Speakers and Programme

Sunday  

May  
22nd  
  
 
17:00 - 21:00  Arrival
  
Monday  




May  
23rd  
  
Welcome and Introduction
 8:30 -  9:00  Dreisigacker, Fratzl, Geiger, Schwarz
  
morning Surface interactions
 9:00 - 10:00  L. Addadi, "Spatial and temporal stages in cell adhesion: From molecular recognition to focal adhesion assembly"
10:00 - 11:00  J. Kirkpatrick, "Future directions for a systems level understanding of tissue engineering"
11:00 - 11:30  Coffee break
11:30 - 12:30  D. Anderson, "High-throughput approaches to drug delivery and tissue engineering"
  
12:30  Lunch
  
afternoon Adhesion, forces and signaling
14:00 - 15:00  B. Geiger, "Regulation of cell adhesion in an unstable environment"
15:00 - 16:00  V. Vogel, "How Mechanical Force Regulates the Functional States of Fibronectin and Integrins "
16:00 - 16:30  Coffee break
16:30 - 17:30  J. Spatz, "Regulation of cell adhesion and adhesion associated signaling with nanopatterns which activate and spatially organize single integrins"
  
18:00  Dinner
  
evening  After dinner talk
20:00 - 21:00  D. Oesterhelt, "Signal Transduction in Halophilic Archaea"
  
Tuesday  




May  
24th  
  
morning Self-organized hierachies
 9:00 - 10:00  R. Lipowsky, "Self-organization in bio-nano Systems"
10:00 - 11:00  F. Nedelec, "Simulating the Microtubule Cytoskeleton"
11:00 - 11:30  Coffee break
11:30 - 12:30  R. Bar-Ziv, "Towards artificial biological networks"
  
12:30  Lunch
  
afternoon Posters and short talks
14:00 - 14:20  D. Joester, "Structure and Function of Hyaluronan in Early Cell Adhesion Events"
14:20 - 14:40  J. Curtis, "The mechanics of hyaluronan-mediated cell adhesion during cell division"
14:40 - 15:00  B. Hoffmann, "Force evaluation of adherent myocytes"
15:00 - 15:20  J. Kierfeld, "Discontinuous unbinding transitions of filament bundles"
15:20 - 15:40  A. Sartori, "Correlative Microscopy: Bridging the Gap between Light- and Cryo-Electron Microscopy"
16:00 - 18:00 Postersession and Coffee
  
evening Dinner and social evening
18:00 by invitation of the Wilhelm und Else Heraeus Stiftung in the "Bürgerstube" at the Physikzentrum
  
Wednesday  




May  
25th  
  
morning Cytoskeleton and mechanosensing
 9:00 - 10:00  R. Alon, "Recognition under stress: integrins and GTPases in immune cell interactions with blood vessels"
10:00 - 11:00  P. Janmey, "Differential stiffness sensing by astrocytes and neurons"
11:00 - 11:30  Coffee break
11:30 - 12:30  A. Bershadsky, "Coordinated regulation of the actin cytoskeleton and microtubules by formin homology proteins"
  
12:30  Lunch
  
afternoon Dynamics of mineralized tissues
14:00 - 15:00  J. Currey, "Structure and mechanics of bone"
15:00 - 16:00  J. Aizenberg, "Design of biological inorganic optical structures"
16:00 - 16:30  Coffee break
16:30 - 17:30  R. Weinkammer, "Functional adaptation of bone and wood"
  
18:00  Dinner
  
evening After dinner talk
20:00 - 21:00  E. Sackmann, "Life in Viscoelastic Shells"
  
Thursday  




May  
26th  
  
morning Cell dynamics
 9:00 - 10:00  J. Käs, "Feeling and influencing active intracellular polymer networks with light"
10:00 - 11:00  U. Seifert, "Detachment of specifically bound vesicles:
A thermodynamic model and dynamical challenges"
11:00 - 11:30  Coffee break
11:30 - 12:30  J. Rädler, "Dynamics of cell signalling"
  
12:30  Lunch
  
afternoon departure
  

Updated Wed May  18 2005 by CK.