Conferences and Meetings on Biology

Fusion Conferences

Our goal is to bring together both single cell biologists and human health leaders, to spark new interactions, collaborations and generate ideas that will lead to future clinical trials and cures.

American Geophysical Union (AGU)

AbSciCon, the conference brings the astrobiology community together every two years to share research, collaborate, and plan for the future. Join NASA and the American Geophysical Union as we facilitate a robust gathering of scientists in Atlanta and in an online capacity

Biochemistry and Medicinal Chemistry, Toxicology,    Molecular Biology

Biochemistry and Medicinal Chemistry, Toxicology,    Molecular Biology

European Astrobiology Institute

The aim of the summer school "Life on Earth and Beyond" is to give participants a thorough overview of the scientific, historical, philosophical and ethical questions arising in this field. It is co-organised by the European Astrobiology Institute and the Space Humanities Group at Lund University. The course is open for students and scientists in humanities, natural, social and political sciences.

Stockholm University;     Phone: [0855378649];     Email: wgeppert@fysik.su.se

Astrobiology, Space Science, History, Philosophy, Evolutionary Biology

European Molecular Biology Organization – EMBO

This conference will bring together scientists and students working on the co- and post-translational regulation of proteins, terminal protein modifications and modifying enzymes, and the impact of such terminal modifications at the protein level as well as in a broader biological perspective including human disease and plant homeostasis. The event will be relevant for researchers in the fields of structural biology, biochemistry, molecular biology, cell biology, systems biology and biomedicine, and encompass model systems and biological regulation in bacteria, yeast, mammals and plants.

Molecular Biology,    Biochemistry and Medicinal Chemistry, Toxicology

Biochemistry and Medicinal Chemistry, Toxicology,    Molecular Biology

Topics ranging from the fundamental molecular mechanisms of mutagenesis through the roles of mutagenesis in biology and disease to the exploitation of mutagenesis and mutagenic mechanisms for therapy

Biochemistry and Medicinal Chemistry, Toxicology,    Molecular Biology

Topics ranging from the fundamental molecular mechanisms of mutagenesis through the roles of mutagenesis in biology and disease to the exploitation of mutagenesis and mutagenic mechanisms for therapy

La Société de Physiologie et Biologie Intégrative

Human Physiology and Metabolism,    Systems Biology and Computational Biology

The conference is the premier opportunity for the presentation and discussion of scientific research in all areas of evolutionary biology.

Molecular Biology,    Neurology

Molecular Biology,    Neurology

foraminiferal biology and paleontology; foraminiferal genomics; experimental biology; growth analyses; environmental sensitivity and biomonitoring; biomineralisation; palaeoecology and palaeogeography; biostratigraphy; taxonomy; industrial and geological applications; foraminiferal response to climate change; invasive species;

Guenther Witzany Telos-Philosophische Praxis Buermoos Austria

With the emergence of epigenetic memory, organisms can fix historical and context- dependent impressive experiences. Evolution from now on learnt to learn. Learning means organisms can avoid reproduction of always the same. This is key to adaptation. Epigenetic regulation emerges as a fine-tuned genome-wide network that can rapidly remodel and reprogram genetic content. Epigenetic switching outcompetes genetic mutations (error replications) during adaptation to changing lifeworld. Epigenetic markings can have both short-term and long-term functional effects such as soma to germline inheritance. This symposium assembles approximately 60 experts from different fields to discuss a new paradigmatic understanding of how Evolution learnt to learn. The small number of participants guarantees the legendary relaxed and inspiring atmosphere for presentation and discussion.

Phone: [+43 6274 6805];     Email: oman@sbg.at

European Molecular Biology Organization – EMBO

The EMBO practical course is aimed at junior researchers in Developmental Biology, struggling with imaging of cell movement and tissue morphogenesis in vivo using conventional microscopy techniques.

The Company of Biologists Ltd

The primary aim of this Workshop is to bring together world-leading theory and experimental researchers studying organismal growth and development through quantitative approaches. A notable feature is in the diversity of subjects-it is not focused on a particular sub-field of development. Rather, it is unified by the approaches taken to study development. It will provide a forum where intellectual connections can be established among the diverse participants studying a broad spectrum of problems and models, lowering the barriers to interdisciplinary research.

Broadly, the topics of interest will include self-organisation of multicellular systems, tissue-scale mechanics, the complex dynamics of gene expression during development, and the network perspective of gene regulation.

Cytoskeletal Motors continues a tradition of more than 50 years of GRCs focused on how molecular motors work. This meeting has a strong history of uniting biophysicists, structural biologists, and cell biologists and is a premier venue for highlighting the newest and most exciting research in the field.

