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Format and topics are flexible and open to discussion, '''please send me your ideas!!''' (m.spitaler@imperial.ac.uk). If you need inspiration, have a look at [http://microscopy.wetpaint.com/ last year's meeting in Manchester]
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Last year it turned out that discussions tended to drift towards smaller groups, so the idea came up to have dedicated break-out meetings on single topics.
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Several people also like the idea of dedicating some of those break-out meetings to [http://www.bioimaginguk.org/index.php/BioImagingUK_Working_Groups BioimagingUK working groups] which are relevant for facility staff.
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Please let me know what you think of both ideas!
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To explore your interests, I have started setting up a preliminary list of topics from email replies and the working groups most obviously linked to facilities '''[http://doodle.com/participation.html?pollId=idp7ure9cg3z38v6 'Doodle Poll - proposed topics']''' - more topics will be added as they come in.
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I propose you select ''all'' topics you are interested in, not just the working groups you are participating in, so we see what's interesting to most people and how best to organise the meeting.
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=> the final version will appear here very soon, but '''your ideas are still welcome!!'''
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Based on the popularity of last year's format (two half-days), we are going to have two half days (Thursday lunch time to Friday lunch time) again. This makes it much more flexible, for longer discussions, and allows for plenty of time for informal chats over a pub dinner.
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I still need feedback on the topics though, anything other than the BioImagingUK topics that you'd like to discuss?
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('''this is still a draft, open to feedback!!''')
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'''Thu 7 Jan 2010'''
'''Thu 7 Jan 2010'''
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* 12.00 Arrival and sandwich lunch
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* 12.00-13.00 Arrival, sandwich lunch and registration for break-out sessions
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* introduction and recent developments
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* 13.00-13.15 Welcome, latest updates on programme
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* presentation(s) on facility topics...
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* 13.15-13.30 Introduction of participants
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* discussions
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** Paul Thomas, UEA: Multiphoton microscopes
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* coffee
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** Peter Humphreys: STJ detectors
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** ad hoc topics
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* overview of topics for break-out sessions
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* break-out session 1 (small groups on proposed topics)
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'''Fri 8 Jan 2010'''
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* 14.00-14.45 James Francis (MediaCybernetics): "How to quantitatively test and compare cameras" (followed by practical demonstration during coffee break)
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* presentation(s) on facility topics...
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* discussions
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* coffee
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* 14.15-15.30 coffee (with practical demonstration on camera testing and information from companies)
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* break-out session 2 (small groups on proposed topics)
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* 15.30-15.45 Update BioimagingUK / Eurobioimaging
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* summaries of break-out sessions
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* 15.45-16.00 Introduction Break-out Sessions I:
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** Funding & Sustainability (Martin Spitaler)
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** Training (?)
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** High-throughput microscopy (Nick Barry?)
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** in vivo imaging (Peter O’Toole?)
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* 16.00-17.20 break-out sessions
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* 17.20-18.00 Summary break-out sessions by session leaders, discussion
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* 18.00-19.00 hotel check-in
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* 19.00-late dinner
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* 9.30-9.45 Introduction to Break-out Sessions II:
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** Software & Data (Paul Thomas)
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** General facility access (?)
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** Access to specialised, pre-commercial equipment
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** High-resolution microscopy (?)
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** Careers (Peter March?)
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* 9.45-11.00 break-out sessions
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* 11.00-11.30 coffee
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* 11.30-12.30 Summaries of break-out sessions + plenary discussions
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* 12.30-13.30 lunch and option for FILM facility viewing
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* option for facility viewing
 
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Any feedback? Please let me know
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Any feedback? Please let me know (m.spitaler@imperial.ac.uk)

Revision as of 15:51, 5 January 2010

Contents

Facility Manager Meeting 2010

Following up the successful meetings in York (2008) and Manchester (2009), the next Microscopy Facility Manager Meeting will be in London, at Imperial College, in January 2010.

The detailed topics still need to be decided, so please take part in the polls below and send your proposals to Martin Spitaler, m.spitaler@imperial.ac.uk .

REGISTRATION

To help with catering, booking and sponsorship, please registeras soon as possible! Registration is free.

Date, time and location

The 'Doodle Poll - meeting dates' showed that many people can only do the first week of January, so the definitive date will now be Thursday 7 (lunch time) to Friday 8 January 2010 (lunch time).

The meeting will be held in the South Kensington campus of Imperial College London, 5th floor of the Sherfield Building / room SALC 5 (see GoogleMap for details). Walk into the campus from Exhibition Road, just around the corner from the Science Museum, and walk around the Queen's Lawn (with the big tower) in the middle of the campus.

This is ~30 min by public transport from Euston and Kings Cross railway stations, 10 min from Victoria station, or a 25 min walk across Hyde Park from Paddington (slightly longer on the Circle Line). For time tables and other stations, see Transport for London (TfL) Journey Planner.

Accomodation in walking distance from the meeting location can be booked at discounted rates (starting from £69) through the Imperial College Hotel Accomodation website. Many affordable hotels can also be found on South Kensington Hotels, many of them actually cheaper than through the Imperial College website and also in walking distance, but you need to check distance (e.g. TfL) and quality (e.g. Tripadvisor) yourself.

Programme

=>volunteers to chair break-out sessions are still needed!

Thu 7 Jan 2010

  • 12.00-13.00 Arrival, sandwich lunch and registration for break-out sessions
  • 13.00-13.15 Welcome, latest updates on programme
  • 13.15-13.30 Introduction of participants
  • 13.30-14.00 Short reports & discussions
    • Paul Thomas, UEA: Multiphoton microscopes
    • Peter Humphreys: STJ detectors
    • ad hoc topics
  • 14.00-14.45 James Francis (MediaCybernetics): "How to quantitatively test and compare cameras" (followed by practical demonstration during coffee break)
  • 14.15-15.30 coffee (with practical demonstration on camera testing and information from companies)
  • 15.30-15.45 Update BioimagingUK / Eurobioimaging
  • 15.45-16.00 Introduction Break-out Sessions I:
    • Funding & Sustainability (Martin Spitaler)
    • Training (?)
    • High-throughput microscopy (Nick Barry?)
    • in vivo imaging (Peter O’Toole?)
  • 16.00-17.20 break-out sessions
  • 17.20-18.00 Summary break-out sessions by session leaders, discussion
  • 18.00-19.00 hotel check-in
  • 19.00-late dinner

Fri

  • 9.30-9.45 Introduction to Break-out Sessions II:
    • Software & Data (Paul Thomas)
    • General facility access (?)
    • Access to specialised, pre-commercial equipment
    • High-resolution microscopy (?)
    • Careers (Peter March?)
  • 9.45-11.00 break-out sessions
  • 11.00-11.30 coffee
  • 11.30-12.30 Summaries of break-out sessions + plenary discussions
  • 12.30-13.30 lunch and option for FILM facility viewing


Any feedback? Please let me know (m.spitaler@imperial.ac.uk)

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