Winter School 2009
Nanosystems and Sensors
THE WINTER SCHOOL IS OVER NOW. PLEASE VISIT OUR 
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March 1st - 7th, 2009
The Winter School will highlight experiments at the crossroads between Biology, Statistical Physics and Nanofabrication. Topics include the investigation of molecular motors at the single-molecule level, DNA circuits and Darwinian DNA Machines to evaluate models of molecular evolution, advancements in nano-bio-systems requiring the availability of functionalized fluidic biosensors that are capable of high speed and high sensitivity operation and fluorescence spectroscopy techniques. The audience will be composed of graduate students and post-doc researchers from physics, chemistry, biochemistry and life sciences.
Program Committee
The program committee is composed of the following members of CeNS/NIM:
- Jens Michaelis, Dieter Braun, Philip Tinnefeld, Eva Weig (LMU)
- Jonathan Finley, Friedrich Simmel (TUM)
Confirmed Speakers
- Andreas Bausch (TU München)
- Dieter Braun (LMU München)
- Andrew Cleland (University of California, Santa Barbara)
- Harold Craighead (Cornell University)
- Dirk Englund (Harvard University)
- Jonathan Finley (TU München)
- Ulrich Gerland (LMU München)
- Taekjip Ha (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
- Doris Heinrich (LMU München)
- Alexander Högele (LMU München)
- Johan Hofkens (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven)
- Günter von Kiedrowski (Ruhr-Universität Bochum)
- Bettina Lotsch (LMU München)
- Scott Manalis (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
- John Parsch (LMU München)
- Rob Phillips (California Institute of Technology, Pasadena)
- Stephen Quake (Stanford University)
- Mark Reed (Yale University)
- Petra Schwille (BIOTEC, TU Dresden)
- Georg Seelig (California Institute of Technology, Pasadena)
- Friedrich Simmel (TU München)
- Uri Sivan (RBNI Technion - Israel Institute of Technology)
- Maurice Skolnick (University of Sheffield)
- Sander Tans (AMOLF - Institute for Atomic and Molecular Physics)
- Eva Weig (LMU München)
- Achim Wixforth (Universität Augsburg)
Transport
NIM/CeNS will provide transportation by bus from Munich, Germany to St. Christoph at Arlberg, Austria and back. Please select “book bus ticket” in our online registration form. The amount of EUR 5,00 one-way will be added to your registration fee automatically. In case that you do not book a bus ticket to/from Arlberg we assume that you will organize your transport yourself. Please note that the program starts with dinner on March 1st at 6:00 pm and plan your arrival accordingly!
Directions to St. Christoph and General Tourist Information for St. Christoph at Arlberg, Austria: 
link
Accomodation
We have booked rooms in several hotels from Sunday evening March 1st to Saturday morning March 7th (departure day). Rooms with 2 beds will be available for students and postDocs. All rooms are located in the small village of St. Christoph.
To book accommodation from March 1st (arrival) to March 7th (departure): Please select “book accommodation” in our online registration form. The amount of EUR 200 (for students PhD or diploma) and EUR 300 (for postDocs, PIs) will be added automatically to your registration fee. Accomodation includes full board, i.e. breakfast, lunch and dinner. Please note that there will be a registration fee of EUR 50 (for students PhD or diploma) and EUR 100 (for postDocs, PIs).
Financial Support
Diploma and Master students (CeNS associates of the LMU) can apply for financial support to participate in the winter school if there are no other means of funding! To apply for support, please send an e-mail by January 31st to 
bluem(at)cens.de stating your status, the group you are working with, and the reason why there is no other financing source.
Poster Presentations
If you would like to present a poster, please indicate this in the registration form. Some of the posters will be selected for short oral presentations.