Frontiers in Microscopy: Whole Animal Imaging

Scope/Topic

Jun 30, 2008 - Jul 3, 2008 The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor ME

This short course will cover state-of-the-art approaches to imaging biological systems in vivo. Topic areas will include, but not be limited to MRI, CT, PET, ultrasound, fluorescence/luminescence, and X-ray beamline imaging in the context of phenotyping animal models. A special afternoon session will be devoted to a survey of commercially available technologies. This course is hosted in conjunction with the Institute for Molecular Biophysics and brings together world-leading experts in diverse fields of modern biological microscopy and medical imaging to provide an overview of the cutting edge technologies and to discuss current challenges.

This course can be used for continuing education units for AALAS recertification.

Organizers

Jun 30, 2008 - Jul 3, 2008 The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor ME

Michael Grunze, Ph.D., Institute for Molecular Biophysics
Barbara Knowles, Ph.D., The Jackson Laboratory
Doug Morris, Ph.D., NIH
Anthony Nicholson, Ph.D., The Jackson Laboratory

Speakers

Jun 30, 2008 - Jul 3, 2008 The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor ME

Eric T.  Ahrens, Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University
Robert  S. Balaban, Ph.D., National Institutes of Health
Brian Bacskai, Massachussetts General Hospital
Joseph  A. Frank, M.D., National Institutes of Health
Assaf  A. Gilad, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Mark Henkelman, Mouse Imaging Center, Toronto
G. Allan Johnson, Ph.D., Duke Center for In Vivo Microscopy
Geraldine Le Duc, Ph.D., European Synchrotron Radiation Facility
Michael Levene, Ph.D., Yale University
Cecilia  W. Lo, Ph.D., National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
Warren R. Zipfel, Ph.D., Cornell University
Michal  Neeman, PhD., Weizmann Institute
Afonso C. Silva, Ph.D., National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Leif Schroeder, Ph. D., University of California, Berkeley
Zhong  Zhong, Ph.D., Brookhaven National Laboratory
Warren R. Zipfel, Ph.D., Cornell University

additional speaker information will be posted as soon as it becomes available

Schedule

Jun 30, 2008 - Jul 3, 2008 The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor ME

The preliminary schedule (.pdf) is available for review.  Schedule updates will be made as plans are finalized.  Please contact the workshop coordinator (link below) with any questions you have regarding the schedule.

Registration

Jun 30, 2008 - Jul 3, 2008 The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor ME

$450, $250 students, post-docs, medical interns (proof of status must be presented with registration)

Registration Form (.pdf)

Mouse anatomy and biology reading materials and resources are available online.

Accommodations/Travel

Jun 30, 2008 - Jul 3, 2008 The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor ME

Participants are responsible for their own hotel reservations.

We have arranged for a discount rate of $149.00 per night, please refer to group booking self pay for Imaging meeting.

Bar Harbor Regency
123 Eden Street
Bar Harbor, ME 04609
Phone:  1-800-234-6835
Web site: http://www.barharborregency.com/ 

Travel


Air

Bar Harbor is served by two airports:

Bus

(seasonal, late May-early September)

Car

Bar Harbor is approximately 6 hours by car from the greater Boston area.

Area information:

 

Event Contact: Laura Lelansky, p:  207-288-6419The Jackson Laboratory is a tobacco-free campus.

The Titanium Sponsor for our 2008 conference season is Lab Diet and Test Diet