Physical Sciences Medical & Zoological Technical Forum Microbiology Wednesday 1st Thursday 2nd Registration – Lecture Theatre Complex Welcome & Opening – Lecture Theatre 5 Registration – Lecture Theatre Complex 27th John Matthews Memorial Lecture 20th Boris Balinsky Lecture Lecture Theatre 5 Lecture Theatre 5 Theatre 1 Theatre 3 Theatre 4 Theatre 1 Theatre 3 Theatre 4 Posters – Foyer Theatre 4 Posters – Foyer Lecture Theatre 5 ANASPEC BRAAI – CAFETERIA FREE EVENING / STUDENT EVENING Friday 3rd Lecture Theatre 1 Lecture Theatre 3 Lecture Theatre 4 Posters – Foyer Lecture Theatre 4 GREEK EVENING AND PRIZE GIVING – CAFETERIA Programme: Tuesday 30th November Workshops Registration 18:30 till late GERMAN EVENING CAFETERIA Programme: Wednesday Morning, 1st December Registration Welcome and Opening Welcome: Mike Witcomb, President, MSSA Official opening: Prof R Crewe, Conference announcements: Alan Hall 27th John Matthews Memorial Lecture Lecture Theatre 5 Transmission Electron Microscopy of Nanostructured Materials Programme: Wednesday Morning, 1st December Lecture Theatre 1 Lecture Theatre 3 Lecture Theatre 4 Medical and Zoological Sciences Papers Botany Physical Sciences Chair: Yogis Naidoo Chair: Mary-Catherine Madekurozwa Chair: Johan Malherbe
10:30 – 10:50 Paclobutrazol-induced leaf, stem Morphological features of the Solubility of Fe2O3 in ZnO: and root anatomical rostral palatine region of the Nile quantitative EELS analysis at the modifications in potato crocodile, Crocodylus niloticus detection limit
10:50 – 11:10 An atlas of Asteraceae cypselas: a Villous architecture and feto- Deposition of a homogeneous preliminary report on the tribe maternal interdigitation in the single-phase Cu(In,Ga)Se2 thin Calenduleae African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) film by selenisation of metallic during different gestation stages
11:10 – 11:30 Scanning electron microscopy of Modified small muscular arteries An investigation to establish a the seeds of the Kalahari Devil's in the shoulder joint capsule of laser induced damage threshold Claw Harpagophytum procumbens the dog on metallic surfaces during laser cleaning
11:30 – 11:50 Preharvest kaolin treatment Distribution of intermediate Preliminary investigation of the interferes with commercial wax filament proteins in healthy and microstructure of complex Pt- application on mangoes atretic ovarian follicles in the based alloys immature ostrich, Struthio camelus
11:50 – 12:10 Ontogeny and ultrastructure of Microrecanalization of proximal Investigation of the Ni-Pt-Ru mango fruit cuticle efferent ducts of the testis phase diagram
W. du Plooy, C. van der Merwe and following their obstruction in An electron microscope investiga- tion of tensile samples of Pt-based superalloys LUNCH – CAFETERIA MSSA EXCO MEETING Programme: Wednesday Afternoon, 1st December Posters - Foyer Lecture Theatre 4 Medical and Zoological Sciences Technical Forum: New products and services Chair: Eddie Green Chair: Luc Harmsen Ultrastructural assessment of primary ciliary dyskinesia in a Staffordshire bull terrier X-ray analysis based on the 3rd generation of silicon
M. De Scally, R.G. Lobetti and E. van Wilpe
drift detectors (sdd) How does a gecko stick to a wall?
Bernd Altrichter and Ralf Terborg, Röntec Gmbh.
The micromorphology of the falcon louse Laemobothrion tinnunculi (Linnaeus 1758) Aspects of the ultrastructure of Argulus Vacuum pumps - service and maintenance personatus Cunnington, 1913 (Crustacea: Branchiura) from lake Tanganyika, northern Distribution and concentration of copper, zinc, cadmium and lead in the housefly's thorax and abdomen
