Dear microscopists,

we are approaching the end of the academic year, and so is this year's microscopy day, again a whole day packed with information about everything related to microscopy. Those who have attended previous years will be able to tell you that it's the best opportunity to get answers to all your questions about microscopy. And even if you have already previously, we have updated our lectures and added new topics.

This year, we will also finish the day with a plenary session by an invited speaker (to be confirmed) and some drinks afterwards.

After a successful start, we will also have the Microscopy Match Maker & poster session again - an excellent opportunity to form collaborations, get ideas and feedback, or just see what other people are doing. The presentations are only 3 minutes / max. 3 slides, so not much to prepare, so please make sure you put your name down (emailing to <film-service@imperial.ac.uk>). And PIs, please encourage your students and postdocs to participate, to show their / your research and connect with other labs.

See you all there, good imaging,

Martin

FILM MICROSCOPY DAY 2013
Friday 28 June 2013
G34

PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME:

Morning session

10.00-11.00 Basics of microscopy (Martin Spitaler, FILM)
magnification, properties of light, resolution, transmitted light contrast (PH, DIC, darkfield), epifluorescence, confocal microscopy

11.00-11.45 Live imaging techniques (Mark Scott, FILM)
Multiphoton, in vivo imaging, second harmonic generation (SHG), photobleaching, phototoxicity

11.45-12.00 coffee & tea break

MICROSCOPY MATCH-MAKER

12.000-13.00 Microscopy Match-Maker:
FILM users present their research performed in FILM
through 3 min snapshot presentations

13.00-14.00 Poster session with sandwich lunch

Afternoon session

14.00-14.45 A walk through the zoo: Molecular imaging tools (Martin Spitaler, FILM)
FRAP, FLIP, FLIM, FRET, FCS, FUEL, BRET and more

14.45-15.30 Super-resolution microscopy (Steve Rothery, FILM)
TIRF, PALM, STORM

15.30-15.45 coffee & tea break

15.45-16.30 Understanding images (Luis Pizarro, Computing)
basics of image data analysis, like noise removal, segmentation, tracking, registration

PLENARY LECTURE

16.30-17.30 speaker tbc.

The plenary lecture will be followed by drinks and nibbles

Martin Spitaler, PhD

FILM - Facility for Imaging by Light Microscopy
- Facility Manager -
Sir Alexander Fleming Building, desk 401
Imperial College London / South Kensington
Exhibition Road
London SW7 2AZ
UK

Tel. +44-(0)20-759-42023
E-mail m.spitaler@imperial.ac.uk
Website: http://imperial.ac.uk/imagingfacility