New Advances in Optical Imaging of Live Cells and Organisms

Suzhou Dushu Lake Conference Center
August 20-23, 2013
July 15th, 2013

June 7th, 2013
 

Schedule Overview

Organized by:
Atsushi Miyawaki, Riken Brain Science Institute, Japan
Xiaoliang Sunney Xie, Harvard University, USA
Rafael Yuste, Columbia University, USA
Xiaowei Zhuang, HHMI / Harvard University, USA

We are pleased to announce the 2nd Cold Spring Harbor Asia conference on New Advances in Optical Imaging of Live Cells and Organisms, which will be held at the Suzhou Dushu Lake Conference Center in Suzhou, China, located approximately 60 miles west of Shanghai. The conference will begin at 7:00pm on the evening of Tuesday August 20, and will conclude after the banquet on Friday August 23, 2013.

The conference will include oral sessions and poster session. Many talks will be selected from the openly submitted abstracts on the basis of scientific merit and relevance. Social events throughout the conference provide ample opportunity for informal interactions.

Major Topics:
1. Intracellular imaging
2. Single molecule imaging
3. Probe development
4. Super-resolution microscopy
5. In vivo imaging
6. Neuroimaging
7. Optical manipulation of activity, including optogenetics and caged compounds


Keynote Speakers:
Stefan Hell, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Germany
Abstract title:Nanoscope with Focused Light

Invited Speakers:

Intracellular imaging
Akihiro Kusumi, Kyoto University, Japan
Abstract title: Cell’s first steps for raft formation and function as revealed by single-molecule imaging and tracking
Michiyuki Matsuda, Kyoto University, JAPAN
Abstract title: Visualization of signaling molecule activity with transgenic mice expressing FRET biosensors
Robert Singer, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, USA
Abstract title: Following Single mRNAs From Birth to Death in Living Cells.

Single molecule imaging
Toshio Ando, Kanazawa University, JAPAN
Abstract title: Video imaging of dynamic molecular and cellular processes by high-speed AFM
Carlos Bustamante, HHMI/University of California, Berkeley, USA
Abstract title:Recent advances in molecular imaging
Yoshie Harada, Kyoto University, JAPAN
Abstract title: Development of a novel single-molecule imaging technique using fluorescent diamond nanoparticles
Paul Selvin, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
Abstract title: Single Molecule Fluorescence and Optical Trapping Applied to Molecular
Michelle Wang, Cornell University and HHMI, USA
Abstract title: Biological Processes under Torque

Probe development
Steven Boxer, Stanford University, USA
Abstract title: Split GFP as an photo-active element to control interactions
Atsushi Miyawaki, Riken Brain Science Institute, JAPAN
Abstract title: New fluorescent probes and new perspectives in neuroscience
Hidekazu Tsutsui, Osaka University, JAPAN
Abstract title: The voltage-sensor domain and membrane potential imaging

Super-resolution microscopy
Long Cai,Caltech, USA
Abstract title: TBA
William Moerner, Stanford University, USA
Abstract title: Challenges and Opportunities for 3D Single-Molecule Localization Microscopy in Cells
Valentin Nagerl, University of Bordeaux, France
Abstract title: Nanoscale imaging of synapses in living brain slices by STED microscopy
Xiaowei Zhuang, HHMI / Harvard University, USA
Abstract title: Recent technological advances and applications of STORM

In vivo imaging
Scott Fraser, University of Southern California, USA
Abstract title: Imaging the Molecular Signaling and Cellular Dynamics of Embryonic Development.
Masaru Ishii, Osaka University, JAPAN
Abstract title: Intravital multiphoton imaging dissecting cellular dynamics in live animals
Eric Potma, UC Irvine, USAEric Potma, UC Irvine, USA
Abstract title: Clinical multiphoton microscopy: old tricks, new applications
Michio Tomura, Kyoto University, JAPAN
Abstract title: Visualization of immune response by obserbing cell-cycle, movement and death.
Xiaoliang Sunney Xie, Harvard University, USA
Abstract title: Stimulated Raman Scattering Microscopy: Label Free Imaging of DNA and Cancer

Neuroimaging
Ann-Shyn Chiang, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
Abstract title: Connectomics mapping of the Drosophila central complex
Daniel Choquet, CNRS-Univ. Bordeaux, FRANCE
Abstract title: Nano Scale imaging of glutamatergic synapse organization and function
Adam Cohen, Harvard University, USA
Abstract title: All Optical Electrophysiology with Microbial Rhodopsins
Arthur Konnerth, Technical University Munich, GERMANY
Abstract title:Imaging single synapses of cortical neurons in vivo
Wei Min, Columbia University, USA
Abstract title: Vibrational imaging of proteome dynamics in live cells and organisms.

Optical manipulation of activity, including optogenetics and caged compounds
Edward Boyden, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
Abstract title: Optogenetics and Other Technologies for Neural Circuit Analysis
Roberto Etchenique, Universidad De Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA
Abstract title: Ruthenium caged compounds: manipulation of cellular activity with visible and IR light.
Michael Lin, Stanford University School of Medicine, USA
Abstract title: Improving fluorescence imaging across spatial scales with brighter red fluorescent proteins
Shimon Weiss, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
Abstract title: Towards 'optogenetics' with non-genetic inorganic nanoparticles
Rafael Yuste, Columbia University, USA
Abstract title: Playing the piano with the brain: monitoring and manipulating neuronal activity in 3D

We encourage abstracts to contain new and unpublished materials. The abstracts must be submitted electronically by the abstract deadline. Selection of material for oral and poster presentation will be made by the organizers. Status (fellow's talk/poster) of abstracts will be posted on our web site as soon as decisions have been made by the organizers.  

Fellowship:
We are eager to have as many young people as possible attend since they are likely to benefit most from this meeting. A certain number of presentations by graduate students and postdocs in this conference will be selected as fellowship (USD $200-$500) awards. For more details, please visit Stipends

We look forward to seeing you at Suzhou in August 2013.

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5.We offer CSHA endowed student package for graduate students (student ID is required). This special offer only includes the meeting session pass. Housing, food and social activities are not included in the package.

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