SOLVING NATURE’S MYSTERIES USING 

ADVANCED BIOIMAGING APPROACHES

Yerevan, Armenia, 4-6 November, 2024

Conference Venue: Congress Hotel, Ballroom

DAY 3

TimeTopicSpeaker
9.30 – 10.00Coffee time
Emerging technologies and new approaches
10.00 – 10.30Light Sheet Fluorescence Expansion Microscopy for the Study of Brain Tissue and OrganoidsUlrich Kubitscheck, Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Germany
10.30 – 11.00New insights from spectroscopic bioimagingSergei Kazarian, Imperial College, UK
11.00 – 11.30Alternative Imaging Techniques in Exploring the Dynamics of cAMP in PhototransductionMichael Firsov, IEPHB RAS, Russia
11.30 – 12.00Magnetoencephalography (MEG): A noninvasive alternative to invasive proceduresVahe Poghosyan, National Neuroscience Institute Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
12.00 – 13.00 Lunchtime
13.00 – 13.30Investigating mitochondrial and astrocytic alterations in the aging brain using two-photon imagingAlexander Popov, Kurchatov Institute, Russia
13.30 – 14.00Fluorescence microscopy and methods of studying germline cellsViktor Spangenberg, Institute of Zoology and Hydroecology, Armenia
14.00 – 14.15Seeing leukocyte biology through the eyes of Intravital MicroscopyGustavo Menezes, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil
14.15 – 14.30 Coffee time
Funding & Collaboration opportunities
14.30 – 14.45Imaging 4 All (i4A): Funding Opportunities for Imaging Scientists by Global BioImagingDeniz Saltukoglu, Scientific Project Manager, Global BioImaging, Germany
14.45 – 15.00Science Funding MechanismsVeronika Aghajanyan, FAST Research Advancement Programs Lead, Armenia
15.00 – 15.15Horizon Europe funding opportunitiesTigran Arzumanyan, Chairman of SIPAS Foundation, Armenia
15.15 – 15.30Insights into Armenia R&D policy issuesTigran Shahverdyan, GITUZH
15.30 – 15.45AWARDS for best poster and best image
15.45 – 16.00CLOSING remarks
16.00 – 17.00 OIPH labs tour (optional)
  • ERAC – European Research Area Chair Project
  • OIPH -Orbeli Institute of Physiology
  • AUA – American University of Armenia