EMBL Heidelberg, Germany

Wednesday 2 June - Saturday 5 June 2010

http://www.embl.de/training/courses_...-01/index.html


EMBL

The European Molecular Biology Laboratory, one of the world's top research institutions, is dedicated to basic research in the molecular life sciences. EMBL is funded by public research monies from 20 member states - Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom and an associate member state, Australia.
Advanced Training is one of the core missions of the EMBL since its creation in 1974. Aiming at the promotion of excellence in modern life sciences and providing valuable services to its Member States and the international scientific community, EMBL has build a tradition and extensive expertise in organising and hosting advanced conferences, courses and workshops.



Microtubules conference

Microtubules are of fundamental importance for an extraordinary variety of essential processes in all eukaryotic cells. In the 1980s, advances in light microscopy and the discovery of motor proteins catalyzed the expansion of microtubule cytoskeleton research. In the 1990s the discovery of GFP revolutionized the visualization of dynamic cytoskeletal processes inside cells. Over the years and especially recently due to the advent of proteomics, many nteractors of microtubules have been identified and we are approaching an exciting phase where complete knowledge of the components of the microtubule cytoskeleton appears within reach. Therefore, the focus of microtubule cytoskeleton research is moving from identification of components, their characterization in isolation, the consequences of loss of function for intracellular organization and dynamics towards a truly mechanistic description of the entire microtubule system and its regulation.

To achieve a systems-wide understanding of microtubule cytoskeleton behaviour requires a combination of different disciplines including biochemistry, biophysics, structural biology and mathematical modeling, and to exchange concepts developed in different scientific communities like in cell and developmental biology.

This conference aims at providing an overview of contemporary microtubule cytoskeleton research at all complexity levels, from atomic resolution to entire organisms and will be structured as follows:

(1) Molecules interacting with microtubules;

(2) Complex microtubule arrays and cell architecture;

(3) Microtubules in developmental processes and in differentiated structures.

The main objective of the conference is to bring together established scientists with young researchers from all over the world that have recently made exciting contributions to the microtubule field. The broad spectrum of interdisciplinary research approaches that will be represented will provide a unique platform and create a stimulating atmosphere encouraging not only the exchange of new discoveries, but also of novel emerging concepts beyond the limits of traditional disciplines.

Organisers

Scientific Organisers

Carsten Janke, CNRS - Centre de Recherche de Biochimie Macromoléculaire, France

Michel Steinmetz, Paul Scherrer Institut, Switzerland

Thomas Surrey, EMBL Heidelberg, Germany
Conference Organiser

Adela Valceanu, EMBL Heidelberg, Germany


Speakers
Confirmed Speakers

David Agard, University of California, USA

Anna Akhmanova, Erasmus Medical Centre, Netherlands

Claude Antony, EMBL Heidelberg, Germany

Isabelle Arnal, CNRS - Interactions Cellulaires et Moléculaires, France

Charles L. Asbury, University of Washington, USA

Peter Baas, Drexel University, USA

Renata Basto, Institute Curie, France

Damian Brunner, EMBL Heidelberg, Germany

Stan A. Burgess, University of Leeds, United Kingdom

Robert A. Cross, Marie Curie Research Institute, United Kingdom

Arshad Desai, University of California, USA

Marileen Dogterom, Atomic and Molecular Physics (AMOLF), Netherlands

Pavel Draber, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Czech Republic

Anne Ephrussi, EMBL Heidelberg, Germany

Daniel W. Gerlich, ETH, Institute of Biochemistry, Switzerland

Gohta Goshima, Nagoya University, Japan

Gregg G. Gundersen, Columbia University, USA

Rebecca Heald, University of California, USA

Andreas Hoenger, University of Colorado, USA

Jonathon Howard, MPI-CBG, Germany

Didier Job, INSERM - Institut de Neurosciences, France

Alexey Khodjakov, New York State Department of Health, Wadsworth Center, USA

Andrea Musacchio, IFOM-IEO Campus, Italy

François Nedelec, EMBL Heidelberg, Germany

David Odde, University of Minnesota, USA

Franck Perez, Institute Curie, France

Matthieu Piel, Institute Curie, France

Kenneth E. Sawin, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Michio Tomishige, University of Tokyo, Japan

Ronald D. Vale, University of California, USA

Kristen Verhey, University of Michigan, USA

Torsten Wittmann, University of California, USA

Linda Wordeman, University of Washington, USA
Keynote Speakers

Timothy J. Mitchison, Harvard Medical School, USA


Registration and Payment

We accept only online registration.

Please use the following link to register: http://events.embl.org/iEBMS/logon/l...=5042&mode=add



Deadline for registration is 15 February 2010.

Registration types and fees:

Academia: 425 EUR
PhD Student: 375 EUR
Industry: 650 EUR

The registration fee includes on-site catering, conference material and local transportation. Participants are expected to meet their own accommodation and travel expenses.

For a full list of EMBL events, please visit our website: http://www.embl.org/events

Location and dates:
EMBL Heidelberg, Germany, Tuesday 18 May - Friday 21 May 2010

EMBL

The European Molecular Biology Laboratory, one of the world's top research institutions, is dedicated to basic research in the molecular life sciences. EMBL is funded by public research monies from 20 member states - Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom and an associate member state, Australia.
Advanced Training is one of the core missions of the EMBL since its creation in 1974. Aiming at the promotion of excellence in modern life sciences and providing valuable services to its Member States and the international scientific community, EMBL has build a tradition and extensive expertise in organising and hosting advanced conferences, courses and workshops.





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Date and Location:
EMBL Heidelberg, Monday 17 May - Wednesday 19 May 2010

Website and online registration:
http://www.embl.de/training/courses_...-01/index.html

EMBL

The European Molecular Biology Laboratory, one of the world's top research institutions, is dedicated to basic research in the molecular life sciences. EMBL is funded by public research monies from 20 member states - Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom and an associate member state, Australia.
Advanced Training is one of the core missions of the EMBL since its creation in 1974. Aiming at the promotion of excellence in modern life sciences and providing valuable services to its Member States and the international scientific community, EMBL has build a tradition and extensive expertise in organising and hosting advanced conferences, courses and workshops.

Registration and Payment

Registration will open soon.

Meanwhile, if you are interested in this conference and would like to receive updates, please send an email to the mailing list. You will then be informed once the registration is open or new information is available.




The course will take place in the Advanced Training Centre (ATC) on the EMBL campus.

For a full list of EMBL events, please visit our website: http://www.embl.org/events

Date and location:
EMBL Heidelberg, Germany

Wednesday 12 May - Saturday 15 May 2010

Website and online registration link:
http://www.embl.de/training/courses_...-01/index.html



EMBL

The European Molecular Biology Laboratory, one of the world's top research institutions, is dedicated to basic research in the molecular life sciences. EMBL is funded by public research monies from 20 member states - Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom and an associate member state, Australia.
Advanced Training is one of the core missions of the EMBL since its creation in 1974. Aiming at the promotion of excellence in modern life sciences and providing valuable services to its Member States and the international scientific community, EMBL has build a tradition and extensive expertise in organising and hosting advanced conferences, courses and workshops.


Stem Cells, Tissue Homeostasis and Cancer Conference:

The conference series aims to incorporate basic, translational and clinical aspects of stem cell research into a single framework. The mechanisms that generate and maintain mammalian embryonic and tissue-specific stem cell populations will be discussed, as will the application of this knowledge to regenerative medicine and cancer biology. In particular, the role of induced pluripotentcy and cancer stem cells will be highlighted. Non-mammalian model systems will be included as they provide strong forward genetics, and also opportunities for in vivo pharmacological screening. The goal is to give participants an overview of the model systems and scientific and logistic framework involved in gaining and exploiting basic knowledge of stem cell biology.

Programme

Each session will start with a keynote address, and contain ca. 3 additional featured speakers. In addition, 1-2 short talks will be included in each session, based on selected abstracts. In addition, a full afternoon will be dedicated to poster presentations.