European Molecular Biology Organization – EMBO

Molecular Biology,    Stem-cell Research & Therapy

Biochemistry and Medicinal Chemistry, Toxicology,    Molecular Biology

Molecular Biology,    Genomics and Bioinformatics

Human Physiology and Metabolism,    Biochemistry and Medicinal Chemistry, Toxicology

The Company of Biologists Ltd

This Workshop aims to highlight innovative interdisciplinary approaches to the question of how biological transitions occur. To that end, we bring together practitioners in stem cell and developmental biology with theorists and experimentalists from physics, mathematics and engineering. The goal is to explore avenues for examining cell state transitions across multiple scales. We will consider tools and technologies, model systems, and theoretical frameworks. The intimate setting of the meeting will foster discussion, exchange of ideas, and initiation of new collaborations.

Molecular Biology,    Genomics and Bioinformatics

Human Physiology and Metabolism,    Biochemistry and Medicinal Chemistry, Toxicology

European Molecular Biology Organization – EMBO

Glaciers have long been considered almost lifeless environments, but this view does not correspond to reality. In recent years, they have been recognized as ecosystems in their own right, teeming mostly with microbial life, but also hosting larger organisms. Our current knowledge of glacier ecosystems is poor and fragmented. Most studies conducted so far focused on peculiar supraglacial habitats and were restricted to specific taxa. The course is organised in two locations and will last 12 days. The venue for field activities and some lectures is the Rifugio Branca in Santa Caterina Valfurva (SO), Italy Alps. Alpine Guides and expert researchers will guide participant for sample collection in the National Stelvio Park. The venue for wet molecular laboratories, bioinformatics and statistics computer laboratories, practicals and other lectures is the University of Milano Bicocca, Milan, Italy.

Macao Convention and Exhibition Association

International Conference on Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology is convened annually to gather related experts, researchers, and academicians to exchange innovative ideas and experiences in the field of applied biochemistry and biotechnology. The scientific program includes keynote speech, invited speech, oral and poster presentations. ABB 2022 will bring together academicians, scientists, engineers and technologists etc. from all over the world, and we hope that you will take this opportunity to join us for academic exchange and visit the city of Shenzhen. We look forward to meeting all of you in ABB 2022!

Phone: [+86 17362961533];     Email: info@abbconf.org

Biochemistry and Biotechnology application aspects

Molecular Biology,    Biotechnology

genetics, genomics, and evolution of the visual system

genetics, genomics, and evolution of the visual system

European Molecular Biology Organization – EMBO | CEITEC

Light sheet microscopy is an established imaging technology that enables the recording of large biological specimens with minimal photo-damage. It opens new avenues to study cell biological and developmental processes with unprecedented imaging speed and facilitates systems biology approaches by quantitative imaging of living systems in their entirety. Although light sheet technology is still developing, it has become broadly available through commercial and open-access platforms. In this interdisciplinary course, we are continuing the tradition of three such courses in 2014, 2016 and 2018 at MPI-CBG in Dresden. This new installment of the course at CEITEC Brno will focus on the emerging trends in the field, namely, the combination of light sheet imaging with other imaging modalities in a correlative approach and probing the physical properties of living systems imaged with the light sheet technology. Given the scientific focus of the hosting organisation, we will particularly welcome students bringing applications of light sheet microscopy to imaging plants and viral infections.

Phone: [+420 778 117 062];     Email: sarka.fajtlova@ceitec.muni.cz

Molecular Biology,    Microscopy

ICMRBS Council – International Council on Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems

European Molecular Biology Organization – EMBO

The concept of “characters” lies at the heart of many central issues in evolutionary biology. Characters distinguish taxa, cause fitness differences, and generally are the fundamental units of comparison for studies of phenotypic evolution. Historically, the concept of characters originated in morphology and comparative anatomy, where it was intimately connected to the issue of homology. The summer school is mainly aimed at early-stage (PhD or postdoc) empirical and theoretical researchers with a general background and/or interest in developmental and/or evolutionary biology. More senior investigators are welcome to apply as well. Exceptions can be made for motivated masters students. Participants of previous Venice Summer Schools in Evo-Devo are expressly encouraged to reapply as this course has an entirely different topic than previous editions. The course will equip participants with the conceptual tools to engage in a productive discussion of the notion of “characters,” and to relate this notion to their own research questions and explanations.

European Molecular Biology Organization – EMBO

In the last years, it became clear that the most fruitful ground for scientific advance in cell and developmental biology stems from synergistic interactions between distant fields. In this context there is a need to put together experts with a deep knowledge of the intricacies of the developmental biology of a system, cell biologists which can interrogate the cells in those systems, and physicists that treat the cells as matter, living matter. The 2022 edition of the EMBO Workshop will be devoted to an exchange from distant topics in Developmental Biology, Cell Biology and Physics.

Molecular Biology,    Biophysics, Medical Physics

European Chemoreception Research Organization

The goal of ECRO is to promote fundamental and applied research in chemosensory science especially olfaction and taste in vertebrates and invertebrates. ECRO organizes a annual congress to that end. ECRO is financed by individual member subscriptions and by donations from industry and research institutions. To facilitate participation of younger scientists ECRO supports travel grants for students.

