Abstracts submission is extended by 15 th July 2007:
Biological sciences: Grzegorz Tylko, Department of Cytology and Histology, Institute of
Zoology, Jagiellonian University, Ingardena 6, 30-060 Kraków, fax +48-12-634-49-51, email: tylko@zuk.iz.uj.edu.pl
Accommodation form
Please complete this form and return by July 15 th 2007 to:
Grzegorz Tylko, Jagiellonian University, 6 Ingardena Street, 30-060 Krakow, Poland; fax/phone: +48 12 634 49 51; e-mail: tylko@zuk.iz.uj.edu.pl
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Contact details:
Grzegorz Tylko, Department of Cytology and Histology, Institute of Zoology, Jagiellonian
University, Ingardena 6, 30-060 Kraków, tel. +48-12-663-24-25, fax +48-12-634-49-51, email: tylko@zuk.iz.uj.edu.pl
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Scope of the conference.
The conference is intended to enable exchange of information among the scientists interested in scanning and transmission electron microscopy as well as electron microprobe techniques.
Areas of interests include all aspects of electron microscopy and associated techniques in the field of biology, geology and material sciences.
Abstracts.
All participants in the conference are encouraged to submit an abstract for a poster contribution. The authors of the selected abstracts will be invited to present their work as oral presentation during the particular session.
Posters.
The size of the poster should not exceed A0 format: 84x119 cm.
Venue.
The conference will be held in Auditorium Maximum at Jagiellonian University in Kraków.
The address of the conference centre is 35 Krupnicza. The distance between hotels and the conference building is 10 minutes walk.
Organizers.
Department of Cytology and Histology, Institute of Zoology and Department of Mineralogy,
Petrology and Geochemistry, Institute of Geological Sciences, Jagiellonian University; the
Mineralogical Society of Poland
Scientific committee:
Elżbieta Pyza - Chairperson, Barbara Bilińska, Szczepan Biliński, Wincenty Kilarski,
Elżbieta Kuta, Marek Michalik, Katarzyna Turnau
Organizing committee:
Grzegorz Tylko - Chairperson, Zuzanna Banach, Bartosz Budzyń, Andrzej Fiertak, Alicja
Görlich, Monika Kasina, Anna Łatkiewicz, Danuta Semik, Beata Zych
Under the Auspices of: The Rector of Jagiellonian University, The Mineralogical Society of
Poland, European Microbeam Analysis Society – Polish National Branch, Polish Society for
Microscopy, Microscopy Commission of Polish Academy of Sciences
Our sponsors:

Scientific programme for the biological session.
The programme contains invited plenary lectures, biological and geological sessions, oral presentations of the most interesting papers and poster presentations.
Sunday, September 16
16.00-19.00 Registration (Auditorium Maximum)
Monday, September 17
7.30 Registration (Auditorium Maximum)
9.00 Welcome and Opening Address
The Rector of the Jagiellonian University and Elżbieta Pyza
The Head of Scanning Electron Microscopy Laboratory of Biological and Geological Sciences
Plenary Session
9.15 Wincenty Kilarski - How Did It Happen?
Department of Cytology and Histology, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
10.00 Wiesława Biczysko/Andrzej Marszałek - The Role of Terminal Vascular Network,
Parenchyma and Epithelia in the Air Stabilization within Pulmonary Alveoli after Birth.
Electron Microscopy Laboratory, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland
10.30 Elżbieta Jezierska - Universal Concept of Structural Tensegrity. Faculty of Materials
Science and Engineering, Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland
11.00 Coffee Break/Poster Presentations
Biological Session 1. Scanning Electron Microscopy
11.30 Janusz Wojtusiak - Morphological Features of Lepidoptera Examined in Scanning
Electron Microscope. Zoological Museum, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
12.00 Anna Pecio - Spermatogenesis in Teleost fishes, SEM and TEM Study.
Department of Comparative Anatomy, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
12.30 Marek Faryna - Image Formation and EDS Microanalysis in SEM with Variable
Pressure. Application to Dielectric Substances.
Institute of Metallurgy and Materials Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences, Krakow, Poland
13.00 Lunch
Biological Session 2. Microscopy and X-Ray Microanalysis
14.00 Wojciech Przybyłowicz - Micro-PIXE in Biological Sciences.
Materials Research Group, iThemba LABS, Somerset West, South Africa
14.30 Alice Warley - The Use of SEM and X-Ray Microanalysis in the Study of Apoptotic
Cell Death. CUI, King's College, London, UK
15.00 Michał Żelechower - Monte Carlo simulations of electron motion in materials and available software. University of Science and Technology, Katowice, Poland
15.30 Katarzyna Turnau - The Role of Microprobe Analysis in a Study of Detoxification
Mechanisms of Mycorrhiza Fungi.
Department of Ecological Microbiology, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
16.00 Coffee Break/Poster Presentations
Biological Session 3. Scanning and Transmission Electron Microscopy
16.30 Wojciech Witaliński - Tempus Fugit: The Structure of Mite Gamets.
Department of Comparative Anatomy, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
17.00 Bartosz Płachno – Carnivory in Genlisea.
Department of Plant Cytology and Embryology, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
17.30 Oral Presentations
19.00 City Tour
Tuesday, September 18
Biological Session 4. Transmission Electron Microscopy
08.30 Małgorzata Jasińska - Learning Induced Plasticity in the Barrel Cortex - TEM Study.
Department of Cytology and Histology, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
09.00 Mariusz Jaglarz – Cajal Bodies in Insect Oogenesis.
Department of Systematic Zoology, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
09.30 Nicolas Severs – Freeze-Fracture Electron Microscopy, Cytochemistry and the
Functional Morphology of Biological Membranes.
National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, London, UK
10.00 Oral Presentations
10.30 Coffee Break/Poster Presentations
Biological Session 5. Trends in Electron Microscopy
11.00 Ian A. Meinertzhagen – The More You See the More You Know: EM Tomography of
Synapses in Drosophila.
Life Sciences Centre, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada
11.30 Michael G. Stewart – Electron Microscopic 3-Dimensional Studies of Plasticity in
Mammalian Hippocampus.
Biological Sciences, Open University, Milton Keynes, UK
12.00 Andres Kaech - High Pressure Freezing: News and Views.
Bal-Tec, Life Science, Lichtenstein
12.30 Lunch
Plenary Session. What is New in Electron Microscopy?
13.30 Presentations of Companies
15.30 Coffee Break/Poster Presentations
Biological Session 6. Transmission Electron Microscopy
16.00 Andrzej Vorbrodt - The Validity of Immunogold Procedure in Studying the Molecular
Anatomy of Interendothelial Junctions.
Institute for Basic Research in Developmental Disabilities, New York, USA
16.30 Elżbieta Kuta - The Usefulness of SEM and TEM Images Analysis in Plant Anatomy,
Embryology and Tissue Culture.
Department of Plant Cytology and Embryology, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
17.00 ORAL Presentations
19.30 Conference Dinner
Electron Microscopy and Microanalysis Conference
Krakow, 17-18 th September 2007 to celebrate the 30 th Anniversary of Scanning Electron Microscopy Laboratory of
Biological and Geological Sciences and the 40 th Anniversary of JEOL in Poland