Electron Microscopy Sciences (EMS) is offering a workshop on immunogold silver staining at the House Ear Institute, Los Angeles, California, on 21-23 February 2011.
The course will provide researchers with the opportunity to learn the theory and practice of immunogold labelling while processing their own samples.
The the Immunogold Silver Staining Workshop is designed and taught by Peter van de Plas of Aurion.
Dr Paul Webster, head of Ahmanson Advanced EM and Imaging Center at the at the House Ear Institute, will be providing expertise in immunolabelling and applications of electron microscopy to biomedical research.
The three-day course will cover the properties of gold particles and their protein conjugates, theories underlying immunogold labelling protocols, and silver enhancement of gold particles.
Also covered in the course will be immunogold labelling on a variety of sample preparations for LM; immunogold labelling for EM; pre/post- embedding double immunogold labelling; and background minimisation in immunogold labelling.
Participants are encouraged to bring their own samples to maximise learning.
