About
The Pasteur Education center and the Pasteur Advanced Light Microscopy Initiative organize a 1/2 day symposium dedicated to recent advances in Life-Sciences and Light Microscopy.
The symposium is followed by a week-long demonstrations by innovative microscopy companies, showcasing their latest technology.
The event and demos are open to all, free, but registration is mandatory.

Symposium.
Monday, March the 24th
Location: Auditorium Francois Jacob, Institut Pasteur, 28 rue du Docteur Roux, 75013 PARIS
Attendance is free but registration is mandatory → https://urls.fr/TiP0Jz
Time | Speaker | Institute | Title |
---|---|---|---|
14:00 – 14:15 | Introduction | ||
14:15 – 14:45 | Viktorija Glembockyte | Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Heidelberg | DNA origami tools for sensing and imaging single molecules |
14:45 – 15:00 | Company presentation – Romina Macco, Luc Moog, Bruker & Coherent | ||
15:00 – 15:30 | Jens Bosse | Centre for Structural Systems Biology, Hamburg | From in silico to in cellulo: Illuminating viral morphogenesis |
15:30 – 15:45 | Company presentation – Irina Rakotoson, Evident | ||
15:45 – 16:15 | Magali Suzanne | Centre de Biologie Intégrative, Toulouse | Non-invasive approaches to decipher morphogenetic forces at different scales |
16:15 – 16:45 | Coffee break | ||
16:45 – 17:00 | Company presentation – Philippe Wurtz, Leica | The STELLARIS SpectraPlex and THUNDER Spinning Disk | |
17:00 – 17:30 | Oliver Kepp | Centre de recherche des Cordeliers, Paris | Automated high-throughput high-content autophagy and cell stress fingerprinting |
17:30 – 17:45 | Emna Ouni, on behalf of ImagXcell, Tomocube | Institut Gustave Roussy, Paris | Engineering tumoroid nests at a scale for detailed profiling of mechanosensitive drug responses |
Workshop.
Tuesday the 25th of March to Friday the 28th of March.
Participants will be able to book one or several demonstration slots to test cutting edge microscopy equipments in the Pasteur Education center microscopy room. You can directly contact the company representatives to set up one or more demo slots for you to test the systems. Their emails are listed below and we will take care of sending you invitations and reminders before your demo sessions.
The following systems will be part of the demonstration:
Bruker & Coherent
To book demo slots for any of the 3 systems below, please contact Romina Macco: romina dot macco at bruker dot com. Additionally, the Ultima 2-photon microscope is equipped with a Coherent Axon laser, and M. Luc Moog will be here as well for a joint demonstration. Please include M. Moog in the email if you are interested in discussing 2-photon laser: luc dot moog at coherent dot com.
Bruker Vutara VXL
https://www.bruker.com/en/products-and-solutions/fluorescence-microscopy/super-resolution-microscopes/vutara-vxl.html
Single-molecule localization microscope.
Bruker Ultima 2P+
https://www.bruker.com/en/products-and-solutions/fluorescence-microscopy/multiphoton-microscopes/ultima-2pplus.html
Multiphoton microscope for imaging and optical manipulations
This 2-photon will be equipped with a Coherent Axon 920 TPC laser.
https://www.coherent.com/lasers/oscillators/axon
TruLive 3D Imager
https://www.bruker.com/fr/products-and-solutions/fluorescence-microscopy/light-sheet-microscopes/trulive3d-imager.html
Light-sheet microscope dedicated to live and fixed organoids and embryos.
Evident Olympus
To book a demo on the FV4000 microscopy, please contact Mme. Irina Rakotoson: irina dot rakotoson at evidentscientific dot com
Evident Olympus FV4000
https://evidentscientific.com/en/products/confocal/fv4000
High-end confocal microscope.
Leica
To book demo slots on the two Leica microscopes, please contact the Leica expert for each system listed below
Leica Thunder Spinning-Disk
https://www.leica-microsystems.com/products/light-microscopes/p/thunder-imager-cell-spinning-disk/
3D spinning-disk microscope with computational clearing.
Contact: Marion Dumanoir: marion dot dumanoir at leica-microsystems dot com
Leica Stellaris
https://www.leica-microsystems.com/products/confocal-microscopes/p/stellaris-8/
Confocal microscopy platform.
Contact: Philippe Wurtz: philippe dot wurtz at leica-microsystems dot com
Tomocube ImagXCell
To book a demo slot on the Tomocube system, please contact Marie-George Côme: marie-george dot come at imagxcell dot com
Tomocube HT-X1 Plus
https://www.tomocube.com/products/htx1_plus
Label free holotomographic microscope.
Location
Building: François Jacob auditorium
Address: Institut Pasteur, Rue du Docteur Roux, Paris, France