Optical Manipulation and Its Applications (OMA)

OMA covers the whole range of optical manipulation technologies currently being developed for studies in biophysics, single molecule, single cell and tissue level analysis, optical manipulation of chemical processes in organisms, lab-on-a-chip development, optomechanical cooling, environmental monitoring, and theoretical underpinnings.

Technologies to be considered include optical tweezers and associated techniques, photo activated materials, optogenetics, light-activated drugs and probes and microfluidics. We will = capture synergies between different optical manipulation technologies with a view of encouraging discussion between different user groups and the development of new hybrid techniques.

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Committee Members

• Wylie Ahmed, CNRS-UPS, France
• Alejandro Arzola, UNAM, Mexico
• Silvie Bernatova, Institute of Scientific Instruments ASCR, Czech Republic
• Guido Bolognesi, University College London, United Kingdom
• Antonio Ciarlo, Univ degli Studi di Napoli Federico II
• Frank Cichos, Univ Leipzig, Germany
• Simon Hanna, University of Bristol, United Kingdom
• Brooke Hester, Appalachian State University
• Maria Iati, CNR IPCF, Italy
• Carlos Lopez-Mariscal, Underwater Photonics, Mexico
• David McGloin, University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom
• Steven Neale, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom
• Antonio Neves, Universidade Federal do ABC, Brazil
• Jack Ng, Southern Univ of Science & Technology, China
• Sile Nic Chormaic, Okinawa Inst of Science & Technology, Japan
• Lynn Paterson, Heriot-Watt University, United Kingdom
• Giuseppe Pesce, Univ degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Italy
• Ruben Ramos-Garcia, Inst Nat Astrofisica Optica Electronica, Mexico
• Peter Reece, University of New South Wales, Australia
• Halina Rubinsztein-Dunlop, University of Queensland, Australia
• Gregor Thalhammer, Medical University Innsbruck, Austria
• Giorgio Volpe, University College London, United Kingdom
• Giovanni Volpe, Goteborgs Universitet, Sweden
• Pavel Zemanek, Institute of Scientific Instruments ASCR, Czech Republic
• Chenglong Zhao, The MITRE Corporation, United States