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  • 20 August — 26 August, 2017

1st Day
10:00 — 11:00
Welcome & introduction of the Course

George Tsao, Roberto Bruzzone, Chenghan Yu, Musa Mhlanga


11:00 — 13:00
Students’ self introduction
13:00 — 14:00
Lunch
14:00 — 15:00
L1: Advanced imaging microscopy in biomedical research

Tomas Kirchhausen

Harvard Medical School, USA

15:00 — 16:00
L2: Basic principles and pitfalls of optical imaging (I)

Teng-Leong Chew

HHMI Janelia Research Campus, USA

16:00 — 16:30
Break
16:30 — 17:30
L3: Basic principles and pitfalls of optical imaging (II)

Teng-Leong Chew

HHMI Janelia Research Campus, USA

17:30 — 18:30
L4: Expansion microscopy

Srigokul Upadhyayula

Harvard Medical School, USA

18:30 — 20:00
Welcome Dinner
2nd Day
08:30 — 10:00
L4: Genome wide high content screening recovers novel pathways of viral apoptosis evasion

Musa Mhlanga

University of Cape Town, South Africa

10:00 — 10:30
Break
10:30 — 12:00
L5: Introduction to single molecule localization microscopy (PALM/STORM and PAINT)

Christophe Zimmer

Institut Pasteur, France

12:00 — 13:00
Lunch
13:00 — 14:00
Introduction to the practical session

Venue: Tutorial Rooms

14:00 — 19:00
Practical workshops

Venue: Faculty Core Facility

3rd Day
08:30 — 09:30
L6: Cellular dynamics with high temporal and spatial resolution

Tomas Kirchhausen

Harvard Medical School, USA

09:30 — 10:30
L7: Introduction to fluorescence resonance energy transfer and biosensor

Cheng-Han Yu

The University of Hong Kong, HK

10:30 — 11:00
Break
11:00 — 12:00
Advanced optical microscopies for cell bioimaging: from super-resolution to light sheet

Shengwang Du

Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, HK

12:00 — 13:00
Lunch
13:00 — 14:00
Introduction to the practical session

Venue: Tutorial Rooms

14:00 — 19:00
W1-Day2: Practical workshops

Venue: Faculty Core Facility

4th Day
08:30 — 10:00
L9: Light sheet microscopy in developmental biology research

Pavel Tomancak

Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Germany

10:00 — 10:30
Break
10:30 — 12:00
L10: Light sheet microscopy in developmental biology research

Lucio Freitas-Junior

Instituto Butantan, Brazil

12:00 — 13:00
Lunch
13:00 — 14:00
Introduction to the practical session

Venue: Tutorial Rooms

14:00 — 19:00
W2-Day1: Practical workshops

Venue: Faculty Core Facility

5th Day
08:30 — 10:00
L11: Interference-based techniques in super-resolution microscopy

Pakorn Tony Kanchanawong

National University of Singapore, Singapore

10:00 — 11:00
L12: Emerging imaging technologies at HHMI Janelia Research Campus

Teng-Leong Chew

HHMI Janelia Research Campus, USA

11:00 — 11:30
Break
11:30 — 12:30
GENERAL DISCUSSIONS WITH THE TA OF WS ON QUESTIONS OF HOW TO PREPARE PRESENTATIONS
12:30 — 13:30
Lunch
13:30 — 14:30
Introduction to the practical session

Venue: Tutorial Rooms

14:30 — 19:30

Venue: Faculty Core Facility

6th Day
Croucher Symposium on Advanced Imaging
Lecture Theater 1
09:00 — 09:15
Welcome address

Mr. David Foster (Director), Croucher Foundation

Prof. Peter Mathieson (President), The University of Hong Kong

Prof.  Suet Yi Leung (Associate Dean), LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong

Photo session: (Invited guests, Speakers, Organizing Committee) 

09:15 — 09:45
L1: Cellular imaging from molecules to organisms

Tomas Kirchhausen

Harvard Medical School, USA 

09:45 — 10:15
L2: Transcription factor dynamics during Drosophila development

Pavel Tomancak

Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Germany

10:15 — 10:45
L3: Optical single-cell imaging – How much faster and deeper can we go?

Kelvin Tsia

The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

10:45 — 11:15
Coffee Break
11:15 — 11:45
L4: Drug repurposing and phenotypic screening as fast response strategies against emerging arboviruses Lucio Freitas-Junior

Lucio Freitas-Junior

Instituto Butantan, Brazil

11:45 — 12:15
L5: Computationally enhancing localization microscopy in 3D and time

Christophe Zimmer

Institut Pasteur, France

12:15 — 13:30
Lunch
13:30 — 14:00
L6: Higher-order genome architecture and lncRNAs permit robust transcription of immune genes

Musa Mhlanga

University of Cape Town, South Africa

14:00 — 14:30
L7: Beyond the diffraction limit by light-sheet microsocpy

Bi-Chang Chen

Academia Sinica, Taiwan

14:30 — 15:00
L8: Understanding synapses through imaging

Kwok-On Lai

The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

15:00 — 15:30
Coffee Break
15:30 — 16:00
L9: Imaging life with the emerging microscopy frontiers at HHMI Janelia Research Campus

Teng-Leong Chew

HHMI Janelia Research Campus, USA

16:00 — 16:30
L10: Nanoscale architecture of cadherin-based cell adhesions

Pakorn Tony Kanchanawong

National University of Singapore, Singapore

7th Day
Presentation of the results of the practical workshops and general discussion
Seminar Room 2
09:00 — 12:00
Presentation of the results of the practical workshops and general discussion

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