African Seminar Series
Imaging cells to organisms for basic science and medical research
Register here
Date: July 21, 2021
Time:
USA (9:00 AM EST and 6:00 AM PT)
Africa (1:00PM GMT, 4:00PM East Africa Time)
Conference link: Zoom link will be sent to registered attendees
Registration is free.
FASEB Conference April 14, 2021
Future Topics:
Microscopy techniques
- Widefiled Microscopy
- Electron Microscopy
- Confocal Microscpy
- Super-resolution Microscopy
Imaging applications
- Labeling techniques
- Cell and tissue structure
- Disease and pathology
Computational science
- Image processing
- Data analysis
Health and Diagnostics
- Medical imaging
Organizers:
Kwasi Agbleke, PhD
Harvard Center for Biological Imaging
Sena Institute of Technology, Ghana.
info@sitghana.org; agbleke@fas.harvard.edu
Tom Broker, PhD
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
University of Alabama at Birmingham
broker@uab.edu
Andrew Seeber, PhD,
Center for Advanced Imaging
Harvard University.
aseeber@fas.harvard.edu
Send checks addressed to:
Sena Institute of Technology Foundation
48 Glenville avenue, Unit 8
Boston, MA 02134, USA
Email us: info@sitghana.org
sitfoundations@gmail.com
Sponsors:
Silver Sponsor:
Gold Sponsor:
Community Activities:
Community Activities and Discussion Board
- Fellowships and Grants Opportunities via Slack
- Internships and Exchange Programs
- Mentorship Programs
Apply to join these programs and get involved in the community via Slack.
Past Speakers:
Dr. Tom Broker's inaugural Presentation (Feb 2021):
Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Title: Early Electron Microscopic Studies of DNA Structures, Genome Organization and Gene Expression in Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes.
Andrew Seeber, PhD (March 2021),
Harvard Fellow, Harvard Center for Advanced Imaging
Title: Chromatin mobility and precision genome engineering.
Department of Genetics, Rutgers University, USA
Title: How chromosomes direct their own segregation in Drosophila oocytes.
Dr. Doug Richardson's Presentation (April 2021):
Director, Harvard Center for Biological Imaging, USA
Title: Clarifying tissue clearing.
Dr. Gisele Miranda's Presentation (May 2021):
Chan-Zuckerberg Imaging Scientist & Researcher at KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
Title: Image Analysis Using Open Software.
Dr. Christian Hellriegel's Presentation (June 2021)
Carl Zeiss Corporation
Title: Super-resolution Optical Microscopy – A review of techniques, theoretical backbones and applications.
Dr. Leila Mostaço-Guidolin, PhD, P.Eng. (July 2021):
Assistant Professor, Department of Systems and Computer Engineering, Carleton University, Canada
Title: Microscopy, image analysis and 3D-bioprinting: combining tools to understand collagen remodelling
"Imaging cells to organisms for basic science and medical research", April 14, 2021.
In partnership with the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB)
FASEB Catalyst Conference.
Professor, Departments of Molecular and Cellular Biology; Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, USA
Title: Combining quantitative imaging and mathematical modeling to understand nuclear movements in early embryos.
Haitham Shaban, PhD,
Research Fellow, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland, and National Research Centre, Egypt
Title: Live super-resolution imaging of chromatin structure and dynamics.
Vincent Amarh, PhD,
Lecturer, Department of Medical Biochemistry, University of Ghana, Ghana
Title: Dynamics of RecA-mediated repair of replication-dependent DNA breaks.