Posted by
Tim O'Brien Sr. on
URL: http://confocal-microscopy-list.275.s1.nabble.com/TIRF-objective-for-routine-imaging-tp4778151p4799228.html
Dear Colleagues,
We have decided to reduce the registration fee for
this years workshop to zero for NIH-supported investigators,
and I wanted to get the word out. The workshop is
a very good introduction to using and analyzing how cells-and materials
made by cells- respond to
applied forces. It thus would likely be of interest to a wide range of
Biologists. Most of the techniques can be used with confocal
microscopes, especially spinning disk systems. The announcement is as
follows:
The sixth annual Carolina Workshop on Force Measurement and
Manipulation in Biological Microscopy, scheduled for
May 18-21, 2010,
announces its own “stimulus package.” Due to tight budgets everywhere,
we are offering the workshop with
FREE registration (a
$775 value) for researchers with NIH funding.
Presented
by Computer Integrated Systems for Microscopy and Manipulation (CISMM),
an NIH/NIBIB supported resource, we demonstrate the theory and
practical side of magnetic tweezers, AFM imaging and manipulation
combined with fluorescence light microscopy, and microfluidics. This
year’s workshop will also feature an optical tweezers station from JPK
Instruments (
http://www.jpk.com/nanotracker-tm.387.html),
and a keynote lecture from Dennis Discher, U. Penn, entitled "Cell
Mechanics with AFM and other small tools."
Senior
investigators to beginning grad students have found this four day,
hands-on introduction to the theory and practice of applying forces to
biological specimens to be very useful.
Attendees are
invited to bring (or send ahead of time) their own cells or biological
material of interest to probe during the workshop. We provide supplies,
breakfasts, and two dinners, but not lodging or travel.
Space
is limited! Please contact Cassandra Houston at (919)-962-4057 (
[hidden email])
to register or to find out more about the workshop, or go to
http://cismm.cs.unc.edu/resources/events/.
Thanks for your time,
Tim O'Brien
UNC Chapel Hill