BioNEt Workshop

Monday 16 May 2005, 8.50 am-5.00 pm, David Shaw Lecture Theatre, Foyer & Boardroom, The Medical School, University of Newcastle. Everyone welcome. Refreshments, attendance and lunch are free. Limited to 150 participants. Register for event and state if you plan to display a poster by emailing Dr Pamela Robinson at Enquiries

Bioimaging and Informatics: Across the Spectrum Programme

8.50 Coffee

9.20 Welcome and introduction

9.25 Bioimaging 1: Single molecule imaging and nano-biophotonics
Chair: Dr Martin Goldberg, Biological and Biomedical Sciences, University of Durham
Folding and Catalysis in a ribozyme - single-molecule enzymology on RNA
Prof David Lilley, Biological Chemistry and Molecular Microbiology, University of Dundee
10.00 Ultra-high resolution bioimaging by structured light microscopy
Dr Mats Gustafsson, Physiology and Bioengineering, University of California at San Francisco, USA

10.35 Coffee

11.00 Bioimaging 2: High resolution cell imaging and screening
Chair: Prof Patrick Hussey, Biological and Biomedical Sciences, University of Durham
Scanning ion conductance microscopy of plasma membranes and membrane proteins in living cells
Dr Yuri Korchev, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London
11.35 High content bioimaging screens as tools for postgenomic biology
Dr Rainer Pepperkok, Cell Biology and Biophysics Unit, EMBL Heidelberg, Germany

12.10 New Technology Showcase:
Aerius: Two Colour In Cell Westerns (ICW)
Dr Dan Gare, LI-COR UK
High speed confocal microscopy of living cells: Pinhole array or slit - that is the question?
Dr Peter Lipp, Institute for Molecular Biology, Saarland University/VisiTech International

12.55 Lunch

14.00 Bioimaging 3: Multidimensional bioimaging and bioinformatics
Chair: Dr Peter Andras, Computing Science, University of Newcastle
The Open Microscopy Environment project - bioinformatics challenges and solutions in multidimensional bioimaging
Dr Jason Swedlow, Gene Regulation and Expression, University of Dundee
14.35 Quantitative analysis of integrin dependent cell migration using live-cell imaging techniques
Dr Bernhard Wehrle-Haller, Pathology, University of Geneva
15.10 The mechanism of mRNA transport and anchoring in Drosophila
Ilan Davis, Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology, University of Edinburgh

15.45 Refreshments

16.10 Bioimaging Workshop 4: Bioimaging of tissues and organisms 2
Chair: Prof Andy Blamire, Institute for Ageing & Health, University of Newcastle
The visible mouse project and the mouse bioinformatics research network
Dr G. Allan Johnson, Duke University Medical Centre, Durham NC, USA
16.45 Small animal imaging - modalities and applications
Jacob Tesdorf, GE Healthcare

17.20 Close of workshop

Supported by BD Biosciences, BioNEt, Bitplane AG, CELS Ltd, ELMI, Eppendorf UK Ltd, European Regional Development Fund, GE Healthcare, Glen Spectra, Helena Biosciences Europe, HORIBA Jobin Yvon Ltd, Improvision, Ivitrogen/Molecular Probes, Jencons, Leica Microsystems UK, LI-COR Biosciences, MediaCybernetics, Olympus UK Ltd, Promega UK Ltd, Stiefel International, Thistle Scientific, University of Newcastle Cell and Developmental Physiology Research Group and VisiTech International

Abstract

Bioimaging represents one of the fastest growing areas of the biological science contributing to developments in cell biology, physiology, genomics, proteomics and systems biology as well as increasingly in drug discovery and development. Bioimaging encompasses many levels of resolution from the single molecule to the whole organism. It is a field that is alive with technical innovation and that by virtue of the size and very information rich nature of images is driving work at the leading edge of applied informatics and high performance computing.

This workshop will bring in world experts to describe developments across the broad spectrum of bioimaging and the informatics required to integrate into postgenomic research. Our aim will be to bring together the North Eastern bioimaging communities to stimulate discussion of the opportunities and requirements for these approaches in the region.

An exhibition by sponsors will be hosted in the Medical School entrance Foyer adjacent to the workshop venue.