BIOIMAGING 2012 - 1st International Symposium in Applied Bioimaging will be held in Porto, Portugal, September 20-21, 2012.
The symposia will have the duration of two days, preceded by a hands-on workshop on bioimaging (held on September 19). Lectures will take place in a very informal environment, and participants will be encouraged to bring questions that may contribute to the advancement of knowledge in the field of Bioimaging applied to Biomaterials and Regeneration through integrative approaches.
Confirmed speakers for the symposium
Aart van Apeldorn. University of Twente, The Netherlands
Lecture Title: Raman microscopy as imaging tool in tissue engineering
Dennis Wirtz. John Hopkins University, USA
Lecture Title: Cancer cell migration in 3D
Reinhold Erben. University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Austria
Lecture Title: Animal model for unbiased cell tracking in regenerative
Robert F. Murphy. Carnegie Mellon University, USA
Lecture Title: Image-derived Models of Subcellular Organization over Time and Space
Boudewijn Lelieveldt. Leiden University Medical Center, The Netherlands
Lecture Title: Integrated analysis of multi-modal pre-clinical imaging studies
Daniel Sage. École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland
Lecture Title: Analysis in Live Cell Imaging - ImageJ/Fiji Solutions
Laboratory sessions will be available for a limited number of participants. Participants can select between the 3 following topics:
Topic A - Non-invasive ultrasound imaging
The course will comprise a hands-on laboratory session on non-invasive ultrasound imaging for mouse and rat analysis of soft tissues and cardiac performance. The participants will be able to perform ultrasound imaging and monitor key physiological parameters, such as heart rhythm, using the high-frequency/high-resolution Vevo2100 digital imaging platform.
Topic B - Imaging flow cytometry for quantification of cellular parameters.
Imaging Flow Cytometry is a technology that combines the advantages of flow cytometry with those of microscopy, enabling fast acquisition of images (both bright field and fluorescence) of each single cell, and the qualitative and quantitative analysis of several parameters extracted from such images. In this lab session, the participants will have the opportunity to run labelled cells on an Imaging Flow Cytometer (ImageStreamX, from Amnis) and analyse them to quantify parameters, such as: cell morphology, marker(s) internalization, nuclear translocation, cell conjugation, amongst others.
Topic C - Confocal Raman Microscopy
Confocal Raman microscopy probes the interaction of monochromatic laser light with chemical bonds, providing information rich spectra, giving detailed insight into the chemical composition of the sample. In this laboratory session the participants will have the opportunity to identify molecular constituents in cells and to obtain Raman mapped images of their distribution.
IMPORTANT DEADLINES:
Abstract submission deadline: June 15
Notification of Acceptance: July 15
Early bird registration deadline: July 31
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