Single Molecule FRET & C-Trap North-East: Preliminary Showcase and Demonstration Day

Friday 13 March 2026
Please register using this link.

Join us on 13 March at the Bioscience Technology Facility, University of York, for a one-day event showcasing our cutting-edge single-molecule technologies for interested research groups and external users.

We will also introduce case studies as part of our North East consortium across Durham, Newcastle, York and Hull. These will highlight how our suite of open-access core facility instrumentation can uncover insights into the binding kinetics and motility of selective, rare or even force-dependent events that are inaccessible via conventional methods.

In the afternoon, you will be invited to participate in advanced demonstrations of our EI FLEX and LUMICKS C-Trap single-molecule instruments run by our core facility staff and application scientists.

Please report to Biology Reception on arrival from 10 - 10.30am then proceed to B/Q/014.

This event will take place within the Technology Facility at the University of York.

Programme

10.00 - 10.30	Registration and Coffee	B/Q/014
10.30 - 10.40	York's Bioscience Technology Facility	Pete O'Toole
10.40 - 10.50	Single Molecule Techniques at the TF	Alex Payne-Dwyer
10.50 - 11.10	The EI FLEX for smFRET and FCS	Mahmoud Abdelhamid, Exciting Instruments
11.10 - 11.30	The LUMICKS C-Trap	Tomas Soolsma, LUMICKS
11.30 - 11.45	Adam Wollman, Newcastle University
11.45 - 12.15	Dimitra Papatziamou, University of York
12.30 - 1.30	Lunch (sponsored by Exciting Instruments)	Biology Atrium
1.30 - 3.45	EI-FLEX, C-Trap & Single Molecule Demos	Molecular Interactions Lab (B/K/056)
3.45 - 4.00	Closing remarks	B/Q/014
4.00	Visit to local pub	(The Deramore)

Sign up below! Participants will be informed of the final schedule prior to the event.

This event is free to register. Please sign up for the talks and demo slots using this form.

Please contact btf-enquiries@york.ac.uk if you need further information.

How to get here

The University of York enjoys a splendid campus location just two miles from the centre of York itself. Getting to York is easy from anywhere in the world. There are excellent rail links which have a short travel time to international airports and we have easy to access major road networks.

The Biology Department is within Campus West at the University and maps and travel information can be found by visiting: https://www.york.ac.uk/about/maps/

Address: Department of Biology
Wentworth Way
University of York
York
YO10 5DD
United Kingdom