Pre-congress IFSM Advanced School - Schedule

Date & Time: Sunday, September 19 9:00-16:30
Venue: Rio Othon Hotel
Av. Atlântica, Copacabana

The IMC17/IFSM pre-Congress School is a one-day School for selected young scientists, held on the day before the IMC17 Congress.

9:00-9:15
Introduction
 
9:15-10:30
“High Resolution Electron Microscopy ­ Diving into the World of Atoms”
Knut Urban (Forschungzentrum Jülich, Germany)

10:30-10:45
Coffee Break
 
10:45-12:00
”Mass determination of biomolecular assemblies using the STEM”
Philippe Ringler (University Basel, Switzerland)
 
12:00-13:30
Lunch

13:30-14:45
“Microscopy through the centuries: an exploration of microscopic imaging without lenses”
Michael S. Isaacson (UCSC, Santa Cruz, USA)
 
14:45-15:00
Coffee Break

15:00-16:15
“Electron and photon spectrometries in (S)TEMs for extended characterization from the nanoscale to the single atom”
Christian Colliex (Université Paris Sud 11 and CNRS, Orsay, France)
 
16.15- 16.30
"General conclusions and comments from the participants"


This School will also have the benefit of a welcome banquet on Saturday evening, offering to all participants, students and lecturers a unique opportunity for getting acquainted in a friendly atmosphere.