G. Tylko, J. Borowska, Z. Banach, E. Pyza, J.F.
Parallel-beam wavelength dispersive X-ray spectrometry Life-time exposure of male rats to phyto- oestrogens and p-nonylphenol: Implications for spermatogenesis stages VII - VIII
L.M. McClusky, C. de Jager and M.S. Bornman
Role of the Domain With No Name (DWNN) gene in colon cancer LSM 510 meta and LSMm 5 live - two superior Reassessing early hominid bone tool traditions members of the LSM 5 famil through experimentation and microscopic analysis A dualbeam for 3D material characterization, industrial failure analysis and process control The new Leo EVO scanning electron microscope Papers – Lecture Theatre 4 Technical Forum: General Chair: Malcolm Roberts Making a conference poster In search of the faultless MSSA conference abstract Status of the ISO/TC202 activities for 2004 – national and international A masters programme in structural biology Some observations on the Chinese EM market
18:30 till late ANASPEC BRAAI CAFETERIA and Whisky Tasting Programme: Thursday Morning, 2nd December Registration 20th Boris Balinsky Lecture Lighting up the secretory pathway Lecture Theatre 5 Lecture Theatre 1 Lecture Theatre 3 Lecture Theatre 4 Papers Botany Medical and Zoological Sciences Physical Sciences Chair: Jan Coetzee Chair: Elly Grossman Chair: Jan Neethling
10:30 – 10:50 Intracellular ice, cell repair and Roughness, wave or profile: how Structure and properties of Pt- survival of cryopreserved best to determine surface Al-Co alloys desiccation-sensitive embryonic topography of restorative materials?
10:50 – 11:10 Cyto- and nucleoskeletal Inorganic deposits inside ADEC Dislocation distribution in Pt- disposition after dehydration in tubing of dental unit waterlines based analogues of Ni-based embryonic axes of recalcitrant caused by electrochemically superalloys Bridelia micrantha seeds activated water solutions
11:10 – 11:30 Seed coat characteristics of peanut Bristle morphology influences RMS roughness dependence on (Arachis hypogaea) varieties biofilm formation on toothbrushes areaic dose of InP after N + resistant and susceptible to bombardment Aspergillus flavus
11:30 – 11:50 Three-dimensional fluorescence A novel ubiquitin-like Domain An investigation of transverse microscopy investigation of the With No Name (DWNN) shear in corrugated board influence of cooking on sorghum accumulates in the cytoplasm in and maize proteins oesophageal carcinoma
11:50 – 12:10 A fluorescent microscopical study Involvement of the Domain With Statistical control of the of pollen tube growth in styles of No Name (DWNN) gene and monitoring of silicon EDS three Eucalyptus species apoptosis in the pathogenesis of detector resolution renal diseases
12:10 – 12:30 Lenticel discolouration - unwanted A study of equilibrium in the natural defense in mango platinum-chromium alloy Programme: Thursday Afternoon, 2nd December Posters – Foyer Physical Sciences Chair: James Wesley-Smith Chair: Alison Tuling Structural changes during hydrothermal A study of topography and transport properties of processing of cowpea seeds epitaxial Cr-Al thin films
A.M. Mwangwela, R.D. Waniska, A.N. Hall and
A.R.E. Prinsloo, O. Nemoraoui, N. van der Berg,
H.A. Derret, H.L. Alberts and C.J.S. Sheppard
The relationship between photosynthesis and An investigation of Al-Fe-Mn-Si precipitates in Al leaf anatomy of salt stressed amaranth 5083-H321
H. Lombard, P.R. Berndt, J.H. Neethling, M.N. James
Chemical change in the essential composition Structural characterisation of Cu (In1-xGax)(Se1- of Lippia scaberrima caused by postharvest ySy)2 thin films
S. Combrink, A.A. Bosman, G.W. du Plooy,
B.M. Botha, F.D.H. Visser and R.I. McCrindle
Citric acid as pre-fixation treatment of phenol TEM study of chrome passivation of tin plate laden shoot axes of Syzygium cordatum
A.S. Tuling, M. Bierman and T. van Moltke
Organisms epiphytic on the pneumatophores of Unusual iridescence in Bostrychia hagedash the mangrove, Avicennia marina
D.J. Brink, N.G. van der Berg, A.J. Botha and
Ultrastructural response of Solenostemon Chemically dated obtained ages of detrital rotundifolius explants to sucrose, mannitol and monazites from the Sibaya Formation cryopreservation
R.B. August, M.P. Roberts and J.N. Dunlevey
Aspects of structure and function of An investigation of ZnO thin films grown on GaAs plasmodesmata in monocotyledonous leaves
P.R. Berndt, C. Weischel, O. Pagni, A.W.R. Leitch
Ultrastructural responses of the seeds of Characterisation of GaSb epilayers on (100) GaAs Trichilia emetica Vahl. to different storage by infrared spectroscopy and scanning microscopy temperatures
J.A.A. Engelbrecht, J.R. Botha and K. van Someren
J.I. Kioko, P. Berjak and N.W. Pammenter
A SEM study of the hand-sheets made from wood of Pinus patula 15:30 – 17:00 Lecture Theatre 5 Free evening / Student Evening Programme: Friday Morning, 3rd December Lecture Theatre 1 Lecture Theatre 3 Lecture Theatre 4 Papers Microbiology Medical and Zoological Sciences Physical Sciences Chair: Jacques Theron Chair: Leon McClusky Chair: Alistair Douglas
