Nikon Imaging Centres Directors Meeting 2018

9 - 10 May, 2018
Genoa, Italy

Info

On Wednesday, May 9th, 14.00 to 19.00 Keynote Lectures

Location: Sala delle Grida - City Center - piazza De Ferrari, Genoa, Italy

All together dinner for invited attendees and speakers will be offered at 8 pm in a Magnificent Palace in Genoa Historical Center

On Thursday, May 10th, 9.00 to 17.00 NIC Directors Meeting at Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia

Location: Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, via Morego 30, Genoa, Italy

Confirmed Faculty

Ulrike Engel
Tomomi Nemoto
Maddy Parson
Lucie Sengmanivong
Joshua Zachary Rappoport
Jennifer Christine Waters
Alberto Luini
Chiara Cordiglieri
Davide Mazza
Paolo Bianchini
Colin Sheppard
Alberto Diaspro

Program

Wednesday 9th May, 2018

Location: Sala delle Grida - City Center - piazza De Ferrari, Genoa, Italy

Open access session

Time	Event/Speaker	Description	Institution
13:30 - 14:00	Registration & Coffee
14:00 - 19:00	Opening remarks	Alberto Diaspro, Paolo Bianchini	IIT, Genoa, Italy
	Colin J.R. Sheppard	Confocal microscopy: past, present, and future.	IIT, Genoa, Italy
	Chiara Cordiglieri	Chasing RNAbows: looking for multiple RNA single molecules in tumor infiltration	Imaging Unit, Istituto di Genetica Molecolare, Milan, Italy
	Marc Castello	The next generation confocal microscope	Genoa Instruments, IIT spin-off, Genoa, Italy
	Davide Mazza	Live-cell single molecule imaging of transcriptional activation: lessons from the tumor suppressor p53	San Raffaele Scientific Institute. Experimental Imaging Center Milan, Italy
	Alberto Luini	Novel linkage error-free probes to integrate super-resolution, FRET and electron microscopy.	EuroBioimaging Italian advanced microscopy node, IBP-CNR, Naples
	Luca Lanzanò	Encoding and decoding spatio-temporal information for super resolved imaging of nuclear structures	IIT, Genoa, Italy
20:00 - 23:00	Social Dinner	Ristorante “CAVO" (reserved for faculties/speakers)

Thursday 10th May, 2018

Location: Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, via Morego 30, Genoa, Italy

Please note that this is a closed session for NICs directors and Nikon staff

Time	Event/Speaker	Description	Institution
09:00 - 09:30	Opening remarks	Alberto Diaspro, Paolo Bianchini
		Marco Nardini, Marco Tedeschi	Nikon Italy
		Laura Schneider	Nikon Europe
09:30 - 11:00		Joshua Z. Rappoport	NIC@NU-FSM, Northwestern University, Chicago, USA
		Maddy Parsons	NIC@King's, King's College London, London, UK
		Ulrike Engel	NIC@Uni-Heidelberg, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
11:00 - 11:30	Coffee break
11:30 - 13:00		Lucie Sengmanivong	NIC@Curie’s Institut (NIMCE), Institut Curie, Paris, France
		Kohei Otomo	NIC@HU, Hokkaido University, Hokkaido, Japan
		Paolo Bianchini	NIC@IIT, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genova, Italy
13:00 - 14:30	Lunch
14:30 - 16:00	Round Table	NICs future trends networking
16:00 - 17:00	Labs Visit
17:00 - 17:30	Closing remarks	Alberto Diaspro

How to reach Genoa

By Plane

The airport of Genova Cristoforo Colombo (GOA) is the most rapid and immediate connection with the Italian and European cities. There are daily direct flights from/to Rome, London, Paris, Munich. Located in Sestri Ponente, around 6 km from the city centre it is well connected to the city by both train and bus, the bus “AMT 100 Volabus” (Volabus Shuttle) departs every 30 mins. and brings passengers direct to the City Centre. Making only three stops: the two main railways stations (Genova Piazza Principe and Genova Brignole) and Piazza De Ferrari, one of Genoa’s central squares. The transfer takes 25 mins. and tickets cost €6.00.

By Plane from/to another Airport

Milan airports, Malpensa (MPX), Linate (LIN) and Orio al Serio (BGY), as well as Pisa airport (PSA) and Nice Côte d'Azur airport (NCE) are also easily reachable from Genova either by car (2 to 3 hours) by bus or by train, and connected to many destinations, also through low-cost companies. Direct bus transfers are available from Milan & Nice to Genoa, the train (Trenitalia) is also a convenient choice. While from Pisa Airport the direct trains to Genoa are available at Pisa Central railway station which is only an 8 minute journey using the innovative «Pisa Mover».

By Train

The coast is served by the line Ventimiglia-Genova-La Spezia which extends the connections with the Costa Azzurra (Nice) and with the Tirrenian coast (Rome). The lines Genova-Torino and Genova-Milano connect the capital of Liguria with the North Italy and the whole Europe. The main train stations of Genova are "Genova Principe" and Genova "Brignole. "On line timetable is available on the web site of the Trenitalia

By Car

There are motorways connecting Genova to: Riviera di Ponente: A10, Costa Azzurra: A10, Riviera di Levante: A12, Milano: A7, Torino and Valle d'Aosta: A26, which are in turn connected with the Italian and European network.