The Tissue Barriers Biosciences Initiative presents:

“Overcoming Barriers in Imaging: a super-resolution microscopy workshop”

 

Workshop Day 1 – Tuesday, November 19, 9:30-5:00 – Kellogg Eye Center, Oliphant-Marshall Auditorium

9:30-10:00 – Registration, light refreshments provided for registered participants

10:00-noon – Session 1: The super-resolution microscopy revolution – what is possible?

Discussion Leaders: Ann Miller and Lotte van den Goor

• • • Welcome from the Tissue Barriers Biology Group – Ann Miller
    • Welcome from the Biosciences Initiative – Joerg Lahann
    • Alexa Mattheyses (Cell, Developmental, and Integrative Biology; Dermatology; Director High Resolution Imaging Facility (HRIF) Microscopy Core, University of Alabama Birmingham)
    • Xufeng Wu (Deputy Director, Light Microscopy Imaging Facility, NHLBI)

 

noon-1:00 – Lunch provided for registered participants

1:00-3:00 – Session 2: Super-resolution microscopy at Michigan – where we’re at, and where we want to go

Discussion Leaders: Asma Nusrat and Anny-Claude Luissint (Research Investigator in Nusrat Lab)

• • • Dave Antonetti (Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences; Molecular and Integrative Physiology)
    • Ann Miller (Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology)
    • Anuska Andjelkovic-Zochowska (Pathology; Neurosurgery)

 

3:00-5:00 – Poster Session and Reception

 

Workshop Day 2 – Wednesday, November 20, 8:30-5:00 – Biological Sciences Building, room 1010

8:30-9:00 – Registration, light refreshments provided for registered participants

9:00-noon – Session 3: Key super-resolution microscopy techniques – strengths and limitations

Discussion Leaders: Dave Antonetti and Andreia Goncalves (Postdoctoral Fellow in Antonetti Lab)

• • • Aaron Taylor (Managing Director, Biomedical Research Microscopy Core Facility)
    • Damon Hoff (Manager, Single Molecule Analysis in Real-Time (SMART) Center)
    • Gregg Sobocinski (Manager, Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Shared Imaging Labs)
    • Panel Discussion: “Which super-resolution technology is for me?”
      • • Moderator: Dave Antonetti (Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences; Molecular and Integrative Physiology)

 

noon-1:00 – Lunch provided for registered participants

1:00-4:00 – Session 4: Practical considerations as you prepare to do super-resolution microscopy

Discussion Leaders: Anuska Andjelkovic-Zochowska and Gabriela Martinez-Revollar (Research Fellow in Andjelkovic-Zochowska Lab)

• • • Xufeng Wu (Deputy Director, Light Microscopy Imaging Facility, NHLBI)
    • Aaron Taylor (Managing Director, Biomedical Research Imaging Core Facility)
    • Alexa Mattheyses (Cell, Developmental, and Integrative Biology; Dermatology; Director High Resolution Imaging Facility (HRIF) Microscopy Core, University of Alabama Birmingham)
    • Panel Discussion: “Overcoming Barriers to Super-Resolution Microscopy: what are the challenges, gaps, and needs for the Michigan Barriers Biology community”
      • • Moderator: Nils Walter (Chemistry; Biophysics; Biological Chemistry)

 

4:00-5:00 – Open House at Core Facilities – Office Hours with Alexa Mattheyses and Xufeng Wu