Final Program

THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
ON MICROSCOPY RESEARCH IN
NANOMEDICINE,
ZABRZE, POLAND
September 2929-30, 2011
Thursday 29 September
08:30 – 09:00
Conference opening and Welcome message
Jerzy Buzek,
Buzek President of the European Parliament
Zygmunt Łukaszczyk, the Silesian Voivode
Ewa MałeckaMałecka-Tendera,
Tendera Rector of the Medical University of
Silesia
Session I: Preparation of biological specimens for Electron Microscopy
Chair: Prof. Zbigniew Kmieć (Department of Histology, Medical
University of Gdansk, Poland)
09:00 – 09:30
Dr Marek Kujawa (Department of Histology and Embryology,
Center for Biostructure Research, Medical University of
Warsaw, Poland)
Biological material preparation for Electron Microscopy in
room temperature
09:30 – 10:00
Dr. Guenter Resch (IMP-IMBA-GMI Electron Microscopy
Facility, Austria)
Biological specimens preparation techniques for EM (from
room temperature to cryotechniques), part I
10:00 – 10:30
Dr. Guenter Resch (IMP-IMBA-GMI Electron Microscopy
Facility, Austria)
Biological specimens preparation techniques for EM (from
room temperature to cryotechniques), part II
10:30 – 11:00
Coffee break
Session II: The versatility of Electron Microscopy in Medical Research
Chair: Prof. Andrzej Marszałek (Electron Microscopy Laboratory,
Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poland)
11:00 – 11:30
Dr Maria Maksymowicz (The Maria Sklodowska – Curie
Institute of Oncology in Warsaw, Poland)
Role of an electron microscopy in the evaluation of pituitary
tumors
11:30 – 12:00
Prof. Romuald Wojnicz (Department of Histology and
Embryology, Medical University of Silesia, Zabrze, Poland )
What can nonomicroscopy do for personalized medicine?
Special session:
12:00 – 12:30
Prof. Erik Manders
Manders (Centre for Advanced Microscopy, Section
of Molecular Cytology, University of Amsterdam,
The Netherlands)
CLEM and the art of life-cell imaging
12:30 – 13:30
Lunch on a spot (silesian catering on a free space)
Session III: The latest developments in electron microscopy
Chair: Prof. Ryszard Wia
Wiaderkiewicz (Department of Histology, Medical
University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland)
13:30 – 14:00
Dr. Wim Busing (FEI Company, The Netherlands)
The latest developments in electron microscopy – SDB and
TEM techniques automated
14:00 – 15:00
TEM FEI Tecnai BioTWIN - On-line presentation
15:00 – 15:30
Coffee break
15:30 – 16:30
Nanomicroscopy Laboratory of the Department of Histology.
On-line presentation by prof. Romuald Wojnicz
16:30 – 16:50
17:30 – 17:50
18:00 – 19:30
19:30 – 20:00
20:45 – 21:00
21:00 – 23:00
23:00 – 23:30
Transfer to hotels
Transfer to Guido coal mine
Visiting in historical Guido Coalmine
Transfer to hotels
Transfer to restaurant “Gościniec Zabrzański’
Dinner in regional restaurant “Gościniec Zabrzański’
Transfer to hotels
Friday 30 September
Session IV:
IV Application of the AFM in nanomedicine research
Chair: Prof. dr hab. Marek Szymoński (Department of Physics of
Nanostructures and Nanotechnology, Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian
University, Kraków, Poland)
09:00 – 09:30
Dr. Nikolay Buzhynskyy (Institut Curie – Research, INSERM,
France)
Structure and assembly of membrane proteins in native
membranes by atomic force microscopy
09:30 – 10:00
Dr. Bart Hoogenboom (London Centre for Nanotechnology,
United Kingdom)
High-resolution atomic force microscopy in liquid
10:00 – 10:30
Dr. Hartmut Stadler (Bruker Nano Surfaces Division,
Germany)
Latest developments of AFM Technologies in nanomedicine
research
10:30 – 11:00
Coffee break
11:00 – 11:30
AFM Bruker - On-line presentation
Session V:
V Confocal Medical in medical research
Chair: Prof. Jacek Malejczyk (Department of Histology and
Embryology, Center for Biostructure Research, Medical University of
Warsaw, Poland)
11:30 – 12:00
Dr Jakub Włodarczyk (Nencki Institute of Experimental
Biology, Poland)
Advanced microscopy methods in neuroscience
Session VI:
VI Young Investigators in Biomedical Research
Chair: Prof. Ryszard Wia
Wiaderkiewicz (Department of Histology, Medical
University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland)
12:00 – 12:45
Three lectures
12:45 – 13:00
Conference closing
Prof. Romuald Wojnicz
13:00 – 14:00
Lunch on a spot (silesian catering on a free space)
14:00 – 14:30
Concluding remarks and outlooks
14:30
Departure
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