Dear Colleagues,

 

It is our pleasure to announce the 39th NIPS International Symposium and the 7th OIB Symposium "Frontiers of Biological Imaging: Synergy of the Advanced Techniques" to be held November 10 - 13th, 2008 in Okazaki, Japan.

The meeting is a joint symposium of the National Institute for Physiological Sciences and the Okazaki Institute for Integrative Bioscience and also a satellite to the 9th Asia-Pacific Microscopy Conference (November 2 - 7, 2008, Jeju, Korea).

In the last five years after the 30th NIPS International Symposium “Frontiers of Biological Electron Microscopy”, we have witnessed a great expansion in the microscopic imaging world. To reflect some of the new opportunities that one can now exploit, the meeting will focus on the methodology and mainly on the ways to combine microscopic techniques for observation of biological samples. Some examples: Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) + Light Microscopy (LM), TEM + Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM), LM + AFM etc. Non-conventional techniques are also welcome, such as: phase contrast methods for LM or TEM, cryo-stages for LM or AFM etc. We have invited top scientist from various fields of microscopy to present the current state of the art of the biological imaging. Together, let us try to define the future direction of integrative microscopy.

 

Looking forward to seeing you in Okazaki!

 

Sincerely yours,

 

The Organizing Committee:

Kuniaki Nagayama (Chairperson, OIB),

Ryuichi Shigemoto (NIPS),

Tomomi Nemoto (NIPS),

Masataka Murakami (NIPS),

Mitsutoshi Setou (Hamamatsu Med.),

Masato Ohashi (OIB),

Masanori Kataoka (IMS),

Hideki Shigematsu (OIB),

Radostin Danev (Secretary, OIB)

 

The International Advisory Board:

Robert Glaeser (Chairperson, USA),

Ueli Aebi (Switzerland),

Wolfgang Baumeister (Germany),

Wah Chiu (USA),

Yasushi Hiraoka (Japan),

Jiro Usukura (Japan)

E-mail: 39symposium@nips.ac.jp                                               

Phone: +81-564-59-5560

Fax: +81-564-59-5564