2006 Imaging Workshop for Renal Researchers
Past Workshops
As part of the educational component of the NIH George M. O'Brien Center Award, the Indiana Center for Biological Microscopy has hosted several intravital workshops for renal researchers throughout the world.
The workshops have provided renal investigators with formal training and hands-on experience with intravital microscopy of the kidney.
The workshop will include didactic lectures, but the main emphasis will be on hands-on utilization of different types of confocal and multi-photon microscopic approaches and techniques. We will also be encouraging participants to use their own unique reagents to conduct their own intravital studies. Extensive use of software including Metamorph, Voxx and Amira will also be included.
Our intention is that the teams of investigators, upon completing the course, will be able to conduct their own intravital imaging studies and assist additional investigators at their home institution. Specific topics to be covered will include glomerular, tubular and vascular biology and pathology in an attempt to demonstrate the tremendous power of these microscopic techniques when combined with modern molecular biochemistry and physiology.
Participants were encouraged to bring experimental materials to the workshop as center equipment and faculty will be available during evening hours for investigators to conduct pilot studies.
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