BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Memento EPFL// BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Multicellular organisms in microfluidic systems DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20161114 DTSTAMP:20260501T223543Z UID:6f78f79c8c3793e04269326321484fc91970136a2dc61018277e435f CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars DESCRIPTION:A wide range of world experts in the domain.\nSpeakers: Adela Ben-Yakar\, University of Texas\, Austin\, USA\nDavid Biron\, Department o f Physics\, The University of Chicago\, Chicago\, Illinois\, USA\nHenrik B ringmann\, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry\, Goettingen\, G ermany\nSreekanth Chalasani\, Salk Institute\, California\, USA\nNikos Chr onis\, College of Engineering\, University of Michigan\, USA\nMatteo Corna glia\, Laboratory of Microsystems\, EPFL\, Lausanne\, Switzerland\nAndrew deMello\, Institute for Chemical & Bioengineering\, Department of Chemistr y & Applied Biosciences\, ETH Zürich\, Switzerland\nAndrew Dillin\, Unive rsity of California\, Berkeley\, USA\nChristopher Fang-Yen\, Dept. of Neur oscience\, Perelman School of Medicine\, University of Pennsylvania\, USA\ nBhagwati Gupta\, Dept. Biology\, McMaster University\, Hamilton\, Canada\ nErel Levine\, Department of Physics\, Harvard University\, Cambridge\, Ma ssachusetts\, USA\nShawn Lockery\, Institute of Neuroscience\, University of Oregon\, USA\nHang Lu\, School of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering\, Georgia\, USA\nColeen T. Murphy\, Professor\, Lewis-Sigler Institute of I ntegrative Genomics and Dept. of Molecular Biology & Director\, Glenn Cent er for Quantitative Aging Research at Princeton\, NJ\, USA\nAravinthan Sam uel\, Department of Physics & Center for Brain Science\, Harvard Universit y\, Cambridge\, Massachusetts\, USA\nMichael Unser\, Ecole Polytechnique F ederale de Lausanne (EPFL)\, Biomedical Imaging Group\, Switzerland\nThe “Symposium Latsis EPFL 2016” on the topic “Multicellular organisms i n microfluidic systems” will be held at the campus of the Ecole Polytech nique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) on the shoreline of the beautiful Lac Léman\, Lausanne\, Switzerland. Studies of living organisms like nematode s and invertebrate embryos in controlled spatio-temporal chemical environm ents on microfluidic chips are gaining momentum\, as these animals offer g enetic amenability\, low-cost\, and culture conditions that are compatible with large-scale screens\, while not raising ethical issues.\n\nThe 2.5-d ay Latsis Symposium (November 14-16\, 2016) wants to bridge the gap betwee n microfluidic systems and biological model organism research\, by providi ng an interdisciplinary forum on the technology and applications of microf luidic systems for studies of multicellular organisms in medicine and biol ogy. Invited and Contributed Presentations cover the topics of microfluidi c technologies\, organism (neuro-)biology\, on-chip manipulation and imagi ng\, development studies\, screening\, and in vivo diagnostic applications .\n\nPlease pay attention to following important dates:\n \nDeadline for abstract submission: 30 June\nNotification of abstract acceptance: 15 Augu st\nRegistration deadline for presenting authors: 31 August\nLodging at Sw issTech Hotel: pre-reserved rooms hold until 2 October\nRegistration deadl ine for all:  31 October LOCATION:Salle Polyvalente EPFL http://map.epfl.ch/?room=ce1515 STATUS:CONFIRMED END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR