Calendar Archive

August 2005

Maryann Martone will deliver a presentation, titled "Unraveling the Structural and Molecular Complexity of the Nervous System Using Correlated 3D Light and Electron Microscopic Imaging" at the Three Dimensional Electron Microscopy Conference at Colby-Sawyer College, New London, NH. For more information, visit the conference's website.

July 31 through August 4, 2005

NCMIR will be represented at the upcoming Microscopy and Microanalysis (M&M) Conference, to be held July 31 through August 2, 2005 at the Hawaii Convention Center in Honolulu. For further information, visit the M&M website.

Monday, July 31

"An Historical Perspective on Digital Imaging in Transmission Electron Microscopy: Looking to the Future," M.H. Ellisman; Room 308AB, 8:30 a.m.

"Analysis of the Performance of an 8k x 8k Lens Coupled Detector for Wide-Field, High-Resolution Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM)," J.C. Bouwer, S.T. Peltier, L. Jin, K. Khodjasaryan, S. Geist, N-H Xuong, M.H. Ellisman; Room308AB, 10:30 a.m.

"Design of a New 8k x 8k Lens Coupled Detector for Wide-field, High-Resolution Transmission Electron Microscopy," S.T. Peltier, J.C. Bouwer, L. Jin, K. Khodjasaryan, S. Geist, N-H Xuong, M.H. Ellisman; Room 308AB, 11:00 a.m.

"A New Type of Detector for Electron Microscopy," N-H Xuong, A. Milazzo, S.T. Peltier, P. Leblanc, F. Dottweiler, L. Jin, J.C. Bouwer, M.H. Ellisman, S. Kleinfelder; Room 308AB, 11:30 a.m.

Tuesday, August 1 2005

"Quantification and Representation of Structural Heterogeneities in a Continuum Model of the Mouse Heart," J. Rao, M.H. Ellisman, H. Hakozaki, R.L. Price, J. Omens, A. McCulloch; Exhibit Hall, 3:30 p.m.

Wednesday, August 2 2005

"Quantum Dots as Cellular Probes for Light and Electron Microscopy," T.J. Deerinck, B.N.G. Giepmans, M.H. Ellisman; Room 306B, 9:00 a.m.

Wednesday, June 15, 2005

Barsoum, M.J., Yuan, H., Lee, W.D., Liot, G., Graber, S., Kushnareva, Y., Gerencser, A., Kovacs, I., Waggoner, J., Cui, J., Bossy, B., Martinou, J.C., Youle, R.J., Lipton, S.A., Ellisman, M.H., Perkins, G.A., Bossy-Wetzel, E. (2005) Mitochondrial fission is a common and early event in neurodegenerative disorders. FEBS-IUBMB Workshop "Mitochondrial dynamics in cell life and death", Padova, Italy, Aug., 2005.

Sosinsky, G., A. Oshima, J. Yu, G. Hand, A. Smock, G. Gaietta, B. Nicholson, and D. Muller. (2005) Structure and dynamics of connexin26 gap junctions:  Implications for the role gap junctions play in inner ear homeostasis. 5th International Symposium on Meniere's disease and Inner Ear Homeostasis Disorders, Los Angeles, CA. August 2005.

May 2005

Fox, D.A., Perkins, G.A., Johnson, J.E., Giddabasappa, A., Xiao, W. and Ellisman, M.H. (2005) Confocal and Three-Dimensional Electron Tomography of Mouse Photoreceptor Mitochondria.  Neuroimaging the Retina, Fort Lauderdale, FL.

May 4, 2005

Xvoxtrace Software Version 2.14.0 released. Download this version at: http://ncmir.ucsd.edu/Downloads/Software/overview.htm

Featured improvements include:
Bugfix/Feature Extension: Image Adjust/Display Parameters now works correctly on Linux systems and others which do not support the GL_SGI_texture_color_table and/or GL_EXT_texture_color_table OpenGL extensions.
Feature Extension: A Delete Trace button has been added to the Object Info dialog which will allow users to delete a trace by selecting it in the plane browser.

Please report any core dumps or other erroneous behavior to spl@ncmir.ucsd.edu.

