Niccolò Banterle
EMBL Heidelberg
Germany
EMBO Practical Course
Proof of COVID-19 vaccination or recovery is required to attend this on-site course. Please see EMBL’s COVID-19 safety policy for on-site events.
Experience modern cell biology at work: not only see but also try out in practice how cutting-edge technologies can be used to answer questions at the frontiers of cell biology.
It is a tradition that the entire faculty of the Cell Biology and Biophysics Unit of EMBL teaches the course to cover a broad spectrum of techniques.
The course also provides an excellent opportunity for participants and course faculty to discuss current and future challenges in cell biology.
The course will be primarily aimed at postdocs and advanced graduate students who have developed an interest in cell biology. We wish to attract cell biologists who want to acquire quantitative, biophysical, and computational methods as well as scientists (including early-career principle investigators) with different backgrounds (including physics, chemistry, engineering, informatics, etc) who want to use their expertise to address current problems in cell biology.
We aim to balance the number of participants with a background in biology and participants coming from other disciplines. A key criteria for selection is the potential benefit of adding novel cell biological methods to the students’ own research plans.
Preference will be given to students where there is little or no possibility that the student can acquire these technologies at her/his home institution.
The course will provide an update on the latest developments from the beginning to the end of an experiment. This includes recent advances in fluorescent probe development (e.g. FRET-based activity probes), through new techniques and tricks of biological sample preparation (e.g. mounting of live organisms), novel approaches in molecular biology, cutting-edge microscopy (e.g. live imaging, super-resolution light microscopy and correlative light and electron microscopy) and mechanobiology – covering the complete range of biological complexity from single molecules to whole organisms. Participants will learn how to analyze imaging data using Cellprofiler and Ilastik.
As the topics of the practicals are closely related to the current research in EMBL laboratories, they will cover many experimental model organisms (yeast, mammalian cells, fly, ascidian) and a wide variety of methods (fluorescence and electron microscopy, molecular biology, in silico approaches, image analysis).
This course is kindly supported by the Cell Biology and Biophysics Unit of EMBL.
EMBL Heidelberg
Germany
EMBL Heidelberg
Germany
EMBL Heidelberg
Germany
EMBL Heidelberg
Germany
EMBL Heidelberg
Germany
EMBL Heidelberg
Germany
EMBL Heidelberg
Germany
Max Planck Institute for Medical Research
Germany
EMBL Heidelberg
Germany
EMBL Heidelberg
Germany
Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, Göttingen
Germany
EMBL Heidelberg
Germany
Research Institute of Molecular Pathology
Austria
EMBL Heidelberg
Germany
EMBL Heidelberg
Germany
Institute of Science and Technology
Austria
EMBL Heidelberg
Germany
Janelia Research Campus
USA
Lab | People |
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Banterle/Dey | Johanna Melisa – EMBL Heidelberg, Germany Tocci Hiral Shah – EMBL Heidelberg, Germany Felix Mikus – EMBL Heidelberg, Germany |
Diz-Muñoz | Filipe Nunes Vicente – EMBL Heidelberg, Germany Jia Hui Lui – EMBL Heidelberg, Germany Richard Bailleul – EMBL Heidelberg, Germany Anusha Gopalan – EMBL Heidelberg, Germany Linda Decker – EMBL Heidelberg, Germany |
