Automated Imaging
& High-Throughput Phenotyping
December 5 - 8, 2010
Abstract Deadline: September 24, 2010

Organizers:
Philip Benfey, Duke University
Anne Carpenter, Broad Institute of Harvard & MIT
Robert Waterston, University of Washington
Uwe Ohler, Duke University

We are pleased to announce a new Cold Spring Harbor conference on Automated Imaging and High-Throughput Phenotyping which will begin at 7:30 pm on Sunday, December 5 and run through lunch on Wednesday, December 8, 2010.

The purpose of this Cold Spring Harbor meeting is to explore and encourage exchange of ideas and results about the development of automated imaging systems and image analysis, and how these systems and approaches are accelerating efforts to undertake phenotyping of large numbers of biological samples in parallel and/or high throughput mode.

Tentative Topics:
Cellular Phenotyping
Imaging Technologies & Platforms
Developmental Phenotyping
Stimulus/Response Phenotyping
Image Databasing & Knowledge Representation
Organismal Phenotyping
Workshop on Databasing/Publication Guidelines

Speakers:
Angela de Pace, Harvard University
Kevin Eliceiri, University of Madison, Wisconsin
Scott Fraser, Caltech
B.S. Manjunath, University of California Santa Barbara
Gene Myers, HHMI Janelia Farm Research Campus
Lucas Pelkmans, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Pietro Perona, Caltech
Norbert Perrimon, Harvard University
Fabio Piano, New York University
William Schafer, University of Cambridge, UK
Ernst Stelzer, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Germany (tentative)
Peter Sorger, Harvard University
Edgar Spalding, University of Madison, Wisconsin
Nico Stuurman, University of California San Francsico
Jason Swedlow, University of Dundee, UK
Pavel Tomancak, Max Planck Institute Dresden, Germany
Lani Wu, University of Texas SW
Mehmet Fatih Yanik, MIT

Abstracts should contain interesting and exciting material and must be submitted electronically by the abstract deadline. Selection of material for oral and poster presentation will be made by the organizers and individual session chairs. Status (talk/poster) of abstracts will be posted on our web site as soon as decisions have been made by the organizers.

We are eager to have as many young people as possible attend since they are likely to benefit most from this meeting. We have applied for funds from government and industry to partially support graduate students and postdocs. Apply in writing to beavers@cshl.edu stating need for financial support - preference is given to those submitting abstracts.

We look forward to seeing you at Cold Spring Harbor in December.

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Regular packages are all inclusive and cover registration, food, housing, parking, wine-and-cheese party, lobster banquet, etc. No Housing packages include all costs except housing. Full payment is due 4 weeks prior to the meeting.