ENDOGENOUS BIOPHOTONICS: ULTRA-WEAK LUMINESCENCE FROM BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS V

Co-chairs:
Ilya V. Volodyaev, Lomonosov Moscow State University, European Medical Centre, Moscow, Russia 
Elena V. Naumova, Rzhanov Institute of Semiconductor Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk Akademgorodok, Russia 

Secretary:
Elena V. Naumova, Rzhanov Institute of Semiconductor Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk Akademgorodok, Russia (naumova@yandex.ru)

Program Committee:
Yury A. Vladimirov, Honourable Member of the Program Committee, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow, Russia
Andrey V. Budagovsky, Michurinsk State Agrarian University, Michurin Federal Scientific Center, Michurinsk, Tambov Region, Russia

Cristiano de Mello Gallep, University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil

Alexander A. Krasnovsky, Federal Research Center of Biotechnology, Bach Institute of Biochemistry RAS, Russia 

Elena V. Naumova, Rzhanov Institute of Semiconductor Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk Akademgorodok, Russia

Vitaly Yu. Plavskii, B.I. Stepanov Institute of Physics of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Minsk, Belarus
Felix Scholkmann, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Kharlampy P. Tiras, Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Biophysics RAS, Pushchino, Moscow Region, Russia

Aleksei V. Trofimov, Emanuele Institute of Biochemical Physics RAS, Moscow, Russia

Raif G. Vasilov, Kurchatov Complex of NBICS-Technologies, National Research Center «Kurchatov Institute», Moscow, Russia

Vladimir L. Voeikov, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia

Ilya V. Volodyaev, Lomonosov Moscow State University, European Medical Centre, Moscow, Russia

Aim of the conference

The main goal of the conference is to provide a multidisciplinary platform for the presentation and discussion of scientific results on the ultra-weak luminescence of biological systems, with a particular focus on ultra-weak luminescence in the mid-UV range (mitogenetic radiation) and cancer-related aspects of endogenous biophotonics, radiation hormesis, associated phenomena and hypotheses.

Topics

• Experimental results on ultraweak luminescence of biological and biochemical systems;
  
• Instrumentation and methods for ultra-weak luminescence studies in endogenous biophotonics;
• Mechanisms of ultraweak luminescence;
• Ultra-weak luminescence studies for monitoring and diagnostics in medicine, agriculture etc.;
  
• Specific features of cancer tissues, physiological fluids and cancer metabolism with potential for biophotonic diagnostics;
• Mitogenetic radiation, cancer diagnostics, radiation hormesis and related phenomena: experimental results, hypotheses and prospects for further research.

Sessions

Three sessions are planned, plus a round-table discussion:

1. Ultra-weak luminescence from biological and biochemical systems;
2. Cancer applications of biophotonics;
3. Mitogenetic radiation, cancer diagnostics, radiation hormesis and related phenomena;
4. Round-table: mitogenetic radiation, the ‘cancer quencher’ concept, radiation hormesis and related phenomena

Reports and comments offering constructive criticism are appreciated as much as those supporting and developing the concepts.

Format:
Hybrid (the in-person part will be held at the main venue of SFM (Saratov State University)).