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Meetings with Co-referee ===

Courses/lectures/seminars === Seminars — - *Inflammatory and genotoxic effects of particles*

1. 30.1.2009
2. Dr. Roel Schins, Arbeitsbereich Partikelforschung, Institut für umweltmedizinische Forschung, Heinrich-Heine-Universität, Düsseldorf

- *Skeletonization of images and topology*

1. 06.05.2009
2. Dr. Felix Weinstein, Institut für Anatomie, Universität Bern

- *Surfactant Counts: The Emerging Role of Congenital and Acquired Alterations in Surfactant components in Lung Disease*

1. 24.06.09
2. Prof. Mike F. Beers, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center

- *Understanding the mucosal defence of the respiratory tract in humans*

1. 27.07.09
2. Dr. Adam Wright, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK

- *The endometrium and placenta; epithelial barriers during pregnancy*

1. 27.07.09
2. Dr. Brett McKinnon, Endometriosis and Reproductive Medicine, DKF, Tiefenauspital, Bern, Switzerland

- *Toxicity of Scooter Emissions*

1. 21.09.09
2. Loretta Müller, Insitute of Anatomy, University of Bern

- *Strength training for elderly: from a functional, structural and molecular perspective*

1. 21.10.2009
2. Matthias Müller, Insitute of Anatomy, University of Bern

- *Genes associated with athletic performance*

1. 25.11.09
2. Barbara Wessner, University of Vienna, Austria

Courses — - Diss, was nun? - Workshop der MVUB

1. 13.11.2009
2. University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Workshops — - Work-Meeting at Fraunhofer MeVis

1. 7.-9.10.2009
2. Fraunhofer MeVis, Bremen, Germany

Assistance in practical student courses === - Masterstudent (Sebastien Barré)

1. 6 months (23.02.2009-19.08.2009 )
2. Partial support

- Wahlpraktikum

1. 3 students
2. Each in total about 80-100h work done on skeletonization project

- Histokurs

1. 20.03.2009 - Ossifikation
2. 01.05.2009 - weibliche Geschlechtsorgane
3. 24.09.2009 - Epithelgewebe
4. 03.12.2009 - Niere, ableitende Harnwege
5. Each approx. 2.5h assistance in lectures

Internal presentations of research results === - Poster: *Quality-guided synchrotron-based tomographic microscopy of large lung samples*

1. 3rd Graduate School Students' Symposium
2. 28.01.2009, University of Bern

- Talk: *Kleine Pixel, grosse Samples*

1. Tag der Anatomie
2. 20.02.2009, Universität Bern

- Talk: *A high-resolution three-dimensional view of the developing acinus*

1. 11.05.2009, Inselspital Bern
2. Foschungsvieleck Lunge

- Talk: *Small pixels for large samples*

1. SLS Symposium
2. 3.11.2009, Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen, Switzerland
3. [Invitation](http://sls.web.psi.ch/view.php/events/Symposia/SLS-Symposium-03.11.09.pdf)

Presentations at national meetings === - Poster: *Quality-Guided Synchrotron-based Tomographic Microscopy of Large Lung Samples*

1. 71\. Jahresversammlung SGAHE (presented by Johannes Schittny)
2. 4.9.2009, Lausanne, Switzerland

- Poster: *Generation of terminal airway skeletons using synchrotron based x-ray tomographic microscopy*

1. 71\. Jahresversammlung SGAHE (presented by Johannes Schittny)
2. 4.9.2009, Lausanne, Switzerland

Presentations at international meetings === - Talk: *Quality Guided Synchrotron Radiation Based X-Ray Tomographic Microscopy of Large Lung Samples*

1. ATS 2009 • San Diego, the International Conference of the American Thoracic Society
2. 15.-20.05.2009, San Diego, California, US
3. [Abstract](http://ajrccm.atsjournals.org/cgi/reprint/179/1_MeetingAbstracts/A1060.pdf)

- Poster: *Generation of acinar skeletons in high resolution 3D-visualizations of terminal airways in mammals*

1. ATS 2009 • San Diego, the International Conference of the American Thoracic Society
2. 15.-20.05.2009, San Diego, California, USA
3. [Abstract](http://ajrccm.atsjournals.org/cgi/reprint/179/1_MeetingAbstracts/A3531.pdf)

- Poster: *Generation of terminal airway skeletons using synchrotron based x-ray tomographic microscopy*

1. Interdisciplinary Symposium on 3D Microscopy 2009
2. 12.-16.07.2009, Interlaken, Switzerland

- Poster: *Quality-Guided Synchrotron-based Tomographic Microscopy of Large Lung Samples*

1. Interdisciplinary Symposium on 3D Microscopy 2009
2. 12.-16.07.2009, Interlaken, Switzerland

- Poster: *Generation of terminal airway skeletons using synchrotron based X-ray tomographic microscopy*

1. First Joint Users' Meeting @ PSI: JUM@P '09
2. 12.-13.10.2009, Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen, Switzerland

- Poster: *Quality driven expansion of the field of view in synchrotron radiation x-ray tomographic microscopy*

1. First Joint Users' Meeting @ PSI: JUM@P '09
2. 12.-13.10.2009, Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen, Switzerland

Publications === - *Multimodal imaging for the detection of sub-micron particles in the gas-exchange region of the mammalian lung*

1. David Haberthür, Manuela Semmler-Behnke, Shinji Takenaka, Wolfgang G. Kreyling, Marco Stampanoni, Akira Tsuda and Johannes C. Schittny
2. Journal of Physics, Conference Series
3. [http://stacks.iop.org/1742-6596/186/012040](http://stacks.iop.org/1742-6596/186/012040)

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