Symposium: Exploring Life at the Single-Molecule Level

Center for Cellular Dynamics

May 30, 2025 @ 08:00 am to 01:30 pm

Hintz Family Alumni Center, University Park, PA 16802, USA
University Park

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Agenda:

8-9: coffee/tea and breakfast

9-9:50: Keynote Speaker: Melike Lakadamyali, University of Pennsylvania: Illuminating Biology with Single Molecule and Super-Resolution Microscopy

9:50-10:10: Ruobo Zhou, Departments of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Penn State: Unraveling the Ultrastructure and Functions of the Neuronal Membrane Skeleton Using Super-Resolution Fluorescence Microscopy

10:10-10:30: Marina Feric, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Penn State: Co-condensation of the Mitochondrial Genome and its Packaging Proteins into Multi-phase Droplets

10:30-11: coffee/tea and career development discussion

11-11:50: Keynote Speaker: Daniel Anderson, Eikon Therapeutics: Single molecule tracking in drug discovery and systems biology

11:50-12:10: Manyu Du, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Penn State: Super-Resolution Imaging of Transcription and 3D Genome Organization

12:10-12:30: Daguan Nong, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Penn State: SCATTIRSTORM microscopy for single-molecule imaging of cellulose deconstruction

12:30-1:30: Lunch, Professional Development Discussion, and Trainee Image Contest (with awards for best images/explanations!)

Registration is free, but you must register to attend! Register here: bit.ly/4kWoxnr