A ball-shaped network of colorful structures
Cover picture: Traces of moving fruit fly larvae. Cellular processes in the brain steer the movements of fruit fly larvae. To study these processes, biologists and computer scientists have developed a technique which enables them to analyse precisely the behaviour of these minute organisms. Each colour marks the path of a larva.
© CiM/Benjamin Risse, Nils Otto, Dimitri Berh, Xiaoyi Jiang, Christian Klämbt

Cells in Motion highlights Symposium

Münster, 2 September 2019

Our scientists presented their innovative approaches and exciting research findings in the interdisciplinary field of cell dynamics and imaging and, at the same time, marked the transition to a new organizational form for the network as an interfaculty institution at the University of Münster. Members and longstanding supporters of our Cluster shareed their personal "Cells in Motion moments" and introduced the new directions for the future. We enjoyed the evening with a food truck and music.

 

9:00 - 17:00 | Moving research

Conference programme
Time Topics and speakers
09:00 - 09:05 Lydia Sorokin – welcome
09:05 - 09:30 Timo Betz – cell mechanics
09:30 - 09:55 Maria Bohnert – lipid droplet communication
09:55 - 10:20 Cristian A. Strassert – coordination chemistry and molecular imaging
10:20 - 10:45 Stefan Luschnig – tubular morphogenesis
coffee break
11:05 - 11:30 Georg Lenz – translational oncology
11:30 - 11:55 Andrea Rentmeister – biomolecular label chemistry
11:55 - 12:20 Milos Galic – nanoscale forces in cells
12:20 - 12:45 Sebastian Rumpf – developmental neurodegeneration
lunch break
13:30 - 13:50 Benjamin Risse – machine learning
13:50 - 15:00

Young investigator talks

  • Antonella Russo – Alarming and calming: Opposing role of S100A8/S100A9 dimers and tetramers on monocytes

  • Anna Livia Linard Matos – Addressable cholesterol analogs for live imaging of cellular membranes

  • Philipp Selenschik – Holey (carbon) support films based on water droplet templating

  • Niraimathi Govindasamy – A biomimetic platform mimicking the implantation site of mouse embryos
coffee break
15:20 - 15:45 Richard Stange – translational and regenerative medicine
15:45 - 16:10 Ryan Gilmour – chemical biology
16:10 - 16:35 Noelia Alonso Gonzalez – mechanisms of macrophage plasticity
16:35 - 17:00 Roland Wedlich-Söldner – multiscale imaging and cell biology

17:15 | Looking back & moving forward

Ceremonial programme
  • The Rector‘s perspective
    Johannes Wessels – Rector of WWU
  • Cells in Motion moments
    Joachim Spatz, Ralf Adams, Sven Meuth, Xiaoyi Jiang, Cornelia Denz, Uwe Karst, Christian Klämbt – members and supporters of "Cells in Motion"
  • (E)motions
    Lydia Sorokin, Volker Gerke, Michael Schäfers – Coordinators of "Cells in Motion"
  • Foodtruck and music