CYTOO will be in Heidelberg, Germany, for a 1-day course about "Cell normalization using adhesive micropatterns".

The theoretical part includes:

• Control of cell architecture and behavior by cell microenvironment engineering
• Introduction to CYTOO’s adhesive micropatterns
• Automated image acquisition and image processing of micropatterned cells
• Live Cell Imaging using micropatterns
• Examples of applications using various micropatterns
• Design of custom micropatterns adapted to your biological questions
• Adhesive micropatterns in High Content Screening and Drug Discovery
• Presentation of a case study
• Reference Cell^TM concept 

The practical part includes:

• Cell seeding experiments on adhesive micropatterns
• Microscope observation of cell spreading on micropatterns
• Acquisition of fluorescence microscope images on the fixed and stained demo samples
• Automated image processing and analysis (using ImageJ)

The number of participants is limited to maximum 8 persons in order to ensure the best possible learning climate.