Biophysical Society Newsletter - February 2016

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BIOPHYSICAL SOCIETY NEWSLETTER 7
FEBRUARY 2016
Mechanobiology of Disease
Singapore | September 27–30, 2016
Biophysical Society Thematic Meeting
2016Singapore
This meeting aims to bring together an interdisciplinary set of researchers and technology partners that are investigating and exploiting me-
chanical properties of cells that are associated with disease or dysfunction. World leaders in these topics will identify scientific areas of impact
in understanding and treating disease, and consider the development of drug screening tools, diagnostics and therapeutics that target or
exploit the mechanobiology of cells. Such a unique biophysical perspective has the potential to bring solutions for a range of disease states.
Deadlines
Abstract Submission
June 6, 2016
Early Registration
July 5, 2016
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Dino Di Carlo, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
Jochen Guck, Technische Universität, Dresden, Germany
Linda Kenney, Mechanobiology Institute, Singapore
Chwee Teck Lim, Mechanobiology Institute, Singapore
Michael Sheetz, Mechanobiology Institute, Singapore
G.V. Shivashankar , Mechanobiology Institute, Singapore
SPEAKERS
Clare Bryant University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
Kevin Chalut, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
Alex Dunn, Stanford University, USA
Adam Engler, University of California, San Diego, USA
Marco Foiani, IFOM the FIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology, Italy
Susan Gasser , Friedrich Miescher Institute, Switzerland
Katharina Gaus, University of New South Wales, Australia
Gregory Giannone, Interdisciplinary Institute for Neuroscience, France
Gisou van der Goot, École Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Switzerland
Carl-Phillip Heisenburg, Institute of Science and TechnologyAustria (ISTAustria), Austria
Linda Kenney, Mechanobiology Institute, Singapore
Birgit Lane, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Deborah Leckband, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
Thomas Lecuit, Insitut de Biologie de Development de Marseille, France
Chwee Teck Lim, Mechanobiology Institute, Singapore
Henry Tse, CtyoVale, Inc., USA
Oliver Otto, Dresden University of Technology, Germany
Daniela Rhodes, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Amy Rowat, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
Michael Sheetz, Mechanobiology Institute , Singapore
G.V. Shivashankar, Mechanobiology Insitute, Singapore
Krystyn Van Vliet, MIT, USA
Bernard Wehrle-Haller, University of Geneva, Switzerland
Marvin Whiteley, University of Texas at Austin, USAA