Registration deadline: Friday 15 June
Programme:
10.00- 10.10 Welcome by Prof Tony Magee, head of FILM
General Microscopy Techniques
10.10-10.55 Basics of microscopy: magnification, properties of light, resolution, transmitted light contrast (PH, DIC, darkfield), epifluorescence, confocal microscopy (Martin Spitaler, FILM)
10.55-11.40 Live imaging techniques: Multiphoton, live imaging and second harmonic generation (SHG) (Mark Scott, FILM)
11.40-12.00 coffee and tea break
Microscopy Matchmatcher
12.000-13.00 Microscopy Matchmaker: FILM users giving a snapshot of their work in 2-minute presentations
13.00-14.15 Poster session with sandwich lunch
(kindly sponsored by Carl Zeiss Microscopy)
Special Techniques
14.15-15.00 Fluorophores as sensors – colocalisation, fluorescence lifetime (FILM) and resonant energy transfer (FRET) (Valentina Caorsi, NHLI)
15.00-15.45 Super-resolution microscopy: TIRF, PALM, STORM (Steve Rothery, FILM)
15.45-16.05 coffee and tea break
Understanding Images
16.05-16.30 Understanding and visualisation of image data: data formats, pixel and metadata, image visualisation and presentation, OMERO database (Martin Spitaler, FILM)
16.30-17.30 Image analysis: noise removal, deconvolution, segmentation, tracking, registration (Luis Pizarro, Computing)
17.30-17.40 Wrap-up, feedback, outlook
Further information can be found at FILM News