Carolina Workshop on Force Measurements and Manipulation in Biological Microscopy

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Search the CONFOCAL archive at http://listserv.acsu.buffalo.edu/cgi-bin/wa?S1=confocal Just an update on our workshop. We have a few prime seats available for our workshop, and a keynote speaker to announce.  John Weisel has been a leader in the fibrin world for many years, and has the leading model for how the protein assembles from monomers to clots.  Please tell anyone interested in probing the role of forces on single molecules, complex fluids, or cells!

Thanks,

Tim O'Brien
UNC Department of Physics and Astronomy

Carolina Workshop on Force Measurements and Manipulation in Biological
Microscopy at UNC Chapel Hill on May 27-30, 2008.

The workshop is hosted by our NIH resource CISMM (Computer Integrated Systems for Microscopy and Manipulation) See http://www.cs.unc.edu/Research/nano/cismm/index.html  for an overview of CISMM. The workshop consists of morning lectures that provide a framework for understanding and analyzing forces on the micro and nanoscale, and serve as an introduction to the afternoon’s experiments. The afternoon sessions are hands-on laboratories where you work with live samples: single molecules of DNA, epithelial cells, and biological fibers such as fibrin fibers on structured surfaces. Experiments use laser tweezers, an integrated atomic force microscopy/optical microscopy system, and 3D magnetic systems integrated with a fluorescence confocal microscope. We also include an introduction to microfluidics. Finally, participants spend a half day learning to use some of the many free software packages available from our resource that facilitate the analysis of forces in biological systems. Registration is limited to 18, so you have lots of hands-on time with the microscopes. The $775 fee includes light breakfasts, snacks and one dinner. Our keynote speaker will be John Weisel of the Dept. of Cell & Developmental Biology at the University of Pennsylvania school of Medicine.

http://www.cs.unc.edu/Research/nano/cismm/ForcesWorkshop.htm . Hope to see you there!