Meetings Page/Facility Manager Meeting 2010
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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.
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Summary and outcome
Shortly, summaries of the meeting and the several break-out sessions will be added here.
The break-out sessions will feed directly into the BioimagingUK working groups, for the latest updates see the respective subpages of BioimagingUK
Training
Summary to come soon
High-Throughput Microscopy
Summary to come soon; see also working group Higher speed/content/throughput functional imaging
In Vivo Imaging
Summary to come soon; see also working group In Vivo Imaging
Funding and Sustainability
Summary to come soon; see also working group Sustainability
Software and Data
Summary to come soon; see also working group Software Tools & Data Management
High-Resolution Microscopy
Summary to come soon; see also working group Higher Spatial Resolution
Careers
Summary to come soon; see also working group Careers
Programme
=> volunteers to chair break-out sessions needed!
=> feedback is still very welcome! (m.spitaler@imperial.ac.uk)
Thursday 7 January 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
- 13.30-14.15 Short reports & discussions
- Paul Thomas, UEA: Multiphoton microscopes
- Peter Humphreys: STJ detectors
- ad hoc topics
- 14.15-14.45 Technical Report: James Francis (MediaCybernetics): "How to quantitatively test and compare cameras" (the practical demonstration announced previously has been snowed in and is cancelled)
- 14.45-15.15 coffee
- 15.15-15.30 Update BioimagingUK / Eurobioimaging
- 15.30-15.45 Introduction Break-out Sessions I (chaired by...):
- Training (Yan Gu)
- High-throughput microscopy (Nick Barry)
- In vivo imaging (Peter O’Toole)
- Funding & sustainability (Lucy Collinson)
- 15.45-17.00 Break-out sessions I
- 17.00-18.00 Summary of break-out sessions by session leaders, discussion
- 18.00-19.00 hotel check-in
- 19.00-late dinner
Friday 8 January 2010
- 9.30-9.45 Introduction to Break-out Sessions II (chaired by...):
- Software & Data (Paul Thomas)
- General facility access (?)
- Access to specialised, pre-commercial equipment (?)
- High-resolution microscopy (Rolly Wiegand)
- Careers (Peter March)
- 9.45-11.00 Break-out sessions II
- 11.00-11.30 coffee
- 11.30-12.30 Summaries of break-out sessions + final discussions
- 12.30-13.30 lunch and option for FILM facility viewing
=> Doodle Poll: people's interests in topics
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 Fac_Man_Meeting_2010_directions.pdf or 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.
Travel and weather update
Update Thu 7 Jan 8:33:
Most trains across the country seem to run with only minor delays (under an hour), so the meeting will go ahead, maybe with a little extended lunch to give people more time to arrive. For travel updates see Transport for London, TravelDirect (train) and BAA (airport). The weather forecast for today and tomorrow is also pretty good (Metoffice and MetCheck).
Registration
Online registration is now closed, if you still want to attend please get in contact with m.spitaler@imperial.ac.uk
A list of participants is available on the registration page
