Monday, May 7th 2001

8:30 Registration

9:30 Opening ceremony

10:00 GFP and luciferase reporters of living cell dynamics and signalling

  R. Rizzuto et al. (Ferrara, Italy): GFP chimeras in the study of calcium signalling.
 -   Coffee break
G. Rutter (Bristol, U.K.): Recombinant probes to image stimulus-metabolism coupling in single living cells.
A. Maggi et al. (Milano, Italy): Generating reporters for the study of the activity of intracellular receptor from cells in culture to mice.

13:00 Brunch

14:00 POSTER SESSION

15:30 Looking at cells in 3D

W. Malkusch (Hallbergmoos, Germany): 3D deconvolution – Physical background and applications in microscopy.
A. Diaspro (Genova, Italy: High resolution spatial imaging, photochemistry and nanoprocessing within living cells and tissue using confocal and two-photon excitation microscopy.
 
 

Tuesday, May 8th 2001

9:00 Angiogenesis
F. Bussolino et al. (Torino, Italy): Molecular aspects of tumor angiogenesis.
M.G. Sacco et al. (Milano Italy): Tumor growth inhibition by antiangiogenic gene therapy in a transgenic mouse model.
 -   Coffee break
M.G. Lampugnani et al. (Milano, Italy): Endothelial cell to cell adherens junctions in the control of vascular morphogenesis.
P. Griffini et al. (Pavia, Italy): Angiogenesis in tumor microenvironment.

13:00 Brunch

14:00 POSTER SESSION

15:30 Multicolor fluorescence
H. Gundlach and J. Zbären (Oberkochen, Germany and Bern, Switzerland): Multiple fluorescence microscopy – conventional or digital?
M. Stanley ((Brattleboro, VT, USA): Optical Filters for Fluorescence Microscopy.
W. Malkusch (Hallbergmoos, Germany): Digital microscopy - Possibilities and advantages of digital microscopy

17:00 Poster session: Multicolor fluorescence and digital microscopy
 
 
 

Wednesday, May 9th 2001

9:00 Apoptosis and the pathogenesis of inflammatory diseases

P.C. Marchisio (Torino and Milano, Italy): Apoptosis and mitosis: are there intimate links?
G. Chimini (Marseille, France): After death. How phagocytes deal with corpses.
A. Manfredi et al. (Milano, Italy and Erlangen, Germany): Role of apoptotic cell processing in autoimmunity and cancer.
-   Coffee break
G. Bauer (Freiburg, Germany) Peroxidase, Nitric Oxide and Superoxide Anions: interactive key elements during intercellular induction of apoptosis
G. Mazzini et al. (Pavia, Italy) Dual-excitation multicolor fluorescence flow cytometry for detailed live-dead cell transition studies

13:00 Brunch

14:00 POSTER SESSION