January 2020 - FILM-Users - imperial.ac.uk

[FILM-Users 00891] FW: Support sustainable investment at Imperial College
by Bruckbauer, Andreas 30 Jan '20

30 Jan '20

FYI From: Weinert, Maria Sent: 30 January 2020 10:00 To: Bruckbauer, Andreas <a.bruckbauer(a)imperial.ac.uk> Cc: Hoekstra, Marieke M B <m.hoekstra(a)imperial.ac.uk> Subject: Support sustainable investment at Imperial College Dear Andreas Would you be able to distribute the below message to your FILM user list. The deadline is tomorrow and we need to reach as many college members as possible across departments/faculties before that. Best wishes Maria (Film user at Hammersmith Hospital Campus) Dear Colleagues, Imperial College has almost 500m GBP it invests. Every 5 years, these investments are reviewed, and a new strategy is set-out. We can influence how the investment strategies are made by sending proposals to the Socially Responsible Investment Policy Working Group at Imperial (https://www.imperial.ac.uk/about/leadership-and-strategy/college-endowment/…) until the 31st of January. It is suspected that Imperial College has invested in non-ethical (tobacco, weapon industry) and climate-crisis promoting companies, e.g. fossil fuel. Therefore, we have launched a petition to: i) Ask Imperial College to be transparent about its investment strategy ii) Encourage divesting from fossil fuel investments, as well from the weapon and tobacco industry You can sign the petition following this link: https://forms.gle/TvyHZwQjLT9CB6Ex8 We will not use your name for anything else than in support of the statement you’ll find at the petition. For this petition to become a success in <48hrs, we need your Imperial network! Please, disseminate this message to your co-workers, students, or other staff, and if you can, on another campus to enhance visibility in all departments. Please note that this petition is supporting the same issues raised earlier by Imperial Divest (https://www.imperialcollegeunion.org/campaigns/divest-imperial-0) Thanks a lot for your help! Sincerely, Joe Sheppard, Marieke Hoekstra, Leire Melgosa

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[FILM-Users 00890] FW: Wednesday 29/01/2020 - joint PoL and DoLS seminar by Prof. Holger Kress - SAF G34 at 1pm
by Bruckbauer, Andreas 28 Jan '20

28 Jan '20

FYI: Date: 29/01/2020 at 1pm Location: SAF G34 From: Endres, Robert G Sent: 27 January 2020 22:29 To: LCN Administrator <lcn-administrator(a)imperial.ac.uk>; Williamson, Andrew <andrew.williamson(a)imperial.ac.uk>; Bruckbauer, Andreas <a.bruckbauer(a)imperial.ac.uk> Cc: French, Paul (PHOT) M W <paul.french(a)imperial.ac.uk>; Aofolaju, Kemi <a.aofolaju(a)imperial.ac.uk> Subject: Wednesday 29/01/2020 - joint PoL and DoLS seminar by Prof. Holger Kress - SAF G34 at 1pm Hi all, this is a joint Physics-of-Life network and DoLS seminar. Holger Kress will discuss using holographic optical tweezers to feed multiple particles to cells to study cellular uptake (phagocytosis) and intracellular transport via motor proteins. Might be of interest to the physics, bioengineering, imaging, and nanotechnology students and researchers. Can you send out via your mailing lists please? Best, Robert ---------------------------------------------------------------- Professor Robert Endres Biological Physics Group Imperial College London Tel: +44 (0)20 7594 9537 r.endres(a)imperial.ac.uk<mailto:r.endres@imperial.ac.uk> http://www.imperial.ac.uk/people/r.endres ________________________________ From: Nurboja, Sandrine A C <s.nurboja(a)imperial.ac.uk<mailto:s.nurboja@imperial.ac.uk>> Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2020 9:58 AM To: DoLS Staff and PGR Students <ls_all_dl(a)imperial.ac.uk<mailto:ls_all_dl@imperial.ac.uk>>; CMBI DL <cmbidl(a)imperial.ac.uk<mailto:cmbidl@imperial.ac.uk>>; Life Sciences - Biochemistry - UG3 <bs-bioch-ug3-dl(a)imperial.ac.uk<mailto:bs-bioch-ug3-dl@imperial.ac.uk>>; Life Sciences - Biochemistry - UG2 <bs-bioch-ug2-dl(a)imperial.ac.uk<mailto:bs-bioch-ug2-dl@imperial.ac.uk>>; Life Sciences - Biochemistry - UG3 <bs-bioch-ug3-dl(a)imperial.ac.uk<mailto:bs-bioch-ug3-dl@imperial.ac.uk>>; Life Sciences - Biology - UG1 <bioug1dl(a)imperial.ac.uk<mailto:bioug1dl@imperial.ac.uk>>; Life Sciences - Biology - UG2 <bioug2dl(a)imperial.ac.uk<mailto:bioug2dl@imperial.ac.uk>>; Life Sciences - Biology - UG3 <bioug3dl(a)imperial.ac.uk<mailto:bioug3dl@imperial.ac.uk>> Subject: 29/01/2020 - LIFE SCIENCES DEPARTMENTAL SEMINAR SAF G34 Dear All, See below details of the next Life Sciences Departmental Seminar : Date: 29/01/2020 at 1pm Location: SAF G34 Speaker: Holger Kress Biological Physics Group University of Bayreuth Title: "Physical determinants of the cellular uptake and intracellular transport during phagocytosis" Abstract: Phagocytosis is an essential part of the human immune system and an evolutionary highly conserved fundamental cellular process. A large number of molecules that are involved in phagocytosis are known already. However, a quantitative physical understanding of this intrinsically mechanical process is still lacking. Therefore, we investigate physical determinants of the phagocytic uptake and transport. We examine the cellular resolution limit for particle uptake by using holographic optical tweezers in combination with correlative light and electron microscopy to measure the ability of cells to discriminate between two spatially separated objects. These studies provide for example insights into the spreading of cell signaling during particle uptake. In addition, we investigate the influence of basic spatial factors for the transport of intracellular organelles and we show that not all phagosomes are transported directly from the cell periphery to the perinuclear region, but that they exhibit more complex transport characteristics, which depend strongly on the size of the phagosomes. This transport behavior might be the foundation for a size-dependent cellular sorting mechanism for organelles. To gain insights into the underlying causes for this process, we quantify how the intracellular transport forces scale with the organelle size by using magnetic tweezers. These measurements provide cues for the numbers of participating motors and their potential cooperative behavior during the transport of different-sized organelles. In summary, we expect our results to pave the way for a deeper quantitative understanding of the cellular uptake and intracellular transport during phagocytosis and thus enable the development of new and more comprehensive models for this important cellular process. Host: Robert Endres If you would like to meet with the speaker, please contact Robert r.endres(a)imperial.ac.uk<mailto:r.endres@imperial.ac.uk> who will arrange a schedule. All welcome. Many thanks Sandrine Sandrine Nurboja Departmental and Projects Administrator Life Sciences Department Imperial College 502 Sir Alexander Fleming Building London SW7 2AZ Tel 020 7594 5393

