3rd annual Yale Microscopy Workshop

[Haberman, Ann]

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Hello fellow microscopy enthusiasts,

We invite you to participate in a three day symposium and workshop.

Yale Microscopy Workshop

June 10 - 12th, 2008

New Haven, CT

free on-line and on-site registration
multi vendor participation

The event is open to the broader regional research community and only requires your free registration. Presentations by academic speakers will be held in morning symposiums. A short lecture and hands-on practical "micro-course" on FRET will be offered as well as another on optical sectioning for 3D rendering. Post-acquisition image analysis will be offered by Imaris and Volocity representatives.

Attendees may use and compare any of a large number of microscopes throughout the day provided by Zeiss, Leica, Nikon, Olympus.  Over 20 microscopes will be available for use, including confocal LSMs, laser microdissection, and fluorescent stereo microscopes. This year we are introducing fully functional two-photon systems made by LaVision and Prairie Technologies that will also be available for use. The confocal microscopes include some of the recently discussed instruments, namely the Zeiss 710, Nikon A1, and Leica SP5X.

One hour reservations can be made for many of the instruments after registration. Please view this as an opportunity to perform a "surgical strike" exploration of new instrumentation without any financial or time commitments.

Please visit the website for a complete schedule and list of equipment
 http://microscopy.med.yale.edu

Slides and live cell samples will be available for use but feel free to bring your own samples. Individuals interested in bringing their own samples should contact:

organizers
Ann Haberman, Organizer     

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Derek Toomre, Co-organizer     

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Yale Microscopy Workshop and Symposium Schedule

Tuesday June 10th

Morning symposium: Focus on FRET

        Tobias Meyer, Ph.D.
     Department of Chemical and Systems Biology

        Stanford University

        Barbara Baird, M.D. Ph.D.

        Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology

        Cornell University

Afternoon lecture and hands-on practical       

        "Molecular imaging using FRET microscopy:

        a technical lecture with exemplary research of the immunological synapse"

        Eicke Latz

        Division of Infectious Diseases and Immunology

        University of Massachusetts Medical School

        FRET hands-on practical

        with microscopes from all major vendors

        FRET image analysis practical

        post-acquisition image analysis with Imaris or Volocity

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Wednesday June 11th    

Morning symposium: Focus on 4D time resolved imaging

        Chi-Bin Chien, Ph.D.
    Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy

        University of Utah Medical Center

        Hai Qi, Ph.D.
   Division of Immunology
  NIH NIAID

Afternoon lecture and hands-on practical

        "Approaches to optical sectioning of tissue:

        confocal or two-photon LSM and other emerging techniques

        Michael Levene
  Department of Biomedical Engineering

        Yale University

        optical sectioning hands-on practical

        thick tissue samples provided as well as fixed cell slides

        3D rendering and deconvolution practical

        post-acquisition image analysis with Imaris or Volocity

                       

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Thursday June 12th

Continued access to all instrumentation throughout the day.

No scheduled symposium or classes.

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Ann Haberman, Ph.D.                     Derek Toomre, Ph.D.

Department of Laboratory Medicine               Department of Cell Biology
Yale University School of Medicine            Yale University School of Medicine
300 Cedar Street                              333 Cedar Street
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New Haven, CT 06510                 New Haven, CT 06510

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