Special Events
Pre Meeting Congress
Posters,and
Micrograph Competition
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As part of "Microscopy and Microanalysis '99", a special 2 day pre-meeting congress, "Optical Microscopy in the Next Millenium", being organized by Brian Herman, will be held to provide a forum for the discussion of new technologies and applications of optical microscopy that will impact our understanding of biological structure and function in the next millenium. Approximately 30 internationally known speakers will cover a broad range of topics including multiphoton microscopy, confocal microscopy, fluorescence lifetime microscopy, near field/atomic force microscopy, high resolution brightfield microscopy, laser tweezers, new fluorescent probes of cellular activity and protein-protein interaction, high throughput screening and drug development, automated image analysis, ion imaging, and more. Vendors will be available for participants to visit during the conference. More information on the participating speakers in the pre-meeting congress can be found at the MSA web site (www.msa.microscopy.com). Registration for the congress will be $70.00. Registration for the congress and M&M '99 meeting will be $250.00
Tentative Speaker list
Axelrod, Daniel, Ph.D.
"Total Internal Reflection Fluorescence Microscopy"
Camacho, Patricia, Ph.D.
"Using confocal microscopy to study the modulation of Ca2+ release by ER
lectin chaperones"
Cheng, Ping-chin
"Three-dimensional laser scanning two-photon fluorescence confocal
microscopy"
Dr. Scott E. Fraser
"Neural transplant staining with DiI and vital imaging by 2-photon
laser-scanning
microscopy"
Gerritsen, Hans C.
"Quantitative ion imaging in cells using two-photon Fluorescence Lifetime
Imaging Excitation Microscopy"
Haugland, Richard P., Ph.D.
"New Fluorescent Probes of Cellular Activity"
Hell, Stefan W.
"Multiphoton microscopy: Pushing speed and resolution to the limits."
Jacobson, Kenneth A., Ph.D.
"Transient Confinement of GPI-anchored Proteins and Glycosphingolipids in
the Plane of the Plasma Membrane: Evidence for Lipid Rafts?"
Lakowicz, Joseph R., Ph.D.
"Advantages in Fluorescence Spectroscopy: Multi-Photon Excitation, Novel
Sensing Schemes, and Long Lifetime Metal-Ligand Complexes."
Lechleiter, James D., Ph.D.
"3-Dimensional Ca2+ Imaging with two-photon microscopy."
LeMasters, John J., M.D., Ph.D.
"Confocal Microscopy of Mitochondrial Function in Toxic, Hypoxic and
Reperfusion Injury."
Loew, Leslie M.
"Linear and Nonlinear Optical Maps of Membrane Potential."
Nathanson, Michael H.
"Examining calcium waves by confocal microscopy."
Nuccitelli, Richard L., Ph.D.
"Confocal images of fertilization-induced calcium waves through the center
of 1.2 mm-wide frog eggs."
Piston, David W., Ph.D.
"Quantitative subcellular imaging of glucose metabolism within intact
pancreatic islets"
Pozzan, Tullio
"Measurement of calcium using recombinant probes- Close contacts with the
endoplasmic reticulum as determinants of mitochondrial Ca2+ responses"
Salmon, Edward, Ph.D.
"Fluorescence speckle microscopy of microtubules and actin dynamics in
vertebrates and yeast cells"
Sheetz, Michael P., Ph.D.
"Laser tweezers in cell biology"
Shotton, David M.
"Video on the Internet: The use of biological videos in Web-accessible
image databases."
Slavick, Jan
"New Developments in Fluorescent Probes."
So, Peter T.C.
"Two-Photon Microscopy and Spectroscopy: New Opportunities In Thick
Tissue Optical Biopsy"
Spring, Kenneth R., D.M.D., Ph.D.
"Advances in Detectors for Microscopy."
Takamatsu, Tetsuro, M.D., Ph.D.
"Real-time in situ confocal imaging in the perfused whole heart."
Tamm, Lukas K., Ph.D.
"Membrane receptor-ligand interactions on patterned solid surfaces"
Tanke, Hans J., Ph.D.
"Platinum porphyrins as phosphorescent label for time-resolved microscopy"
Thomas, Andrew P.
"Imaging IP3-dependent calcium signals in tissues, cells and organelles."
Thompson, Nancy L., Ph.D.
"Total internal reflection fluorescence: applications in cellular
biophysics"
Tsien, Roger Y., Ph.D.
"New molecules to peek and poke at signal transduction."
Turner, James N.
"Confocal Light Microscopy: Limitations (?) and Image Quantitation."
Wang, Yu-Li, Ph.D.
"Digital deconvolution of fluorescence images for biologists"
Webb, Watt W., ScD.
"Something new in Microscopy"
White, John G., Ph.D.
"Using multiphoton microscopy to study the developing embryo."
Youvan, Douglas C., Ph.D.
"Imaging Spectroscopy and Solid Phase Enzyme Screening"