GENERAL PROGRAM

REGISTRATION
09:00-16:00 Sunday, September 25
09:00-19:00 Monday, September 26 – Wednesday, September 28

OPENING (Sunday, September 25. Room “1930”)
17:00-17:30 Inauguration speeches
17:30-18:30 Keynote Conference. David Cockayne (UK, President of IFSM). Microscopy of Nanostructures
18:30-19:30 Break; Visit to Commercial Exhibit
19:30 Welcome cocktail

ORAL SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS (Monday-Wednesday, September 26-28; rooms “1930”and “Taganana”)
08:30-13:00 Parallel Thematic Sessions
13:00-14:00/14:15 Noon Break
14:00/14:15-19:00 Parallel Thematic Sessions

COURSES (Thursday-Friday, September 29-30)
09:00-16:00 Working sessions, with breaks; time to be adjusted by Faculty

POSTERS SESSIONS (Monday-Thursday, September 26-29; room “Vedado”)
08:30-19:00 Poster exhibit and on-site discussion\

COMMERCIAL EXHIBIT (September 25-29, 09:00-18:30; room “Vedado”)

CONGRESS CLOSURE (Friday, September 30, 17:00; room “Taganana”)



DAY DISTRIBUTION OF PARALLEL ORAL THEMATIC SESSIONS


Room “1930”

 
Monday 26
Tuesday 27
Wednesday 28
08:30-13:00
High Resolution Microscopy
Analytical Techniques

Electron Tomography
Physical Metallurgy, Microstructures, Metallography

Nanostructures, Thin Films and Catalysts
14:00-19:00
Scanning Electron Microscopy

Physical Metallurgy, Microstructures, Metallography
Assembly of the CIASEM members

Nanostructures, Thin Films and Catalysts

Room “Taganana”

 
Monday 26
Tuesday 27
Wednesday 28
08:30-13:00
Structural and Cell Biology

Parasitology

Neurosciences
14:00-19:00

Techniques
Biology of the Nucleous

Teaching
Assembly of the CIASEM members (please move to Room “1930”)

Confocal Microscopy

ORAL SESSIONS IN DETAIL
  • On the Table Index below, click on specific Oral Sessions for fast access, or scroll down along the page.
  • Available abstracts of conferences and talks can be accessed by clicking on the "PDF" sign after the title.
  • The detailed Poster Presentations Program is available in: Poster sessions....
       
INSTRUMENTATION AND ANALYSIS. Conference Room: "1930"
         
Congress Day 1.- Monday September 26
     
Oral Session: High-Resolution Microscopy. Chairperson: Hannes Lichte (Germany)
08:30-09:15
Hannes Lichte (Germany) Which atoms are where? Which fields are around? Nanoquestions Answered by Quantitative Electron Holography PDF
09:15-09:45
Robert Sinclair (USA) In Situ Microscopy at High Resolution
09:45-10:00
Nobuo Tanaka (Japan) First Cross-Sectional Analysis of MgO {100} Surfaces by Cs-corrected TEM. PDF
10:00-10:15
Discussion      
10:15-10:45
Break      
10:45-11:15
Catherine Brechignac (France) Synthesis, Characterization and Dynamics of Nano-Architectures built from Cluster Deposition
 
Oral Session: Analytical Techniques. Chairperson: Ray Egerton (Canada)
11:15-11:45
Ray Egerton (Canada) Radiation Damage in the TEM PDF
11:45-12:15
Christian Colliex (France) Recent developments in spatially-resolved EELS PDF
12:15-12:45
Caribay Urbina (Venezuela) Physical Methods vs Chemical Methods for PVDF structural studies by SEM/TEM PDF
12:45-13:00
Discussion      
       
13:00-14:15
Break
       
Oral Session: Scanning Electron Microscopy. Chairperson: Alwyn Eades (USA)
14:15-15:00
Miran Ceh (Slovenia) HAADF-STEM Imaging: From a Qualitative to a Quantitative Interpretation of Atomic-Resolution HAADF-STEM Images. PDF
15:00-15:30
John Mansfield (USA) FIB and ESEM PDF
15:30-16:00
Alwyn Eades (USA) Improvements in Monte Carlo simulation for SEM PDF
16:00-16:15
Discussion
   
15:15-16:45
Break      
16:45-17:15
Raynald Gauvin (Canada) How to get the Best of Electron Microscopy with Monte Carlo Simulations PDF
17:15-17:30
 Discussion      
       
17:30-19:00
Poster session
       
Congress Day 2.- Tuesday September 27
       
Electron Tomography. Chairperson: Nobuo Tanaka (Japan)
08:30-09:15
Nobuo Tanaka (Japan) Cryo-electron tomography of magnetic and catalytic clusters, nanotubes, polymers and human cells PDF
09:15-09:30
Discussion  
       
18:00-19:00
Poster session
       
       
PHYSICAL SCIENCES. Conference Room: "1930"
       
