Invitation to participate in the Life Sciences with Industry 2015 Lorentz workshop Leiden, November 16 - 20, 2015 We invite PhD students and postdocs from all branches of the life sciences that like to participate in the one-week Life Sciences with Industry 2015 Lorentz workshop in Leiden: November 16 – 20, 2015. During the workshop, the about 40 participants tackle in groups of eight six scientifically challenging and commercially important problems formulated by six companies. The workshop will take place in Leiden in the building of the Lorentz Center, an organisation that is specialised in organising scientific workshops (http://www.lorentzcenter.nl/ <http://www.lorentzcenter.nl/>). To create multi-disciplinary teams, participants will be selected based on their (i) specific background in the life sciences, (ii) motivation to participate, and (iii) date of registration. Registration on the workshop website: http://www.lorentzcenter.nl/lc/web/2015/762/info.php3?wsid=762&venue=Oort <http://www.lorentzcenter.nl/lc/web/2015/762/info.php3?wsid=762&venue=Oort> Deadline: Sunday October 18, 2015. Participation is free of charge, including hotel accommodation during the workshop. Also lunches and two workshop dinners are covered. The workshop is sponsored by the Lorentz Center, the Research School BioSB (http://biosb.nl/ <http://biosb.nl/>), STW (http://www.stw.nl/ <http://www.stw.nl/>) and the companies involved. Need more information? Contact Yousra Jaddour at the Lorentz Center: jaddour@lorentzcenter.nl <mailto:jaddour@lorentzcenter.nl> or +31-71-527 5578. The organisers Dr. Ellen Feddes (STW) Dr. Gökhan Ertaylan (MaCSBio, Maastricht University) Dr. Jurgen R. Haanstra (VU University Amsterdam) prof. em. Dr. Roel van Driel (University of Amsterdam) ********************************************************************* Six industrial challenges Life Sciences with Industry 2015 1. New possibilities for developing disease-resistant plants Bejo Zaden B.V. (www.bejo.nl <http://www.bejo.nl/>) 2. Technologies to modulate galactosylation and fucosylation in human antibodies production in clonal cell lines Bioceros B.V. (www.bioceros.com <http://www.bioceros.com/>) 3. Isolation of phospholipids from fresh cow milk Nutricia Danone (www.nutricia.nl/ <http://www.nutricia.nl/>) 4. Applications of a novel low-cost/disposable high resolution and sensitive detector in health and biotechnology NXP Semiconductors B.V. (www.nxp.com <http://www.nxp.com/>) 5. Quantifying the quality of light for human-centric lighting solutions: how to objectively measure (visual) comfort and well-being Philips Research (www.research.philips.com <http://www.research.philips.com/>) 6. Automated 3D imaging and analysis systems to measure plant volume and other critical parameters of seed germination and seedling establishment Syngenta (www3.syngenta.com/country/nl/nl/Pages/home.aspx) Gökhan Ertaylan, PhD Maastricht Centre for Systems Biology (MaCSBio) - Maastricht University http://macsbio.maastrichtuniversity.nl/ <http://macsbio.maastrichtuniversity.nl/> Universiteitssingel 60, 6229 ER Maastricht ( +31 (0) 43 38 81123