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Principles and Practice
of Light Microscopy:
A Training Course with a Focus on Asia
March
1 - 7, 2009
Venue: National Centre for Biological
Sciences, TIFR, Bangalore
Organizers: National Centre for
Biological Sciences and 100X Imaging, Inc.
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This course, taught by world
leaders in microscopy, provides didactic and hands-on training
for state-of-the-art light microscopy for graduate students
and postdoctoral fellows. We intend this course to become a
major venue for microscopy training in Asia, similar to microscopy
courses at Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, USA and
EMBO workshops in Europe.
Supported by Leica, Olympus, Nikon, Zeiss, Hamamatsu, Andor and 100X Imaging.
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Faculty:
- Daniel Gerlich,
ETH, Switzerland
- Jennifer
Lippincott-Schwartz, NIH, USA
- Roop Mallik,
TIFR Mumbai, India
- Sudipta Maiti,
TIFR Mumbai, India
- Rudolf
Oldenbourg, MBL, USA
- Jim Spudich,
Stanford University, USA
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Nico Stuurman, UCSF
- Ron Vale, UCSF, USA
- Clare
M. Waterman, NIH, USA
NCBS Faculty:
NCBS Central Imaging and
Flow Facility:
100x Imaging Participants:
- Nenad Amodaj
- Kaustubh Rau
- Prashanth Ravindran
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Course
Overview:
Attendees will be selected from countries throughout Asia. Attendees
from Europe, USA and elsewhere are encouraged to apply. The
course will be intense and will require full- time participation
from morning to evening. Lectures will be combined with practical
demonstrations and discussions with teachers. We will have a
dedicated teaching laboratory equipped with many state-of-the-art
microscopes and also will utilize many outstanding microscopes
in two microscope facilities at NCBS. The major microscope companies
(Olympus, Leica, Zeiss, Nikon) are attending and providing additional
microscopes and support for this course. Other hardware vendors
will participate as well.
We will cover many aspects of modern biological microscopy
including microscope optics, associated hardware, fluorophores
and sample preparation techniques. Lectures on how microscopy
can be used to address biological questions will be part of
the program. See the preliminary
schedule.
Course students will have an opportunity to present a poster
on current research project. See the preliminary
schedule.
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Housing
and Fees :
Housing will be provided in comfortable rooms on the NCBS
campus. All meals will be provided during the course.
The tuition fee for the course is USD 500 for participants applying from
institutions outside India and INR 6000 for participants applying from
institutions within India. The tuition fee includes all course materials,
boarding and lodging. Interested students should first apply for the course as financial considerations can be settled upon acceptance. Several funding options are available, including a limited number of scholarships or travel grants.
Application Process
This course is primarily intended for graduate students
and postdoctoral fellows, although exceptions can be made
for junior faculty and talented undergraduates.
All participants are requested to apply by submitting the
following material:
1) A CV
2) A one page description of your research interest and
reason for taking the course.
3) One or ideally two letters of recommendation (submitted
separately by the referees)
We will select 20-25 students on a competitive basis and
also selecting for geographic diversity. Selected candidates
will be informed by 24th November 2008 with the tuition fee
being payable upon acceptance.
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Mailing Address:
Nidhi Srivastava
NCBS - 100x Imaging Microscopy Course
National Centre for Biological Sciences
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
GKVK, Bellary Road,
Bangalore 560 065 INDIA
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Travel
Students will be responsible for their own transport to Bangalore.
Travel between the airport and NCBS will be arranged by the
meeting organizers.
For international speakers, we will arrange your travel and
purchase your ticket in Bangalore. Please contact Nidhi Srivastava
for details. (microscopy@ncbs.res.in)
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