Congress Day 2.- Tuesday September 27
       
Oral Session: Physical Metallurgy, Microstructures, Metallography.
Chairperson:
David Cockayne (UK)
09:30-10:15
David Cockayne (UK) Studies of interfaces - HAADF and RDF analyses using an aberration corrected TEM/STEM PDF
10:15-10:30
Discussion      
10:30-11:00
Break      
11:00-11:30
Marcos Farina (Brazil) Patterns of Biominerals Deposition (Contributions from Energy Filtering Electron Microscopy) PDF
11:30-12:00
Rodrigo Palma (Chile) Characterization by transmission electron microscopy of Cu alloys strengthened by ceramic nanoparticles PDF
12:00-12:15
Discussion      
       
12:15-14:00
Break
       
 Oral Session: Physical Metallurgy... (cont...).
Chairperson:
Luis Henrique de Almeida (Brazil)
14:00-14:30
Luis Henrique de Almeida (Brazil) A TEM Study of the Precipitation Evolution in CrMo and CrW ferritic steels and its relationship with creep behaviour PDF
14:30-14:45
Sandra Landi et al. (Ecuador)
Transmission Electron Microscope Images of Dot-in-a-Well InAs/InGaAs/InP Structures. PDF
14:45-15:00
Paola Ayala et al. (Brazil) TEM characterization of metal matrix nanocomposites PDF
15:00-15:30
Discussion      
15:30-15:45
Break      
       
15:45-18:00
Assembly of the Council of the Inter American Committee
of Societies for Electron Microscopy
   
 
18:00-19:00
Poster session
         
Congress Day 3.- Wenesday September 28
       
Oral Session: Nanostructures, Thin Films and Catalysts.
Chairperson:
Eva Olsson (Sweden)
08:30-09:15
Eva Olsson (Sweden) Local Probing of the Properties and Structure of Nanostructures Using TEM and STM-TEM PDF
09:15-09:45
Carlos Otero Diaz (Spain) Nanostructured carbon from chlorination of metallocenes PDF
09:45-10:00
Discussion      
10:00-10:30
Break      
10:30-11:00
Christian Colliex (France) Analysis of individual nanostructures such as clusters, small particles and nanotubes PDF
11:00-11:30
Gema Gonzalez (Venezuela) Synthesis of Nanophase Materials PDF
11:30-12:00
Werner Stracke (Germany) High-Resolution Scanning Electron and Scanning Force Microscopy of the Zeolites EMT, FAU and the Intergrowth System EMT/FAU PDF
12:00-12:30
Discussion      
         
12:30-14:00
Break
       
Oral Session: Contibuted Papers
Chairperson:
Carlos Lariot (Cuba)
14:00-14:15
Carlos A. Toledo et al. (Cuba) 40 years of scanning electrón microscope PDF
14:15-14:30
E. Peón Avés et al. (Cuba/Spain) A Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) Study of the Hydroxyapatite Sol-Gel Coating Over MA956 Alloy PDF
14:30-14:45
J. R. Correa et al. (Cuba/Spain) SEM Magnetic Characterization of Hexagonal Plate-Like Iron Oxide Particles PDF
14:00-14:15
Carlos Lariot et al. (Cuba/France) Determination of Polymer Infiltration Ability in Coralinar Hidroxiapatite. SEM Study of the Resulting Composite PDF
15:00-15:30
Discussion
     
15:30-16:00
Break
     
16:00-16:15
Urbano Ordóñez et al. (Cuba) Characterization of Hard Boron Coatings Deposited on Austempered Ductile Iron by Means of Scanning Electron Microscope and X-rays Microanalysis PDF
16:15-16:30
Olimpia Arias de Fuente et al. (Cuba/Italy) Characterisation by SEM of Membranes for Ion Selective Electrodes Sensitive to Heavy Metal PDF
16:30-16:45
Laura Cubillana el al. (Cuba) Application of Scanning Electron Microscopy to Study the Behaviour of Electrochemical Sensors Based on Sonogel-Carbon Materials PDF
16:45-17:00
Carlos A. Toledo (Cuba) Forensic Investigation of Paint in Traffic Accident Cases PDF
17:00-17:30
Discussion      
       
17:30-19:00
Poster session
         

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BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES. Conference Room: "Taganana"
 
Congress Day 1.- Monday September 26
     
Oral Session: Structural and Cell Biology. Chairperson: Raúl Padrón (Venezuela)
08:30-09:15
Raúl Padrón (Venezuela) Molecular mechanism of myosin-linked regulation of muscle contraction PDF
09:15-09:45
Shotaro Sakisaka (Japan) Biliary secretion of endotoxin and liver diseases PDF
09:45-10:00
Discussion  
10:00-10:30
Break      
10:30-11:00
Bettine Boetcher (Germany) Conformational change of the Adeno-associated virus type 2 capsid leads to exposure of VP1 N-termini PDF
11:00-11:30
Jose Ruiz-Caston (Spain) Structural analysis of Infectious Bursal Disease Virus capsid PDF
11:30-11:45
Discussion  
11:45-12:15
Jose Carrascosa (Spain) Electron tomography of Vaccinia Virus PDF
12:15-12:45
Cristina Risco (Spain) Structural analysis of viral replication and morphogenesis inside viral factories PDF
12:45-13:00
Discussion      
       
