1. Editorial: The Changing Face of Fluorescence: Addressing the Changes

   • Chris D. Geddes

   Editorial Introduction Pages: 1 - 2

2. Editorial: The Journal is a Success

   • Joseph R. Lakowicz

   Editorial Introduction Pages: 3 - 3

3. Editorial: 7^th Conference on Methods and Applications of Fluorescence: Spectroscopy, Imaging and Probes

   • Antonie J.W.G. Visser

   Editorial Introduction Pages: 5 - 5

4. The New Expanded Scope of the Journal of Fluorescence

   • Chris D. Geddes

   Legacy Pages: 7 - 7

5. Announcement: Out With the Old in With the News: A New Year Sees “Topical News Articles” Being Introduced to the Journal of Fluorescence

   • Chris D. Geddes

   News Pages: 9 - 9

6. Fluorescence News: The CFS Engineers the Intrinsic Radiative Decay Rate of Low Quantum Yield Fluorophores

   • Ignacy Gryczynski
   • Joanna Malicka
   • Joseph R. Lakowicz

   OriginalPaper Pages: 11 - 13

7. Multi-Photon Sensitized Excitation of Near Infrared Emitting Lanthanides

   • Grzegorz Piszczek
   • Ignacy Gryczynski
   • Joseph R. Lakowicz

   BriefCommunication Pages: 15 - 17

8. Study of Preferential Solvation in Binary Mixtures by Means of Frequency-Domain Fluorescence Spectroscopy

   • N. Kh. Petrov
   • D. E. Markov
   • H. Staerk

   OriginalPaper Pages: 19 - 24

9. Fluorescence Polarization as a Functional Parameter in Monitoring Living Cells: Theory and Practice

   • Mordechai Deutsch
   • Reuven Tirosh
   • Arye Weinreb

   OriginalPaper Pages: 25 - 44

10. Using Laser-Induced Fluorescence in the Study of Surface Wave Turbulence

    • Martin Lommer
    • Mogens T. Levinsen

    OriginalPaper Pages: 45 - 50

11. In Situ Detection of the Pathogen Indicator E. coli Using Active Laser-Induced Fluorescence Imaging and Defined Substrate Conversion

    • J. Anderson
    • S. Webb
    • J. Di Benedetto

    OriginalPaper Pages: 51 - 55

12. Investigation of Lysozyme-Chitobioside Interactions Using Synchronous Luminescence and Lifetime Measurements

    • Pierre M. Viallet
    • Tuan Vo-Dinh
    • Jean-Marie Salmon

    OriginalPaper Pages: 57 - 63

13. Pitfalls in the Use of Common Luminescent Probes for Oxidative and Nitrosative Stress

    • Peter Wardman
    • Mark J. Burkitt
    • Borivoj Vojnovic

    OriginalPaper Pages: 65 - 68

14. Time-Resolved Fluorescence Spectroscopy Study on the Photophysical Behavior of Quantum Dots

    • W. G. J. H. M. van Sark
    • P. L. T. M. Frederix
    • A. Meijerink

    OriginalPaper Pages: 69 - 76

15. Aggregation Kinetics of Meso-tetrakis(4-sulfonatophenyl) Porphine in the Presence of Proteins: Temperature and Ionic Strength Effects

    • Suzana M. Andrade
    • Silvia M. B. Costa

    OriginalPaper Pages: 77 - 82

16. Fluorescence Emitted During the Autooxidation of 2,3,4,6-tetrahydroxy-5H-benzocyclohepten-5-one

    • M. Lipski

    OriginalPaper Pages: 83 - 86

17. Quenching of Myosin Intrinsic Fluorescence Unravels the Existence of a High Affinity Binding Site for Decavanadate

    • Teresa Tiago
    • Manuel Aureliano
    • Carlos Gutiérrez-Merino

    OriginalPaper Pages: 87 - 90

18. The Influence of Solvent Viscosity on the Fluorescence Decay and Time-Resolved Anisotropy of Green Fluorescent Protein

    • Klaus Suhling
    • Daniel M. Davis
    • David Phillips

    OriginalPaper Pages: 91 - 95

19. Enhanced Emission Induced by FRET from a Long-Lifetime, Low Quantum Yield Donor to a Long-Wavelength, High Quantum Yield Acceptor

    • Jung Sook Kang
    • Grzegorz Piszczek
    • Joseph R. Lakowicz

    OriginalPaper Pages: 97 - 103

20. Spectroscopic Studies of α,γ-Disubstituted Trimethine Cyanine: New Fluorescent Dye for Nucleic Acids

    • I. V. Valyukh
    • V. B. Kovalska
    • S. M. Yarmoluk

    OriginalPaper Pages: 105 - 107

21. Davydov Splitting in Spectra of Cyanine Dye J-Aggregates, Formed on the Polynucleotides

    • M. Yu. Losytskyy
    • V. M. Yashchuk
    • S. M. Yarmoluk

    OriginalPaper Pages: 109 - 112

22. Sol-Gel Nanometrology: Gated Sampling Can Reveal Initial Sol Formation Kinetics

    • Chris D. Geddes
    • Jan Karolin
    • David J. S. Birch

    Note Pages: 113 - 117