Next seminars

Thursday 18th March, 2010
17:00-18:00 followed by refreshments

5th Floor Seminar Room, Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory
1 Research Link, Singapore, 117604
Directions: http://www.tll.org.sg/content/location
(Shuttle-A stops outside TLL)

Dr. Ajay S. Mathuru
(Neural Circuitry and Behavior Lab, Neuroscience Research Partnership (NRP)
A*Star, Duke-NUS GMS)

Optogenetics: Brawn over Brain
Optogenetics is a relatively new development in neuroscience that has revolutionized the methods and our capability to interrogate neuronal function. The term refers to combining genetic manipulation with optics. I will highlight some of these developments with examples and discuss how they are being used to advance our understanding of neural circuits and behavior.

Prof. Paul Matsudaira
(Director, NUS Centre for BioImaging Sciences
co-Director, RCE Mechanobiology
Head, Department of Biological Sciences)

 The Research Focus of the NUS Centre for BioImaging Sciences

Thanks to EINST Technology Pte Ltd for sponsoring these seminars

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Friday 19 th March, 2010
17:00-18:00 followed by refreshments

7 th Floor Pantry, Block-E3A,
7, Engineering Drive 1, Singapore 117574
Directions: http://www.street-directory.com/nus/campus2.cgi?x=315&y=612&level=2 (Shuttles B and C stop outside E3A)

Dr. Marian Cholewa
(Beamline Senior Research Fellow, Monash Centre for Synchrotron Science (MCSS)
Monash University )

Some thoughts about Correlative imaging at the Australian Synchrotron
The proposed TXM-IR-CM Correlative beamline is a novel combined X-ray, Infrared and confocal fluorescence microscopy beamline aimed at correlative measurements simultaneously on the same sample. The ability to correlate high spatial resolution tomography (~20 nm) with confocal fluorescence microscopy (CFM) and IR imaging provides a powerful tool ideally suited to a diverse range of user communities: bio-medical, forensic, material science, nanofabrication and others. This unique beamline will provide researchers with a versatile imaging microscope system needed for leading-edge research.

Thanks to Optical Society of America for sponsoring this seminar