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Announcement: PicoQuant 29th International Workshop on Single Molecule Spectroscopy and Super-resolution Microscopy

From October 8-10, 2024, PicoQuant are hosting their 29th International Workshop on “Single Molecule Spectroscopy and Super-resolution Microscopy” in Berlin, Germany. The event provides an interdisciplinary platform for exchanging ideas and recent results between researchers and professionals working in the fields of physics, chemistry, biology, life and materials science.

FRET satellite workshop at MAF2022

The FRET community will host a Satellite Meeting at the Methods and Applications in Fluorescence (MAF) Conference 2022 in Gothenburg, Sweden, from September 14-15. The workshop is aimed to bring together the broad FRET community and provide deeper insights into the latest developments of the field. See more information on the Events page. 

Announcement: PicoQuant 26th International Workshop on Single Molecule Spectroscopy and Super-resolution Microscopy

PicoQuant invites the Single Molecule and Microscopy Community to one of the first in-person meetings after the easing of COViD-19 restrictions. Read the full press release here. The 26th edition of the international workshop on “Single Molecule Spectroscopy and Super-resolution Microscopy” is planned to be held as an in-person event in Berlin, Germany from September …

Announcement: Protein Folding and Dynamics seminar – November 16

Dear friends, We are happy to announce the next talk of our bi-weekly series of Zoom seminars dedicated to Protein Folding and Dynamics. The next seminar will be given by William A. Eaton from the Laboratory of Chemical Physics, NIH. The title of the talk is “Modern Kinetics of Protein Folding: a Retrospective” The lecture (~45 minutes) …

Announcement: Free webinars on time-resolved microscopy and spectroscopy from PicoQuant

From July to August PicoQuant offers a series of free webinars that highlight the power of optoelectronical measurements and how they can help in everyday research challenges. The line-up includes topics like time-resolved fluorescence microscopy, fluorescence spectroscopy, materials science, shaping and using laser pulses for various applications, and single molecule FRET in molecular biology. See all …

smFRET Open Call Position Paper

Many members of the FRET community have come together to set the groundwork for FRET to become a recognized and routine tool for dynamic structural biology. In the position paper titled “The FRET-based structural dynamics challenge – community contributions to consistent and open science practices”, we assess the state of the field, outline ‘soft recommendations’ …

Announcement: Protein Folding and Dynamics Webinar

Dear FRET community, please see below an announcement from Hagen Hofmann, Ben Schuler and Gilad Haran. The recordings of the webinar are available under the following link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgisFWvIeKh5cqLM_0Z-_fA Dear friends, We are happy to announce a new, bi-weekly series of Zoom seminars dedicated to Protein Folding and Dynamics. The goal of this series is to allow …

Elections for the Advisory Board now open

Dear FRET community, We are pleased to announce that the elections for the inaugural advisory board are now open. To cast your vote, login to the FRET community website and go to the elections page (https://www.fret.community/election). Voting is possible until March 30, 23:00 CET. As we have based the FRET community on a bottom-up approach, …

FRET Community Meeting at BPS 2020, February 15 11am-12pm

Dear FRET community member, while the community is growing, we are steering towards the election of the inaugural advisory board. As the election procedures were not evident to everyone, we thought it appropriate to extend the deadline for candidate nominations to the 28th of February, with elections being held thereafter. We would appreciate if you could …

Join the FRET community: membership, elections of advisory board, upcoming meetings

Dear colleague, over the past decades, Förster resonance energy transfer has evolved into a routine tool in the life sciences. Inspired by the recent joint international study on the precision and accuracy of FRET measurements [1] and after discussions with many colleagues, we are excited to take the next step and announce the launch of …