Course Content: Speakers from all over the world are asked to present pedagogical introductions to their field with an emphasis on basic concepts. After an introductory lecture (open for everybody), the participants of this course will have an additional discussion with the speaker discussing a recent paper and the holy grails of the field. For an overview of past hot topics sessions, please click here.

Audience: The tutorial, as a one hour lecture, is open for everyone to attend. The second hour is reserved as a discussion hour for the registered class of PhD students and postdocs with the lecturer.

Preparation: PhD students who have registered for the hot topics course need to prepare for the session by reading the articles that are mentioned in the below.

Date & Speaker: Thursday January 29, 2015, Dr. Khalid Salaita (Emory University, Atlanta, USA)

Title:       "Fluorescence-based force sensing"

Host:        Marie-Eve Aubin-Tam

Location:  Delft University of Technology, TNW (building 22), Lorentzweg 1, Delft.

Room:       Room E (F005)

Time:        16:00 - 17:00 BN/hot topics seminar (open for everyone to attend), 17:00 - 18:30 hot topics discussion (registered PhD students/postdocs only)

Required reading: to prepare for the hot topics discussion, please read the two articles that are mentioned in the below.