Cell News Newsletter of the German Society for Cell Biology full electronic version Volume 39, 4/2013 International Meeting of the DGZ Regensburg March 18 – 21, 2014 Potsdam Summer Conferences 2014 The moment your data change scientific minds. This is the moment we work for. // RECOGNITION MADE BY ZEISS Investigate the Cellular Universe Right Down to Molecular Level With ZEISS ELYRA you can combine the 3D superresolution techniques PALM and SR-SIM in one system with the renowned ZEISS LSM 780. Your flexible ELYRA system lets you image living cells and reveal the ultrastructure of your object of interest. Count molecules to quantify your results and see the arrangement of proteins within a structural context. www.zeiss.com/elyra CONTENT Newsletter of the German Society for Cell Biology Preface 4 Executive Board DGZ Election 2014 - 2016 4 President: Eugen Kerkhoff (Regensburg) International Meeting 2014 in Regensburg 5 Vice President: Ralph Gräf (Potsdam) DGZ Member Meeting 2014 10 Chief Operating Officer: Oliver Gruss (Heidelberg) DGZ Awards 2014 Walther Flemming Medal 11 Secretary: Klemens Rottner (Bonn) Nikon Young Scientist Award of the DGZ 11 Werner Risau Prize 12 Advisory Board Binder Innovation Prize 12 M. Cristina Cardoso (Darmstadt) Reinhard Fässler (Martinsried) Volker Gerke (Münster) Research News Robert Grosse (Marburg) Salvatore Chiantia: A new generation of physical models for the plasma Harald Herrmann (Heidelberg) membrane to study inter-leaflet coupling and trans-membrane signaling 14 Ingrid Hoffmann (Heidelberg) Eckhard Lammert (Düsseldorf) Simone Reber: On spindle length and shape 18 Thomas Magin (Leipzig) Zeynep Ökten (München) Britta Qualmann (Jena) Future Meetings 23 Manfred Schliwa (München) Doris Wedlich (Karlsruhe) New Members/Missing Members 27 Office: Sabine Reichel-Klingmann Impressum 27 c/o Deutsches Krebsforschungs- zentrum (DKFZ) Im Neuenheimer Feld 280 69120 Heidelberg Cover image: Photography by Ralph Gräf, Potsdam. The photo shows the famous Einstein Tower, Tel.: 06221/42-34 51 which is today situated in the premises of the AIP (Leibnitz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam). This sun observatory was build between 1919 and 1924 by the architect Erich Mendelsohn in collaboration with Fax: 06221/42-34 52 the physicist Albert Einstein and the astronomer Erwin Finlay Freundlich. The Einstein Tower is one of E-Mail: [email protected] the many UNESCO heritage sites that meeting attendees may visit aside from our 2014 special interest Internet: www.zellbiologie.de meetings in Potsdam. Cell News 3/2013 3 PREFACE Cell News is on-line! Dear colleagues, We are very happy that the second online-only issue of CellNews can now be communicated not only to all members of the DGZ, but to the entire scientific community. The DGZ board as well as our scientific advisors decided that the switch to the electronic format would be timely and necessary. i am sure you will all enjoy reading CellNews online from now on. In this issue, two young scientists introduce themselves, we advertise the program of our International Meeting and tell you more about previous DGZ meetings. The journal and our scientific meetings will stay our main tasks in the future. In other words: it is all about communicating science! We are, therefore, very happy that we can confirm the organisation of a number of excellent meetings in 2014, which are running under der label of the DGZ. We also wish to thank all meetings organisors, who finalized the organisation of their meetings with terrific speakers from Germany, Europe and overseas in time and despite the tight budget of the society. Please look at our an- nouncements and mark the deadlines for your favourite meeting. We are certainly looking forward to meeting you all in Regensburg at our International Meeting in March. A thrilling and stimulating scientific program waits for you in one of the most beautiful cities of Germany! Best wishes to all of you, Merry Christmas and an excellent New Year 2014! Oliver Gruss DGZ Election The Executive Board and three members of the Advisory Board, two auditors and three members of the prize jury shall be elected for the term of office 2014 – 2016. The candidates are: Executive Board: Ralph Gräf (Potsdam) as President, Carien Niessen (Köln) as Vice President, Oliver Gruss (Heidelberg) as Chief Operating Officer, Klemens Rottner (Bonn) as Secretary Advisory Board: Thomas Dresselhaus (Regensburg), Volker Gerke (Münster), Doris Wedlich (Karlsruhe) Auditors: Marie-Christine Dabauvalle (Würzburg), Hans-Georg Mannherz (Bochum) Prize Jury: Zoya Ignatova (Potsdam), Frank Schnorrer (Martinsried), Walter Witke (Bonn) Members of the Executive Committee are elected among the active members by secret postal vote. The documents (information letter, ballot paper, 2 envelopes) have been sent to the DGZ members by mail. In case you have not received the documents, please contact the DGZ office by e-mail: [email protected] For the introduction of the Executive Board candidates, please see Cell News, issue 3/2013 (p. 6-7), www.zellbiologie.de/cellnews/ Please, vote and send your ballot paper to the DGZ office by February 15, 2014 4 Cell News 3/2013 INTERNATIONAL MEETING International Meeting of the German Society for Cell Biology March 18 - 21, 2014, Regensburg, Germany Organized by Eugen Kerkhoff, Thomas Dresselhaus, Stefanie Sprunck The international meeting presents the current state of research in the rapidly developing field of Cell Biology, a fundamental discip- line for all life sciences. The format and programme of the meeting provides an international platform for presentation and discussion of the most recent and exciting achievements in cell biology. We strongly support young scientists by short talks, poster sessions and educational events such as a special session on publishing and funding. The Meeting 2014 in Regensburg has an emphasis on combining the two evolutionary separated metazon kingdoms, the animal and plant cell biology. The "Annual Meeting of the German Society for Matrix Biology (DGMB)" will be held in Regensburg in parallel with the "International Meeting of the German Society for Cell Biology (DGZ)". We have scheduled a combined session on "cell adhesion and signalling" for Thursday March 20th, and a party together in the evening. The meetings are partially overlapping in time (International Meeting (DGZ), Tuesday - Friday; Annual Meeting (DGMB), Thursday - Saturday) and we offer the possibility of a double registration. In the name of the organizing committee (Eugen Kerkhoff, Thomas Dresselhaus and Stefanie Sprunck) i am happy to welcome you to join the exciting cell biology meeting in the historic city of Regensburg. Eugen Kerkhoff Meeting President: Exhibition & Sponsoring: Prof. Dr. Eugen Kerkhoff MCI Deutschland GmbH Department of Neurology Iohanna Vater Molecular Cell Biology Laboratory Markgrafenstr. 37 University Hospital Regensburg 10117 Berlin, Germany Franz-Josef-Strauß-Allee 11 Phone: +49 (0)30 / 204 59 37 93053 Regensburg, Germany Fax: +49 (0)30 / 20 45 9 - 50 Phone: +49 (0) 941-944-8922 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Legal Organizer (PCO): Information, Registration and Abstract Submission: MCI Deutschland GmbH Annika Bleckert www.zellbiologie2014.de Markgrafenstr. 56 10117 Berlin, Germany Phone: +49(0)30 / 204 59 27 Fax.: +49(0)30 / 204 59 50 E-mail: [email protected] Cell News 3/2013 5 INTERNATIONAL MEETING Guidelines for Abstract Submission Abstracts for the poster exhibition can be on any area of cell and developmental biology Maximum number of characters: 2000 characters including spaces no pictures, photos or images Deadline for submitting Abstracts is January 31, 2014 Abstract Book All abstracts will be printed in an abstract booklet that will be handed out at the registration desk at the meeting. Fee for abstract submission: EUR 35,00 Please note that abstract registration does not include conference registration. Once you have registered for the congress, the abstract fee will be refunded. Abstract Topics The program offers two poster sessions for which all together 14 different topics are provided: S1: Rho GTPase signalling in physiology and disease S8: Microtubule nucleation S2: Neuronal signalling and optogenetics S9: Germ lines and stem cells in plants S3: Membrane transport PS1: Quantitative imaging of cell dynamics S4: Multipotential cells in animals PS2: Cell adhesion and signalling S5: Genome stability and DNA repair PS3: RNA Biology S6: Actin polymerization machines PS4: Cell biology of metastasis S7: Chromatin organization GS: General Subjects Presentation S1-S9 The short talks to be held in the Symposia (S1-S9) will be chosen on the basis of the abstracts by the symposium chairs. You can either choose to prepare a poster only or apply for a poster that should be considered for a short talk. Once the abstracts have been reviewed you will be informed whether your abstract was accepted as a poster or a short talk. Poster Presenter (short talk) Please prepare a presentation of 15 minutes including discussion (12 + 3 min., optimally). You are also invited to prepare a poster in addition to your talk. (Poster size DIN A0, portrait format) Poster Please prepare a poster size DIN A0, portrait format. There will be two poster-sessions. You will be informed about when to put up your poster and when to take it down. Presentation PS1-PS4 and GS For abstracts of topics PS1-PS4 and GS you can only prepare a there are no short talks. Once the abstracts have been reviewed