Ellenberg | Kai Sandvold Beckwith – EMBL Heidelberg, Germany Andreas Brunner – EMBL Heidelberg, Germany |
Köhler | Cristina Piñeiro Lopez – EMBL Heidelberg, Germany Ana Rita Rodrigues Neves – EMBL Heidelberg, Germany Ivana Čavka – EMBL Heidelberg, Germany |
Prevedel | Ivo Leite – EMBL Heidelberg, Germany Sebastian Hambura – EMBL Heidelberg, Germany Ling Wang – EMBL Heidelberg, Germany |
Pepperkok | Muzamil Majid Khan – EMBL Heidelberg, Germany Aliaksandr Halavatyi – EMBL Heidelberg, Germany Giriram Mohana – EMBL Heidelberg, Germany |
Ries | Aline Tschanz – EMBL Heidelberg, Germany Yu-Le Wu – EMBL Heidelberg, Germany Lucas Müller – EMBL Heidelberg, Germany Takahiro Deguchi – EMBL Heidelberg, Germany Soheil Mojiri – EMBL Heidelberg, Germany Michal Skruzny – EMBL Heidelberg, Germany Philipp Hoess – EMBL Heidelberg, Germany |
Schwab | Nedal-Djamil Darif – EMBL Heidelberg, Germany Marianne Sandvold-Beckwith – EMBL Heidelberg, Germany Inés Romero Brey – EMBL Heidelberg, Germany |
Zimmermann | Timo Zimmermann – EMBL Heidelberg, Germany |
Cuylen | Yuki Hayashi – EMBL Heidelberg, Germany Terra Kuhn – EMBL Heidelberg, Germany |
Kreshuk | Dominik Kutra – EMBL Heidelberg, Germany Fynn Beuttenmüller – EMBL Heidelberg, Germany |
BAND Platform | Yi Sun – EMBL Bioimage ANalysis Desktop (BAND) Platform Jean-Karim – EMBL Bioimage ANalysis Desktop (BAND) Platform |
Course and Conference Officer
EMBL Heidelberg
Germany
Training Lab Technician
EMBL Heidelberg
Germany
Training Lab Manager
EMBL Heidelberg
Germany
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Time | Speaker | Location |
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16:45 – 17:00 | Registration | ISG Hotel |
17:00 – 17:30 | Welcome and course overview Simone Koehler – EMBL Heidelberg, Germany Sara Cuylen-Haering – EMBL Heidelberg, Germany | ISG Hotel |
17:30 – 18:45 | Introduction by participants (flash talks) | ISG Hotel |
19:00 | Buffet dinner | ISG Hotel |
Time | Speaker | Location |
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08:40 | Bus from ISG Hotel to EMBL Main entrance | ISG Bus stop |
08:50 – 09:15 | Check in | Room 202 |
9:15 – 10:00 | Lecture: Light microscopy: Basic principles and concepts Robert Prevedel – EMBL Heidelberg, Germany | Room 202 |
10:00 – 10:30 | Coffee break | Room 202 |
10:30 – 11:15 | Lecture: Superresolution Microscopy Timo Zimmermann – EMBL Heidelberg, Germany | Room 202 |
11:30 – 14:00 | Poster session 1 (ODD numbers) with Lunch | Operon Foyer |
14:00 – 14:15 | Introduction to practicals | Room 202 |
14:15 – 18:00 | Practical 1 | Room 202 |
18:00 – 18:45 | Lecture: Super-resolution applied: the centriole case Niccolo Banterle – EMBL Heidelberg, Germany | Room 202 |
19:00 – 19:15 | Bus from EMBL Main entrance to ISG Hotel | EMBL Bus stop |
19:15 | BBQ Dinner | ISG Hotel |
Time | Speaker | Location |
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08:40 | Bus from ISG Hotel to EMBL Main entrance | ISG Bus stop |
08:50 – 09:00 | Check in | Room 202 |
09:00 – 09:45 | Lecture: Single cell biology at large scale to study membrane traffic and organelle biogenesis Rainer Pepperkok – EMBL Heidelberg, Germany | Room 202 |
09:45 – 11:45 | Poster session 2 (EVEN numbers) with coffee break | Operon Foyer |
11:45 – 12:45 | Lunch | EMBL Canteen |
12:45 – 18:00 | Practical 1 | Room 202 |
18:00 – 18:45 | Lecture: Integrative analysis of cell division across scales Jan Ellenberg – EMBL Heidelberg, Germany | Room 202 |