The overall schedule will be:

* Day 1: Welcome, Evening session
* Day 2: Morning session, Posters, Evening session
* Day 3: 3 sessions, followed by dinner with entertainment
* Day 4: morning session

The program will be organised into the following sessions:

* 1. Embryonic Stem Cells and Reprogramming
* 2. Hematopoiesis
* 3. Tissue Stem Cells I. Epithelial stem cells
* 4. Tissue Stem Cells II. Other tissues
* 5. Non-mammalian model systems
* 6. Cancer Stem Cells
* 7. Regeneration

Speakers
Confirmed Speakers

Ernest Arenas, Karolinska Institute, Sweden

Eduard Batlle, Institute for Research in Biomedicine, Spain

Oliver Brüstle, Institute of Reconstructive Neurobiology, Germany

Hans Clevers, Hubrecht Institute, Germany

Magdalena Götz, LMU Munich and Helmholtz Center Munich, Germany

Jürgen Knoblich, Institute of Molecular Biotechnology, Austria

Stuart H. Orkin, Harvard Medical School, USA

Roger Patient, University of Oxford, United Kingdom

Timm Schroeder, Helmholtz Zentrum Muenchen - German Research Centre for Environmental Health (GmbH), Germany

Lorenz Studer, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, USA

Toshio Suda, Keio University, Japan

Andreas Trumpp, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Germany

Tariq Enver, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, United Kingdom

Alexander Medvinsky, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Cedric Blanpain, University of Brussels, Belgium

Paul Frenette, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, USA

Margaret Buckingham, Pasteur Institute, France


Organisers

Scientific Organisers

Claus Nerlov, EMBL Monterotondo, France

Ian Wilmut, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Thomas Graf, Center for Genomic Regulation, CRG, Spain

Sten Eirik Jacobsen, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
Conference Organiser

Sally Davison, EMBL Heidelberg, Germany


Registration and Payment

Registration will open soon.

Meanwhile, if you are interested in this conference and would like to receive updates, please send an email to the mailing list. You will then be informed once the registration is open or new information is available.

General Information

EMBL Registration Fee Fellowships have been made available through EMBL's Corporate Partnership Programme. Once you have submitted your abstract, you can apply for an EMBL Registration Fee Fellowship. Please prepare a short explanation (255 characters) to indicate why you should be selected.


Accommodation and Transport

Hotel

Rooms have been blocked in various hotels in Heidelberg. Please contact the hotel you would like to stay in and make your payment and booking directly with the hotel. The full list will be available when registration is open.
Local Transport

Shuttle buses will go from designated bus stops near the hotels to EMBL and back, mornings and evenings. The schedule and location of the bus stops will be available before the meeting.

The meeting will take place in the Advanced Training Centre (ATC) on the EMBL campus.



For a full list of EMBL events, please visit our website: http://www.embl.org/events

Location and date:
EMBL Heidelberg, Germany

Wednesday 5 May - Friday 7 May 2010

Website and online registration:
http://www.embl.de/training/courses_...-01/index.html


EMBL

The European Molecular Biology Laboratory, one of the world's top research institutions, is dedicated to basic research in the molecular life sciences. EMBL is funded by public research monies from 20 member states - Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom and an associate member state, Australia.
Advanced Training is one of the core missions of the EMBL since its creation in 1974. Aiming at the promotion of excellence in modern life sciences and providing valuable services to its Member States and the international scientific community, EMBL has build a tradition and extensive expertise in organising and hosting advanced conferences, courses and workshops.

Scientific Programming and Data Visualization for Structural Biology Practical Course:
The Practical Course on Scientific Programming and Data Visualization was developed at Harvard where it was offered for the last two years. In 2010, for the first time, it will move to Heidelberg, allowing 45 European students to participate. The course is designed primarily for structural biologists, but scientists from other disciplines are welcome to apply. The goals of the course are to to allow students to learn and master computational skills that are frequently required in less routine projects and to learn methods of data visualization. Joint lecture sessions and three parallel tutorial tracks will be offered: Scientific Programming with Python, OSX Programming and Molecular Visualization with Maya. As part of the course, we ask students to prepare a project proposal that is relevant for their own research area.

