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BioPIC 2010 Post-event News
Date: 18th - 20th October 2010
Venue: Dunboyne Castle Hotel, Co Meath, Ireland

Many thanks to all who participated in BioPIC 2010. Your support was greatly appreciated. The feedback so far has been extremely positive and it is our hope to organise a similar event in 2012. We are especially thankful to the speakers for providing a series of exciting and inspiring talks, especially those who travelled from abroad to share their knowledge and expertise. Among the countries represented were Ireland, England, Italy, France, Germany, Finland, Russia, Spain, United States, England, Northern Ireland..... A copy of the programme booklet is available for download here. Please feel free to share in our memories of BioPIC 2010 by visiting our photo gallery.



A special word of congratulations to the award winners:

Award Category Name Institution Title of Talk/Poster
Best Oral Presentation - early stage researcher Enock Jonathan
University of Limerick, Ireland Smartphone as a portable optical heart activity monitor
Best Oral Presentation - experienced researcher Marie Schaeffer Centre National Recherche Scientifique, IGF Montpellier, France Dynamic imaging of vascular properties in the median eminence of living mice
Best Poster Award - PhD category Omar E. Olarte ICFO -The Institute of Photonic Sciences, Spain Multimodal microscopy imaging of femtosecond laser-assisted nanosurgery of C. elegans
Runner-up Poster Award - PhD category Paul McNamara
University of Limerick, Ireland
Development of an absorption-based tomographic system for mapping the human microvasculature
Best Poster Award - Postdoctoral category Vinciane Saint -Criq Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Ireland Oestrogen regulation of the airway surface liquid height in normal and cystic fibrosis bronchial epithelia
Runner-up Poster Award -Postdoctoral category Julia Dietlmeier Dublin City University, Ireland Perceptual grouping strategies in molecular imaging.



Media Coverage
18.10.10 - RCSI Press Release on BioPIC 2010
19.10.10 - Optics.Org - Raman shows cancer screening credentials
30.10.10 - Meath Chronicle - Biophotonics conference at Dunboyne Castle Hotel
26.11 10 - Irish Times Innovation- Bright ideas to conquer new worlds



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