Dear Prof. Möllmert,
Thank you for
your kind invitation. I would very much like to attend.
I want to be
transparent regarding our funding for travel in the upcoming
year, as it is currently uncertain. While I am confident
that we will be able to participate, I am less confident
about our travel budget, a clearer picture of our budget
will be known on October 1st.
Please let me
know if this degree of uncertainty is acceptable, as I would
hate to cause last minute changes to your program.
Many thanks
Kandice
Kandice Tanner Ph.D.
Senior Investigator, Chief, Tissue
Morphodynamics Section
Lab of Cell Biology
Center for Cancer Research
Bldg 37, Rm 2132B
37 Convent Dr,
Bethesda, MD
240-760-6882
Dear Prof Tanner,
On behalf of the Scientific Organizing Committee, I have the
honor to invite you to give a keynote talk at the upcoming
9th International BioBrillouin
Conference, which will take place in Berlin, at the
conference venue of the Max Planck Society (Harnack-Haus) on 25–27 November
2025.
This event serves as a venue where experts and leading
scientists from around the world working on Brillouin Light
Scattering Spectroscopy for biological and biomedical
applications meet once a year to share their latest advances,
findings, and innovations in the field. In addition to two
full days of keynote, invited and contributed talks, it will
feature poster sessions and various social activities.
As part of our efforts to deepen our understanding of
biomechanical imaging and its relevance to Brillouin light
scattering, we would be delighted to include your perspective
on recent advances in the field. Your research, bridging
biophysics, cellular biology, and tissue mechanics, offers
important insights into how physical forces and structural
cues shape cellular behavior and tissue function. We believe
your keynote would be a highlight of the conference and
inspire valuable discussions on the integration of mechanical
imaging techniques within the broader context of biomedical
optics and mechanobiology.
Due to limited financial resources and the short-notice
relocation, which has limited our ability to acquire more
comprehensive sponsorship for this event (it was initially
meant to happen in Harvard), we request that keynote speakers
cover their own travel and accommodation costs. If this
presents a difficulty, please let us know and we can look into
the potential of providing a travel stipend for cases most
needed, albeit subject to availability.
We would very much look forward to meeting you in Berlin, and
please let me know at your earliest convenience, but no later
than July 20th, if you will be able to attend to deliver a
keynote talk.
All the best,
Stephanie
On behalf of the Scientific
Organizing Committee:
Jochen Guck (Max Planck Institute
for the Science of Light & Max-Planck-Zentrum für
Physik und Medizin, Germany)
Kareem Elsayad (Medical
University of Vienna, Austria)
Robert Prevedel (European
Molecular Biology Laboratory - EMBL, Germany)
Francesca Palombo (Exeter
University, United Kingdom)
Stephanie Möllmert (Max Planck
Institute for the Science of Light, Germany)
Michael Monaghan (Trinity College
Dublin, Ireland)
Thorsten Hamann (Norwegian
University of Science and Technology, Norway)
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Dr. Stephanie Möllmert
Research Group Leader
Max-Planck-Zentrum für Physik und Medizin
Cell Physics Division
Kussmaulallee 2
91054 Erlangen
Germany
Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light
Cell Physics Division
Staudtstr. 2
91058 Erlangen
Germany
Phone: +49 (0) 9131 8284530
Email: stephanie.moellmert@mpl.mpg.de
Homepage: www.gucklab.com
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