Discussion Day Session2 : Bioanalysis Discussion

Last Update on April. 19, 2007


The order of the discussion program may be changed once the full papers have been received by the organizers.

 

14.00 to 14.40 Keynote Lecture - Prof Steve Boxer, Stanford
  "Why biologists can't live without all types of SIMS"
   
Session 1: Analytical challenges of MS-imaging
14.45 - 15.05 Introductions to papers (ie 5 mins each)
1) Dae Won Moon, “Biochemical imaging of single cells and tissues by SIMS for new biomedical applications”
2) Daniel Breitenstein, “The Chemical Composition of Animal Cells Reconstructed from ToF-SIMS 2D as well as 3D Analysis”
3) Yasuhide Naito, “Construction of a Novel Stigmatic MALDI Imaging Mass Spectrometer”
4) John Fletcher, “Uncovering new challenges in bio-analysis with ToF-SIMS”
   
15.05 - 16.00 Discussion
   
16.00 to 16.20 Coffee/Tea Break
   
Session 2: Influence of sample preparation on the effective acquisition of useful imaging MS data from biological samples ? cells and tissue.
   
16.20 to 16.45 Introductions to papers (ie 5 mins each)
5) Subhash Chandra, “Challenges of Biological Sample Preparation for SIMS Imaging of Elements and Molecules at Subcellular Resolution”
6) Hakan Nygren, “3-D imaging of anaplastic thyroid tumour cells and differentiated thyrocytes”
7) Nick Winograd, “Which is more important in bioimaging SIMS experiments ? the sample preparation or the nature of the projectile?”
8) Kuang Jen Wu, “Whole-cell sample preparation for imaging mass spectrometry of individual cells and application to radiation treatment of human breast cancer cells”
   
16.50 to 18.00 Discussion