The IIB Summer School 2002 has been held successfully from August 18^th to 24^th. 20 participants from 10 nations took part in this summer school. The IIB plans to hold the summer school 2003 next year.

Part A: Integrative Biophysics and Biophotonics

Quantum coherence and the living state

• Quantum coherence: an introduction to biologists (R. Bajpai, North Eastern Hill University, Shillong, India)
  Introduction: Identification and Characterization of Coherence
  Quantum Coherence: Examples and Implications
  Coherence of Light: Conceptual Foundations of Classical and Quantum Coherences based on the Young's Double Slit Experiment
  Coherence of Biophotons: Experimental Evidence
  Quantum Coherence of Living Systems: From Myth to Reality

Bio-photonics in bio-medicine

• Introduction to biophotonics (X.Shen, Institute of Biophysic, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, China)
  Optical Science and Engineering for 21st Century
  Imaging of Biophoton Emission from Living Organisms
  Fluorescence Imaging of Molecular Events in Living Cells
  Noninvasive Photonic Techniques for Medical Applications
  
• An approach to the health state by solid state physics and biophotonics (F. Musumeci, Department of Physics, University of Catania, Italy)
  Differences between Luminescence of Single Molecules and Luminescence of Condensed Systems
  Exciton and Soliton Luminescence in Crystals
  Features of Photo-Induced Ultraweak Luminescence in Biological Systems
  Ultraweak Luminescence and Structure of Cells and Tissues
  State of Biological Systems and Ultraweak Luminescence
  

Coherence in biological organization

• Coherence in physiological regulation and biophoton emission (J.Slawinski, Technical University Poznan, Poland)
  Coherence as a sine qua non condition of the living state
  EL-MAG fields are the integrative "supervising" factor of the physiological regulation and the basis of physiological processes and electromagnetic interactions.
  Selected physiological processes and their correlation with photon emission (PE): cell proliferation and development, necrotic processes (natural; apoptosis and necrosis), stress (thermal, chemical, physical-induced), DNA replication, insemination, phagocytosis, physiological and biochemical regulations in spermatozoa and …?
  A dynamic equilibrium of the biochemical processes underlying PE: lipids peroxidation-antioxidant defense, changes in the DNA conformation, solitons in the polypeptide chain and ATP hydrolysis.
  A quality factor (Q) of the integrated living system and its relation to the coherence in physiological regulation.
• Medical applications of the Gurwitsch's school studies (L. Beloussov, Faculty of Biology, Moscow State University, Russia)
  Gurwitsch's school in biomedical sciences
  The cancer problem
  Studies on neuro-muscular and brain biophotonics
  Applications in mental diseases
• The concepts of Field, Coherence, and Binding applied for understanding Consciousness" (M. Lipkind, Department of Virology, Kimron Veterinary Institute, Israel)
  Physical foundations of the concept of Field and the notion of Coherence
  The field concept: Theoretical development
  The notion of coherence
  Binding problem: Philosophycal views, psychological considerations, and neurobiological data.
  Philosophical views on spatio-temporal contiguity of mental representation
  Holistic approach in psychology: "Gestalt" school
  Neurological data: Neural networks and the bias/ variance dilemma
  Psycho-Physical discrepancy ("explanatory gap") and attempts of its explanation.
  Hard problem of consciousness
  Radical emergence versus panpsychism
  Bohr-Heisenberg theory of brain-mind complementarity
  Vitalistic theory of biological field
  "Virtual photons" as elementary carriers of consciousness

Part B: Coherence in Health and Disease

Electromagnetic fields and health

• Bioeffects of low-energetic electromagnetic fields (Von Klitzing, University of Lubeck, Lubeck, Germany)
  Health risks by cordless telephones and GSM-mobil phones
  Discussion of possible models of interaction
  
• The Physics and Biology of Mobile Telephony (G.J. Hyland, Department of Physics, University of Warwick, England)
  Electromagnetic compatibility and electromagnetic bio-compatability considerations in respect of GSM telephony
  Indications of non-thermal influences of GSM radiation
  Why GSM signals are bioactive
  The inadequacy of existing Safety Guidelines
  From non-thermal effects to adverse health effects
  The increased vulnerability of pre-adolescent children
  Why everyone is not adversely affected non-thermally
  The way forward

Cancer

• Cancer problem in terms of biophysics (F.A.Popp, International Institute of Biophysics, Neuss, Germany)
  Definition of the disease
  Correlation to biophoton emission
  Interpretation of biophoton data
  Aspects of treatment
  
• Skin cancer and UV-induced DNA damage: history, news and views (H. Niggli, University of Lausanne, Switzerland)
  Ultraviolet induced carcinogenesis
  Evidence relating human skin cancer to UV exposure
  Interaction of UV-light with molecules of biological importance
  Highly important UV-induced DNA photoproducts: Cyclobutane - type pyrimidine dimmers history, determination and connection to skin cancer
  UV-induced DNA damage and repair: a powerful light trapping system in DNA in order to convert light energy into biochemical signals
  Perspectives

Food and health

• Food and health (K. Kato und T. Makino, Shizuoka Agricultural Experimental Station, Japan)
  Biophotonic measurements in Antioxidant Activity
  Spontaneous Photon Emission during Active Defense Response to Pathogens
  New Selective Method for Plant Defense Reaction Inducible Chemicals
  
• Oxygen radicals and health (V.I.Voeikov, Faculty of Biology, Moscow State University, Russia)
  Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) and Damage of Bio-macromolecules
  A Key Role of ROS in Multiple Bio-informational Processes
  The Structural Patterning of Biological Processes by ROS
  Rhythms of ROS reactions and External Oscillatory fields
  Pathological Consequences of Deregulated ROS Generation - Utilization Cycles
  Oxytherapy methods: Ozon Therapy, Hydrogen Peroxide Therapy, Air Ion Therapy
  Oxytherapy in AIDS and Cancer
  

Regulation medicine

• Historical development of regulation medicine (M. Bischof, International Institute of biophysics, Neuss, Germany)
  The Hippocratic tradition
  The establishment of scientific medicine
  The development of a modern scientific, holistic and regulative medicine as a response to the onesidedness of scientific medicine
  Regulation research and chronobiology
  Constitution, terrain and the concept of functional disease
  Humoral physiology and pathology
  Connective tissue and ground regulation
  Neural pathology and immunology
  Psychosomatics
  Salutogenesis and metabiological and transpersonal aspects of health and disease
  Towards an integrative medicine
  
• Chinese acupuncture and its developments (J.J.Chang, Institute of Biophysic, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, China)
  Introduction: History of Jinglou (meridian), Classical Course of Jinglou
  Physical Phenomena of Jinglou: Phenomenon of Photon emission, Electric Phenomena, Thermal Phenomena, Acoustic Phenomena
  Mechanism of Funcion of Jinglou and Acupuncture: Experimental Evidence of Different Hypothesis, Hypothesis of the Essential of Jinglou
  New Development in Acupuncture Therapy: Electro-Acupuncture Therapy, Magneto-Acupuncture Therapy, Light (including Laser) Acupuncture Therapy
  
• Tools from complementary medicine (R.VanWijk, Faculty of Biology, Utrecht University, The Netherlands; International Institute of Biophysics, Neuss, Germany)
  Diagnostic tools: objectivity and subjectivity
  Therapist as tool
  Placebo phenomenon
  Therapy without tools
  How the measure intention
  Data from random number generator experiments
  A living organism as random number generator
  Photon emission in intention research