Aims
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Advances in microscopy and electronics have opened new windows for
viewing live cells. New tools like spectral confocal, two-photon, fast
scanning and deconvolution are making it possible to learn from
biological systems as never before.


Format & Date
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The course will start on the 29th May at 3pm with a small reception
where you can pick up your course material. The work will be divided 
into ~20 hours of theoretical classes and more than 20 hours of 
practicals. 5 hours covering image processing will help you to
have nice pictures for the last group presentation. All this will be
done before distribution of prizes for the best Ice Breaker® and The
Farewell Dinner. More details on http://cwp.embo.org/pc09-24/tt2009.pdf

Confirmed Speakers
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Stephen Adams
University of California, San Diego (US)

Maarten Balzar
Nikon (NL)

Margarida Barroso
Albany Medical College (US)

Jan Willem Borst
Wageningen University (NL)

Guy Cox (Co-Organizer)
University of Sydney (AS)

José Feijó
Universidade de Lisboa (PT)

Gabriel Martins
Universidade de Lisboa (PT)

Nuno Moreno (Organizer)
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência (PT)

Cess Otto
University of Twente (NL)

José Rino
Instituto de Medicina Molecular (PT)

Ricardo Henriques
Institute Pasteur/IMM (FR/PT)

Hans Gerritsen
Utrecht University (NL)

Jan Schmoranzer
Columbia University (US)

Phong Tran
Institute Curie/University of Philadelphia (FR/US)

Robert Murphy
Carnegie Mellon University (US)

Florian Engert
Harvard University (US)

Monica Dias
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência (PT)

Musa Mhlanga
Institut Pasteur (FR)

Maria Montoya
Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas (ES)

Carlos Tadokoro
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência (PT)

Rolf Borlinghaus
Leica (DE)

Confirmed equipment
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Zeiss Meta 710
Zeiss 510 Meta
Leica Spectral Confocal SP5
Nikon LIMO + Spectral
Widefield Leica IMDRE with ORCA AG and IPP
Widefield Leica DMRA-2 with CoolSnap HQ and MM
DeltaVision
Andor Spinning Disk
Prairie 2 photon microscope

Online applications
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http://events.igc.gulbenkian.pt/appform.php?events_id=95&AppType=1


Travel fellowships
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There will be a few available


More information
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http://cwp.embo.org/pc09-24/index.html

The course is restricted to 16 students. Fees and accommodation are
sponsored by EMBO.


Best Wishes,
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Nuno Moreno
Phone: +351 214464606
Fax  : +351 214407970
www.igc.gulbenkian.pt
Cell Imaging Unit
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência
Portugal
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