Although this conference primarily is an internal meeting, members of affiliate research groups are always invited to participate. However, the number of participants is limited by the accommodation of the conference location.

Topics included:

• Actin Polymer Networks
• Neurons & Glia
• Optical Stretcher & Cancer

Speakers

• Silke Agte: Optical Design of the Vertebrate Retina: Light-Cell Interactions form the Light Path through the Retinal Tissue
• Valentina Dallacasagrande: Retinal Glia: Altered Biomechanics in Ocular Diseases
• Susanne Ebert: The Biomechanics of B-Lymphocytes in Leukemia
• Anatol Fritsch: Collective Organization and Separation of Multicellular Systems
• Thomas Fuhs: High Precision Force Measurements on Fibroblasts Using an Optically Stabilized SFM
• Markus Gyger: Influence of Calcium Signaling on Biomechanics of Single Suspended Cells in the Optical Stretcher
• Paul Heine: Interactions of Actin and Microtubules in Neuronal Growth Cones
• Florian Huber: Actin Network Formation within Cell-sized Droplets: From Star-like Clusters to Ladder-like Stripes
• Prof. Dr. Josef A. Käs: Opening & Motivation Talk
• Tobias Kießling: Biomechanical Data Networks
• Melanie Knorr: Neuronal Pathfinding – How Randomness Helps Neurites to Probe the World
• Karla Müller: Finding Mesenchymal Stem Cells Optimally Suitable for Cartilage Production
• Kenechukwu David Nnetu: Contribution of Microtubules to the Mechanical Properties of Cells
• Steve Pawlizak: Interplay between Compartmentalization of Cells and Tumor Spreading
• Wolfram Pönisch: Analysis of Neurite Growth in a Linear Gradient of Nerve Growth Factor
• Philipp Rauch: Interactions of Actin and Microtubules in Neuronal Growth Cones
• Eva Rose: Multicellular Tumor Spheroids – Growth Dynamics of Cells in Agarose-Gels and the Influence of Cytoskeletal Drugs
• Carsten Schuldt: Collagen Cross-linking of the Eye's Sclera
• Dan Strehle: Time-dependent Mechanical Characteristics of Actively Deformed Actin Bundles
• Franziska Wetzel: Biomechanical Analysis of Primary Breast Cancer Cells
• Lydia Woiterski: Influence of Bilayer Substrate Fluidity on Neuronal Growth
• Dr. Mareike Zink: How to write a proposal, using the example of “Agescreen” and “Theranostik”

Conference Schedule

Arrival in Zingst is planned for Sunday afternoon, August 8, 2010. Please see the proceedings booklet below for talk abstracts and details on the preliminary program. The conference language will be English. Departure is scheduled for Sunday, August 15, 2010 at 9:00 am.

3rd Soft Matter Physics Summer School - Proceedings (PDF, 10.6 MByte)
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Venue

The Summer School 2010 will take place at the field office of the University of Leipzig in Zingst, Germany. For more information about the location, you may take a look at this brochure. For directions, please see the information by the Institute of Meteorology or look up the coordinates in Google Maps.

University of Leipzig
Außenstelle Zingst
Müggenburger Weg 5
18374 Zingst, Germany
Phone: (+49 38232) 15585