[FILM-Users 00447] TODAY: Eric Betzig lecture super-resolution and light sheet microscopy on 11th December 2013

[Martin Spitaler]

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Subject: 	Eric Betzig lecture super-resolution and light sheet micrscopy 
on 11th December 2013
Date: 	Tue, 5 Nov 2013 15:35:16 +0000
From: 	French, Paul (PHOT) M W (Photonics) <paul.french at imperial.ac.uk>
To: 	Spitaler, Martin <m.spitaler at imperial.ac.uk>



Dear Martin,

Eric Betzig is one of the leading pioneers of both PALM microscopy for 
super-resolved imaging and light sheet microscopy for rapid imaging of 
live organisms.  This promises to be an excellent talk.  Please could 
you advertise it, e.g.  through your FILM mailing list and the London 
super-resolution club.

Best wishes,

Paul



  Leica Scientific Forum UK presents Eric Betzig

*Wednesday, December 11, 2013 at 17:00h - Chair: Paul French*
Venue: Imperial College London, Lecture Theatre 3, Blackett Laboratory, 
Prince Consort Road, London SW7 2BB


    Eric Betzig <http://www.janelia.org/lab/betzig-lab>
    Janelia Farm Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Insitute,
    Ashburn, VA


      "Imaging Life at High Spatiotemporal Resolution"

Optical microscopy has remained at the forefront of biological discovery 
for centuries.  However, as our understanding of biological systems as 
increased, so has the complexity of our questions and the need for more 
advanced optical tools to answer them.  For example, there is a 
hundred-fold gap between the resolution of conventional optical 
microscopy and the scale at which molecules self-assemble to form 
sub-cellular structures.

Furthermore, as we attempt to peer more closely at the dynamic 
complexity of living systems, the actinic glare of our microscopes can 
adversely influence or even kill the specimens we hope to study.  
Finally, the heterogeneity of life, ranging from organelles within 
single cells to specialized cell types within tissues and organs, can 
seriously impede our ability to image at high resolution, due to the 
resulting warping and scattering of light rays.

I will describe three areas focused on addressing these challenges: 
super-resolution microscopy for imaging specific proteins within cells 
down to near-molecular resolution; plane illumination microscopy using 
non-diffracting beams for noninvasive imaging of three-dimensional 
dynamics within live cells and embryos; and adaptive optics to recover 
optimal images from within optically heterogeneous specimens


Invitation poster: 
<https://workspace.imperial.ac.uk/imagingfacility/Public/seminar.pdf>


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