April 2-5, 2005

5th International Symposium on Meniere's Disease and Inner Ear Homeostasis Disorders, Universal City Hilton, Los Angeles

Invited Talk: “Structure and Dynamics of Connexin26 Gap Junctions:  Implications for the Role Gap Junctions Play in Inner Ear Homeostasis” G. Sosinsky, A. Oshima, J. Yu, G. Hand, A. Smock, G. Gaietta, and D. Muller

March 9-13, 2005

7th International Alzheimer's Disease/Parkinson's Disease Conference, Sorrento, Italy

Poster Presentation: "Behavioral Deficits and Increased mGluR5 Immunoreactivity in CNS of Transgenic Mice Overexpressing Alpha-Synuclein," D.L. Price, E. Rockenstein, N.A.B. MacLean, M.E. Martone, M.H. Ellisman, E. Masliah

February 12-16, 2005

Biophysical Society Annual Meeting, Long Beach, CA

Invited Talk: “Using Tetracysteine Domains Complexed with Biarsenical Ligands to Study and Identify Macromolecular Protein Complexes in Tomographic Volumes,” G. Sosinsky, G. Gaietta, B. Giepmans, T. Deerinck, S. Adams, G. Hand, M. Mackey, M. Terada, A. Smock, R. Tsien, and M. Ellisman

Poster Presentation: “Structural Analysis by Electron Microscopy of Connexin 26 With a Single Site Mutation in the 3rd Helix” A. Oshima, D. Beahm, G. Gaietta, S. Zucker, G. Hand, A. Smock, A. Chandrasekhar, B. Giepmans, B.J. Nicholson, and G.E. Sosinsky

December 6, 2004

NCMIR researchers will present posters at the American Society for Cell Biology 44th Annual meeting, Washington Convention Center, Washington, DC.

Ben Giepmans will present "Visualizing Cytoskeletal Dynamics and Ultrastructure at Cell-Cell Junctions Using Genetically Encoded Tags"
Co-authors include BR Martin, GM Gaietta, TJ Deerinck, SR Adams, RY Tsien, MH Ellisman
Noon-3p.m.. Session: Cytoskeleton-Membrane Interactions I, Session Number:222
Presentation Number: 939, Poster Board Number: B242
Halls D/E

Guido Gaietta will present "A Single Site Mutation in the 3rd Transmembrane Helix of Alpha and Beta Connexins Eliminates Gap Junction Functionality"
Co-authors include DL Beahm, GM Gaietta, A Oshima, G Hand, A Smock, A Chandrasekhar, BJ Nicholson, G Sosinsky
Noon - 3 p.m., Session: Gap Junctions I, Session Number: 227
Presentation Number: 1026, Poster Board Number: B329
Halls D/E

November 8 and 10, 2004

Tomas Molina will deliver presentations at Supercomputing 2004, to be held November 6-12 at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh, PA. http://www.sc-conference.org/sc2004/index.html

Monday, November 8
Molina will host a talk about Telescience and a demonstration of Telemicroscopy.
9 a.m., National Center for Research Resources booth (booth number 2353)

He will also discuss the e-science grid, which is the grid portal and the grid environment being established at Korea Basic Science Institute (KBSI)/Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KISTI). This grid will be used to control the KBSI/KISTI 1.25 MeV electron microscope.
2 p.m., KISTI booth (booth number 2739)

Wednesday, November 10
Molina will discuss the ongoing efforts to control the 3 MeV microscope remotely at the Cybermedia Center in Osaka, Japan, from NCMIR in San Diego.
2 p.m., San Diego Supercomputer Center booth (booth number 149)

October 22, 2004

Maryann E. Martone presented "Multi-Scale Imaging as an Approach to Elucidate CNS Sites of Stimulant Action" at the 2004 Frontiers in Addiction Research Mini-Convention. The presentation was delivered at the "Creative Directions in Imaging" session at 10:30 a.m. The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) held this mini-convention in conjunction with the SFN 2004 conference.

October 23–27, 2004

NCMIR was represented at the 34^th Annual Society for Neuroscience (SFN) conference, which was held at the San Diego Convention Center from Saturday, October 23 through Wednesday, October 27. The poster sessions listed below were presented in Exhibit Halls A-H of the convention center. For further information, visit the SFN website at www.sfn.org. Abstract information can be found at http://sfn.scholarone.com/.

October 24–27, 2004

Steven Peltier, Abel Lin, and Tomas Molina exhibited a Telescience demonstration at the National Center for Research Resources (NCRR) booth, hosted by the National Biomedical Computational Resource (NBCR). The exhibit was on display between 9:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. each day.

Monday, October 25, 2004

Posters Presented:
Elizabeth M. Rodrigues presented "Diffusely Transformed Astrocytes by SV40 Expression as a Model for Brain Cancer: Alterations in Filamentous-Actin Levels." Co-authors include D.L. Price, N.A.B. MacLean, M.E. Martone, R. Bash, T. Van Dyke, and M.H. Ellisman.
11:00 a.m. – Noon, Program No. 462.12, Location EEE9

Diana L. Price presented "Changes in MGLUR5 Immunoreactivity in CNS of Transgenic Mice Overexpressing Alpha-Synuclein." Co-authors include E. Rockenstein, N.A.B. MacLean, M.E. Martone, E. Masliah, and M.H. Ellisman.
4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m., Program No. 561.4, Location SS24

