Leica Scientific Forum France with Prof. Arthur Konnerth

June 26 - 28: "LOTOS-based two-photon imaging of spiny dendrites in vivo"

Keynote Speaker Prof. Arthur Konnerth 

Institute of Neuroscience, Technical University Munich, Germany

"LOTOS-based two photon imaging of spiny dendrites in vivo"

Lecture:

Prof. Konnerth's lecture will focus on a new variant of two-photon imaging with an improved sensitivity for fluorescence signaling and a reduced risk of phototoxicity termed LOTOS (= low power temporal oversampling).

The method allowed the detection of sensory-evoked calcium transients in single dendritic spines of mouse neurons in the auditory (Chen et al., Nature, 2011) the vibrissal cortex (Varga et al., PNAS, 2012). The results suggest that the "computational units" of dendrites in layer 2/3 neurons in vivo are highly tuned and heterogeneously distributed individual spines.

Dates & Venues:

• Tuesday, June 26, 2012 - 16h00
  Leica Scientific Forum Paris 1 - Chair: Prof. Antoine Triller
  Venue: Salle Dussane at ENS (Ecole Normale Supérieure), 45 rue d'Ulm, 75005 Paris 

• Wednesday, June 27, 2012 – 12h00
  Leica Scientific Forum Paris 2 - Chair: Prof. Spencer Shorte
  Venue: Auditorium Bâtiment BIME (rez-de-chaussée), Institut Pasteur, 28 rue du Dr. Roux, 75015 PARIS

• Thursday, June 28, 2012 -  16h00
  Leica Scientific Forum Bordeaux - Chair: Prof. Daniel Choquet
  Venue: Salle des Conférences at CGFB (Centre de Génomique Fonctionnelle de Bordeaux), 146, rue Léo Saignat, 33076 Bordeaux cedex

 On behalf of the Scientific Advisory Board France:

• Prof. Daniel Choquet (Université Bordeaux)
• Prof. Spencer Shorte (Institut Pasteur, Paris)
• Prof. Alain Trembleau (Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris)
• Prof. Antoine Triller (Institut de Biologie de l’Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris)
• Dr. Thomas Zapf (Leica Microsystems) 

we cordially invite you to join the post lecture receptions, where you can take the opportunity to meet the speaker.

The lectures are free. Please kindly register: lsf@leica-microsystems.com

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