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FUTURE MEETING
6
th
Symposium “Physics of Cancer”
It is our great pleasure to invite you and your co-workers to partici-
pate in the 6th Symposium
Physics of Cancer
, which will take place
in Leipzig, Germany, from September 7 to 9
th
, 2015.
This symposium gathers international and national leading scien-
tists in the fields of cell mechanics and cancer biology who will
present their newest findings, discuss about future trends and how
to expand the interaction between different disciplines. Another
focus is the promotion of young scientists, who are encouraged to
discuss with established scientists about perspectives in academic
and industrial research during a round table session, and who can
win the young scientist award for the best (poster or oral) presen-
tation. Plenty of opportunities for discussion will be given during
the poster session or the multiple coffee breaks.
The theme of the event is
Physics of Cancer
with a focus on Phy-
sics of tumors and physical aspects of metastasis formation. It will
cover subjects of basic biophysics and cell biology, for example
biomechanics, cellular forces, cell elasticity, cell motion and adhe-
sion, as well as applications of biophysical principles to understand
tumor cells, their micro-environment as well as their interaction
with other cells.
Detailed information on the Conference including a preliminary
program is available at
/
We hope that you will find this meeting to be very interesting and
you will decide to come to Leipzig.
Please do not wait to register and to submit your work !!!
Deadline for Early-Bird-Registration
is June 30, 2015 !
Best regards,
The Organizing Committee
Josef Käs,
University of Leipzig, Germany
Harald Herrmann
,
German Cancer Research Centre Heidelberg, Germany
Darius Köster
,
National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bangalore, India
Franziska Lautenschläger
,
Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany
Joachim Spatz
,
Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Stuttgart, Germany
The Program
I. Mechanical properties of cancer cells
Josef Käs (University of Leipzig)
The EMT, an unjamming transition?
Christian Dahmann (TU Dresden, Germany)
Signals and mechanics guiding cellular organization in epithelia
Kevin Chalut (University of Cambridge, UK)
Nuclear mechanics and shape in embryonic stem cells
Jochen Guck (TU Dresden, Germany)
Feeling for cell function: Mechanical phenotyping at 100 cells/sec
Mourmita Das (Rochester Institute of Technology, USA)
Role of differential physical properties in emergent behavior of 3D
cell co-cultures
Ralph Sinkus (King`s College London, UK)
Biomechanics of tissue and exploring its microstructure with waves
Srikala Raghavan (Institute for Stem Cell Biology and
Regenerative Medicine, India)
Breaking barriers: Role of integrins in epithelial homeostasis and
sterile inflammation
II. Membranes and the cytoskeleton
Elisabeth Chen (Johns Hopkins University, USA)
Mechanosensory response to intercellular invasion
Ewa Paluch (University College London, UK)
Title to be announced
Eberhard Bodenschatz (MPI for Dynamics and
Self-Organization Göttingen, Germany)
Title to be announced
Kinneret Keren (Technion, Israel)
Title to be announced
Darius Köster (National Centre for Biological Sciences,
Bangalore, India)
Actin and myosin drive membrane protein dynamics in an cell
inspired in vitro active composite
Kristine Schauer (Institut Curie, France)
Quantification of cell morphology changes during cancer
progression
Karsten Kruse (Saarland University, Germany)
Kinetics and dynamics of the homeostatic actin cortex
III. Cell migration in cancer
Maithreyi Narashima (Tata Institute of Fundamental Research,
India)
Title to be announced
