Introduction
The 3rd International Workshop on Approaches to Single-Cell Analysis is the third of a series of very successful and inspiring conferences that have been initiated originally by the Japanese LifeSurveyor Program, a network of about 60 research groups in Japan devoted to the topic of the conference and coordinated by Prof. Hideki Kambara, Professor at the Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology and Director at Hitachi Central Research Laboratories. These conferences take place annually and sequentially in Japan and Europe, this year being hosted by the ETH Zurich. We expect to have about 15 first class international researchers as invited speakers and about 150-200 participants from many different countries in Asia, Europe and the US.
Speakers and session topics for this 3rd Workshop have been selected to cover selected areas where great progress has recently been made. Particular emphasis will be given to the field of (a) single cell culturing and characterization in designed microenvironments (stem cell niches), in particular cancer stem cells; (b) dynamics of lipids and membrane-associated proteins/receptors in cell membranes and model systems such as supported phospholipid bilayers; (c) advances in high-resolution cell and interface imaging techniques including label free methods; and (d) integration of single cell arrays and assays in systems (e.g., microfluidics, combination with analytical techniques such as mass spectrometry.
To cover these areas we have invited 15 keynote/invited speakers to cover the following session topics for this conference:
- Component Analysis of Single Cells
- Cell and Material Interface Analysis
- Microarrays and Chips for Single Cell Analysis
- Imaging, Single Molecule Detection and New Technology
- Single (Stem) Cell Analysis and Signaling
The 3rd International Workshop on Approaches to Single-Cell Analysis will take place in Zurich on September 11th & 12th, 2008 at the ETH Zurich, Switzerland.
Poster Sessions and Industry Exhibits will also take place throughout the meeting.