aspects of optical data transfer and its technologies, from photonic integrated circuit design, fabrication and performance, advances in component design and performance, optical interconnects, switching and storage, optical computing, data and information processing. It also covers the network design and the control, implementation and processing needed to mitigate system impairments and optimize network and link performance. Photo courtesy of The Optical Society (OSA).
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