The course is intended for individuals wishing an in-depth introduction to the principles of time-resolved fluorescence microscopy and its applications to the Life Sciences. Attendees are typically professionals who are using or intend to use fluorescence microscopy in their research. Most attendees have some knowledge of fluorescence, typically in a specialized area. However, other individuals, from totally different research areas and industry, get the opportunity to enter this exciting field in a very effective way and benefit especially from the experimental section.
Course instructors
Christian Eggeling,Department of NanoBiophotonics, MPI for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen, Germany
Jörg Enderlein, Single Molecule Spectroscopy and Imaging for Biophysics and Complex Systems, University of Göttingen, Germany
Paul French, Photonics Group, Physics Department, Imperial College London, UK
Mark Hink, Department of Molecular Cytology, Center for Advanced Microscopy, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Fred Wouters, Laboratory for Molecular and Cellular Systems, University of Göttingen, Germany
Topics covered during the hands-on sessions include steady-state microscopy, FLIM, FCS, FCCS, FLCS, single molecule spectroscopy, (FLIM)-FRET and data analysis.
Participants will be divided into groups that rotate through the hands-on stations. This ensures that every participant will have the chance to familiarize himself with the broad range of techniques and methods of fluorescence (lifetime) microscopy.
Please note that due to the expected number of participants, not every participant will have the possibility to work directly with the instruments.
The following companies will offer hands-on demonstration:
(in alphabetical order)
Leica
TCS SP5 SMD - a confocal laser scanning microscope with integrated FLIM and FCS capabilities
Nikon
A1-R - a confocal laser scanning microscope, upgraded with FLIM and FCS capabilities
Olympus
FluoView FV1000 - a confocal laser scanning microscope, upgraded with FLIM and FCS capabilities
PicoQuant
MicroTime 200 - a time-resolved confocal fluorescence microscope
Rainer Erdmann
Instrumentation for Time-Resolved Microscopy
Paul French
Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging
Fred Wouters
Förster Resonance Energy Transfer
12:30 - 13:30
Group picture & Lunch break
Lunch break
Lunch break
13:30 - 15:30
Hands-on session 1
Hands-on session 3
Hands-on session 5
15:30 - 16:00
Coffee break
Coffee break
Coffee break
16:00 - 18:00
Hands-on session 2
Hands-on session 4
Hands-on session 6
18:00 - ....
Opening reception
Fees and payment
until October 31
November 1 until January 15
Academic / University sector
500 €
650 €
Industry / Private sector
1000 €
1300 €
Besides full course attendance, the fee includes all coffee breaks, 1 reception, daily lunch, course materials and the use of instruments. Attendees are responsible for their own travel, lodging and meals.
For payment you can choose between credit card (Visa, Maser Card) and bank transfer. Possible bank charges have to be paid by the participant. Please note, that we do not accept checks.
After online registration, you will receive an email notification including a PDF file that includes information on the payment procedure.
In order to take advantage of the early bird rate (deadline: October 31, 2011), payments have to be received by November 7, 2011.
All other payments have to be received within 14 days after date of registration.
We will send an email confirming your participation once we have received your payment. If payment is overdue, your registration (incl. abstract submission) will not be processed and considered invalid.
A receipt of payment will be included in our email confirmation of participation.
Cancellation of registration must be submitted in writing or via email and is valid only with acknowledgment of receipt by PicoQuant GmbH. A refund of registration fees is dependent on the notice given:
For cancellations made until January 15, 2012, 75 % of the received registration fee will be reimbursed. In case of cancellations after January 15, 2012, 25 % of the registration fee will be reimbursed.
It is possible to name and send a substitute participant.
No visa letters will be issued until payment of the registration fee is received and confirmed.
Financial support
PicoQuant will grant a fee waiver to a few participants from the university / academic sector of economically less privileged countries. Accommodation, travel and personal expenses still need to be paid by the participants themselves. The selection of sponsored people is completely the sole decision of PicoQuant and there is no right or guarantee to receive a fee waiver.
The deadline to apply for a fee waiver has passed. We can therefore no longer accept applications.
Registration
The registration for the course is closed.
Location
The course will be held at the "Max-Born-Saal", in Berlin-Adlershof, located in the south-east of Berlin.
Local area map showing course location (red mark) and hotel locations (blue marks):
Detailed information on how to get to Berlin-Adlershof can be found
here.
SymPhoTime training day
A SymPhoTime training day will be held on Monday, February 13. Details can be found on a dedicated website.
Accommodation
We have negotiated special rates for a limited number of rooms in two hotels, which are in walking distance to the course location. Please note that the number of rooms and the booking time are limited and we therefore advise to reserve your room as soon as possible.
Please contact the hotel via phone, fax or email to book a room.
The rooms are bookable at this rate until January 16, 2012. We can not guarantee any reservations to these prices or any reservation at all after this date.
The rooms are bookable at this rate until January 13, 2012. We can not guarantee any reservations to these prices or any reservation at all after this date.
Previous courses
The European short course on "Time-Resolved Microscopy and Correlation Spectroscopy" is an annual event since 2009. For further details about each year's event, please select the year from the list below.
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