Focus on Microscopy 2018, Singapore, March 25-28, 2018, 1st announcement, FOM 2018.

[Brakenhoff, Fred]

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Announcing FOM2018:
FOCUS ON MICROSCOPY 2018
Singapore, March 25-28, 2018
31st International Conference on 3D Image Processing in Microscopy
30th International Conference on Confocal Microscopy

Dear Colleagues,

After the successful FOM2017 conference held in Bordeaux, France earlier this year, it is a pleasure to announce FOM2018: the next in a series of unique interdisciplinary meetings on advanced and multi-dimensional light microscopy and image processing. The conference will take place at;

The Singapore Expo (Max Atria building), Convention and Exhibition centre
1 Expo Drive #02-01, Singapore 486150<https://www.google.com/maps/place/1+Expo+Dr,+Singapore+486150/@1.333986,103.9568192,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x31da3d288cae7f65:0x65b70aa4223aa9d7!8m2!3d1.333986!4d103.9590079>

Please note that the Sunday 25 March program will be similar with the FOM2017 Bordeaux Sunday program with (free) tutorials starting 10:30.  After lunch regular sessions begin at 14:00 hours followed by a Flash poster presentation session at 16:00. The Plenary opening session will start around 17:30 followed by a Welcome reception.

For further details please visit the FOCUS ON MICROSCOPY website www.FocusOnMicroscopy.org<http://www.focusonmicroscopy.org/>. There, in addition to general information, the scientific program of previous FOM conferences – together with PDF’s of presented abstracts- can be found under the link “Past conferences”

FOM2018 in Singapore is the continuation of a yearly conference series (since 1988) on the latest innovations and developments in mostly optical microscopy and their application in biology, medicine, and materials sciences.

Key topics are:
- Theory and practice of confocal and multiphoton-excitation microscopy
- Super-resolution, nanoscopy imaging: from PSF engineering (4pi, SIM, STED), fluorescent activation/quenching, stochastic/centroid (PALM, STORM, GSDIM, SOFI and related techniques) to TIRF
- 3D and 4D live cell and tissue imaging
- Adaptive optics for microscopy
- Light sheet microscopy
- Phase/interference based microscopies
- OCT, holographic, endoscopy
- Advanced fluorescence imaging/spectroscopy: FRET, FRAP, FLIM, FCS,SOFI
- New fluorescence probes, proteins, quantum dots, single molecule imaging
- Clearing and expansion techniques.
- Coherent non-linear microscopies: SHG, THG, SFG, CARS.
- Multi-dimensional fluorescence and Raman spectroscopy imaging
- Correlated light/electron microscopy
- Laser manipulation and tracking, photo-activation
- OCT, endoscopy
- Fast acquisition, automated and high-content microscopy
- 3D image processing and visualization for multidimensional data

At the 2018 conference the topic “ Progress in Quantitative Bioimaging” will receive special attention.
The conference series is in addition known for covering the rapid development of advanced fluorescence labeling techniques for (super)- resolution and multi-photon 3D imaging of -live- biological specimens.

Abstracts for contributions are invited and can already be submitted through the website: http://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 15, 2018
Acceptance of abstracts, program on the web     February 5, 2018
Deadline for early registration February 23, 2018
FOM2018 Conference              March 25 - 28, 2018
Easter Sunday 2018      April 1, 2018

If you wish to be kept informed please leave your email address at www.FocusOnMicroscopy.org/stayinformed<http://www.FocusOnMicroscopy.org/stayinformed>. The next FOM2018 announcement with more details will follow in beginning November this year.

Welcoming you to Singapore for the FOM2018 conference and exhibition,
the FOM2018 organizers:

  *   Thorsten Wohland, National University of Singapore, Singapore
  *   Fred Brakenhoff, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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Web: http://www.FocusOnMicroscopy.org