Probing the Cancer Cell: New Frontiers in Biological Imaging

Location:

Royal Marsden, London

Date:

18 September 2006 - 19 September 2006

Contact:

Victoria Lee

Tel:

01865 254769

Fax:

01865 791237

Email:

victoria@rms.org.uk

Website:

none

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Event Description

This is the joint annual meeting of the RMS Light Microscopy, Cell Biology and Cytometry Sections.  
 
Recent advances in live cell imaging and cytometry have opened up extraordinary new frontiers in the study of cancer which promise to revolutionise our understanding of the disease and lead to significant advances in diagnosis and anti-cancer therapy. This focussed, two day meeting brings together internationally acclaimed scientists at the forefront of cancer cell imaging and cytometry to showcase some of the most stunning cutting edge technology and dynamic new approaches. It is a unique opportunity to sample a foretaste of the future of cancer biology . 
 
The RMS Cell Biology Annual General Meeting will take place on Tuesday 19th September at 1pm.

Event Accommodation

Accommodation is not provided for this meeting but a range of hotels can be found at the following site http://www.hotels-london.co.uk/

Event Programme

Monday 18th September 
 
Dr Tom Jovin, Max Planck Institute for Physical Chemistry, Göttingen 
Biological applications of an LCoS-Based Programmable Array Microscope (PAM) 
 
Professor Tony Wilson, University of Oxford, UK 
Extended focus imaging of cellular structures 
 
Dr Boris Vojnovic, Gray Cancer Institute, London: Recent advances in imaging and targeting cells with ionising radiation. 
 
Professor Tony Ng, King's College, London: From Single Cell to the Whole Proteome - Basis of an Optical Imaging Approach to Understand Cancer Metastasis. 
 
Dr Nick Beechey-Newman, Guy's Hospital, London: In-vivo evaluation of the breast duct epithelium. 
 
Dr Richard Cook, Guy's Hospital, London: In vivo diagnostic Confcal micro-endoscopic imaging to aid non-surgical cancer diagnosis - an emerging field. 
 
Banafshe Larijani, Cancer Research UK, London 
Imaging pathway activity in tumors and molecular interactions in single cells 
 
Jurek Dobrucki, Jagiellonian University, Poland 
Imaging of collagen in live tissues, using a new fluorescent probe Col-F 
 
Tuesday 19th September 
Professor Christine Harrison, University of Southampton: Computer imaging in the FISHing for genetic changes in leukaemia. 
 
Professor Paul Smith, University of Cardiff: Timelapse imaging: linking the past with the future in biological processes. 
 
Dr Erik Sahai, Cancer Research UK, London: Imaging cancer cells on the move in living tumours. 
 
Dr. Eric Kaijzel, Leiden University Medical Center , the Netherlands: Molecular optical imaging in small animals. 
 
Professor Peter Friedl, University of Wurberg, Germany: Dynamic imaging of cancer invasion. 
 
Professor Dorus Gadella, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands: Multiparameter imaging of signalling across the plasmamembrane. 
 
Dr Donna J. Arndt-Jovin, Max Planck Institute, Göttingen: Quantum dots and high resolution microscopy yield new insights on signal transduction. 
 
Dr Atilla Tarnok, University of Leipzig, Germany: Hyperchromatic Cytometry: Measuring anything in the Cell.