Neurophysics Annual Retreat 2005

Neurophysics Annual Retreat - June 8th & 9th 2005 - Oral presentations

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MAIN CONFERENCES

Conference by Dr. David Warshaw, Cellular and Molecular Biology Department University of Vermont

"The Myosin Molecular Motor: Head and Neck Above the Rest" (7.8MB)

Conference by Dr. Andrew K. Dunn, Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging
Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School

"Optical Imaging of Cerebral Hemodynamics in Normal and Diseased Brain" (4.3MB)

Conference by Dr. Simon Rainsville, Rowland Institute, Harvard University

"Under the hood of E. coli: the bacterial flagellar motor" (6.3MB)

POST-DOCS & STUDENTS TALKS

Mechanical Properties of Dendritic Spines Studied Using Atomic Force Microscopy (1.5MB)

Benjamin A.Smith^{1, 2}, Paul DeKonincksup³, Peter Grütter¹, Yves DeKoninck³.
¹Physics Dpt, McGill University,Montreal, QC, Canada.
²Physics Dpt, Univ. of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
³ Centre de Recherche Université Laval Robert-Giffard, Beauport, QC, Canada

Labelling subpopulations of cells in the brain (7.4MB)

Charalampos Labrakakis.
Centre de Recherche Université Laval Robert-Giffard, Beauport, QC, Canada.

Optical ionic sensors for in vivo measurements (0.4MB)

Suzie Dufour, Réal Vallée and Florin Amzica.
Centre d’Optique, Photonique et Laser, Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada.

Two-Photon Microscopy with High Depth of Field Using an Axicon (1.0MB)

Pascal Dufour¹, Nathalie McCarthy¹, Yves DeKoninck².
¹Centre d’Optique, Photonique et Laser, Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada.
²Centre de Recherche Université Laval Robert-Giffard, Beauport, QC, Canada.

All-purpose fluorescent micro-lithography for biophysical applications

Santiago Costantino¹, Katrin G. Heinze¹,Oscar E. Martínez², Paul DeKoninck³, Paul W Wiseman^{1, 4}.
¹Physics Dpt, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
²Laboratorio de Electrónica Cuántica, Departamento de Física,
Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
³Centre de Recherche Université Laval Robert-Giffard, Beauport, QC, Canada.
⁴Chemistry Dpt, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.

Mechanism of Activity-Dependent Translocation of CAMKII in Hippocampal Neurons

Eric LeBel, Greg L. McDonald, and Paul De Koninck.
Centre de Recherche Université Laval Robert-Giffard, Beauport, QC, Canada.

Novel microprobes for combined optical and electrical recording from single neurons in vivo.

Yoan LeChasseur^{1, 2}, Philippe Lavallée¹, Martin Deschênes¹, Réal Vallée ², Yves De Koninck ¹.
¹Centre de Recherche Université Laval Robert-Giffard, Beauport, QC, Canada.
² Centre d’Optique, Photonique et Laser, Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada.

Image Correlation Studies of Quantum Dot Blinking and Diffusion

Alexia Bashi
Physics Dpt, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.

Image Histogram Analysis

Antoine G. Godin¹, Santiago Costantino¹, Yves De Koninck², Paul W. Wiseman¹.
¹Physics Dpt, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
²Centre de Recherche Université Laval Robert-Giffard, Beauport, QC, Canada.

Quantifying molecular binding dynamics with variable stoichiometry in live cells

Katrin G. Heinze^{1, 2}, S. A. Kim^{1, 3}, K. Bacia¹, Paul W. Wiseman², M. N. Waxham³, and P. Schwille¹.
¹Institute of Biophysics, BioTec, TU Dresden, Tatzberg, Dresden, Germany.
²Physics Dpt, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
³Departments of Neurobiology and Anatomy, Univ. of Texas - Health Science Center, Houston, TX, USA.