Important: Due to a number of COVID-19 cases on the Irchel Campus of the University of Zurich, the mesoSPIM User Meeting has been cancelled on March 2nd, 2020. We apologize for the inconvenience caused to participants, speakers, and sponsors. We hope to be able to reschedule the meeting this fall.
mesoSPIM User Meeting: Monday, March 9th, 2020
The User Meeting will take place in Seminar room H12 in Building 55 (Brain Research Institute, H-Floor) Irchel Campus, UZH Zürich. Please have a look here for directions.
Registration for the “Build-a-mesoSPIM” workshop has ended. Registrations for the User Meeting are still possible - please contact Philipp Bethge (bethge@hifo.uzh.ch).
| Time | Program | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 9:00-10:00 | Coffee & Gipfeli | 55H12 |
| 10:00-10:10 | Welcome (Fabian Voigt & Fritjof Helmchen, UZH) | 55H12 |
| 10:10-11:00 | The mesoSPIM Initative - Overview & Roadmap (Fabian Voigt, UZH) | 55H12 |
| 11:00-12:00 | Short talks by mesoSPIM users | 55H12 |
| 11:00-11:20 | Daniel Kirschenbaum (Aguzzi lab, University Hospital Zurich) | 55H12 |
| 11:20-11:40 | Rahel Kästli (Karayannis lab, University of Zurich) | 55H12 |
| 11:40-12:00 | Laura Batti (ALICE, Wyss Center Geneva) | 55H12 |
| 12:00-13:00 | Lunch break | Irchel Mensa |
| 13:00-14:00 | Sponsor talks | 55H12 |
| 15:00-18:00 | Discussion & round tables | 55H12 |
| 15:00-16:00 | mesoSPIM development & hardware | 55H12 |
| 16:00-16:30 | Coffee break | 55H12 |
| 16:30-18:00 | mesoSPIM imaging projects, experiences with clearing techniques, data analysis issues | 55H12 |
| 18:00-18:10 | Conclusion of the User Meeting | 55H12 |
Build-a-mesoSPIM Workshop, Day 1: Tuesday, March 10th, 2020
For the workshop, three teams of three participants will work on three microscopes:
| Team | Assistant | Microscope | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Team 1 | Fabian Voigt | HIFO benchtop mesoSPIM | 55H45 |
| Team 2 | Angelos Loukidis (INSS) | HIFO mesoSPIM (V5mod) | 55H45 |
| Team 3 | Philipp Bethge | ZMB mesoSPIM (V4) | Y44J13 |
The tentative schedule is as follows:
| Time | Program | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 9:00-10:00 | General Introduction: mesoSPIM Assembly & Alignment (Fabian Voigt) | 55H12 |
| 10:00-18:00 | Build-a-mesoSPIM workshop | Laser labs |
| 18:00-19:00 | Wrap-up Day 1 (Fabian Voigt & Philipp Bethge) | 55H12 |
Build-a-mesoSPIM workshop, Day 2: Wednesday, March 11th, 2020
The tentative schedule for the second day is:
| Time | Program | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 9:00-18:00 | Build-a-mesoSPIM workshop | Laser labs |
| 18:00-19:00 | Wrap-up Day 2 & Conclusion (Fabian Voigt & Philipp Bethge) | 55H12 |