Light sheet microscopy has emerged in the last 15 years as a powerful tool to interrogate living biological systems with unprecedented imaging speeds for as long as it takes. Large, fixed, cleared or expanded biological samples can be imaged with high resolution in a fraction of time compared to conventional microscopy approaches. When combined, the spatial coverage and temporal resolution leads to in toto recording of complex biological phenomena. Light sheets opened entirely new windows into the inner workings of…

The main theme of this conference is focused on exploiting ultrafast and nonlinear optical techniques for imaging and spectroscopy applications. The merging of ultrafast nonlinear optics and imaging has created exciting opportunities to explore nonlinear susceptibility as contrast mechanisms for label-free imaging. For instance, second harmonic generation (SHG) imaging relies on the difference in second order nonlinear susceptibility to form an image and can be used to probe molecules or structures without inversion symmetry. The introduction of the multi-photon nonlinear…

Keynote Speakers: K01 – Luke Lavis – Janelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, USA K02 – Katharina Gaus – University of New South Wales, Australia Invited Speakers (confirmed so far) K03 – Susan Cox – King’s College London K04 – Greg Giannone – CNRS K05 – Rainer Kaufmann –  Universität Hamburg K06 – Ralf Jungmann – Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry K07 – Melike Lakadamyali –  University of Pennsylvania K08 – Sandrine Leveque-Fort –  Université de Paris Sud K09 – Suliana Manley –  EPFL K10 – Dylan Owen –  King’s College London K11 – Michelle Peckham – Leeds University K12 – Jonas…

The 12th International Conference and Workshop on Biological Barriers is an international scientific event, organized every two years and receiving constantly 200+ registered attendees from all over the world. In the focus of BioBarriers 2018 are human cell and tissue models for facilitating clinical translation of new drugs and delivery systems, especially in the context of infectious diseases. Moreover, we will discuss innovative concepts and materials, also capable to overcome non-cellular diffusion barriers such as mucus or bacterial biofilms, concluding…

The general experience that “a picture is worth a thousand words” also holds in the field of systems biology: Image-based Systems Biology is a modern approach that aims to extract spatio-temporal information contained in images in a form that it can be used to model morphological, functional and dynamical aspects of biological processes. Image-based Systems Biology seeks to take full advantage of the information in images and establishes an essential connection between experimental and theoretical examination of biological processes at a quantitative level. This…