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The Biophysical Society invites you to submit an abstract and register for the thematic meeting, Liposomes, Exosomes, and Virosomes: From Modeling Complex Membrane Processes to Medical Diagnostics and Drug Delivery, being held September 11–16, 2016, in Ascona, Switzerland.

Abstract deadline:  March 7, 2016.  In addition to the speakers listed below, there will be presentations selected from the submitted abstracts.

Who should attend?  Experts in membrane biophysics, cell biology, synthetic biology, diagnostics, pharmacology, and pharmaceutical formulation as well as academic scientists and researchers in the pharmaceutical industry.

Why attend? To exchange ideas that will provide a basis for a molecular understanding of central questions about the use of cell-derived and model membranes, deliver the newest technical approaches, and stimulate further developments as well as future collaborations.

Organizers
Daniel Müller, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, Switzerland
Lukas Tamm, University of Virginia, USA
Horst Vogel, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland

SPEAKERS

Wolfhard Almers, Oregon Health & Science University, USA
David Alsteens, Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium
Philippe Bastiaens, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Germany
Steven Boxer, Stanford University, USA
Petra Dittrich, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
Suzanne Eaton, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Germany
Donald Engelman, Yale University, USA
Christian Eggeling, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
Jay Groves, University of California, Berkley, USA
Phyllis Hanson, Washington University School of Medicine, USA
Martin Hof, J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry of the ASCR, Czech Republic
Kalina Hristova, Johns Hopkins University, USA
Anthony Hyman, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Germany
Reinhard Jahn, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Germany
Sarah Keller, University of Washington, USA
Anne Kenworthy, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, USA
Wolfgang Meier, University of Basel, Switzerland
Lawrence Rajendran, University of Zurich, Switzerland
Carol Robinson, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
Botond Roska, Friedrich Miescher Institute, Switzerland
Helen R. Saibil, Birkbeck, University of London, United Kingdom
Dimitrios Stamou, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Anne Spang, University of Basel, Switzerland
Gisou van der Goot, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland
Sarah Veatch, University of Michigan, USA
Gunnar von Heijne, Stockholm University, Sweden
Matthew Wood, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
Chen-Yu Zhang, Nanjing University, China

For additional program information, registration, and abstract submission instructions, visit the website.