Neuroscience 04: Deciphering the Connectome with Instruments and Solutions from ZEI

JENA/Germany, WASHINGTON D.C./USA, 22.10.2014.

Analyzing the complex synaptic network formed by the billions of interconnected neurons is a key challenge for todays neuroscientists. Automated sample preparation, high throughput electron microscopes and the clearing of brain tissue are necessary prerequisites to view large networks. Clearing techniques are chemical treatments that make tissue transparent and allow a three-dimensional in-depth view of neural networks.

To actively support information sharing and dialogue among scientists, ZEISS is sponsoring two webinars on this topic. In cooperation with Science/AAAS, ZEISS is presenting "Connectomics at the cutting edge challenges and opportunities in high-resolution brain mapping". In this webinar, Jeffrey Lichtman, Harvard University, and Moritz Helmstaedter, Max Planck Institute for Brain Research Frankfurt, will give an introduction to high-resolution connectomics and the methods currently used to create 3D reconstructions of the brain, discuss new advances and limitations and present their own research. The webinar will take place on Monday, November 3, 2014 at 12 noon EST. More information and registration at http://bit.ly/connectomics

In a second webinar hosted by ELSEVIER, Dr. Kwanghun Chung, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dr. Viviana Gradinaru, Caltech Division of Biology and Biological Engineering and Dr. Olga Efimova, National Research Center Kurchatov Institute in Moscow will present the techniques they use in their labs to rapidly clear intact brain and other tissues. "New Brain and Whole Body Tissue Clearing Techniques for Imaging" will be presented on November 3, 2014 at 1 p.m. EST. More information and registration at http://bit.ly/tissueclearing

For more advancements in confocal microscopy, imaging of cleared samples, and scanning electron microscopy visit ZEISS at Neuroscience, November 16 - 19, 2014, Washington, D.C., Booth #2501: www.zeiss.com/neuroscience

Dr. Jochen Tham

Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH

Phone: +49 3641 64-3949

Fax:

jochen.tham@zeiss.com

About ZEISS

ZEISS is an international leader in the fields of optics and optoelectronics. The more than 24,000 employees of ZEISS generated revenue of about 4.2 billion euros in fiscal year 2012/13. Founded in 1846 in Jena, the company is headquartered in Oberkochen, Germany. ZEISS has been contributing to technological progress for more than 160 years. ZEISS develops and produces solutions for the semiconductor, automotive and mechanical engineering industries, biomedical research and medical technology, as well as eyeglass lenses, camera and cine lenses, binoculars and planetariums. ZEISS is present in over 40 countries around the globe with more than 40 production facilities, around 50 sales and service locations and over 20 research and development sites. Carl Zeiss AG is fully owned by the Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung (Carl Zeiss Foundation).

The Microscopy Business Group

The Microscopy business group is the worlds only one-stop manufacturer of light, X-ray and electron microscopes. Its extensive portfolio enables research and routine applications in the life and materials sciences. The Microscopy business group is headquartered in Jena. Additional production and development sites are located in Oberkochen, G ttingen and Munich, as well as in Cambridge in the UK, in Peabody, MA and Pleasanton, CA in the USA. The business group has around 3,000 employees. It generated revenue of 629 million euros in fiscal year 2012/13.

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