Frontiers in Confocal Microscopy - Deep Imaging & Super-Resolution
24 October 2011
Free
Approximately one hour.
Jacco van Rheenen, PhD, Hubrecht Institute-KNAW , University Medical Center Utrecht
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Presentation 1
Complication of metastasis, the process where cells detach from a primary tumor to form new tumors at distant sites, is de primary reason why people die from cancer. Although histological techniques have provided important information on metastasis, they only give a static image and thus compromise interpretation of this dynamic process. To study this dynamic process, we visualize the behavior of single metastasizing cells at subcellular resolution with  a Leica OPO-system two-photon intravital imaging (IVM). We visualize in living mice how tumor cells leave the primary tumor, and arrive, survive and grow at secondary sites.

Presentation 2
Coming soon.

Jacco van Rheenen, PhD Hubrecht Institute-KNAW University Medical Center Utrecht  
Leica Microsystems :

Leica Microsystems is a leading global developer and producer of innovative, high-tech, precision optical systems for imaging, measurement, and analysis of microstructures. It is a market leader in each of its four divisions: Life Science, Industry, Biosystems, and Surgical. Business areas include Microscopy and Imaging Systems, Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy with corresponding Imaging Systems, Imaging for Electrophysiology, Multi-Photon Imaging, Advanced Single Molecule Technologies, and now, purely-optical Super-Resolution Instrumentation. More information can be found on www.leica-microsystems.com.