Meeting report - New York Symposium on Quantitative Biology of the Cell

In the city that never sleeps, great science never takes a break. On 15 January 2016, the 'New York Symposium on Quantitative Biology of the Cell', a one-day local meeting of the American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB), took place at Columbia University Medical Center in upper Manhattan. Focusing on the quantitative understanding of cellular and multicellular systems, this meeting created an otherwise rare opportunity for interaction among scientists at various career levels with differing but complementary backgrounds. Highlighting cutting-edge experimental measurements and theoretical modeling, the symposium broke the barrier between disciplines and ignited a hopefully continuing regional dialogue on the emergent topic of quantitative biology of the cell.