Programme
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20 August — 26 August 2017
Past
1st Day
10:00 — 11:00
Welcome & introduction of the Course
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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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