2nd Symposium of the Glasgow Imaging Network, GIN18, 22.8.2018

Programme for the 2nd Glasgow Imaging Network Optical Microscopy Symposium


22nd August 2018, Kelvin Building, The University of Glasgow

Welcome and outline of GiN2018
Andrew Tobin & Andrew Harvey

Alison Jackson
Executive director, SULSA
What is the Scottish Universities Life Sciences Alliance (SULSA)?


Session 1


Chair: Paul Reynolds
Biomedical Engineering, University of Glasgow



Francisco Rios
Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow
TRMP7 channel-enzyme deficiency is associated with exaggerated sterile inflammatory response and cardiovascular injury and fibrosis





Jana Schniete
Department of Physics, SUPA, University of Strathclyde
Multi-Excitation Standing Wave ‘Tartan-SW’ Microscopy of Fixed and Live Cells

Joel Riley
Beatson Institute for Cancer Research, University of Glasgow
Mitochondrial Inner Membrane Permeabilisation Enables mtDNA Release During Apoptosis"




Affar Karimullah
School of Chemistry, University of Glasgow
Multiplexed Chiral Plasmonic Sensing

Tea/Coffee break
Session 2
Chair: Aikaterini Anagnostopoulou
Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow


David Nobis
School of Chemistry, University of Glasgow
Multiphoton single molecule microscopy





Robert Benson
Institute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, University of Glasgow
Imaging dynamic processes of infection, immunity and inflammation using multiphoton laser scanning microscopy

Lisa Kölln
Department of Physics, SUPA, University of Strathclyde
Taming the Hippo Signalling Pathway in Mesothelioma





Steven Johnson
School of Physics and Astronomy, SUPA, University of Glasgow
Fluorescence lifetime imaging with a single-pixel camera

Caglar Gok (actually in Session 3)
Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow
The Role of Palmitoylation in Cardiac Na+ -Ca2+ Exchanger (NCX1) Function Using FRET



Session 3
Chair: Amanda McFarlane
Beatson Institute for Cancer Research, University of Glasgow


Keynote: Dr. Simon Ameer-Beg
Randall Centre for Cell & Molecular Biophysics, King’s College London
Protein-protein interactions at the interface: Sensing and imaging in space and time




Lucas Herdly
Department of Physics, SUPA, University of Strathclyde
Characterisation and Calibration of a 3D Super-resolution Microscopy System

Pavan Konda
School of Physics and Astronomy, SUPA, University of Glasgow
Minimally Invasive in vitro Imaging in Rodents for Longitudinal Studies and Fourier Ptychography for Cell Cultures



Tea/Coffee Break


Session 4
Chair: Liam Rooney
Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Strathclyde


Grant McGregor
Beatson Institute for Cancer Research, University of Glasgow
Image Analysis and Quantification Strategies Applied to 3D Experimental Systems in Pancreatic Cell Lines

Graeme Johnstone
Department of Physics, SUPA, University of Strathclyde
Nanodiamonds and Adaptive Optics for Deep Tissue Microscopy




Ermes Toninelli
School of Physics and Astronomy, SUPA, University of Glasgow
Resolution-enhanced full-field imaging by centroid estimation of biphotons

Angela Broadshaw
Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow
TGF-ß signalling via ALK1 and ALK5 regulates distinct functional pathways in vein graft intimal hyperplasia




Justin Sperling
School of Engineering, University of Glasgow
Plasmonic Nano-Apertures as Dual-State, Nanopixels for High Density Colour-Filtering and Micro-Image Encoding

David McGarry
Beatson Institute for Cancer Research, University of Glasgow
Protein thiol oxidation in tumour cell motility” 





Sponsors: 

Scottish Universities Life Sciences Alliance (SULSA) http://www.sulsa.ac.uk

Andor http://www.andor.co.uk

Nikon Instruments https://www.nikoninstruments.com/en_GB/

CoolLED https://www.coolled.com

The Royal Microscopical Society https://www.rms.org.uk

Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences https://www.strath.ac.uk/science/strathclydeinstituteofpharmacybiomedicalsciences/

The University of Glasgow https://www.gla.ac.uk