THE OPTICAL BIOLOGY CORE FACILITY
OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, IRVINE
Invites you to attend the
Southern California Optical Biology Users Group
Second Joint Meeting of
Confocal and Flow Cytometry Research Users
to be held at UC Irvine, May 1 & 2, 1997
at Irvine Hall, Nelson Auditorium
VENDOR display in the Irvine Hall Conference Center
Registration is $25 / day and includes the talks, lunch and
parking.
Registration is available by email, phone, fax,
or Mail-in your registration to:
Susan DeMaggio, Resource Manager
Optical Biology Core Facility
Developmental Biology Center
UC Irvine
Irvine, CA 92697-2275
Susan DeMaggio at suedemag@uci.edu Phone 714-824-4110. Fax 714-824-3571
Checks should be Made out to UC REGENTS. Include your email address in your registration please.
For registration, return the form at the bottom BEFORE April 29
Late and Walk-in registration will be available at $25 / day for the talks ONLY (NO LUNCH OR PARKING INCLUDED).
May 1, 1997
Confocal Users Group Meeting
8:00 Registration and Coffee / Nelson Auditorium Reception area
9:00 Kevin Hoover, Peter Bryant Lab, UCI
Aberrations in tight junction protein expression in breast cancer.
9:45- 10:15 Coffee Break / Vendor Exhibits
10:15 Carolyn Larabell, PhD Staff Scientist, Berkeley National Laboratory, Univ. of California, Berkeley
"Heads or tails?"
. . . confocal microscopy of live Xenopus eggs
reveals microtubule-mediated organelle transport and
asymmetric accumulation of beta-catenin are the first clues.
11:00 Vickie LaMorte PhD, Beckman Laser Institute LAMMP
Microbeam Manipulation & Ablation of GFP Labeled Nuclear Bodies in Living Cells
11:45 - 1:30 Lunch / Vendor Exhibit area / Facility Tours
1:30 Josh Goldhaber MD, UCLA.
1. Two-dimensional confocal imaging of local calcium transients in cardiac muscle.
2. Using confocal imaging
to track biosynthesis and targeting of
cloned peptides linked to green fluorescent protein.
2:15 David Kleinfeld, PhD UCSD
In vivo Imaging of Calcium
Transients in Rat Neocortical Neurons
with Two-Photon Laser Scanning Microscopy
3:00 - 3:30 Coffee Break / Vendor Area
3:30 Sam Wang, PhD Duke University
Local photolysis of caged
compounds and confocal imaging:
dual probes of synaptic function.
4:14 Jim Hayden, Technical Sales Specialist, Bio-Rad Microscience
Design of MRC-1024/2 Photon System
4:45 - 6:00 Cocktail Party Sponsored by BioRad / Exhibit Area Patio
May 2, 1997
Flow Cytometry Research Users Group Meeting
8:00 Registration and Coffee / Vendor Exhibit area
9:00 Lisa Forestell, Assoc. Product Manager, Becton-Dickinson Immunocytometry Systems
Immune Function & Cytokines by Flow Cytometry
9:45 - 10:15 Coffee Break and Vendor Exhibits
10:15 Harry Crissman, PhD. Los Alamos National Laboratory
A. Fluorescence Lifetime Analysis by Flow Cytometry
B. Cell cycle Analysis of Gamma Irradiated Cell Populations
11:15 Larry Seamer, MT(ASCP) Technical Director Flow Cytometry Core, University of New Mexico
Achieving Meaningful Sub-Second Measurements by Flow Cytometry
12:00 - 2:00 Lunch & Vendor Exhibits / Facilities Tours
2:00 Ingrid Schmid, Mag. pharm., Technical Director of the UCLA Flow Cytometry Core Facility
Biosafety Concerns for the Flow Cytometry Laboratory
2:45 James Borree, MS, Cytometry Applications Specialist, Coulter Corp.
Cytoenzymology utilizing new CellProbe Reagent System in Flow Cytometry
3:30 Craig Griffin, Western Region Sales Manager, Cytomation, INC.
Functional Characteristics of Hi Speed Cell Sorting
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Lunch choice 5-1 Roasted Turkey Sandwich / Egg Salad Sandwich
5-2 Grilled Chicken Sandwich / Grilled Vegetable Sandwich
Directions to Irvine Hall, UC Irvine
From the 405 S and 55 S exit the Corona Del Mar Frwy 73 to the Jamboree exit turn right on Jamboree and turn left at the second light - University Drive. Come past the construction zone to California and turn right ( second light after the bridge ). Proceed on California to the first stop LIGHT and turn right and right again into the Medical School Campus. Parking directions will be posted and an attendant will be available to direct you until 10 am each day. Indicate to him that you are attending the Optical Biology Users Meeting for pre-registered parking.
From 405 N exit University and follow it to California ( the second light after Campus Drive ) and turn left. Follow directions above.
FAX to 714-824-3571 or copy & return by email to Susan DeMaggio