18:45 – 19:45 | Dinner | EMBL Canteen |
20:00 | Bus from EMBL Main entrance to ISG Hotel | EMBL Bus stop |
Time | Speaker | Location |
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08:40 | Bus from ISG Hotel to EMBL Main entrance | ISG Bus stop |
08:50 – 09:00 | Check in | Room 202 |
09:00 – 09:45 | Lecture: Measuring Cell Mechanics Alba Diz-Muñoz – EMBL Heidelberg, Germany | Room 202 |
09:45 – 10:00 | Coffee break | Room 202 |
10:00 – 11:00 | Seminar: Computer simulations for cell reshaping Andela Šarić – University College London, UK | Small Operon |
11:00 – 11:45 | Meet the Speaker – Andela Šarić | Room 202 |
11:45 – 12:45 | Lunch | EMBL Canteen |
12:45 – 13:00 | Group Photo | Outside IC |
12:45 – 18:00 | Practical 2 | Room 202 |
18:15 – 19:45 | Pizza dinner | Operon Foyer |
19:45 | Bus from EMBL Main entrance to ISG Hotel | EMBL Bus stop |
Time | Speaker | Location |
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08:40 | Bus from ISG Hotel to EMBL Main entrance | ISG Bus stop |
08:50 – 09:00 | Check in | Room 202 |
09:00 – 09:45 | Lecture: Electron microscopy for Cell Biology: from CLEM to volume SEM Yannick Schwab – EMBL Heidelberg, Germany | Room 202 |
09:45 – 10:00 | Coffee break | Room 202 |
10:00 – 11:00 | Seminar: Using phospho-proteomics and imaging to reveal conserved mechanisms of oocyte meiosis Peter Lenart – Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, Göttingen | Small Operon |
11:00 – 11:45 | Meet the Speaker – Peter Lenart | Room 202 |
11:45 – 12:45 | Lunch | EMBL Canteen |
12:45 – 18:00 | Practical 2 | Room 202 |
18:00 – 18:45 | Lecture: Molecular Views into Cells by in situ Cryo-Electron Tomography Julia Mahamid – EMBL Heidelberg, Germany | Room 202 |
18:45 – 19:45 | Dinner | EMBL Canteen |
20:00 | Bus from EMBL Main entrance to ISG Hotel | EMBL Bus stop |
Time | Speaker | Location |
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08:40 | Bus from ISG Hotel to EMBL Main entrance | ISG Bus stop |
08:50 – 09:00 | Check in | Room 202 |
09:00 – 09:45 | Lecture: Small molecule fluorophores for microscopy Claire Deo – EMBL Heidelberg, Germany | Room 202 |
09:45 – 10:00 | Coffee break | Room 202 |
10:00 – 11:00 | Seminar: Fluorescent Probes for Cell Biology Kai Johnsson – Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Germany | Small Operon |
11:00 – 11:45 | Meet the Speaker – Kai Johnsson | Room 202 |
11:45 – 12:45 | Lunch | EMBL Canteen |
12:45 – 17:15 | Practical 3 | Room 202 |
17:15 – 18:45 | Networking activity with dinner | ATC outdoor tent |
18:45 | Bus from EMBL Main entrance to ISG Hotel | EMBL Bus stop |
Time | Speaker | Location |
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09:30 | Bus from ISG Hotel to EMBL Main entrance | ISG Bus stop |
09:45 – 10:00 | Check in | Room 202 |
10:00 – 10:45 | Lecture: Visualizing Meiosis Simone Koehler – EMBL Heidelberg, Germany | Room 202 |
10:45 – 11:00 | Coffee break | Room 202 |
11:00 – 11:45 | Lecture: Evolutionary Cell Biology Gautam Dey – EMBL Heidelberg, Germany | Room 202 |
11:45 – 12:00 | European Research Infrastructure landscape and Euro-BioImaging Aastha Mathur – Euro-Bioimaging Bio-Hub, Germany | Room 202 |
12:00 – 12:45 | Lunch | EMBL Canteen |
12:45 – 13:15 | Tour of the Imaging Center Timo Zimmermann – EMBL Heidelberg | IC |
13:15 – 18:00 | Practical 3 | Room 202 |
18:00 | Bus to ISG Hotel | EMBL Bus stop |
19:00 | Bus from ISG Hotel to Neckarmünzplatz | ISG Bus stop |
19:30 | Dinner downtown |
Free day
Time | Speaker | Location |
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08:40 | Bus from ISG Hotel to EMBL Main entrance | ISG Bus stop |
08:50 – 09:00 | Check in | Room 202 |
09:00 – 09:45 | Lecture: Image Analysis Anna Kreshuk – EMBL Heidelberg, Germany | Room 202 |
09:45 – 10:00 | Coffee break | Room 202 |
10:00 – 11:00 | Seminar: Segmentation of cellular organelles Aubrey Weigel – Janelia Research Campus, USA | Small Operon |
11:00 – 11:45 | Meet the Speaker – Aubrey Weige | Room 202 |
11:45 – 12:45 | Lunch | EMBL Canteen |
12:45 – 18:00 | Image analysis practical 1 (Cellprofiler or Ilastik) | Computer Training Lab/ Room 202 |
18:00 – 18:45 | Lecture: From Screening to Cellular Function: Discovery of a Cellular Surfactant Sara Cuylen-Haering – EMBL Heidelberg, Germany | Room 202 |
18:45 – 19:45 | Tapas dinner | ATC Foyer |
20:00 | Bus from EMBL Main entrance to ISG Hotel | EMBL Bus stop |
Time | Speaker | Location |
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08:40 | Bus from ISG Hotel to EMBL Main entrance | ISG Bus stop |
08:50 – 09:00 | Check in | Room 202 |
09:00 – 09:45 | Lecture: A DNA toolset for spatial biology Sinem Saka – EMBL Heidelberg, Germany | Room 202 |
09:45 – 10:00 | Coffee break | Room 202 |
10:00 – 11:00 | Seminar: Egg-to-embryo transition in zebrafish Andrea Pauli – IMP Vienna, Austria | Small Operon |
11:00 – 11:45 | Meet the Speaker – Andrea Pauli | Room 202 |
11:45 – 12:45 | Lunch | EMBL Canteen |
12:45 – 18:00 | Image Analysis Practical 2 (Cellprofiler or Ilastik) | Computer Training Lab/ Room 202 |
18:00 – 18:30 | Feedback Session | Room 202 |
18:30 – 19:30 | Dinner at EMBL | EMBL Canteen |
19:45 | Bus from EMBL Main entrance to ISG Hotel | EMBL Bus stop |
The course is limited to 20 participants. For selection purposes, please note that your application will not be considered without a letter of motivation.
Registration fees include admission, course materials, COVID-19 safety measures, meals and coffee breaks.
This EMBO course includes accommodation and transportation to and from the ISG Hotel to the venue.
Academia | €425 |
PhD Student | €425 |
Industry | €1000 |
The registration fee should be paid only after acceptance to the course. The results will be announced approximately 2-3 weeks after the application deadline.
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– for PhD and MD students, as well as graduates, the university entrance qualification must not have been obtained more than 11 years ago at the time of the envisaged course
– for postdocs, the university entrance qualification must not have been obtained more than 13 years ago at the time of the envisaged course
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Accommodation has been pre-booked for you at the ISG Hotel for the default dates of Sunday 4 to Wednesday 14 September 2022 (10 nights). Please note that the course registration fee includes coverage of accommodation costs in twin rooms, including breakfasts, for your stay at the ISG but that you will be required to pay an additional cost of 21 EUR per night for a single room. This should be paid by you directly to the ISG during your stay. Any additional nights need to be booked and paid for by you. We recommend that all course participants stay at the ISG Hotel which is the dedicated hotel for the course.
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Date: 4 - 13 Sep 2022
Location: EMBL Heidelberg
Venue: EMBL Advanced Training Center
Deadline(s):
Application: Closed
Organisers:
Contact: Raili Pall