March 17-19, 2021 | 10:00AM EDT | 2:00PM UTC | 4:00PM CEST*
*Program is subject to change
The capability to distinguish the unique behavior of individual cells within tissues has enabled progress in many fields of biology. This new single cell perspective has the potential to transform our understanding of many critical biological processes and diseases, from development and regeneration to cancer. While the field of single cell biology has shown enormous growth in technical capabilities over the last decade, many conceptual questions remain, such as how to best apply and develop these technologies to answer key biological questions.
Key areas of biological interest include: (1) Developmental processes-- how do individual cells differentiate to generate cell types and structures that comprise adult organisms? (2) Tissue ecosystems-- how cells interact with and respond to their neighbors within organized tissues to support tissue function and homeostasis? (3) Disease--how does the misbehavior of single cells impact disease development and manifestation in cancer and other ailments? (4) Technology Development—what kinds of new data collection and analysis tools are needed to fill current biological knowledge gaps?
The mission of this meeting is to bring together researchers who develop single cell biological tools, with those from neighboring fields who are utilizing these technologies, to address these questions and derive new ones in a collaborative manner. Cross-talk between these disciplines will identify new opportunities for both technology development, and applications to answer novel biological questions, that will accelerate advances across fields. Discussions and collaborations seeded at this meeting will drive the field in innovative and fruitful directions long into the future, with far more powerful impacts than could be achieved in isolation.
Regular Registration Rate: $275 USD
Student Registration Rate: $150 USD
Abstract Submission
for Short Talk Consideration: February 4, 2021
ePoster Abstract Submission: March 3, 2021
Financial Aid Application: March 3, 2021
#VKSSingleCell21
Graduate students and postdoctoral fellows, as well as individuals from low- and middle- income countries (all career stages) working in science and medicine related fields, are eligible to apply for a FREE registration code.
Find out more about financial aid opportunities here!
Showcase your work to global audiences on the eSymposia platform!
Submit your abstract for the opportunity to be selected for a short talk presentation alongside field leaders on the meeting program! See Abstract Deadline for Short Talk Consideration
ePoster presenters will be provided with their own dedicated page on the event website to display their work in multiple formats and interact with meeting participants. ePoster features include:
To submit your work for an ePoster presentation, and to be considered for short talk selection, go to the “Submit an Abstract” tab on the event homepage.
Speaking at this eSymposia
Britt S. Adamson
Princeton University, USA
Uri Alon
Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
Long Cai
California Institute of Technology, USA
Ana Domingos
University of Oxford, UK
Michael Elowitz
California Institute of Technology, USA
Jean Fan
Harvard University, USA
Hernan G. Garcia
University of California Berkeley, USA
Martin Guilliams
Ghent University VIB, Belgium
Naomi Habib
Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Shalev Itzkovitz
Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
Philipp Junker
Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Germany
Leeat Keren
Stanford University, USA
Allon M. Klein
Harvard University, USA
Prisca Liberali
Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, Switzerland
Samantha A. Morris
Washington University in St Louis, USA
John Isaac Murray
University of Pennsylvania, USA
Stephen Quake
Stanford University, USA
Arjun Raj
University of Pennsylvania, USA
Silvia Santos
Francis Crick Institute, UK
Alex K. Shalek
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
Sabrina L. Spencer
University of Colorado-Boulder, USA
Aaron Streets
University of California, Berkeley, USA
Cole Trapnell
University of Washington, USA
Roser Vento-Tormo
Sanger Wellcome Trust, UK
Jessica Whited
Harvard University, USA
Ramnik Xavier
Massachusetts General Hospital, USA
Nancy R. Zhang
University of Pennsylvania, USA
Subscribe to receive updates to the program for this meeting.
The views expressed in this eSymposia are those of the participants and not necessarily of the participants’ organizations or of Keystone Symposia.