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[FILM-Users 00889] FILM survey - your change to voice your opinion
by Bruckbauer, Andreas 21 Jan '20

21 Jan '20

Dear users of the FILM facility, It would be great if you could take part an anonymous survey about different aspects of our facility. It consists of 11 questions about training, support, microscopes and image analysis and should take less than 5 minutes to fill out. We are looking forward to your responses! Please follow this link: https://imperial.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_5njgRDk23TlWrBz Many Thanks Andreas ---------------------------------------------------- Dr Andreas Bruckbauer FILM facility manager Sir Alexander Fleming Building South Kensington Campus Imperial College London Exhibition Road London, SW7 2AZ SAF 4th floor, open space desk 401 +44 (0)20 7594 2023 a.bruckbauer(a)imperial.ac.uk<mailto:a.bruckbauer@imperial.ac.uk> http://www.imperial.ac.uk/medicine/facility-for-imaging-by-light-microscopy/ http://www.imperial.ac.uk/people/a.bruckbauer ----------------------------------------------------

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[FILM-Users 00888] David on Shared Parental Leave / Alice joining FILM
by Gaboriau, David C A 10 Jan '20

10 Jan '20

Dear Users, Best wishes for the New Year! Today is my last day for a while as I am going on Shared Parental Leave, I will be home with our daughter for 4 months, and will come back on Monday 4th May. In the meantime, please welcome Alice Spenlehauer, who is joining the FILM team to cover for me. Alice recently finished her PhD in the Department of Bioengineering at Imperial College London and is an experienced microscopist. I wish you all the best for the start of 2020 and will see you in May. Happy imaging! David David Gaboriau, PhD FILM - Facility for Imaging by Light Microscopy High-Content Microscopy Specialist Sir Alexander Fleming Building, desk 408 Imperial College London / South Kensington Exhibition Road London SW7 2AZ, UK Phone: +44 (0)2075 949 793 Email: d.gaboriau(a)imperial.ac.uk<mailto:d.gaboriau@imperial.ac.uk> Website: http://imperial.ac.uk/imagingfacility Page: http://www.imperial.ac.uk/people/d.gaboriau

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[FILM-Users 00887] FW: Urgent need for DAPI
by Bruckbauer, Andreas 08 Jan '20

08 Jan '20

Dear all, Please see Catherine's enquiry below and respond to her directly if you can help. She is currently working in the SAFB. Best wishes Andreas From: Catherine Munteanu [mailto:catherine.munteanu@npl.co.uk] Sent: 08 January 2020 15:36 To: Bruckbauer, Andreas <a.bruckbauer(a)imperial.ac.uk> Subject: Urgent need for DAPI This email from catherine.munteanu(a)npl.co.uk<mailto:catherine.munteanu@npl.co.uk> originates from outside Imperial. Do not click on links and attachments unless you recognise the sender. If you trust the sender, add them to your safe senders list<https://spam.ic.ac.uk/SpamConsole/Senders.aspx> to disable email stamping for this address. Dear Andreas, I am in urgent need for some DAPI tomorrow as my own has not arrived yet. We have a very big experiment happening. Does anyone have some I can borrow? I will be sure to replace it when mine arrives. Best Wishes, Catherine Visit the NPL website<https://www.npl.co.uk/> and find out how our cutting-edge measurement science has a positive impact in the real world. ________________________________ [http://resource.npl.co.uk/images/npl-logo.jpg]<http://www.npl.co.uk/?utm_source=Email%20Footer&utm_medium=email&utm_campai…> Keep in touch<http://www.npl.co.uk/contact> [http://resource.npl.co.uk/images/twitter.jpg] <http://www.twitter.com/npl> [http://resource.npl.co.uk/images/facebook.jpg] <http://www.facebook.com/npldigital> [http://resource.npl.co.uk/images/youtube.jpg] <http://www.youtube.com/npldigital> ________________________________ NPL Privacy Policy<http://www.npl.co.uk/privacy-policy/> If you have received this message in error, please notify us and remove it from your system. NPL Management Ltd cannot guarantee that the e-mail or any attachments are free from viruses. NPL Management Ltd is a company registered in England and Wales, number: 2937881 Registered office: National Physical Laboratory | Hampton Road | Teddington, Middlesex | UK | TW11 0LW

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