Electrophysiology and Imaging Workshop

Feb. 2003

The 2-days workshop was an intensive workshop to introduce scientists and researchers to patch-clamp and imaging methods on brain slices. These are powerful methods to study synaptic connections and ion channels in the brain. The lectures were conducted by Professor George Augustine in the morning of Monday 3 and Tuesday 4 March 2003 . Prof. Augustine is a George J. Geller Professor in Department of Neurobiology at Duke University Medical Center . The afternoon sessions were hands-on from 2:00PM until 10:30PM in the evening for participants to get acquaint with the exercises. There were more than 80 participants in the lectures and 20 participants in the lab from institutes and Universities as far as UWA of Australia. The hands-on was in high demand, and thus the lab was extended till the end of the week. The workshop was concluded in the evening of 8 March.

Organizing Commitee: Psyche Lee (Chair), Lim, Tit-Meng, Soong, Tuck-Wah, Low, Chian Ming.

Lecturer: Professor George J. Augustine, Duke Univ. Med. Ctr.

Teaching Assistant: Dr. Jeremy Ederton, Department of Biology, Emory Univ.

Lab Assistants: Tay, Bee Ling, Li Yuhong, Yan, Tie, Lu, Song-Qing

Supportive staffs: Cynthia Lee, Ann Nee, Junia Heng, Claire Lee, Yip Hoi Kee, Ho Chong Mun, Subha N, Wong Wai Peng, and Chua Whye Leng.

Lectures/Lab:

• Lecture 1: Patch-clamp Recording in Brain slices
• Lecture 2: Combining Imaging and Patch-clamp Recording in Brain Slices
• Lab note hand out

Photos

Support:

• Financial support by NNI-NUS Committe (Chair: Dr. Yee Woon-Chee) and Biotechnology Worshop (Chair: A/P Lim Tit-Meng)
• Equipments provided by Axon Instruments, Nikon Singapore and Imaging.
• Venue and Technical support provided by Department of Biological Sciences, NUS

Participants:

Chang Siao Yun, Dong Pei-Pei, Hong Gao, Li Guang, Mui Cheng Liang, Liu Xiao, Eddie Ong, Gregory Tan, Wee Kee Tan, Feng Ru Tang, Tang Zhenzhi, Andrew Taylor, Vivek Verma, De Jie Yu, Zhou quan, Zhou Wei