SICM Workshop Program 30-31 March 2011

SICM Workshop 30-31 March 2011, Wolfson Conference Center, Lecture Theater 206, Hammersmith Campus, Imperial College London, Du Cane Road, London W12 0NN

 

30 March 2011

13:00 - 13:30 Prof. Yuri Korchev, Imperial College London, UK. "SICM: Introduction"

13:30 - 14:00 Prof. David Klenerman, Department of Chemistry, Cambridge University, UK. "Using SICM for controlled delivery of molecules"

14:00 - 14:30 Prof. Dr. Tilman E. Schäffer, Universitaet Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany. "Imaging of membranes and cells: SICM vs. AFM"

15:00 - 15:30 Prof. Dr. Sylvia Speller, Scanning Probe Microscopy / NanoLab Nijmegen, Holland. "Scanning Probe Microscopy for the interface between physical, chemical and biologic structures"

15:30 - 16:00 Dr. Julia Gorelik, NHLI, Imperial college, UK. "Nanoscale SICM/FRET insights into b-adrenergic receptor distribution and cAMP compartmentation in cardiac myocytes"

16:00 - 16:30 Prof. Mario Pellegrino, Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiologiche, University of Pisa, Italy. "Use of Scanning Ion Conductance Microscopy to guide neuronal growth cones"

17:00 - 17:30 Prof. Dr. Lane A. Baker, Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, USA. "Measurement vs. Imaging with SICM"

17:30 - 18:00 Dr. Michele Miragoli, NHLI, Imperial college, UK. "SICM combined with optical recording of impulse propagation for studying mechano-sensation of failing heart"

18:00 - 18:30 Dr. Elisabetta Tognoni, C.N.R. Pisa, Italy. "Strategies to measure the Young modulus of cells3 by means of Scanning Ion Conductance Microscopy"

18:30 - 18:45 Dr. Andrew J. Pollard, NanoAnalysis Group, National Physical Laboratory, UK. "Live cell imaging at human body temperature and nanoparticle SICM investigations"

 

31 March 2011

09:00 - 09:30 Dr. Yasufumi Takahashi, Tohoku University, Japan. "Combined SICM-SECM"

09:30 - 10:00 Prof. Irmgard Dietzel-Meyer, Molecular Neurochemistry,Faculty of Chemistry and Biochemistry,Ruhr University Bochum, Germany. "Advancing by backstepping: Scanning whole cells by SICM"

10:00 - 10:30 Dr. Patrick Happel, Molecular Neurochemistry,Faculty of Chemistry and Biochemistry,Ruhr University Bochum, Germany. "The link between the front and the back? The role of local volume changes in migration of oligodendrocyte precursor cells"

11:00 - 11:30 Dr. Pavel Novak, Imperial College London, UK. "Hopping Probe Ion Conductance Microscopy"

11:30 - 12:00 Rosemary Adsley, School of Pharmacy, University of Nottingham, UK. "Visualisation of the cellular interaction and uptake of nanoparticles using SICM"

12:00 - 12:10 Dr. Ling-Gang Wu, Synaptic Transmission Section, NINDS, USA. "An attempt to scan the fusion pore"

12:10 - 12:40 Dr. Andrew Shevchuk, Imperial College London, UK. "High Resolution SICM for biological applications"