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Course Announcement
Title: Fifth Annual CARS Workshop
When: June 25-27, 2008
Where: Harvard, Boston, MA, USA
Tuition: $1000
Application Deadline: 3/20/2008, Maximum 32 students
CARS Workshop application and information:
Teri Howard,administrator
Harvard University
Department of Chemistry and Chemical
Biology
12 Oxford Street
Cambridge, 02138
Tel: 617-384-8126
Fax: 617-496-8709
Email: [hidden email].
WWW: http://bernstein.harvard.edu/events/carsworkshop.html
Course Director:
Sunney Xie, Harvard University
Phone: 617-496-9925
Email: [hidden email]
Course Description:
CARS microscopy is a new laser scanning imaging technology
that does not require labeling. It images molecular vibrational modes with
high resolution, similar to confocal. The application of CARS microscopy
rapidly expands into in vivo tissue imaging, fat deposit mechanism
studies, neuroscience, cosmetic skin care, and other research fields. The
course is designed for researchers, postdoctoral candidates, graduate students
interested in the CARS microscopy technology basics, CARS technology development
trend, theory, and its latest applications. It teaches basic theory of
the scanning CARS system design and configurations, the latest laser technologies
for CARS, and various commonly used CARS background suppression methods.
The course emphasis is hands-on and devoted about half of the time
to laboratory sessions which covers how to build a CARS system from a regular
confocal and the routine operations of various CARS setups. It encourages
faculty and student interaction. There are no specific prerequisites
for applicants, but an understanding of the basic principles of optics,
confocal or lasers is desirable.
Live cells and fixed tissue samples are provided for course use. Students
can bring their own sample for testing on June 26, 2008. Please contact
the Xie group for advice on experiment design.
The topics covered are:
- CARS Microscopy: Coming of Age
- CARS Instrumentation: Seeking the Sensitivity Limit
- Confocal Microscopy
- Building a CARS Microscopy System
- Applications of CARS Microscopy to Neuroscience, Drug
Delivery, and Obesity-Related Disorders
- Chasing Fats with CARS
- Imaging Brain Structures with CARS Microscopy
- Applications of CARS Microscopy to Skin Imaging
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WWW: http://bernstein.harvard.edu/events/carsworkshop.html
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