Monday, June 4th
Badge and attendee's kit pickup at CRULRG
Opening session: Overview of Challenges in Neuroscience
(Yves de Koninck; CRULRG)
Welcoming cocktail
Tuesday, June 5th
Lectures session #1
- Overview of genetic tools for imaging and manipulating live cells and tissue
(Claude Gravel, CRULRG)
- Synaptic photonics: Using light to study synaptic function
(George J. Augustine, Duke University)
- Live imaging of intracellular signaling events
(Paul De Koninck, CRULRG)
- Monitoring synaptogenesis in vivo (Edward Ruthazer, MNI, McGill University)
Lectures session #2
- Optical approaches for cellular functional imaging
- Two-photon microscopy for imaging synaptic dynamics
(Lisa Topolnik,CRULRG)
- Imaging the activity of neurons and networks at high temporal resolution: new strategies
(Stéphane Dieudonné, ENS Paris)
- Optical monitoring of membrane potential
(Jérôme Mertz, Boston Univ.)
Wednesday, June 6th
Lectures session #3
- Non-photonics techniques for neuroimaging in mice
(Mark Henkelman, MICe, Univ. Toronto)
- 3D optical projection tomography for developmental biology
(Mark Henkelman, MICe, Univ. Toronto)
- An introduction to confocal and nonlinear optical microscopy
(Peter C. So, M.I.T., Boston)
- Two-photon 3D tissue cytometry: High throughput, high content imaging
(Peter C. So, M.I.T., Boston)
Laboratory demonstrations (groups) and posters session
Conference
- Spatial challenges in cellular imaging: new approaches
(Jérôme Mertz, Boston Univ.)
Thursday, June 7th
Lectures session #4
- Overview of challenges in molecular tracking in live cells
- New approaches in single molecule imaging
(Laurent Cognet, CPMOH, Bordeaux)
- Single molecule tracking in live cells
(Laurent Groc, IFM, Bordeaux)
- Fluorescence spectroscopy for molecular tracking (FCS, ICS, PCH, etc.)
(Paul Wiseman, McGill Univ.)
Laboratory demonstrations (groups) and posters session
Closing session
- Novel spectroscopies for tissue imaging in situ
(Daniel Côté, CRULRG) |
