09:00 – 09:30   Registration

09:30 – 09:35   Introductory Remarks by Workshop Coordinator
Prof. Nitin Mohan (Faculty coordinator Live Cell Imaging Lab, ACMS)

09:35 – 09:50   Inaugural Address & About ACMS by
Prof. Anish Upadhyaya (Head, ACMS, IIT Kanpur)

09:50 – 09:55   Address by
Prof. Kantesh Balani (Head, Materials Science & Engineering, IIT Kanpur)

09:55 – 10:00   Address by
Prof. Amitabha Bandyopadhyay (Head, Biological Sciences and Bioengineering, IIT Kanpur)

10:00 – 10:30   High Tea & Group Photo

10:30 – 11:00   Talk #1: From Magnifying Lenses to Super-Resolution Microscopy: An Overview of Optical Imaging
Prof. Nitin Mohan (Biological Sciences and Bioengineering, IIT Kanpur)

11:00 – 11:30   Talk #2: Confocal Imaging: The Optical Sectioning Technique (Widefield to LSM)
Mr. Rishi Kant (PASS APAC, Life Sciences Zeiss India)

11:30 – 12:00   Talk #3: Challenges in Microscopy of Non-adherent Cells
Prof. Rakesh Kumar Majhi (Biological Sciences and Bioengineering, IIT Kanpur)

12:00 – 12:30   Talk #4: Live Cell Imaging Optical Sectioning Techniques: Considerations and Applications
Mr. Rishi Kant (PASS APAC, Life Sciences Zeiss India)

12:30 – 14:00   Lunch Break

14:00 – 15:00   Visit to Live Cell Imaging Lab and ACMS Facilities

15:00 – 15:45   Talk #5: Studying Small Light Emitters and Scatterers using Optical Microscopy
Prof. Venkata Jayasurya Yallapragada (Department of Physics, IIT Kanpur)

15:45 – 16:30   Talk #6: Single-Molecule Imaging in Understanding Virus Life Cycle
Prof. Dibyendu Kumar Das (Biological Sciences and Bioengineering, IIT Kanpur)

16:30 – 17:30   Valedictory Session
Prof. Vimal Kumar (Professor-in-charge, Office of Outreach Activities, IIT Kanpur)