The Aurion Immuno Gold Silver Staining Workshop

Hatfield PA, March 12, 2009. Aurion and Electron Microscopy Sciences will hold their spring East coast workshop on Immuno Gold Silver Staining at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York from May 18 to 21. The course objectives are to provide researchers the opportunity to learn the theory and practice of immunogold labeling and to promote technology exchange and research collaboration by allowing participants to process their own samples under expert guidance.

The Immuno Gold Silver Staining Workshop is designed and taught by Mr. Peter van de Plas who has been with Aurion since 1991. Mr. van de Plas worked closely together with Dr. Leunissen in founding a firm basis for Aurion including development of product applications. He has been invited to many international microscopy conferences and workshops and is especially experienced in providing hands-on training.

The three day course will cover the properties of gold particles and their protein conjugates, theories underlying immunogold labeling protocols, and silver enhancement of gold particles. Also covered in the course will be immunogold labeling on a variety of sample preparations for LM, immunogold labeling for EM, pre/post-embedding double immunogold labeling, and background minimization in immunogold labeling.

Participants are encouraged to bring their own samples to maximize learning. Please visit the course site for additional details:

http://www.emsdiasum.com/microscopy/products/immunogold/workshop.aspx