2012 Program

2012 Summer school program.

Monday 28

9:00-10:30 Daniel Côté: Basics of lasers and optical imaging
10:30-11:00 Coffee break
11:00-12:30 Kurt Haas: Functional imaging from small neuronal networks
12:30-13:30 Lunch
13:30-14:30 Experiment preview
14:30-18 :30 Hands-on Lab experiments
18:30-19:30 Dinner
19:30-22:00 Data analysis

Tuesday 29

9:00-10:30 Paul De Koninck : Tracking proteins on the move in neurons
10:30-11:00 Coffee break
11:00-12:30 Richard Robitaille: Basics of Ca2+ imaging in live cells: applications to the study of
glial-neuron interactions

12:30-13:30 Lunch
13:30-14:30 Experiment preview
14:30-18 :30 Hands-on Lab experiments
18:30-19:30 Dinner
19:30-22:00 Data analysis

Wednesday 30

9:00-10:30 Lisa Topolnik: Functional calcium imaging in dendrites and spines
10:30-11:00 Coffee break
11:00:12:30 George Augustine: Fluorescent protein sensors
12:30-13:30 Lunch
13:30-14:30 Experiment preview
14:30-18 :30 Hands-on Lab experiments
18:30-22:00 Coherent’s Group Dinner. Les Salons d’Edgar (19h)

Thursday 31

9:00-10:30 Yves De Koninck: Optogenetics: basic principles for single cell applications in -vivo
10:30-11:00 Coffee break
11:00-12:30 Daniel Côté: Multimodal cellular imaging in vivo
12:30-13:30 Lunch
13:30-14:30 Experiment preview
14:30-18 :30 Hands-on Lab experiments
18:30-19:30 Dinner
19:30-22:00 Data analysis

Friday 1st

9:00-10:30 Ed Ruthazer: Tools for imaging neuronal morphogenesis and synaptogenesis in vivo
10:30-11:00 Coffee break
11:00-12:30 Santiago Costantino: Clinical biophotonic applications in ophthalmology
12:30-13:30 Lunch
13:30-14:30 Experiment preview
14:30-18 :30 Hands-on Lab experiments
18:30-19:30 Dinner
19:30-22:00 Data analysis

Saturday 2 – Free Time

Sunday 3

9:00-10:30 Thomas Blanpied: Using PALM for live-cell investigation of intracellular protein dynamics
10:30-11:00 Coffee break
11:00-12:30 Projects
12:30-13:30 Lunch
13:30-18 :30 Projects
18:30-19:30 Dinner

Monday 4

9:00-10:30 David Kleinfeld: CNiFERS, Blood flow dynamics, and prospects for an all-optical cranial surgery
10:30-11:00 Coffee break
11:00-12:30 Projects
12:30-13:30 Lunch
13:30-18 :30 Projects
18:30-19:30 Coherent’s Group dinner. Chantauteil/visite Vieux Quebec

Tuesday 5

9:00-10:30 Stéphane Dieudonné: Challenges of ultra-fast imaging; digital random-access microscopy
10:30-11:00 Coffee break
11:00-12:30 Projects
12:30-13:30 Lunch
13:30-18 :30 Projects
18:30-19:30 Dinner

Wednesday 6

9:00-10:30 Antoine Adamantidis: All optical dissection of neuronal substrates of behavior
10:30-11:00 Coffee break
11:00-12:30 Projects
12:30-13:30 Lunch
13:30-18 :30 Students presentations (until 15h30)