FOCUS ON MICROSCOPY 2013 – Maastricht, the Netherlands , March 24 - 27, 2013, 1st announcement

[Brakenhoff, Fred]

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FOCUS ON MICROSCOPY 2013 – Maastricht, the Netherlands, March 24 - 27, 2013, 1st announcement
 
26th International Conference on 3D Image Processing in Microscopy
25th International Conference on Confocal Microscopy

Dear colleagues,

After the successful FOM2012 conference held in Singapore this year, it is a pleasure to announce FOM2013, the next Focus on Microscopy conference. It will take place in Maastricht, the Netherlands, in the week before Easter from Sunday March 24 to Wednesday March 27, 2013.

It is the next in a series of unique interdisciplinary meetings on advanced multi-dimensional light microscopy and image processing. The conference will take place at the MECC conference center in Maastricht, close to the Maastricht University Medical Center.

For further information please visit the website www.FocusOnMicroscopy.org. All information about previous FOM conferences can be found at the button “Past conferences”. From FOM2004 onwards also with the one page PDF abstracts of the contributions and together with a “Search” function.

Focus on Microscopy 2013 is the continuation of a yearly conference series presenting the latest innovations and newest trends in optical microscopy, and their application in biology, medicine, and material sciences.

Key topics are:

    * Theory and practice of confocal and multiphoton-excitation microscopy
    * 3D and 4D live cell and tissue imaging
    * Super-resolution, nanoscopy imaging: from PSF engineering (4pi, SIM, STED), fluorescent activation/quenching, stochastic/centroid (PALM, STORM and related techniques) to TIRF
    * Adaptive optics for microscopy
    * Developments in phase/interference microscopies
    * Light sheet microscopy
    * Advanced Fluorescence Imaging/Spectroscopy: FRET, FRAP, FLIM, FCS
    * Coherent, non-linear microscopies: SHG, THG, SFG, CARS
    * Developments in phase/interference microscopies
    * Multi-dimensional fluorescence and Raman spectroscopy imaging
    * Correlative Light/Electron microscopy
    * Laser manipulation and tracking, photo-activation
    * Bio- and nano-materials, biosensors
    * OCT, endoscopy
    * Fast acquisition, automated and high-throughput microscopy
    * 3D image processing and visualization for multidimensional data


At the 2013 conference the topic “Optics and Microscopy for Medical research and diagnostics” will receive special attention.

The conference series is, in addition, known for covering the rapid development of advanced fluorescence labeling techniques for the confocal and multi-photon 3D imaging of -live- biological specimens.

Abstracts for contributions are invited and can already be submitted through the website: www.FocusOnMicroscopy.org where further information on the present and previous FOM conferences can be found.

Important dates:
Deadline for the submission of abstracts: January 13, 2013
Acceptance of contributions: February 4, 2013
Draft program: February 4, 2013
Deadline for early registration: February 21, 2013
FOM2013 Conference: March 24-27, 2013
Easter Sunday: March 31 2013
 
We welcome you to Maastricht for the FOM2013 conference and exhibition. To stay informed about the conference please leave your name and email at http://www.FocusOnMicroscopy.org/stayinformed

On behalf of the organizing committee:
- Marc van Zandvoort, University of Maastricht, The Netherlands
- Fred Brakenhoff, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

E-mail: [hidden email]
Web: http://www.FocusOnMicroscopy.org



Prof. Dr. G.J. Brakenhoff
Section of Molecular Cytology
Centre for Advanced Microscopy
Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences
University of Amsterdam
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