Reporter:Prof. Carmen Bartic
Affiliation: KLU University of Belgium
Time: At 14:00, April 1, 2016
Place: Yizhi Meeting Room

Abstract

An overview of the main researches related to probing the neuronal function by optoelectronic methods will be given. The main content includes how to study the properties of nano-materials and their interactions with bio-molecules and cells by a variety of optical, electronic and scanning probe techniques and the development of tools and methods allowing stimulating and probing cellular activity with high spatial and temporal resolution. As inorganic nano-particles may evolve as a new class of cellular sensors with improved performance due to their unique opto-electronic properties arising from their nanometer dimensionality, the recent progress in the study of the aggregation of amyloid peptides and proteins and their interaction with neurons and also with inorganic nanoparticles (i.e. Bio mineralization) will be illustrated in details.