Biophysical Society Bulletin | March 2019

Publications

2019 Biophysical Society Thematic Meetings

Biology and Physics Confront Cell-Cell Adhesion Aussois, France | October 14-17, 2019

Cell-cell adhesion is a fundamental biological and physical determinant of tissue organization, both in health and disease. However, the biology and physics of adhesion are often treated very differently. Cell and developmental biologists commonly focus on the molecular mechanisms responsible for cell-cell adhesion, whereas soft matter physicists consider principally the rheological properties of the contact interface. This meeting aims to bring these views and communities together, along with biophysicists and computational scientists, to develop a unified perspective on cell-cell adhesion that could not be achieved by any one community alone.

Organizing Committee: Sandrine Etienne-Manneville , Institut Pasteur, France Jean-Leon Maître , Institut Curie, France Virgile Viasnoff , National University of Singapore Alpha Yap , University of Brisbane, Australia

Abstract Submission & Registration Deadline: June 14, 2019

www.biophysics.org/ 2019Aussois