Learning from Single Molecules

Summary:
In the last 15 years single molecule fluorescence has become a powerful research tool in the biosciences. A team of internationally renowned researchers will teach a course on current experimental approaches for detection and imaging of single molecules, and related data analysis methods.

The workshop "Learning from Single Molecules" is intended to provide an expert introduction into the still expanding toolbox of single molecule fluorescence techniques and its application. This microscopy meeting will take place from June 29th to July 1st, 2009, near Bonn in Bad Honnef, a small city beautifully situated in the Rhine valley.

The meeting addresses researchers being interested in gaining insight into the current methodology and exemplary applications of single molecule fluorescence in life science research. The workshop preferentially aims at advanced graduate students and postdocs, but also experienced scientists from other disciplines that want to expand their knowledge of this innovative and fast growing field would certainly benefit from the meeting.

We will focus on fluorescence techniques, because these represent currently the major tools to study and apply single molecule features in the life sciences. The workshop shall provide the participants with a solid background in the existing state-of-the-art of single molecule research, as well as the chance to meet prominent European contributors to the field. The program comprises detailed lectures on topics such as single molecule observation in living cells, fluorescence correlation spectroscopy, particle tracking, membrane receptor mobility, microscopy image processing, and so forth.

This workshop is organized within the framework of the EU Marie Curie Research Training Network "Biocontrol" and the SFB 624 "Templates - Functional chemical matrices" of the Department of Chemistry of the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms University Bonn.

We kindly invite you to attend "Learning from Single Molecules", and look forward to meet you in Bad Honnef this summer. The conference venue is the Katholisch-Soziale Institut, a comfortable and modern meeting location.