Isuru attended the second annual Edinburgh Super Resolution Imaging Consortium (ESRIC) symposium, held this year at the Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine (IGMM) of the University of Edinburgh (UoE). His talk on the Molecular-scale imaging of ryanodine receptors at both the cell surfaces and interiors with the adaptation of DNA-PAINT was well-received by a range of researchers based in Edinburgh and regionally in Europe.
Highlights from this meeting included a number of world class investigations led by research fellows and academics in UoE and Heriot Watt University. Of note, were Dr Colin Rickman’s talk on using naturally occurring enzymes as super-resolution imaging probes, Dr Lynn Paterson’s adaptation of optofluidic devices and optical tweezers for developing novel optical tools for cell biology. The plenary speaker was Prof Christophe Zimmer (from Institut Pasteur) who spoke about the adaptation of artificial neuronal networks (a tool called ANNA-PALM) to speed up super-resolution microscopy and demonstrate high throughput imaging of structures such as microtubules, nuclear pore complexes and mitochondria. We now eagerly anticipate his paper on ANNA-PALM out in press very soon.
The conference was organised by Dr Ann Wheeler and colleagues of the ESRIC and showcased their world class line up of microscopy platforms including a state-of-the-art Nikon STORM and SIM instrument and a Leica STED system.
