[OpenSPIM] OpenSPIM in South America

[Alexis Maizel]

Hi everyone,

Steffen Lemke, J-F Evers and myself have been offering for the last two weeks a course on live imaging and analysis of morphogenesis in Santiago (Chile). We took this opportunity to present and feature the OpenSPIM initiative. Among other activities, the students built and used two OpenSPIMs that are replicates of the machines present in Heidelberg . This was also the opportunity to setup the first OpenSPIM (and first SPIM?) in south america; indeed one of the device we brought will stay in Chile. Our evangelisation campaign has been quite successful  and the interest is very high, I anticipate more OpenSPIMs to popup here. 
The summer school was co-organized by Heidelberg University and Universidad de Chile and finished by a two days international symposium on morphogenesis. 

Link to the summer school: http://www.uni-heidelberg.de/research/international/santander_summer_schools/2013_getting_in_shape.html
 and  to the accompanying symposium:
http://www.uni-heidelberg.de/research/international/santander_summer_schools/2013_symposium_getting_in_shape.html

There is a article in the national newspaper: http://www.latercera.com/noticia/tendencias/2013/11/659-553744-9-chile-tiene-el-primer-microscopio-en-3d-de-latinoamerica.shtml

@Pavel: feel free to mirror this on the Wiki.

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