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2014 Fall Meeting

  • 02 Oct 2014
  • 4:30 PM - 8:30 PM
  • 1 Campus Center Way, Amherst, MA, 01003
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Join NESM for our Fall Meeting at UMass Amherst on Thursday, October 2nd.  The meeting will consist of a buffet dinner followed by two technical talks by Dr. Ryan Hayward of UMass Amherst and Dr. Andrew York of the National Institute for Biomedical Imaging & Bioengineering. Additionally, The UMass Amherst is providing an open house and demonstration at their EM Facility prior to the meeting. Speaker bios and lecture abstracts can be found below. 


UMass Amherst EM Facility Open House
2:00 PM - State of Electron Microscopy at UMass Amherst, Alexander Ribbe, Director of UMass Amherst EM Center (Conte A110/111)
3:00 PM - EM Center Tours (Conte B-122)
3:15 PM - Demonstration: Energy-filled Electron Microscopy - EELS and EFTEM imaging on a JEOL-2200FS

Meeting Schedule
4:30 PM - Registration - Campus Center 10th floor
5:45 PM  - Dinner 
6:30 PM - Welcome & Opening Remarks by NESM President Blair Rossetti 
6:50 PM -  "Patterning, manipulating, and characterizing polymer gel sheets and multilayers with programmed 3D configurations using optical microscopes", Ryan Hayward, PhD., University of Massachusetts Amherst 
7:40 PM - "Improving Light Microscopy: Sharper, Faster, Deeper, Longer", Andrew York, PhD., National Institute of Biomedical Imaging & Bioengineering 
8:30 PM - Closing Remarks 


Speaker Abstracts & Bios 

"Patterning, manipulating, and characterizing polymer gel sheets and multilayers with programmed 3D configurations using optical microscopes", Ryan Hayward, PhD., University of Massachusetts Amherst 
Abstract: 

An optical microscope represents a powerful and highly flexible platform for the patterning, manipulation, and observation of materials on the micro-scale. My group seeks to take advantage of these capabilities in the design of responsive materials based on polymer hydrogels. We employ both mask-based and maskless microscope projection lithography in the preparation of patterned sheets and multilayers of photo-crosslinkable polymer films, which allows for high fidelity patterning of complex 3D structures in a simple manner. Confocal fluorescence microscopy provides a powerful means to characterize the three-dimensional deformation of such materials in response to actuating stimuli, while patterns of light projected onto the sample plane allow for the manipulation of photo-thermally responsive materials.

Bio: 

Ryan Hayward is an Associate Professor of Polymer Science and Engineering at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He received degrees in Chemical Engineering from Princeton University (B.S.E, 1999) and the University of California, Santa Barbara (Ph.D., 2004), and was a post-doctoral fellow in Engineering and Applied Sciences at Harvard University from 2004-2005. His group’s research covers a variety of topics in polymers and soft materials, with a focus on thin films and interfaces. Recent areas of interest include swelling-induced deformation of constrained and micro-patterned stimuli-responsive gels, and solution state self-assembly of polymer and particle-based nanostructures. Ryan has received several awards, including the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), the 2011 ACS Division of Colloid and Surface Chemistry Unilever Award, and the 2013 Journal of Polymer Science Innovation Award. He currently serves as an Associate Editor for the journal ACS Macro Letters. 

   



"Improving Light Microscopy: Sharper, faster, deeper, longer", Andrew York, PhD., National Institute for Biomedical Imaging & Bioengineering
Abstract:
Speed, resolution, photodamage, and penetration depth are crucial for almost every application of microscopy in biological research. Exciting new techniques like localization microscopy, structured illumination microscopy, and light-sheet microscopy enable faster, gentler, higher-resolution imaging that was once thought impossible. However, these techniques typically involve tradeoffs; for example, structured illumination microscopy sacrifices speed and penetration depth to achieve high resolution. I'll describe improved optical and computational approaches to localization microscopy, structured illumination microscopy, and light-sheet microscopy which eliminate these drawbacks, creating viable replacements for the current generation of conventional microscopes.
Bio: 
Andrew York is a postdoc in Hari Shroff's lab at the NIH. He used to work with amplified femtosecond lasers, and he did a year at the Lockheed Martin Skunk Works. He is an inventor at heart, and it turns out that microscopy is a great field for invention right now: lots of work to be done, and a big, appreciative audience if you build something worthwhile.


Location

UMass Amherst Campus Center, 10th floor
1 Campus Center Way 
Amherst, MA, 01003 
The Open House before the meeting take place in the Conte Polymer Research Institute, which is found at C2 on the map below. 

Parking
Garage next to campus center. Walk to the campus center either via the underground connector or aboveground. 
Campus center can be found at C3 on the campus map

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