Molecular Form and Function: Probing Intact Tissues using Synchrotron Light
Friday, June 16, 2006 (Full Day Workshop)
This workshop will showcase the spectrum of synchrotron techniques that have proven to be useful for both in vivo and in vitro studies of cells, tissue slices, organs, whole animals, plants and microorganisms. No previous knowledge of these techniques is assumed and so this is the perfect venue for researchers and students who are considering using the synchrotron in their research and would like to understand which synchrotron technique(s) would be best. Come and learn how synchrotron technology provides a new way to look at the structure and biochemistry of whole tissues. Examples will be drawn from both biomedical and environmental sciences.
“Ask the Experts” Session:
An unusual feature of this workshop will be an “ask the experts” session. This
open forum will give participants the opportunity to ask the speakers if or how
synchrotron light could be used to help answer their particular scientific questions.
Workshop Organizers: Ingrid Pickering, Helen Nichol, Graham
George
(University of Saskatchewan)
Location: Commerce 18
The following proposed agenda will be updated as meeting details are confirmed.
Time |
Speaker |
Affiliation |
Title |
8:00-16:30 |
Registration Geology Atrium | ||
8:30 |
Opening remarks |
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8:35 |
Graham George |
Department of Geological Sciences, University of Saskatchewan |
Mammalian metal metabolism mapped with X-ray absorption spectroscopy |
9:15 |
Patrick Frank |
Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, California, USA |
Intimations of a new vanadium redox enzymology in whole blood cells of Ascidians |
9:55 |
Coffee Break Geology Atrium |
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10:25 |
Kathleen Gough |
Department of Chemistry, University of Manitoba |
Imaging tissue with synchrotron IR microspectroscopy: from misfolded proteins to scar tissue and fungi |
11:05 |
Helen Nichol |
Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Saskatchewan |
X-ray absorption spectroscopy as a probe for metals in neurodegenerative disease |
11:45 |
P.U.P.A. Gilbert |
Department of Physics & Synchrotron Radiation Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Wisconsin, USA |
Soft-x-ray spectromicroscopy of pristine tissues: biominerals, prions and cancer therapies |
12:25 |
Lunch Geology Atrium |
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13:35 |
Ingrid Pickering |
Department of Geological Sciences, University of Saskatchewan |
Environment: Tracing toxic metals in organisms using X-ray absorption spectroscopy and imaging |
14:15 |
Roger Prince |
ExxonMobil Biomedical Sciences Inc., New Jersey, USA |
Following sulfur biochemistry in bacteria, plants and animals with X-ray absorption spectroscopy |
14:55 |
Coffee Break Geology Atrium |
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15:25 |
Dean Chapman |
Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Saskatchewan |
X-ray Scatter Imaging – Imaging from Nanometers to Centimeters |
16:05 |
“Ask the Experts” Session |
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17:00 |
Workshop Adjournment |
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Program Related Inquiries to: Ingrid Pickering ingrid.pickering@usask.ca
This workshop was organized and sponsored by the Canadian Light Source and the Canadian Federation of Biological Societies.
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Support for this workshop is provided in part by the
Saskatchewan Health Research
Foundation
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