Simplify Your Imaging: Complete Workflows from Acquisition to Analysis

Join Megan as she walks you through the technologies she uses daily to help researchers overcome imaging challenges and accelerate their discoveries. With hands-on experience developing imaging strategies and optimizing protocols alongside users, Megan will show you how the right microscope solution can transform your research workflow - making your experiments faster, clearer, and more productive. If you've struggled with traditional microscopy's frustrating trade-offs - fast but hazy wide-field imaging versus beautifully clear but painfully slow laser scanning confocals - spinning disk confocal technology eliminates this compromise. Discover how the compact Oxford Instruments BC43 benchtop microscope systems deliver significantly faster acquisition than traditional confocals, capturing multi-channel z-stacks and tile scans in a fraction of the time. Learn how Imaris - the industry-leading analysis platform - completes your imaging workflow. From 3D/4D visualization to automated cell tracking, filament tracing, and batch processing with integrated statistics, Imaris transforms microscope images into publication-ready figures and quantitative insights. With expert support at every step, you'll see how Oxford Instruments delivers a complete solution from sample to publication.

What will you learn?

• Eliminate imaging trade-offs: Discover how spinning disk confocal technology delivers speed and clarity together
• Capture faster: See how BC43 benchtop systems acquire multi-channel z-stacks and tile scans in record time
• Simplify analysis: Explore Imaris for 3D/4D visualization, automated tracking, and publication-ready figures
• Optimize workflows: Gain practical tips for imaging protocols and choosing the right microscope solution

Speaker Details

Name: Megan C. Harwig, Ph.D.
Title: OxCAM - Optical Microscopy Core Manager
Email: mcharwig@mcw.edu
Affiliation: Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW)

Megan earned her Ph.D. through the Johns Hopkins-NIH Graduate Partnerships Program, specializing in mitochondrial imaging in Dr. Richard Youle's lab. She completed postdoctoral research on intermediate filaments at Northwestern University with Dr. Bob Goldman. Megan now manages the OxCAM Optical Microscopy Core at Medical College of Wisconsin, helping researchers optimize imaging workflows daily.