13:00-14:30
Break
       
 Techniques. Chairperson: Juergen M. Plitzko (Germany)
14:30-15:00
Juergen M. Plitzko (Germany) Cryo-electron tomography: State of the art and future perspectives PDF
15:00-15:30
José Mascorro (USA) Preparing biological tissues and digital images for TEM study PDF
15:30-16:00
Discussion      
16:00-16:30
Break      
       
Oral Session: Biology of the Nucleous. Chairperson: Luis F. Jiménez García (Mexico)
16:30-17:00
Luis F. Jiménez García (Mexico) Atomic Force microscopy of the nucleus PDF
17:00-17:30
María de L. Segura Valdez (Mexico) Microscopy of a conserved nuclear structure in chordata PDF
17:30-18:00
Rosario Ortiz Hernández (Mexico) Microscopy of meiosis PDF
18:00-18:30
Discussion      
       
18:30-19:00
Poster session
       
Congress Day 2.- Tuesday September 27
       
Oral Session: Parasitology. Chairperson: Victor Tsutsumi (Mexico)
08:30-09:15
Victor Tsutsumi (Mexico) Experimental Models to Study the Pathogenesis of Amoebiasis: Contribution of Morphological Methodologies. PDF
09:15-09:45
Mineko Shibayama-Salas (Mexico) Role of Erythrophagocytosis in Free-Living Amoebae PDF
09:45-10:15
Jose de Jesus Serrano-Luna (Mexico)
The proteasome of Entamoeba histolytica PDF
10:15-10:30
Discussion  
10:30-11:00
Break  
11:00-11:45
Juan Pablo Bozzini (Argentina) Microscopy as an important tool for increasing knowledge about the biology of Trypanosomatidea related with Reduvidea hemiptera vectors for Trypanosoma cruzi PDF
11:45-12:15
Marta Mariano (Argentina) Female gonads morphogenesis an differentiation in Triatoma infestans ( From optical to transmition electron microscopy) PDF
12:15-12:30
Discussion  
       
12:30-14:00
Break
       
 Oral Session: Teaching. Chairperson: Ana Rosa Ramírez Albajés (Cuba)
14:00-14:15
Ana Rosa Ramírez Albajés (Cuba) Application of Computer Media for the Study of Histology in the Latin American School of Medicine PDF
14:15-14:30
Maritza González Bravo (Cuba) Application of Computer Media for the Study of the Endocrine System in Histology PDF
14:30-14:45
 Discussion      
   
14:45-15:15
V. Garibay-Febles (Mexico) Performance of the Titan Microscopy (FEI®) with and without spherical aberration correction at 300 KV PDF
15:15-15:45
Break      
       
15:45-18:00
Assembly of the Council of the Inter American Committee
of Societies for Electron Microscopy
   
 
18:00-19:00
Poster session
 
       
Congress Day 3.- Wenesday September 28
       
Oral Session: Neurosciences. Chairperson: Alan Castellanos (Venezuela)
08:30-09:15
Orlando Castejón (Venezuela) Laser Confocal immunomicroscopy of the developing brain. Demonstration of sinapsin and postsinaptic proteins PDF
09:15-09:45
Alan Castellano (Venezuela) Ultrastructural aspects of the interendothelial union complexes and the vascular microenvironment in human astrocytomas PDF
09:45-10:00
Discussion      
10:00-10:30
Break  
10:30-11:00
María Palmar (Venezuela) Optical microscopy and SEM of the cerebelum during development
11:00-11:30
Gabriel Arismendi (Venezuela) Mitochondrial Ultrastructure in Human Astrocytic Tumors PDF
11:30-12:00
Fredi Sánchez (Venezuela) Morphological and functional polarization of the embryonic development of neuroepithelium in vertebrates.PDF
12:00-12:30
Discussion      
 
12:30-14:00
Break
       
Oral Session: Confocal Microscopy. Chairperson: Juan Kourí (Mexico-Cuba)
14:00-14:45
Juan Kourí (Mexico-Cuba) Chondroptosis: A variant of the Classical Apoptosis. A Confocal Microscopy Study PDF
14:45-15:15
Fernando Navarro (Mexico) Applications of confocal microscopy in cell microbiology PDF
15:15-15:40
Francisco Garcia-Sierra (Mexico) Importance of confocal microscopy in the molecular pathology of neurodegenerative diseases: Alzheimer disease PDF
15:40-16:00
Break      
16:00-16:30
Viviana Falcón (Cuba) Applications of confocal microscopy in the study of viral replication in hepatocytes of PCR-negative patients with Hepatitis C Virus PDF
16:30-16:50
Discussion  
16:50-17:30
Peter Fruhstorfer and Peter Kraemer (Karl Zeiss; Germany and Mexico) Innovations in Scanning Electron and Confocal Microscopy PDF
 
17:30-19:00
Poster session
 

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