8:00 am

Registration

8:45 am

Welcome/Introduction

9:00 am

Optical/fluorescent microscopy

9:30 am

Peter Ingram (Duke University)
Analytical Electron Microscopy in Biology

10:00 am

Barry Lai (APS/ANL)
X-Ray microbeam techniques and capabilities

10:30 am

Break

11:00 am

Peter Lay (University of Sydney)
Microprobe Mapping and Structure Determination of Intracellular Biotransformation Products of Carcinogens and Drugs

11:30 am

Richard Ortega (Laboratoire de Chimie Nucléaire Analytique et Bioenvironnementale CNRS UMR 5084 / Université de Bordeaux 1)
Chromium distribution and chemical speciation in human cells and tissues using x-ray microscopy

12:00 pm

Chris Jacobsen (SUNY at Stony Brook)
Soft x-ray microscopy and microanalysis for biological applications

12:30 pm

No host lunch (Please sit in Dining Room "A" of the Argonne's Cafeteria)

2:00 pm

Tatjana Paunesku (BIO/ANL)
Introduction of Nanocomposites of TiO2-DNA into Mammalian Cells

2:30 pm

Stephen Baines (SUNY at Stony Brook)
Measurement of trace element concentrations in marine and freshwater microbes using X-ray microscopy

3:00 pm

Ken Kemner (ER/ANL)
X-ray (Spectro)microscopy Investigations of Elemental Concentration and Speciation in Planktonic Bacteria and Biofilms

3:30 pm

Break

4:00 pm

Michael Flynn (Henry Ford Health System)
Quantitative Measurement of the Mineral Ultrastructure in Bone Specimens using Scanned Beam MicroTomography

4:30 pm

Gerd Schneider (Center for X-Ray Optics/LBL)
X-ray microscopy of biological specimens

5:00 pm

Kenneth Nealson (JPL/Caltech)
Title to be announced

6:30 pm

No host dinner at Argonne Guest House

9:00 am

Laurie Mets (University of Chicago)
Strategies for high resolution physical mapping of individual DNA molecules

9:30 am

Luiz Bermudez (Kuzell Institute for Arthritis and Infectious Diseases)
The influence of the Intracellular Environment in pathogen lifestyle

10:00 am

Open discussion (Moderator: Gayle Woloschak)
All participants are encouraged to highlight their research interests and goals. Possible applications of x-ray microbeam are greatly welcome but not required. Please limit presentation to 1-2 viewgraphs or < 5 minutes.

12:00 pm

Conclusions

12:30 pm

Workshop adjourn

2:00 pm

Tour of APS facility and microbeam stations, if sufficient interests