Dear all,

There will be a Workshop on Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy in Jena, Germany at the end of April.  Please refer to the section below to learn more about the topics and registration.


5th International Carl Zeiss Workshop on Fluorescence Correlation
Spectroscopy and Related Methods
April 25th (9 am) - April 27th 2001(12 am), Jena Germany
Registration and come together April 24th ( 6 pm to 9 pm)

ConfoCor  UserClub: Introducing the Technique of FCS
April 24th 2001 (1 pm to 6 pm)

Topics:

- Principles of FCS
- Instrumentation and Preparation Techniques
- Biochemical Applications
- FCS in Cell Biology
- New Trends

Objective:

The International Carl Zeiss Workshop on Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy (FCS) and
Related Methods continues the series of Workshops organized by Carl Zeiss in Leuven (Belgium, 1997),
Jena (Germany, 1998, 2000) and St. Louis (USA, 2000).
The workshop will be a platform to present and discuss new scientific results in FCS and related fields.

The UserClub will consist of lectures and discussions of FCS, intended for workshop participants and
other people new to FCS. Participation is not limited to users of ConfoCor instrumentation.
The Workshop and the UserClub are jointly organized by Analytik Jena AG and Carl Zeiss.


Members of the scientific committee:

Rudolf Rigler, Karolinska Institute Stockholm
Manfred Auer, Novartis Vienna
Elliot Elson, Washington University St. Louis
Enrico Gratton, University of Illinois
Anton Visser, Wageningen University
Horst Vogel, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology

Workshop language is English.
It is planned to publish abstracts of talks after the workshop.

Location:
Carl Zeiss Jena GmbH
Carl-Zeiss-Promenade 10
07745 Jena
Germany

Jena is located 100 km south of Leipzig in the lovely valley of the river Saale.
Jena can be reached by plane using airport Leipzig and the
train connection Leipzig  ) Jena (Paradies)  ) Nuernberg  ) Munich
or airport Frankfurt and the
train connection Frankfurt  ) Fulda  ) Weimar - Jena (West)  ) Gera
By car Jena is reached via the
highway A4 Frankfurt  ) Dresden or
highway A9 Berlin - Munich

For further information about Jena see: www.jena.de

Workshop Fee:
DM 150,- (DM 100,- for students)

Further information and registration will be available under
www.zeiss.de/fcsevents
in February 2001.

Please forward this information to anybody who might be interested in
attending the workshop

Dr. Winfried Wiegraebe

Product Manager ConfoCor 2
Carl Zeiss Jena GmbH
Carl Zeiss Group
Advanced Imaging Microscopy
Business Group Microscopy
07740 Jena
Germany

Tel.: (+49 3641) 64-3420
FAX:      (+49 3641) 64-2754
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web:      www.zeiss.de/fcs

Dr. Klaus Weisshart
Aplication Specialist FCS
fon: +49-3641-642268
fax: +49-3641-643144
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