This volume serves as a comprehensive collection of current trends and emerging hot topics in the field of fluorescence spectroscopy. It summarizes the year's progress in fluorescence and its applications as well as includes authoritative analytical reviews.

Fluorescence Anisotropy to Study the Preferential Orientation of Fluorophores in Ordered Bi-Dimensional Systems: Rhodamine 6G/Laponite Layered Films.- Room Temperature Tryptophan Phosphorescence of Proteins in the Composition of Biological Membranes and Solutions.- Rational Design of FRET-Based Sensor Proteins.- Fluorescence Imaging of Calcium Loading and Mitochondrial Depolarization in Cancer Cells Exposed to Heat Stress.- Energy Transfer in Silica Nanoparticles: An Essential Tool for the Amplification of the Fluorescence Signal.- Spectroscopic Characterization of Plasma - Chemically Functionalized and Fluorophore-Labeled Polymer Surfaces.- Fluorescent Labeling and Its Effect on Hybridization of Oligodeoxyribonucleotides.- New Method for Determining Histamine Rate in Halieutic Products.- Spectroscopy of DNA-Actinomycin Complexes.- Fluorescence Spectroscopy in Optoelectronics, Photomedicine, and Investigation of Biomolecular Systems.- Multicolor Imaging with Fluorescent Proteins in Mice.- Genetically Encoded Fluorescent and Bioluminescent Probes for Illuminating Cellular Signaling Pathways.- Fluorescent Protein FRET Applications.- Imaging Protein Interactions in Living Cells Using the Fluorescent Proteins.- Engineering Green Fluorescent Proteins Using an Expanded Genetic Code.- Fluorescent Proteins in Transgenic Plants.- Peptide Foldamers: From Spectroscopic Studies to Applications.- Circularly Polarized Luminescence (CPL) of Proteins and Protein Complexes.- New Dual Fluorescent Dyes Based on Modified "Excited State with Extended Conjunction" Photophysical Model.- Erratum.