08:30 – 08:50 Application of scanning electron Application of fluorescence- and A heat treatable platinum microscopy in the identification of a phase contrast microscopy in copper alloy for jewelery new South African pathogen evaluating decondensation in applications DTT-treated spermatozoa
08:50 – 09:10 Interaction between Agaricus Effect of Urginea sanguinea on Order-hardening in platinum 10 bisporus and Mycogene perniciosa, embryo neural morphology at. % chromium the wet bubble pathogen
09:10 – 09:30 Three-dimensional structure of a Sperm morphology in four Erosion resistance of ceramic type III Glutamine synthetase by species of African platypleurine single particle reconstruction cicadas (Hemiptera: Auchenorhyncha: Cicadidae)
09:30 – 09:50 The algicidal effect of predatory Aspects of pathology of Lampro- Chromium distribution in Anglo bacteria on Microcystis aeruginosa glena clariae Fryer, 1956 Platinum furnace feed, slag and (Copepoda: Lernaeidae) from the matte Vaal River system
09:50 – 10:10 Cell immobilization technique for Functional micromorphological Analysis of a WV-VC-Co the preservation of probiotics specializations of the human head hardmetal sintered in the presence of nitrogen
10:10 – 10:30 German cockroach (Blattella germa- Functional micromorphology of Identification of WC particles at nica) association with microorga- the elephant seal louse the diamond film / silicon nisms and its effects on food quality Lepidophthirus macrorhini interface and safety. Lecture Theatre 3 Lecture Theatre 4 Papers Technical Forum: Biological applications & techniques Technical Forum: X-ray microanalysis Chair: Tony Bruton Chair: Deon de Bruin
11:00 – 11:20 Freeze fracture of "difficult" botanical specimens for the Statistical procedures for evaluating an EDS proficiency scheme
11:20 – 11:40 Case report: identification of foreign body in peri-apical Sampling techniques for microprobe analysis of granuloma furnace slag
A.N. Hall, J.T. Marais and W.F.P. van Heerden
11:40 – 12:00 The interpretation of the morphological characteristics of The evidence against carbon analysis using the hair in identification processes EDS quantitative technique Imaging and microanalysis solve customer complaints on defects in glass
Danél van Tonder , Martinus Cloete, Maria
The application of the MLA package on the Philips / FEI XL and quanta series scanning electron microscopes. Mineral stoichiometry 1: what it’s all about for non-geologists. CAFETERIA Programme: Friday Afternoon, 3rd December Posters - Foyer Papers Lecture Theatre 4 Microbiology Technical Forum: X-ray microanalysis Chair: Fanie Botha Chair: Jan Coetzee Biofilm development of Listeria species on caco-2
S.M. Botha, J.B. Weyers and C.M. Leonard
Mineral stoichiometry 2: approaches to dealing with Scanning electron microscopy of bacteria in mixed ferrous/ferric iron-bearing minerals laboratory-scale and field landfill leachate
N.K. Muthraparsad, V.M. Gray, A.B. Fourie, A. von
Biofilm formation on yeast processing equipment surfaces as studied by scanning electron microscopy
S.S. O'Brien, D. Lindsay and A. von Holy
Practical aspects of maintaining an EDS system for Inhibition of African horse sickness virus NS1 analyses “with standards” expression in mammalian cells using short interfering RNA (siRNA)
H.J. Roos, H. Huismans, A.N. Hall and J. Theron
The use of transmission electron microscopy (TEM) to differentiate enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) fimbrial lectins
E. Madoroba, I. Ncube, E. van Driessche,
Monitoring of detector contamination using a polished quartz sample Inactivation of novel htp gene cluster of Pseudomonas aeruginosa alters cell morphology
A. van Schalkwyk, V.S. Brözel, A.N. Hall and
Construction and structural evaluation of chimeric VP7 protein of African horse sickness virus
L. Burger, H. Huismans, A.N. Hall and J. Theron
Incomplete charge collection (ICC) and the The antimicrobial effect of aged anolyte and its implications for silicon EDS detector performance ability to control biofilms
R.M. Maluleke, T.E. Cloete and A.N. Hall
A study of Enterococcus faecalis biofilm formation using scanning electron microscopy
C.A. Christison, S.S. O'Brien, D. Lindsay and
Scanning electron microscopy study of a binary bioremediation biofilm
D. Lindsay, S.S. O'Brien, V.M. Gray and A. von Holy
Scanning electron microscopy study of biofilm formation using different C:N:P ratios
L. Thompson, V.M. Gray, D. Lindsay and A. von Holy
19:00 till late GREEK EVENING AND PRIZE GIVING CAFETERIA
PREPARATION AND EVALUATION OF ALGINATE-METHOTREXATE MICROSPHERES S, Hashem Monta Shohre Alipour Saba afifi, Department of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, P.O. Box 71345-1583, Shiraz, Iran Introduction: Recently, much research has been focused on degradable polymer microspheres for drug delivery. Administration of chemotherapeuti
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