November 6th – 7th, 2017
Aula Bovet
Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome
organized by
Istituto Superiore di Sanità – ISS and Italian Society for Microscopical Sciences – SISM
Aim and objectives
The conference aims to update participants on innovative microscopic equipment which, by correlating the various features of optical and electron microscopy, can maximize the potential applications of morphological and ultrastructural methods. The conference will address the limits of sample preparation, the optimization of image processing, and the critical analysis of experimental results with different materials.
SPEAKERS AND CHAIRPERSONS
Roberto Balboni National Research Council – IMM, Bologna, Italy
Edoardo Bemporad University “Rome III”, Rome, Italy
Luca Boarino National Institute of Metrological Research, Turin, Italy
Annarica Calcabrini Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy
Katia Cortese University of Genoa, Italy
Marco Crescenzi Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy
Alberto Diaspro Italian Institute of Technology, Genoa, Italy
Elisabetta Falcieri University of Urbino, Italy
Maura Francolini University of Milan, Italy
Mauro Gemmi Italian Institute of Technology, Pisa, Italy
Bruno M. Humbel University of Lausanne, Switzerland
Lars-Oliver Kautschor Zeiss, Oberkochen, Germany
Emine Korkmaz Fei-Thermo Fisher, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Andy Yarwood Jeol, London, United Kingdom
Matteo Mariani Media System Lab, Monza, Italy
Alexandre A. Mironov Institute of Molecular Oncology, Milan, Italy
Agnese Molinari Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy
Amelia Montone Research Center ENEA, Rome, Italy
Luca Ortolani National Research Council – IMM, Bologna, Italy
Roman Polishchuk Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine, Naples, Italy
Francesca Sbrana Schaefer SEE, Genoa, Italy
Annarita Stringaro Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy
Vratislav Kostal Tescan, Brno, Czech Republic
Frederic Leroux Leica Microsystems, Germany
Alberto Luini National Research Council, Naples, Italy
Manuela Malatesta University of Verona, Italy
Daniela Uccelletti University “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy
Marco Vittori Antisari NanoItaly Association, Rome, Italy
SCIENTIFIC COORDINATOR
Stefania Meschini
+39 06 49902783 – stefania.meschini@iss.it
National Center for Drug Research and Evaluation
Istituto Superiore di Sanità.
SCIENTIFIC SECRETARIAT
Maria Condello
+39 06 49903610 – maria.condello@iss.it
National Center for Drug Research and Evaluation
Istituto Superiore di Sanità
Evelin Pellegrini
+39 06 49902783 – evelin.pellegrini@guest.iss.it
National Center for Drug Research and Evaluation
Istituto Superiore di Sanità
Sara Salucci
+ 39 0722 304248 – sara.salucci@uniurb.it
Università degli Studi di Urbino “Carlo Bo”
GENERAL INFORMATION
Venue:
Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Aula Bovet, Viale Regina Elena 299 – 00161 Rome, Italy
Target audience:
biologists, medical doctors, physicists, engineers, researchers and technicians.
Maximun number of participants: 90
ECM credits: NO
ORGANIZING SECRETARIAT
Paola Ruggeri
+ 39 06 49904250 – paola.ruggeri@iss.it
National Center for Drug Research and Evaluation
Istituto Superiore di Sanità
Laura Toccacieli
+39 06 49903406 – laura.toccacieli@iss.it
National Center for Drug Research and Evaluation
Istituto Superiore di Sanità
Giuseppe Formisano
+39 06 49902783 – giuseppe.formisano@iss.it
National Center for Drug Research and Evaluation
Istituto Superiore di Sanità
This congress is organized with the unconditioned contributions of:

Programme
Monday, November 6th
08.30 Registration
09.00 Opening Ceremony
Prof. Walter Ricciardi, ISS President
Dr. Patrizia Popoli, ISS, Director of National Center for Drug Research and Evaluation
Prof. Elisabetta Falcieri, SISM President
Dr. Stefania Meschini, ISS Scientific Coordinator of the event
I SESSION
09.30 Correlative microscopy: principles and application potential
Chairs: Marco Vittori, Elisabetta Falcieri
09.30 Keynote Lecture
Correlative light and electron microscopy in biology
Bruno M. Humbel
10.00 Applications for 3D characterization in the life sciences. Illumination correlative research using light, X-ray, and electron microscopy
Lars-Oliver Kautschor
10.20 Correlative imaging workflows across scales: a powerful approach for cell and tissue studies
Emine Korkmaz
10.40 Coffee break
11.10 Investigating cancer cell behaviour using correlative imaging by holographic microscopy and FIB-SEM tomography
Vratislav Kostal
11.30 An analytical journey from 4D live cell imaging to scanning electron microscopy.
Fast, reliable and trust worthy
Matteo Mariani
11.50 New solutions for correlative microscopy
Andy Yarwood
12.10 Preparation workflows for correlation microscopy
Frederic Leroux
12.30 3D holotomographic microscopy opens new era for label-free live cell imaging
Francesca Sbrana
12.50 Discussion
13.00 Lunch
II SESSION
14.15 Correlative microscopy applications in materials sciences
Chairs: Amelia Montone, Roberto Balboni
14.15 Keynote Lecture
Correlative microscopy as a powerful tool for coupling structural compositional and functional properties
Edoardo Bemporad
14.45 A case study of correlative approach to 3D microscopy: the silicon nanowires
Luca Boarino
15.05 Curvature driven nanoparticles decoration of graphene membranes
Luca Ortolani
15.25 Evaluation of antimycotic activity of zinc oxide nanoparticles by correlative microscopy
Daniela Uccelletti
15.45 Selected Talks
16.05 Discussion
Tuesday, November 7th
I SESSION
09.00 Correlative microscopy applications in life sciences
Chairs: Agnese Molinari, Marco Crescenzi
09.00 Keynote Lecture
Correlative microscopy in biomedicine: from the slow beginning decades ago to the rapidly expanding leading edge of today
Alberto Luini
09.30 Correlative electron microscopy in modern bio-medical research
Roman Polishchuk
10.00 Compatibility of correlative light and electron microscopy with three-dimensional and quantitative analysis in biology
Alexandre A. Mironov
10.30 Correlative X-ray micro tomography and TEM microscopy on biological samples for the study of complex pathologies
Mauro Gemmi
10.50 Discussion
11.10 Coffee break
II SESSION
11.30 Correlative microscopy applications in life sciences
Chairs: Annarica Calcabrini, Annarita Stringaro
11.30 Keynote Lecture
The extraordinary microscope: multimodal and correlative approaches in nanomedicine
Alberto Diaspro
12.00 3D HDO-CLEM: cellular compartment analysis by correlative light-electron microscopy on cryosections
Katia Cortese
12.20 New tools and protocols for correlative microscopy application to biomedical research
Maura Francolini
12.40 Visualizing fluorochrome-labelled nanoparticles and fluorescent free molecules at transmission electron microscopy by diaminobenzidine photo-oxidation
Manuela Malatesta
13.00 Discussion and Closing Remarks
13.30 Lunch
III SESSION
14.45 A case study of correlative approach to 3D microscopy: the silicon nanowires
Luca Boarino
15.05 Curvature driven nanoparticles decoration of graphene membranes
Luca Ortolani
15.25 Evaluation of antimycotic activity of zinc oxide nanoparticles by correlative microscopy
Daniela Uccelletti
15.45 Selected Talks
16.05 Discussion