Designed to help scientists benefit from the latest advances in live cell imaging, Leica Microsystems this week sponsored the first in a new series of live cell imaging seminars
Designed to help scientists benefit from the latest advances in live cell imaging, Leica Microsystems this week sponsored the first in a new series of live cell imaging seminars.
Hosted by the Institute for Animal Health in Pirbright, Surrey, the seminar focused on techniques key to understanding dynamic intra-cellular events.
These seminars provide scientists with practical insights into a range of new imaging opportunities.
Paul Monaghan from the Institute for Animal Health and chairman of the seminar commented, "The latest technology and imaging applications help us to visualise exactly what is happening in living cells and this is key to understanding cell function both in Health and Disease.
"Seminars like these provide an excellent platform for knowledge sharing between scientists".
The seminar was co-ordinated by Tracey McKeown, product manager at Leica Microsystems: "I was very pleased with the large number of scientists that attended.
"This first seminar sparked quite a few lively discussions, highlighting the fact that scientists are keen to learn more about these important techniques". Tom Wileman, from the Institute for Animal Health opened the seminar with a presentation on imaging viruses that cause Foot and Mouth Disease and African Swine Fever.
This was followed with a hints and tips session by Nandini Hayes from the University of Kent on Aspects of Live Cell Imaging and a presentation by Elodie Howard-Cofield also from the University of Kent on Live Cell Imaging and Cancer Studies.
In addition, the day included talks by Mark Jepson, University of Bristol, on Imaging bacterial infection of epithelial cells, Bebhinn Treanor, Imperial College, on Fluoresence Lifetime Imaging Microscopy (Flim), and by Regina Nickel, University College London, on Fluorescence Recovery after Photobleaching (Frap).
Scientists who are interested in attending future seminars sponsored by Leica Microsystems should contact Richard Bevan at Leica Microsystems via e-mail.
