Leica Scientific Forum Heidelberg
Prof. Dr. Jason Swedlow - 13 March 2008 "Life as a Voyeur of Cell Division"
Guest Speaker: Prof. Dr. Jason Swedlow
Welcome Trust Centre for Gene Regulation & Expression
College of Life Science, University of Dundee
"Life as a Voyeur of Cell Division"
- the development and characterization of light microscopy imaging systems for live cell analyis
- the application of live cell imaging to study the events of mitosis in cells and tissues
- the development of software tools that enable collaborative image visualization and analysis
Dr. Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz - 17 Sep 2007
National Institute of Health
Cell Biology and Metabolism Branch
Bethesda, USA
"New Methodologies for Imaging Protein Transport, Turnover and Topology in Living Cells"
- Advanced GFP technology
- Photoactivatable fluorescent proteins
- Live cell imaging
of protein dynamics
- Fluorescence microscopy at nanometer
resolution