Singapore Microscopy and Optics Seminars

Friday 26th February, 2010
17:00-18:00 followed by refreshments

Seminar Room SR1, Institute of Materials Research & Engineering
3 Research Link, Singapore, 117602
Directions: http://www.imre.a-star.edu.sg/contact/

Dr. Claus-Dieter Ohl
(School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University and
Institute of High Performance Computing (IHPC), A*STAR)
High-Speed Microfluidics Imaging for Micro-Rheological Applications

Dr. Sanket Goel
(Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) and Institute of Microelectronics (IME), A*STAR)
Opto-biochip platform for DNA sample preparation and pyrosequencing

Friday 22nd January, 2010
17:00-18:00 followed by refreshments

Seminar Room SR1, Institute of Materials Research & Engineering
3 Research Link, Singapore, 117602
Directions: http://www.imre.a-star.edu.sg/contact/

Real-time Approaches for Quantitative Non-traditional
Imaging Techniques in Biological Applications

Laura Waller
3D Optical Systems Group; Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,
MIT, and Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology

Nick Loomis
3D Optical Systems Group; Dept. of Mechanical Engineering,
MIT, and Applied Ocean Physics and Engineering, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Tuesday 15th December, 2009
17:00-18:00 followed by refreshments
Multi-purpose room, Level-1, Centre for Life Sciences (CeLS)

Dr. Marc Fivaz (Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School)
Genetically-encoded fluorescent biosensors to study neuronal development

Dr. Xiaotao Pan (Media Cybernatics, Singapore)
Deconvolution of widefield fluorescence microscopy images

Thursday 16th July at 17:00
5th Floor Seminar Room
Temsek Life Sciences Laboratory
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Dr Lena Lui (SMART - Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology)
Magnetic Particle Manipulation using Atomic Force Microscope
and Optical Tweezers.

Dr Dan Pickard (Department Electrical and Computer Engineering, NUS)
Applications of the Helium Ion Microscope

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Thursday 18th June at 17:00
5th floor seminar room
Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory
Follow this link for a map: http://www.tll.org.sg/location.asp

Dr Janos Kriston-Vizi (Bioinformatics Institute)
Performance Evaluation of Drosophila Embryo 3D Segmentation in ImageJ

Eric Chung (Product Specialist, Leica Microsystems)
White Light Laser Confocal - X-CitingLife!

Thanks to

for sponsorship of the June 2009 seminar
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Thursday 16th April at 17:00
Discovery Lecture Theatre
Level 4, Matrix, Biopolis
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Dr Carlos Manzano (Institute of Materials Research & Engineering)

Scanning Tunneling Microscopy

1) STM construction and rotation of a molecular gear

2) Visualization of molecular orbitals of a single
pentacene on Au(111) by STM

Dr Mark Browne (Director, Systems Division, Andor Technology)
Laser spinning disc confocal technology for live cell imaging

Thanks to

for sponsorship of the April 2009 seminar

Monday 16th March at 17:00
Seminar Room 1, Level 1
Institute of Materials Research & Engineering (IMRE)
3 Research Link, NUS campus
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Dr Victor Racine (Institute of Molecular & Cell Biology)
Quantifying 2D, 3D and 3D+t images in cell biology studies

Prof. Colin Sheppard (Division of Bioengineering, NUS)
An introduction to phase contrast microscopy

Thanks to

for sponsorship of the March 2009 seminar

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Thursday 12th February at 17:00
5th Floor Seminar Room
Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory

Assoc. Prof. Thorsten Wohland (Dept. Chemistry, NUS)

The F-techniques in cell and developmental biology: More than just imaging

Dr Adam Cliffe (Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory)
Imaging & Analyzing 3D Cell Migration in Drosophila

Thanks to

for sponsorship of the February 2009 seminar