ALIS Kickoff Meeting Oct 6-8, 2019

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We will have an exciting, multiday event on the Duke campus from the evening of Sunday, October 6 through Tuesday, October 8. This meeting, organized by the Center for Molecular and Biomolecular Imaging, combines two major events: the Kickoff for our Advanced Light Imaging and Spectroscopy (ALIS) Facility, and the Southeast Ultrafast Laser Conference 2019, supported by Coherent.

Preregistration is free, because of sponsorship by Coherent Inc. and the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative.  However, to guarantee access for the reception and meals, please preregister at https://go.coherent.com/SEUFC2019.

The preliminary symposium schedule is as follows:

Sunday, October 6, 2019

James Bonk Lecture Hall, French Family Science Center
  • 4:30 - 5 pm Registration
  • 5:00 pm Opening Remarks
    • Larry Carin - VP for Research, Duke University
    • Ed McCleskey - Science Officer, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
  • 5:30-7:00 pm Plenary Session
    • Margaret Murnane, University of Colorado/JILA
      Session Topic: Tabletop X-Ray Lasers: From Starwars to Nanotechnology
    • Henry Kapteyn, KM Labs/ University of Colorado
      Session Topic: Commercializing Quantum Technologies: The Long Road to Bringing Coherent X-Rays to Commercial Relevance
  • 7 pm Reception

Monday, October 7, 2019

Love Auditorium, Levine Science Research Center
  • 7:30-8:30 Breakfast, LSCR atrium
  • 8:30-10:00 Novel imaging techniques
    • Junjie Yao – Duke, Roarke Horstmeyer – Duke, Kevin Welsher – Duke
  • 10:30-12:00 Ultrafast spectroscopy/imaging applications
    • Tessa Calhoun – Knoxville/Oak Ridge, Phil Castellano – NCSU, David Grass – Duke
  • 12 - 2 Lunch and Poster Session
  • 2:00 - 3:30 Microscopy applications in biology/medicine
    • Dan Kiehart – Duke, Daniel Lew – Duke, Scott Soderling - Duke
  • 4:00 - 5:30 Spectroscopy and imaging in material science/art
    • John Delaney - National Gallery of Art, Jin Yu – Duke, David Mitzi - Duke

Tuesday, October 8, 2019

Love Auditorium, Levine Science Research Center
  • 7:30-8:30 Breakfast, LSCR atrium
  • 8:30-10:00 Novel imaging techniques II
    • Jerome Mertz – Boston University, Paul Campagnola – Illinois, Wes Legant – UNC
  • 10:30-12:00 Novel Imaging Techniques III
    • Susanne Ullrich – UGA, Andrea Giovannucci – UNC, Andy Shih – Children’s Research Hospital
  • 12 - 2 Lunch and Lab Tours
  • 2:00 - 3:00 Advances in Instrumentation
    • Nico Pegard – UNC, Jon Stewart/Maiken Mikkelsen – Duke