May 11 & 12, 2020
DRESDEN, GERMANY







We are excited to invite you to the Max Bergmann Symposium 2020 in Dresden, Germany. The symposium will take place at the Steigenberger Hotel in the historic city center. The meeting will include talks by leading scientists from around the world.
The event aims to offer a cross-disciplinary perspective on molecular self-assembly and self-organization. The central topics are:
1. Artificial systems: assembling synthetic molecules into well-defined nanostructures and supramolecular polymer materials.
2. Biological systems: self-organization in model organisms from all trees of life.
3. Inspiration from nature: applying lessons from biological self-assembly and self-organization to create biomimetic systems.
4. Technological applications: translation toward smart nanomaterials and molecular machines with programmable functions.
The Speakers
Confirmed speakers (alphabetical order)
Joanna Aizenberg (Harvard, USA) | Assembling liquid crystal elastomers at all scales
Maartje Bastings (EFPL, Switzerland) | DNA guided self-assembly of precision materials to unravel the organization of cellular receptors
Rut Carballido-Lopez (INRAE, France) | Shaping bacteria: the actin-like cytoskeleton, from single molecules to morphogenesis
Leo Chou (University of Toronto, Canada) | RNA Extrusion from a DNA-Origami-Based Nanofactory
Stefan Diez (B CUBE, Germany) | Parallel computation with molecular-motor-propelled agents in nanofabricated networks
Knut Drescher (MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology, Germany) | Bacterial biofilm growth and disassembly
Zemer Gitai (Princeton, USA) | The evolution of bacterial shape through a self-organizing curvature module
Stephan W. Grill (MPI for Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Germany) | t.b.a.
Robert Holyst (Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland) | Diffusion and flow in soft matter: 100 years after Albert Einstein
Rafal Klajn (Weizmann Institute, Israel) | Dissipative self-assembly of nanoparticles
Yamuna Krishnan (University of Chicago, USA) | Quantitative Chemical Imaging in Live Cells
Thorsten Mascher (TU Dresden, Germany) | SporoBeads - functionalized endospores of Bacillus subtilis as a structured protein displaying platform
Egbert Meijer (TU Eindhoven, The Netherlands) | From supramolecular polymers to functional materials
Mariana Pinho (New University of Lisbon, Portugal) | The cytokinesis machinery of gram-positive bacteria
Boris Rybtchinski (Weizmann Institute, Israel) | Noncovalent Aqua Materials
Juliane Simmchen (TU Dresden, Germany) | Assembly through active matter - understanding interactions between particles
William M. Shih (Harvard, USA) | HiFi molecular transmission via crisscross cooperativity




Program
preliminary timetable
08:00 – 09:00 — Check-In
09:00 – 09.10 — Welcome / Introductory Comments
09:10 – 10:00 — Morning Keynote and Discussion
10:00 – 10:30 — Coffee Break
10:30 – 12:00 — Morning Session
13:00 – 13:50 — Afternoon Keynote and Discussion
13:50 – 14:40 — Afternoon Session 1
14:40 – 15:10 — Coffee Break
15:10 – 16:30 — Afternoon Session 2
16:30 – 17:10 — Rapid-Fire Talks
17:10 – 18:00 — Poster Session
18:00 – 20:00 — Dinner
09:10 – 10:00 — Morning Keynote and Discussion
10:00 – 10:30 — Coffee Break
10:30 – 12:00 — Morning Session
12:00 – 13:00 — Lunch
13:00 – 13:50 — Afternoon Keynote and Discussion
13:50 – 14:40 — Afternoon Session 1
14:40 – 15:10 — Coffee Break
15:10 – 16:50 — Afternoon Session 2
16:50 – 17:00 — Concluding remarks
Abstracts & Registration
Abstract submission deadline: February 13, 2020.
There are two types of contributions:
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Poster
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Poster and rapid-fire oral presentation
Rapid-fire oral presentations are intended to give an overview and stimulate interest in the poster.
A small number of abstracts will be selected for full-length oral presentations by the scientific committee.
Notifications of acceptance will be sent by March 15, 2020.
Contact Us

Dr. Lars Renner
+49-(0)351-4658-787
Dr. Elisha Krieg
+49-(0)351-4658-644