Collaborations Featured:
"Mitochondrial Fission Represents an Early Unifying Event in Neurodegeneration," E. Bossy-Wetzel, H. Yuan, W.D. Lee, G. Liot, Y. Kushnareva, I. Kovacs, R.J. Youle, M.H. Ellisman, G.A. Perkins, S.A. Lipton, M.J. Barsoum.
10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m., Program No. 448.19, Location UU24

"Absence of GFap and Vimentin Prevents Hypertrophy of Astrocytic Processes and Improves Post-Traumatic Regeneration," U. Wilhelmsson, L. Li, M. Pekna, C.H. Berthold, S. Blom, C. Eliasson, O. Renner, E.A. Bushong, M.H. Ellisman, T.E. Morgan, M. Pekny.
11:00 a.m. – Noon, Program No. 391.12, Location G1

Wednesday, October 27, 2004

Posters Presented:
Maryann Martone exhibited "The Smart Atlas: A Web-Based Spatial Data Management and Data Mining Tool for the Mouse Brain" at the Bioinformatics II session
Society for Neuroscience, San Diego Convention Center, Hall A-H
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.

Vladimir Mitsner presented "A Monte Carlo Model of Extracellular Calcium Dynamics in the Cerebellar Glomerulus." Co-authors include D.M. Eagleman, O.J.D. Coenen, T.M. Bartol, Y.Z. Jones, M.H. Ellisman, and T.J. Sejnowski.
2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m., Program No. 989.18, Location HH9

Collaborations Featured:
"Synaptogenesis of New Neurons in the Adult Hippocampus," N. Toni, E.A. Bushong, E.M. Teng, Y. Jones, H. Van Praag, M.E. Martone, M.H. Ellisman, F.H. Gage.
9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m., Program No. 833.18, Location C27

"Directionality of the Actin Filament Assembly in the Synaptic Endocytic Zone," F. Capani, F. Anderson, J. Crum, C. Lillig, N. Tomilin, E. Evergren, M. Ellisman, L. Brodin, O. Shupliakov
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m., Program No. 967.1, Location R15

"The Query Atlas: A Brain Referenced Knowledge Discovery Tool," G.G. Brown, S. Pieper, M.E. Martone, N. Aucoin, A. Joyner, A. Bischoff-Grethe, V. Torvik
2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m., Program No. 1032.2, Location GGG28

September 29 and 30, 2004

David Lee delivered a poster presentation, "Telescience Applications for Internet2 IPv6 Networks: Systems for Remote Control and Monitoring of High Throughput Instrumentation" at the Internet2 Fall 2004 meeting in Austin, TX. Visit http://events.internet2.edu/2004/fall-mm/postersessions.html for further information.

Tuesday, September 28, 2004

Mark Ellisman presented "Multi-Scale Imaging of the Nervous System with Advanced Cyberinfrastructure"
Computing in High Energy Physics (CHEP), Interlaken, Switzerland.

September 15–17, 2004

Tomas Molina, Abel Lin, and Steven Peltier presented a Telescience demonstration featuring trans-Pacific Telemicroscopy at the Pacific Rim Applications and Grid Middleware Assembly (PRAGMA) 7 meeting in La Jolla, CA. Visit http://www.pragma-grid.net/pragma7/demos.htm for updates.

August 26, 2004

Mark Ellisman presented at the16th International Congress of the International Federation of Associations of Anatomists (IFAA) Kyoto, Japan

July 8, 2004

Mark Ellisman presented "The BIRN: Biomedical Informatics Research Network"
PharmaGRID 2004, The Prism Forum, Diessenhofen, Switzerland. 8:15 a.m.

Friday, July 2, 2004

Guy Perkins presented "Mitochondria in Rod and Cone Photoreceptors: Observations and Unanswered Questions"
NCMIR facility, Keck Conference Room, 3 p.m.

Tuesday, June 29, 2004

Video teleconference demonstration of NCMIR techologies for OptIPuter Site Visit in Chicago
Keck Conference Room, 8 a.m. and 11:30 a.m.
Speakers include: Chicago: Mark Ellisman and David Lee
UCSD: Hiro Hazozaki, Natalie MacLean, and Diana Price.

Friday, June 11, 2004

Marketta Bobik presented "Characterization of Pinceau Structure in Rat Cerebellum and Morphological Changes in Acute Rat Brain Slices" at NCMIR Data Meeting. NCMIR facility, Keck Conference Room, 3:00 p.m.

June 7 and 8, 2004

Mark Ellisman presented "Multiscale Imaging of the Nervous System with Advanced Cyberinfrastructure" as the guest speaker at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) 2004 Northwest Symposium for Systems Biology
Richland, Washington.

May 31–June 3, 2004

Mark Ellisman presented "The BIRN Project: Distributed Information Infrastructure and Multiscale Imaging of the Nervous System" as the guest speaker at High Performance Computing (HPC) 2004.
Universitá della Calabria, Cetraro, Italy.