LaserTAG (Technology and Applications Group)

LaserTAG is an Intellectual Exchange Group (IEG) sponsored by the North Carolina Biotechnology Center.

This forum provides networking opportunities while offering discussion on topics that are broad and varied to foster dynamic research and an information-sharing environment for industry and academic partnerships.

The LaserTAG group was originally formed in 2010 to meet and discuss the latest technologies available for applications specific to DNA, RNA and proteins acquired from specific cells or groups of cells using Laser Capture Microdissection technology. Over the years the group has expanded to include the latest in laser technologies in the areas of confocal microscopy and flow cytometry. Meetings are scheduled at various times of the year.

This forum is open to all faculty, graduate students and technical personnel. Contact one of the “Steering Committee Members” for more information about participating in an upcoming event.

Steering Committee

Previous Events & Workshops

Ramona Optics Multi Camera Array Microscope (MCAM)

Technical Seminar with instrument demonstration to explore the option of writing a shared instrumentation grant.
June 8, 2022 at 2 pm  (Virtual – Webex)

Seminar -“Tech Talk: Accelerating the Next Generation of Immune Medicine with Cellular Proteomics at East Carolina University”

March 24, 2022 – 11:00AM  – 12:00PM
Presenters: Amy Hinds and Matthew Holmes,  ISOPLEXIS
Location: Warren Life Sciences Building, Room 202

Seminar -“Engineering proteins to visualize and control GTPase circuits in living cells”

November 19, 2021 – Noon- 1:00pm via Webex
Presenter: Klaus Hahn, PhD, Tonald G. Thurman Distinguished Professor, Department of Pharmacology, UNC Chapel Hill School of Medicine

Leica Microscopy Imaging Seminar– a presentation on new technology available at the new ECU Life Sciences and Biotechnology Building on Main Campus. (VIRTUAL- Microsoft Teams)

September 9, 2021
Research Microscopy Specialists: Kurt Doyen and Lita McDonald
Confocal and Workflow Speciaists: Ross Warrington and Gustavo Moraes.

“New Zeiss Celldiscoverer 7 for Live and Fixed Cell Imaging: an Overview”

May 8, 2018 – 12:00-1:00pm
Seminar to introduce new instrumentation available in the Brody Imaging Core
Presenter: Rob Mihalik, Field Applications Scientist, Carl Zeiss Microscopy
Location: Internal Medicine Conference Room, Brody Bldg. Room 3E-120

“Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS) Applications at ECU”

September 21, 2017 – Noon-1:00pm
Presenter: Dr. Jack Pender, Director, Pharmaceutical Training and Laboratory Services, Department of Chemistry at ECU
Location: School of Dentistry 4th Floor Conference Room

“Measuring Metabolic Engines and Fuels with the Agilent Seahorse Xfe Analyzer”

June 20, 2017 – 11:30am-1:00pm
Seahorse XFe Technology Seminar – Open to all, no registration
Location: Brody Room 2W-38
Presenter: Eric Thelen, Agilent Technologies, Inc.

2015 Summer Workshop Series at ECU Brody School of Medicine
“Tools for Molecular Cellular Analysis”

June 4 Workshop – Brody Room 2W40 – 9:00am-4:00pm (Free Event) View 6/4/15 Flyer (PDF)
Technical Workshop Presentations followed by hands-on demonstrations covering LCM, Confocal & Flow Cytometry
Presentations by:
Keynote Speaker – Kevin Janes, PhD, Biomedical Engineering,University of Virginia, Laser Capture Microdissection
Dr. Carl Bortner – Director, Flow Cytometry Center, NIEHS
Elizabeth Ables, PhD – Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, ECU, Confocal Lab

July 14 Seminar – Brody Bldg Room 2W-50 – 12:00pm-1:00pm View 7/14/15 Flyer (PDF)
Presentation: “Genomics in the era of BIG DATA”
Keith Keene, PhD
Departments of Biology & the Center for Health Disparities
East Carolina University

August 4 Seminar – Brody Building Room 2W-38 – 12:00pm-1:00pm View 8/4/15 Flyer (PDF)
Presentation: “Multiplexed Digital Quantification of Nucleic Acids without Sample Amplification”
Christine Hipsky, PhD
Field Application Scientist
Nanostring Technologies Inc., Seattle, WA

Confocal & Laser Capture Microscopy Workshop
June 3, 2014 – Confocal and ZEN Blue Software
June 4, 2014 – Laser Capture Microdissection
9:00am-2:00p
Brody School of Medicine Room 2W-40A
East Carolina University

Sponsored by LaserTAG along with the NC Biotechnology Center and Carl Zeiss Microscopy.

Workshop will consist of presentations followed by hands on workshops in the afternoon. Elise Shumsky of Zeiss will focus on the use of ZEN Blue for making your images manuscript ready. Lucy Davis, from the Center for Advanced Forensic DNA will present information on the use of laser capture microscopy in crime investigations.

Laser Capture Workshop – October 3, 2013
The Laser Tag Intellectual Exchange Group, Carl Zeiss Microscopy, LLC,and the NC Biotechnology Center hosted a Laser Capture Microscopy Conference in Triangle Park on October 3, 8:00am-6:00pm, at the Hamner Center.

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Lance Liotta, Co-Director, Center for Applied Proteomics and Molecular Medicine at George Mason University
Dr. Liotta invented and patented technologies in the fields of diagnostics, immunoassays, microdissection (Laser Capture Microdissection), nanotechnology and proteomics that have been used to make broad discoveries in cancer biology and cancer therapy.

Workshop Sponsored By:

• North Carolina Biotechnology Center
• LASER TAG Intellectual Exchange Group
• East Carolina University
• Carl Zeiss Microscopy, Inc.
• QIAGEN Sample & Assay Technologies