Scientific Program (Updated on 09/22/09)

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LECTURES – BIOLOGY

Unconventional Imaging Modes for Determination of 3D Cellular Structure by Electron Tomography
Alioscka A. Sousa, National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering,  NIH, Bethesta, MS, USA

Imaging Immune Responses with Intravital 2-Photon Microscopy
Peter Reichardt, Otto von Guericke University, Institute of Molecular and Clinical Immunology, Magdeburg, Germany

Microscopy Techniques Applied to the Study of Cancer Biology
José Andrés Morgado Díaz- INCA, RJ, Brasil

LECTURES – MATERIALS SCIENCES

Recent Developments and New Applications in Backscattered Electron Difraction (EBSD)
Scott Sitzman , Oxford, EUA

Microscopy in the Industry
Marco Antônio da Cunha, Arcelor Mittal - Timóteo, Brasil

Applications of Microscopy and Microanalysis in the Study and Conservation of Cultural Properties
Aviva Burnstock, Courtauld Institute of Art London, United Kingdom
Coordinator: Luiz Antonio Cruz Souza, UFMG

TECNICAL LECTURE AND LUNCH BOX– BIOLOGIA E MATERIAIS

DualBeam applications on Life Science and Material Science
Laurent Roussel, FEI

The SEM as a Metallographic Tool
George Vander Voort, Buehler

PLENARY LECTURE - BIOLOGY AND SCIENCE MATERIALS

Scanning Probe Microscopy – Applications to Nano and Biomaterials
Mônica Cotta, UNICAMP, Brasil

Applications of Microscopy and Microanalysis in the Study and Conservation of Cultural Properties
Aviva Burnstock, Courtauld Institute of Art London, United Kingdom

New Biophotonic Tools to Understand Cellular Processes
Carlos Lenz Cesar, Dept. de Eletrônica Quântica, Instituto de Física Gleb Wataghin (IFGW), UNICAMP, Brasil

PLENARY CLOSING LECTURE

IMC17: Revealing the Nanoworld in Life and Materials Sciences
Guillermo Solórzano, PUC-RJ, Brasil

SYMPOSIA – BIOLOGY

Symposium I: Specialized Microscopy Techniques for Biological Investigations
Chairs: Gregory Kitten, UFMG e Patrícia Martinelli, UFMG

Symposium II: Microscopy Methods in Zoology
Chairs: Sonia Bao, UnB e Jacenir Reis dos Santos Mallet, IOC-FIOCRUZ-RJ

Symposia III: Microscopy for Ecological Studies
Chair: Fábio Roland, UFJF

Symposia IV: Microscopy Methods in Neurosciences
Chairs: Matilde Achaval Helena, UFRGS e Maria Cristina Faccioni-Heuser, UFRGS

Symposium V: Contribution of Microscopy Techniques to the Understanding of Chagas' Disease - One Hundred Years of Chagas' Disease Discovery
Chairs Wanderley de Souza, UFRJ e Técia Ulisses de Carvalho

Symposium VI: Biology of Reproduction
Chairs: Hugo Godinho, PUC-MG e Elizete Rizzo, UFMG

Symposium VII: Plant Cell Biology
Chairs: Élder A.S. Paiva, UFMG e Maura da Cunha, UENF

Symposium VIII : Training Tomorrow’s Microscopists Today
Chairs: Edna Haapalainen, IFUSP e Marina Silveira, UNIFESP

SYMPOSIA – MATERIAL SCIENCES
 
Symposium I: Electron Backscattered Diffraction
Chairs: Leonardo Lagoeiro, UFOP e André Pinto, CBPF

Symposium II: Nanocience and Nanotechnology
Chairs: André Galembeck, Cetene-UFPe e Érico Teixeira Neto, UFABC

Symposium III: Microscopy at the Industry
Chairs: Rogério Kwitko - e Guilherme F. B. Lenz e Silva, CPqD/Magnesita Refratários S/A

Symposium IV: High Resolution Electron Microscopy
Chairs: Nelcy Della Santina Mohallem, UFMG

Joint Symposia V e VI:
Microanálise e Microscopia Analítica e Micro e Nanometrologia
Chairs: Alberto Moreira Júnior, UFSCar e Daniel Lorscheidt, UFRJ-Inmetro

Symposium VII: Scanning Probe Microscopies
Chairs: Margareth Spangler de Andrade, CETEC-MG e José Mario Vilela, CETEC-MG.

Symposium VIII: Nanoconformation with i-beam and e-beam and sample preparation
Chairs: Stanislaw Moshkalev, UNICAMP e Antonio Carlos Seabra, LSI-US