Advancing Microscopy Frontiers in Africa

09 Jan 2020
09 Jan 2020

The Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine and Imaging Africa will be hosting a 1-day, international research symposium that is open to all. The unique focus of the symposium is to highlight emerging technologies that are accessible to African scientists. The overarching goal of Imaging Africa is to develop the microscopy community in Africa by facilitating interactions between local and international researchers and by exposing African scientists to current and emerging microscopy opportunities and techniques.

Date: 17 January 2020

Time: 09:00 - 17:30

Location:  Wolfson Pavilion Lecture Theatre, University of Cape Town

Keynote Speakers:

Klaus Hahn
Engineering Molecules to Visualize and Control Signalling Circuits in Living Cells
University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill, USA

Kelly Rogers
Capturing the Dynamics of Red Blood Cell Invasion by the Malaria Parasite using High Resolution Microscopy
Walter & Eliza Hall Institute, Australia

Musa Mhlanga
Imaging in Africa: From Single Cells to Single Molecules
University of Cape Town, South Africa

Daniel Fletcher
Watching the Secret Lives of Pathogens with Light Microscopy
University of California – Berkeley, USA

Teng-Leong Chew
Emerging Frontiers in Microscopy through Open-Access Platforms
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Janelia Research Campus, USA

Invited Speakers:

Caron Jacobs
University of Cape Town, South Africa

Anna Coussens
Walter & Eliza Hall Institute, Australia

Dirk Lang
University of Cape Town, South Africa

Programme includes:

  • Refreshment breaks
  • Open research poster session
  • Commercial vendor demonstrations
  • Social lunch
  • Invited student and post-doctoral researcher talks
  • Opening remarks by Valerie Mizrahi (University of Cape Town, South Africa)
  • Reception event with guests Anastasia Koch and Ed Young (Eh!Woza, South Africa)