CBC Microscopy Forum Highlights New Imaging Techniques and Applications
On March 26, 2009, the CBC gathered 10 local principal investigators with an interest in various aspect of microscopic imaging for a special Forum: Seeing Small is Believing Big. Over 100 researchers from Northwestern, University of Chicago, and UIC attended the half-day event at the University of Chicago’s Gleacher Center. The primary purpose of this event was to familiarize this group of excellent, diverse, and multi-institutional investigators with the array of microscopy-based research and resources going on across the city. Presentations covered topics ranging from “New Fluorescent Proteins for In Vivo Imaging” to “Micromanipulation and micro-visualization studies of protein-DNA interactions and chromosome structure.” The forum was organized by Vladimir Gelfand (Northwestern), Lawrence Miller (UIC), and Jerrold Turner (University of Chicago). It is the CBC’s hope that this and similar faculty-initiated efforts will foster more and stronger collaborations across the three institutions.
Benjamin Glick: Prof, Dept of Molecular Genetics & Cell Biology
University of Chicago
New Fluorescent Proteins for In Vivo Imaging
Margaret Gardel: Asst Prof, Dept of Physics
University of Chicago
Dynamics of the F-actin Cytoskeleton
Vladimir Gelfand: Prof, Dept of Cell & Molecular Biology
Northwestern University
Imaging organelle transport in cultured cells
Wonhwa Cho: Prof, Dept of Chemistry
University of Illinois at Chicago
Molecular imaging of membrane trafficking and remodeling
Kathrin Banach: Asst Prof, Dept of Medicine, Cardiology
University of Illinois at Chicago
InsP3 signaling domains in cardiac pacemaking
Lawrence Miller: Asst Prof, Dept of Chemistry
University of Illinois at Chicago
Lanthanide protein labels and time-resolved imaging
Barry Lai: Physicist
Argonne National Laboratory
X-ray Imaging of Native Cellular Processes and Chemistry
John Marko: Prof, Dept Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Cell Biology
Northwestern University
Micromanipulation and micro-visualization studies of protein-DNA interactions and chromosome structure
Philip Hockberger: Assoc Prof, Dept of Physiology
Northwestern University
Application of Two-Photon Microscopy to Studies of Neural Stem Cell Migration and Dendritic Physiology
Jerrold Turner: Prof, Dept of Pathology
University of Chicago
Looking at Leaking: New Views of Epithelial Barrier Regulation