The 8th International Meeting on Substrate-Integrated Microelectrode Arrays (MEAs) is organized by the Natural and Medical Sciences Institute at the University of Tuebingen, NMI. The Bernstein Center Freiburg is co-organizer and its industry partner, Multi Channel Systems MCS GmbH, is sponsoring the event.

The event is targeted at persons from academic institutions and industry who are interested in new developments and applications and it will offer a comprehensive overview of the following topics:

Applications in Life Science:

• Molecular engineering and analysis of cellular and subcellular properties of individual neurons
• Applications in Systems Neuroscience (brain slices, retina, spinal cord, others)
• Heart: Electrophysiology and pharmacology in primary and stem cell-derived cardiac myocyte cultures
• Pharmacology, toxicology, drug screening
• Electrical stimulation of single cells and neural tissue
• Information coding in neural networks, analysis of neural dynamics and plasticity
• Signal analysis and statistics: (standardization and validation of MEA applications, algorithms and software, statistical methods for analyzing multi-electrode recordings)

MEA Technology:

• New materials and MEA design
• Advances in MEA fabrication and instrumentation (including arrays with CMOS circuitry and hybrid systems, automated electrophysiology, integration of nanotechnology, telemetric signal transmission)
• Cell and tissue culture including microfluidics
• Multi-electrode probes for in vivo applications

Suggestions for further topics and sessions are wellcome.
 

Contact:

Natural and Medical Sciences Institute at the University of Tuebingen, NMI
Markwiesenstrasse 55, 72770 Reutlingen, Germany
Phone: +49 7121 - 51 530 -0
Fax: +49 7121 - 51 530 16
Email: meameeting(at)nmi.de