Teachers
Confirmed Speakers

Alexander Griekspoor, mekentosj.com, United Kingdom

Bernhard Lohkamp, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden

Kathryn Loving, Schrodinger, United Kingdom

John McGee, The Renaissance Computing Institute, United Kingdom

Gaël McGill, Digizyme and Harvard Medical School, United Kingdom

Piotr Sliz, Harvard Medical School, United Kingdom

Ian Stokes-Rees, Harvard Medical School, United Kingdom

Programme

Wednesday, 5 May 2010
09:00 - 12:00 Joint Lecture Session - Introductory Lectures
09:00 - 09:15 Opening remarks: Daniel Panne and Piotr Sliz
09:15 - 10:00 Data Animation with Maya: Gael McGill
10:00 - 10:15 Coffee Break
10:15 - 11:00 Scientific Programming with Python: Ian Stokes-Rees
11:00 - 11:45 Modern Programming Tools on OSX: Alex Griekspoor
11:45 - 13:15 Lunch Break
13:15 - 17:45 Classes (Python, Data Animation, OSX)
17:45 - 19:15 Dinner
19:15 - 20:45 Special Lecture:
Visualizing Macromolecular Processes: Daniel Panne
20:45 - 22:00 Computing Lab Open

Thursday, 6 May 2010
09:00 - 10:30 Joint Software Showcase Session:
Using Python for Molecular Dynamics and Drug Design: Kathryn Loving
10:30 - 10:40 Coffee Break
10:40 - 11:45 Computing classes, continued
11:45 - 13:15 Lunch Break
13:15 - 17:45 Computing classes, continued
17:45 - 19:15 Dinner
19:15 - 20:45 Joint Software Showcase Session:
Data Handling with Scientific Python, examples from NMR: TBA
20:45 - 22:00 Computing Lab Open
Friday, 7 May 2010
09:00 - 10:30 Joint Software Showcase Session:
GUI design with Python - examples from crystallography: TBA
10:30 - 10:40 Coffee Break
10:40 - 11:45 Computing Project starts
11:45 - 13:15 Lunch Break
13:15 - 17:00 Computing Project, continued
17:00 - 17:45 Closing Lecture:
Structural Biology Software Tools: Piotr Sliz
17:45 - 22:00 Dinner and Reception

Organisers
Scientific Organisers

Piotr Sliz, Harvard Medical School, USA

Daniel Panne, EMBL Grenoble, France
Conference Organiser

Sally Davison, EMBL Heidelberg, Germany


Registration and Payment

Please register online.


Deadline for registration is 17 January 2010.


This course has 45 places. There will be a two stage application process involving entering your contact data and then a letter of motivation. You should decide at the point of application which group you would like to be part of:

1. Python: As a part of the application, we ask students to prepare a short statement (no more than 2000 characters) detailing the main applications they currently use for their research, the programs they use to process and analyze data, and a proposal for new tools that they would like to develop using Python, which would address an outstanding need.


2. Maya: As a part of the application, we ask students to prepare a short proposal (no more than 2000 characters) that outlines how they would like to use Maya for their scientific research.


3. OSX: As a part of the application, we ask students to prepare a short statement (no more than 2000 characters) detailing their current programming proficiency, what they know about OSX programming, and what they expect to learn and be able to accomplish after taking this course.

The cost of the course is 250 EUR including 3 nights accommodation in the ISG hotel, course material and food during the course.


Accommodation and Transport

Hotel

3 nights accommodation in a twin room (is included) in the participation fee for the default dates of Tuesday, 4 May - Friday, 7 May 2010. Rooms have been reserved at the ISG Hotel.
All additional nights (beyond the 3 nights twin room paid by EMBL) will be charged extra (approx. EUR 75 per night for single accommodation and EUR 100 for twin accommodation).
Local Transport

Shuttle buses will go from designated bus stops near the hotels to EMBL and back, mornings and evenings. The schedule and location of the bus stops will be available before the meeting.

The course will take place in the Advanced Training Centre (ATC) on the EMBL campus.

For a full list of EMBL events, please visit our website: http://www.embl.org/events