Program Outline - The Week at a Glance


Saturday, August 9


Pre-Meeting Symposium

  • Multi-Photon Excitation Imaging


Sunday, August 10


Short Courses:

  • 97-01 (9:00-5:00)
    Digital Imaging
    J. MacKenzie, Jr.

  • 97-02 (9:00-5:00)
    Practical Confocal Microscopy
    J. Drazba

  • 97-03 (9:00-5:00)
    Basic TEM for Materials Science
    S. McKernan & J. Bruley

  • 97-04 (9:00-5:00)
    Polarized LM in the Materials Sciences
    D.A. Stoney

  • 97-05
    (1:00-5:00)
    Labeling for Immunocytochemistry
    J.M. Robinson

  • 97-06 (1:00-5:00)
    Tools of Stereology: Theory and Practice
    J.M. Basgen
Pre-Meeting Symposium

  • Multi-Photon Excitation Imaging

Golf Tournament



Monday August 11
Morning



Platform Sessions:
  • Multi-Photon Excitation
  • Cellular Damage & Response
  • Neoplasia I
  • Green Fluorescent Protein
  • Digital Microscopy I
  • The Electron Phase Problem I
  • 3D Microscopies in Biology I
  • Electronic Materials
  • Interfaces I
  • Showstoppers


Afternoon

Poster Sessions
(1:00-3:00)
  • The Electron Phase Problem II
  • Pathology I
  • Neoplasia II
  • Digital Microscopy II
  • Electronic & Magnetic Materials
  • Geology & Mineralogy

Platform Sessions
(3:00-5:00)
  • Pathology II
  • Neoplasia III
  • The Electron Phase Problem III
  • 3D Microscopies in Biology II
  • Magnetic Materials
  • Life on Mars?

Tutorial:
Environmental SEM


MSA/MAS Presidential Happenings (5:15)

Following Life on Mars?
Al Worden, Apollo 15 Astronaut


Tuesday August 12
Morning

Platform Sessions:
  • Quantitative Microanalysis I
  • In-Situ Microscopy I
  • SPM I
  • Genomes, Chromosomes & Genes
  • Low-Voltage SEM
  • New Visions of the Vasculature I
  • Environmental SEM
  • Optical Microanalysis I
  • AEM I
  • Light Microscopy I
  • Interfaces II
  • Problem Solving with the Experts


Afternoon

Poster Sessions
(1:00-3:00)
  • Histochemistry
  • Developmental & Repro Biology
  • SPM II
  • SEM Applications
  • In-Situ Microscopy II
  • Interfaces III
  • Oxidation, Corrosion & Coatings

Platform Sessions
(3:00-5:00)
  • In-Situ Microscopy III
  • SPM III
  • Signal Amplification Workshop
  • Imaging Cells & Organelles I
  • Optical Microanalysis II
  • Quantitative Analysis
  • Light Microscopy II
  • Interfaces IV
  • Tech Forum: Special Topic I

Tutorial:
Electron Backscatter Diffraction


MSA/MAS Presidential Happenings (5:15)

Wonders of Computer Graphics & Special Effects


Wednesday August 13
Morning

Platform Sessions:
  • Microdiffraction in the SEM I
  • Solving Microbiological Problems
  • Nanocrystals & Nanocomposites I
  • Limits of Resolution I
  • New Visions of the Vasculature II
  • Optical Microanalysis III
  • AEM II
  • Shared Resources I
  • Tech Forum: Techniques Revisited I

Tutorial:
Video Light Microscopy I


Afternoon

Poster Sessions
(1:00-3:00)
  • Tech Forum: Techniques Revisited II
  • Limits of Resolution II
  • Shared Resources II
  • Nanocrystals & Nanocomposites II
  • AEM III

Funding For Instrumentation, In An Era Of Balanced Budgets

MSA Public Policy Committee Panel Presentation

1:00 pm - 2:30 pm


Platform Sessions
(3:00-5:00)
  • Microdiffraction in the SEM II
  • Nanocrystals & Nanocomposites III
  • Limits of Resolution III
  • Quantitative Microanalysis II
  • Optical Microanalysis IV
  • AEM Spectral Series from Interfaces
  • Shared Resources III
  • 3D Structure & Function of Cells & Organelles I
  • Tech Forum: Special Topic II

Tutorial:
Video Light Microscopy II


Exhibitor Tutorials (5:00)

Demonstrations


Thursday August 14
Morning

Platform Sessions:
  • Quantitative Microanalysis III
  • Ceramics I
  • Advances in Instrumentation
  • Computational Methods I
  • Optical Microanalysis V
  • Segregation I
  • 3D Structure & Function of Cells & Organelles II
  • Tech Forum: Roundtable

Tutorial:
Confocal & Widefield LM


Afternoon

Poster Sessions
(1:00-3:00)
  • Plant Biology/Pathology
  • Non-Vertebrate Biology
  • Imaging Cells & Organelles II
  • Computational Methods II
  • Segregation II
  • Phase Transformations
  • Ceramics II


Sunday Evening Reception
(7:00-11:00)
Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame

Exhibits
12:00 - 5:00
Exhibits
9:30 - 5:00
Exhibits
9:30 - 5:00
Exhibits
9:30 - 3:00
Computer Workshop & Software Exchange Monday - Thursday
Multi-Photon Equipment Display Monday - Thursday

Last Updated 6/24/97 --- Nestor J. Zaluzec ---