Dear Colleagues,

The 6th Biosensor Meeting will take place on May 12th-13th 2016 at the campus of Orsay (Batiment des Colloques).

The GDR MIV Biosensor Group promotes the development and implementation of real time biosensor imaging approaches to decipher the spatio-temporal dynamics and underlying regulatory mechanisms of signaling cascades, kinase activities, protein-protein interactions and more: from single cells to complex biological systems including tissues, whole embryos and adult animals. This meeting gathers biologists, chemists and physicists developing fluorescent probes, reporters or biosensors whether genetically-encoded or synthetic, allowing for exchange of ideas and tools over two days. The format will be similar to the previous editions and will provide an opportunity to young researchers and confirmed scientists to share their work in the form of oral communications or posters.

The 6th edition will include a special focus on mechanical and chemical sensors.
Confirmed invited speakers are Carsten Grashoff (MPI Biochemistry, Munich, Germany) and Ranieri Bizzarri (Nanoscience Institute, Pisa, Italy)

Information and registration information at the web site :
http://www.cpps.u-psud.fr/?page_id=1281

We receive your suggestions of titles for communications together with a short (half page) abstract at biosensor-meeting@services.cnrs.fr

Download Poster

Accomodation : we have reserved rooms at Residhome Bures-La Guyonnerie,
within walking distance of the meeting site (mention BIOSENSOR as key
word of your mail) : bures.guyonnerie@residhome.com Document BIOSENSOR

Do not hesitate to forward the information to any colleagues who may be
interested.

We look forward to hearing from you,

The Organizing Committee: Olivier Gavet (Villejuif), Fabienne Mérola
(Orsay), May Morris (Montpellier), Clotilde Randriamampita (Paris), Eve
Ranvier (Orsay), Franck Riquet (Gand), Grégoire Vandecasteele
(Chatenay-Malabry), Pierre Vincent (Paris)

The International symposium in BioNanoVision will bring together a multidisciplinary group of world-leading scientists to further our understanding on the fundamental molecular mechanisms that regulate cellular architecture, from nuclear organization to the cell membrane. These will include experts from the optical nanoscopy field, biophysicists, cell biologists, chemists and statistical physicists. Since super-resolution and single molecule optical techniques have been crucial to advancing our understanding of cellular structure and protein behaviour, we will place a special emphasis on the technologies that are enabling the visualization of molecular components at function with unprecedented spatiotemporal resolution.

We would like to invite you to take part in this exciting meeting, which will take place during 25-27 May 2016 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, at ICFO – the Institute of Photonic Sciences.

 

Dear All,

The deadline for application to the Jacques Monod Conference on “Optical imaging of brain connectivity: from synapses to networks in action” is extended to March 14, 2016.

Don’t hesitate to send an abstract, there are still some possibilities to attend. Note that up to 6 participants will be selected for a short talk, based on their abstracts.

Best regards,
Christophe Mulle
Fritjof Helmchen

Laure BAILLY-CUIF (Gif sur Yvette, France) Imaging neural progenitor cells dynamics during behavior
Haruhiko BITO (Tokyo, Japan) Labeling, monitoring and manipulating active ensembles
Alain CHEDOTAL (Paris, France) Development of new imaging methods to study the organization of sensory systems
Daniel CHOQUET (Bordeaux, France) Nanoscopic organization of synapses
Rosa COSSART (Marseille, France) Imaging ripple events in the awake mouse hippocampus
Valentina EMILIANI (Paris, France) Two-photon optogenetics by spatio-temporal shaping of ultrafast pulse
Andreas FRICK (Bordeaux, France) Neuronal circuits probed with recombinant rabies virus technology
Viviana GRADINARU (Pasadena, USA) Brain control with light; development and application to mental disorders
Fritjof HELMCHEN (Zürich, Switzerland) Imaging cortical circuit dynamics in behaving mice
Sonja HOFER (Bazel, Switzerland) Imaging function and structure of the visual system
Anthony HOLTMAAT (Geneva, Switzerland) Neural circuits in the mammalian neocortex
Ehud Y. ISACOFF (Berkeley, USA) Design of novel probes for the optical detection and manipulation of neuronal signaling
Jinny KIM (Seoul, South Corea) mGRASP for mapping connectivity at multiple scales
Arthur KONNERTH (Tum, Germany) Impaired neuronal network function in mouse models of Alzheimer’s disease
Troy MARGRIE (London, United Kingdom) Sensory processing in single cells, circuits and behavior
Hannah MONYER (Heidelberg, Germany) Connectivity in the entorhinal cortex
Valentin NÄGERL (Bordeaux, France) Super-resolution imaging of spine plasticity
Elly NEVIDI (Cambridge, USA) Visualization of synapse assembly and disassembly in vivo: multispectral tracking of distinct circuit elements
Thomas OERTNER (London, United Kingdom) Controlling the strength and lifetime of synapses with light
Julie PERROY (Montpellier, France) Imaging plasticity at synapses
Dmitri RUSAKOV (London,United Kingdom) Mapping nanomolar calcium landscapes inside neurons and astroglia with FLIM
Angus SILVER (London, United Kingdom) Investigating the role of temporal coding using high speed 3D 2-photon imaging
Mark SCHNITZER (Stanford, USA)Development of fiber-optic fluorescence microendoscopy for studies of learning and memory
Scott STERNSON (Ashburn, USA) Neural processes that underlie hunger studied with reverse engineering of neural circuits
Katrin WILLIG (Göttingen, Germany) In vivo STED microscopy of the living mouse brain
Claire WYART (Paris, France) Investigation of a novel sensory interface relaying information from the cerebrospinal fluid to motor circuits
Hongkui ZENG (Seattle, USA) Large scale analysis of mouse brain connectivity

The spirit of this Summer School is inspired by the most prestigious school ever founded in France, Saint Flour, the influence of which has spread to generations of researchers in Mathematics. Since its establishment in Brittany in 1994, this school has become a worldwide reference. It is resolutely international (participants from more than twenty countries have participated to the previous editions) and accessible to young scientists. It is an open yet privileged place for exchanges and discussions of major on-going work. Informal and warm, at a location where the sea and the land combine in a time varying relation, this school brings together, every two years for ten days, the world great teachers and researchers in Biomedical Imaging.
Lectures, seminars, and discussions are organized at the highest level, but with the freedom of spirit that is the tradition of Brittany. The school objective is to contribute without any exclusion to advances in a rapidly evolving field, and to foster participation in the adventure of research. It provides up-to-date, state-of-art knowledge on emerging areas and addresses important issues dealing with complex, multivariate systems, going from basic to applied research.

The annual Meeting of ELMI is an internationally recognized meeting on Light Microscopy combining lectures and hands-on industry workshops on cutting edge microscopy techniques and innovative applications in life sciences. In 2016 it will take place in Debrecen, Hungary, from the 24th to the 27th of May. In addition to plenary scientific lectures, ELMI 2016 offers a fantastic opportunity for users to enjoy the hands-on workshops in the latest developing instrumentation, and the chance to gain insight into the next generation of technologies. It also provides an excellent opportunity for networking with the industry and other devoted microscopists.

The Education Department of the Institut Pasteur will be running a symposium on the same topic on Tuesday March 8, 2016, with the “Principles and Applications of Fluorescence Microscopy” course directors : David DiGregorio, Gael Moneron and Jost Enninga. This event will include a series of seminars to explore the latest technological developments in fluorescence microscopy. The symposium, which will take place in the auditorium of the François Jacob building, represents a unique opportunity to hear from the leading experts in fluorescence microscopy about their latest research findings. It is open to all scientists on campus. The event is free but prior registration is required.