Organizers:
Stephan Diekmann (Jena)
Christoph Cremer (Heidelberg)

Symposium Outline
The aim of the meeting is to discuss in an internationally visible forum, novel developments and applications of optical analyses of biological nanostructures in the cellular context  (e.g. cell membranes, cytoplasmatic structures, chromatin domains, transcription and replication factories). The emphasis will be on joining methodological developments with biological  applications within each and every sesseion. Wherever possible, computer simulations and kinetic modelling will be included. Since the focus of the sympsoium will be on the optical analysis of biomoleuclar machines in the cell, we intend to cover spatial and temporal dimensions beyond the "nanoscale"

Topics of sessions / workshops:	Confirmed speakers:
Microscopic imaging at the one nanometer scale Light microscopy from the nanometer to the micrometer scale Light microscopy from the micrometer to the millimeter scale Dynamic analysis in vivo by light microscopy Correlation of Light Microscopy and Kinetic Modeling Workshops on Molecular Labelling and on Novel Perspectives in Microscopy	David Bazett-Jones, Toronto Pete Carlton, San Francisco Roel van Driel Daniel Gerlich, Zürich Enrico Gratton, Urbana Don Lamb, München Jenniffer Lippincott-Schwartz, Bethesda James McNally, Bethesda
Pictures
Symposium 2009 Poster