22nd Annual Advanced Imaging Methods Workshop
January 21 – 23, 2025
aim2025.eventbrite.com
More info coming soon!
The Advanced Imaging Methods Workshop (AIM) is a 3-day event hosted by the CRL Molecular Imaging Center at UC Berkeley. AIM features new and emerging microscopy techniques and their applications in the biological sciences. We bring together internationally-renowned researchers in a broad variety of fields including biology, chemistry, physics, engineering, probe design, cellular biology, neuroscience, optics, metabolism and more. Past speakers have included six Nobel Laureates: Roger Tsien, WE Moerner, Stephen Hell, Eric Betzig, Steven Chu, and Carolyn Bertozzi.
AIM has always had a particular focus on time-resolved techniques, such as time-correlated single photon counting and fluorescence lifetime imaging, as well as live cell and multiphoton microscopy. This year we will also include a special session on CRISPR.
In addition to invited talks from scientific leaders, AIM2025 will include demonstrations on campus, sponsor demonstrations, software tutorials, tours of UC Berkeley imaging facilities, and a evening receptions for all. There will also be a poster session and vendor fairs, both with prizes.
AIM includes gourmet lunch on-site each day, coffee breaks, and plenty of opportunities for interactions among participants.
Registration information is coming soon.
Please reach out to us to Sponsor AIM 2025!
Organizers
Holly Aaron, Molecular Imaging Center, University of California, Berkeley
Luis Alvarez, Molecular Imaging Center, University of California, Berkeley
Wolfgang Becker, Becker-Hickl, Germany
Feather Ives, Molecular Imaging Center, University of California, Berkeley
Adeela Syed, Optical Biology Facility, University of California, Irvine
Last Year’s Event Info:
21st Annual Advanced Imaging Methods Workshop
January 23 – 25, 2024
aim2024.eventbrite.com
Full Agenda Agenda at a Glance Abstracts Map
Sessions 2024:
California All-Star Microscopists
- Uri Manor, Salk Institute for Biological Studies
- Loic Royer, Chan Zuckerberg Biohub
- Laura Waller, University of California, Berkeley
Cellular interactions
- Michael Böersch, Friedrich Schiller University Jena
- Thomas Gensch, Forschungszentrum Jülich- Institute of Complex Systems
- Angelika Rück, Ulm University
Chemistry in Motion
- Alexander L. Ayzner, University of California, Santa Cruz
- Neville Dadina, University of California, Berkeley
- Steve Vogel, National Institutes of Health
Clearing and Expansion Microscopy
- Joerg Bewersdorf, Yale University
- Sarah Calve, University of Colorado, Boulder
- Sunil Gandhi, University of California, Irvine
- Piero Sanfilippo, University of California, Los Angeles
Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging
- Wolfgang Becker, Becker-Hickl
- Klaus Suhling, King’s College London
Image Analysis
- Jordao Bragantini, Chan Zuckerberg Biohub
- Hannah Jeckel, California Institute of Technology
Microscopy in Industry
- Meredith Calvert, Denali Therapeutics
- Amine Driouchi, Eikon Therapeutics
- Kayley Hake, Calico Labs
New Technologies (Brought to you by PAIR-UP)
- Edwin Fohtung, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
- Moussa Ngom, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Optimizing Quantitative Histology
- Caroline Miller, Histology & Imaging Consultancy
Photo-ablation and uncaging studies
- Cody Depew, Pennsylvania State University
- Criss Hartzell, Emory University School of Medicine
- Justin Williams, University of California, Berkeley
- Vivien Tran, University of California, Berkeley
Pre-clinical Imaging
- Margarida Barroso, Albany Medical College
- Yousuf Mohammed, University of Queensland
- Ammasi Periasamy, University of Virginia
- Melissa Skala, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Probing the environment
- Ahmed Heikal, University of Minnesota Duluth
- Katie Link, National Institutes of Health
- Jay Nadeau, Portland State University
- Susanna Yaeger-Weiss, University of California, Berkeley
Raster Imaging Correlation Spectroscopy
- Michelle Digman, University of California, Irvine
- Matthew Ferguson, Boise State University
- Falk Schneider, University of Southern California
Scientific Outreach
- Gisele Giorgi, Merritt College Microscopy Program
- Feather Ives, Merritt College Microscopy Program
- Anand Varma, Anand Varma Photography
- Ariel Waldman, National Geographic Explorer
Spatial Genomics
- Petros Giannikopoulos, Innovative Genomics Institute, University of California, Berkeley
- Gowoon Son, University of California, San Francisco
Sponsors
Organizers
Holly Aaron, Molecular Imaging Center, University of California, Berkeley
Luis Alvarez, Molecular Imaging Center, University of California, Berkeley
Wolfgang Becker, Becker-Hickl, Germany
Alexander Ehrenberg, University of California, Berkeley
Feather Ives, Molecular Imaging Center, University of California, Berkeley
Danielle Jorgens, Electron Microscope Lab, University of California, Berkeley
George Langford, PAIR-UP Imaging Science Program, Syracuse University
Rick Mannello, Boston Electronics
Denise Schichnes, Biological Imaging Facility, University of California, Berkeley
Adeela Syed, Optical Biology Facility, University of California, Irvine
Our previous events:
20th Annual Advanced Imaging Methods Workshop
January 24 – 26, 2023
POSTERS DEMOS
AIM 2022 online: https://hopin.com/events/advanced-imaging-methods-workshop-2022/registration
4D Advanced Microscopy of Brain Circuits Course – on hold until further notice
A collaborative effort between the CRL-Molecular Imaging Center, the Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, UC Berkeley faculty and graduate students, and Zeiss Microscopy, the inaugural 4D Advanced Microscopy in Brain Circuits course, held from January 10-15, 2016, was a huge success! Sixteen students from around the country participated in lectures and hands-on labs where they had access to state-of-the-art instruments.
4DAMBC is currently on hold.
Please contact brainmic@berkeley.edu for more information.
The 2017 course was May 21-27, 2017. More information here: official course website.
