PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF LASER-MATERIALS INTERACTIONS -- ATTOSECOND CONTROL OF ELECTRONS - THE BASIS OF ATTOSECOND SCIENCE -- FUNDAMENTALS OF NANOBIOPHOTONICS -- NONLINEAR OPTICAL PHYSICS AND APPLICATIONS OF THE PLASMONIC RESPONSE IN METAL NANOPARTICLES -- FINITE-DIFFERENCE TIME-DOMAIN MODELING OF LIGHT SCATTERING FROM BIOLOGICAL CELLS CONTAINING GOLD NANOPARTICLES -- PHOTONIC AND NON-PHOTONIC BASED NANOPARTICLES IN CANCER IMAGING AND THERAPEUTICS -- QUANTUM DOT BIO-TEMPLATE FOR RAPID DETECTION OF PATHOGENIC SUBSTANCES -- APPLICATIONS OF FREE-ELECTRON LASERS IN BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, MEDICINE AND MATERIALS SCIENCE -- LASER-BASED SYNTHESIS, DIAGNOSTICS, AND CONTROL OF SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES AND NANOHORNS FOR COMPOSITES AND BIOLOGICAL NANOVECTORS -- PHOTOPHYSICAL PROCESSES THAT ACTIVATE SELECTIVE CHANGES IN PHOTOSTRUCTURABLE GLASS CERAMIC MATERIAL PROPERTIES -- MOLECULAR DESIGN OF POLYMERS FOR LASER STRUCTURING AND THIN OXIDE FILMS BY PULSED LASER DEPOSITION AS MODEL SYSTEM FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL APPLICATIONS -- THREE-DIMENSIONAL MICRO AND NANOCHIPS FABRICATED BY FEMTOSEDOND LASER FOR BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS -- PHOTO-ASSISTED PROCESSES FROM NANO SIZE COLLOID SOLS -- CONTROLLING THE SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCES IN METAL NANOPARTICLES BY LASER LIGHT -- A SUMMARY OF CANADIAN NANOMEDICINE RESEARCH FUNDING: STRENGTHS AND NEEDS.