Program > • Session Screening and sorting

Microbilal communities are characterized by a wide heterogeneity: heterogeneity in term of strains or species, but also heterogeneity in term of physiological state (live, damaged, or dead cells ; active or inactive cells). The single cell analysis appear therefore as a methodology of choice to address this heterogeneity. Thanks to the progress in instrument  electronics and performances, in computing capacities, cells can be analysed at very high frequency, providing results for a large quantity of cells, representative of the whole community. The ability to physically separate the cells of interest , so called cell sorting, has become a most valuable tool in several fields, in particular in biotechnology. Various methodological principles are available such as specific fluorescence labelling and flow cytometry cell sorting,  or magnetic labelling and  cell sorting. They provide  by far the highest throughput among screening techniques. In this session we invite papers that further novel technical approaches, methods, as well as new applications of cell sorting.

Chairman : Dr. Bernhard M. Fuchs (Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology)