The 4th Optogenetic Technologies and Applications Conference will showcase recent advances in optogenetics and will bring together different branches of the optogenetic community. The conference will include approaches in neuronal and nonneuronal optogenetics as well as in material science and unicellular organisms. Discover new tools and see how they are promoted to initial translation across life sciences.

Abstract Submission Deadline: May 21, 2024
Submit here: https://aiche.confex.com/aiche/otac24/cfp.cgi

SESSIONS:
Discovery and Engineering of Novel Light Responsive Systems
Applications of Optogenetic Tools to Neuroscience
Biomedical Applications of Optogenetics
Optogenetics for Biotechnology
Emerging Methods for Precise Stimulation In Vivo and In Vitro
Developmental and Cell Biology
Cell Free Systems
Cyber Genetic

KEYNOTE SPEAKER:
Andreas Möglich, University of Bayreuth

CONFERENCE CHAIRS:
Lukasz Bugaj, University of Pennsylvania
Megan McClean, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Emmanuel Tzanakakis, Tufts University

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:
Jose Avalos, Princeton University
Raphael Lamprecht, University of Haifa
Chandra Tucker, University of Colorado Denver
Wilfried Weber, University of Freiburg
Seraphine Wegner, University of Münster
Max Wilson, University of California Santa Barbara

Conference Organized by The Society for Biological Engineering

About SBE
Established in 2004, the Society for Biological Engineering is a technological community for engineers and applied scientists integrating biology with engineering. Members of SBE come from a broad spectrum of industries and disciplines and share in SBE’s mission of realizing the benefits of bioprocessing, biomedical and biomolecular applications. Learn more about SBE at https://www.aiche.org/sbe