Program       Practical sessions

20 August 2017 (Sun)     Venue*
10:00 – 11:00

Welcome & introduction of the Course
George Tsao, Roberto Bruzzone, Chenghan Yu, Musa Mhlanga
SR - 2

11:00 – 13:00 Students’ self introduction   SR - 2
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch Exhibition Area
14:00 – 15:00


L1: Advanced imaging microscopy in biomedical research
Tomas Kirchhausen
Harvard Medical School, USA
SR - 2


15:00 – 16:00


L2: Basic principles and pitfalls of optical imaging (I)
Teng-Leong Chew
HHMI Janelia Research Campus, USA
  SR - 2

16:00 – 16:30 Break    Exhibition Area
16:30 – 17:30


L3: Basic principles and pitfalls of optical imaging (II)
Teng-Leong Chew
HHMI Janelia Research Campus, USA
  SR - 2

17:30 – 18:30


L4: Expansion microscopy
Srigokul Upadhyayula
Harvard Medical School, USA
SR - 2


18:30 Welcome dinner   Exhibition Area
       
21 August 2017 (Mon)     Venue*
8:30 – 10:00


L5: Genome wide high content screening recovers novel pathways of viral apoptosis evasion
Musa Mhlanga
University of Cape Town, South Africa
SR - 2


10:00 – 10:30 Break Exhibition Area
10:30 – 12:00


L6: Introduction to single molecule localization microscopy (PALM/STORM and PAINT)
Christophe Zimmer
Institut Pasteur, France
SR - 2

 
12:00 – 13:00 Lunch  Exhibition Area
13:00 – 14:00 Introduction to the practical session   TR
14:00 – 19:00 W1-Day1: Practical workshops
FCF
       
22 August 2017 (Tue)     Venue*
8:30 – 9:30


L7: Cellular dynamics with high temporal and spatial resolution
Tomas Kirchhausen
Harvard Medical School, USA
SR - 2


9:30 – 10:30


L8: Introduction to fluorescence resonance energy transfer and biosensor
Cheng-han Yu
The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
  SR - 2


10:30 – 11:00 Break   Exhibition Area
11:00 – 12:00



L9: Advanced Optical Microscopies for Cell Bioimaging: From Super-Resolution to Light Sheet
Shengwang Du
Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, Hong Kong
  SR - 2


12:00 – 13:00 Lunch    Exhibition Area
13:00 – 14:00 Introduction to the practical session   TR 
14:00 – 19:00 W1-Day2: Practical workshops
FCF
       
23 August 2017 (Wed)     Venue*
8:30 – 10:00




L10: Light sheet microscopy in developmental biology research
Pavel Tomancak
Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Germany
SR - 2



10:30 – 11:00 Break   Exhibition Area
11:00 – 12:00


L11: High Content Imaging Applied to Infectious Diseases Drug Discovery
Lucio Freitas-Junior
Instituto Butantan, Brazil
  SR - 2


12:00 – 13:00 Lunch    Exhibition Area
13:00 – 14:00 Introduction to the practical session   TR 
14:00 – 19:00 W2-Day1: Practical workshops
FCF
       
24 August 2017 (Thu)     Venue*
8:30 – 10:00


L12: Interference-based techniques in super-resolution microscopy
Pakorn Tony Kanchanawong
National University of Singapore, Singapore
SR - 2


10:00 – 11:00



L13: Emerging imaging technologies at HHMI Janelia Research Campus
Teng-Leong Chew
HHMI Janelia Research Campus, USA
SR - 2



11:00 – 11:30 Break   Exhibition Area
11:30 – 12:30

Genral Discussion and Presentation Preparation with TA of the workshops   SR - 2 

12:30 – 13:30 Lunch    Exhibition Area
13:30 – 14:30 Introduction to the practical session   TR 
14:30 – 19:30 W2-Day2: Practical workshops
FCF
       
25 August 2017 (Fri) Advanced Imaging Symposium   LT1
       
26 August 2017 (Wed) W5: Presentation of the results of the practical workshops and general discussion   SR - 2
 
       

SR – 2: Room 2, G/F, Laboratory Block, Faculty of Medicine Building, 21 Sassoon road
Exhibition Area: Pre-function area of seminar room 3, G/F, The HKJC Bldg for Interdisciplinary Research, 5 Sassoon road
TR: Tutorial room, 1/F, Wei Lun Education Centre, William M.W. Mong Block, Faculty of Medicine Building; 21 Sassoon road
FCF: Faculty Core Facility, Rm 6-11, Laboratory Block, Faculty of Medicine Building, 21 Sassoon road
LT1: Lecture Theater 1, Chueung Kung Hai Lecture Theatre, G/F, William MW Mong Block, 21 Sassoon


Practical Sessions for Croucher Summer School in Advanced Imaging 2017

  • 5 workstations will be running at the same time for 4 afternoons.
  • All practical session will be held for constitutive two afternoons on August 21st &22nd (Monday and Tuesday) and then repeated on August 23rd & 24th (Wednesday and Thursday) for different students.
  • Students will be assigned to 5 groups. Each student will select two different practical sessions.

Practical session A: Quantitative Single Molecule Microscopy
Faculty: Tomas Kirchhausen, Ph.D. Harvard Medical School, USA.
Equipment: TIRF and Spinning disc Confocal microscope

Practical session B: Light-Sheet Microscopy
Faculty: Shengwang Du, Ph.D. Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, HK.
Equipment: Litone LBS 1 Light Sheet Imaging System

Practical session C: Single molecule localization microscopy
Faculty: Christophe Zimmer, Ph.D. Institut Pasteur, France
Equipment: NBI STORM super-resolution system

Practical session D: High content imaging
Faculty: Musa Mhlanga, Ph.D. University of Cape Town, South Africa
Equipment: Dragonfly high-content imaging system

Practical session E: FIJI Image Processing and Analysis Workshop
Faculty: Teng-Leong Chew, Ph.D. HHMI Janelia Research Campus, USA
Equipment: N/A