European Molecular Biology Organization – EMBO

Spetses Summer courses are well known for covering various specialized topics within the general fields of molecular and cell biology and also microbiology. This latter field has witnessed a real renaissance in the last twenty years and in this particular FEBS/EMBO Lecture Course with support of IUBMB, we intend to cover different aspects of ‘the New Microbiology’, including bacterial diversity, microbial communities/microbiotas, symbiosis, biofilms, small RNAs or bacterial pathogens.

Lake Como School of Advanced Studies

A 5-day programme of lectures and practical classes with a strong taxonomic focus including extensive microscope lab sessions. A grounding in Cenozoic research will be provided through lectures on paleoceanography, nannofossil microscopy, image capture. We will then review the current nannofossil biozonal schemes, discuss their usefulness for biostratigraphical applications, and present case studies examining the geological evolution of these microfossils. A geological excursion on the 6th day day to visit the historical stratotype of Berriasian. This summer school is primarily intended for research students (Masters or PhD level), and early career-stage industrial biostratigraphers interested in nannofossil micropalaeontology, and its applications in biostratigraphy, and palaeoceanography.

The Company of Biologists Ltd

This meeting will be the fifth iteration of this highly successful Journal Meeting, which has been running every two years since 2014 (including virtually in 2020). Over the past four events, we have brought together a diverse group of researchers (both in terms of topic and demographics) united in their desire to better understand human development, and to do so using human cells and tissues. Since the first meeting in 2014, we have witnessed huge advances in the field, driven largely by technological advances such as organoid culture and single cell sequencing, and have seen significant expansion in the range of questions that can be now addressed using human systems. It is therefore more important than ever to provide a forum for researchers to come together and discuss the latest advances, and remaining challenges, in the field.

European Molecular Biology Organization – EMBO

Synthetic Biology (SynBio) has become a rapidly developing area for tackling a large number of challenges in life science research. This course will provide the best and most exciting novelties in the field and focus on exploiting tools and concepts of SynBio for multi-scale engineering of bacterial systems. The course is directed to PhD students and early post-doctoral researchers active in the areas of molecular microbiology, bacterial biotechnology, systems biology and bioengineering.

Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University (SLCU)

The 4th biennial Sainsbury Laboratory Symposium (#SLS22) will take place at the Sainsbury Laboratory, Cambridge, UK over three days (21-23 September 2022) and will be delivered in a hybrid format. Delegates may choose to attend in-person or online. The Symposium will foster a dialogue between researchers working on regulatory dynamics from different fields across the plant and animal kingdoms and consist of talks, poster sessions and daytime and evening social and networking events. Our goal is to create a welcoming, safe, collaborative, inclusive and respectful symposium environment by promoting diversity of attendance and inclusivity of participation of underrepresented scientists.

Abstract submissions close: 12 June 2022

Symposium Organisers;     Email: sls@slcu.cam.ac.uk

gene regulatory networks, plant development, animal development, regulatory dynamics, evolution, genetics, evo-devo, epigenomics, proteomic, multicellular development, organogenesis, systems biology, cellular diversity, phenotypic divergence, developmental genetics, embryonic development

Systems Biology and Computational Biology,    Molecular Biology

European Molecular Biology Organization – EMBO

This EMBO Workshop on inter-organelle contacts biology, now at its 3rd edition, aims at bringing together the community of scientists in this field to share their work, experience, expertise, and vision. It also aims to promote collaborations, to update the nomenclature, and to foster initiatives that, ultimately, will help scientists in biomedical research to capitalize on the opportunities offered by this new field of cell biology. To that end, this year’s edition features an extended program and a large number of long- and short-talks to be selected from submitted abstracts.

Organizing Board of Cilia2022; main organizer: Bernhard Schermer, Uniklinik Köln

Cilia2022 will be the fifth consecutive biennial European Cilia Conference, which will take place as a hybrid event in Cologne. Cilia are sensory organelles present at the surface of almost all human cells. Loss of ciliary structure or function results in a group of diseases called "Ciliopathies".

Molecular and clinical aspects of ciliopathies; cilia in tumor cells and cancer; cilia in metabolism; cilia in neurons; structure biology of cilia, basal bodies, centrioles, and centrosomes; ciliary protein and membrane trafficking; cilia in signaling and development; motile cilia/flagella.

Genetics and genetic disorders,    Human Physiology and Metabolism

The conference is jointly organized by the Mediterranean Institute for Life Sciences and the University of Toronto.

We are pleased to invite you to the conference “Advances in Biomedical Research IV”, which will take place from October 04. - 09., 2021., at the Mediterranean Institute for Life Sciences (MedILS) in Split, Croatia. The "Advances in Biomedical Research IV” conference will cover the latest discoveries across the spectrum of biomedical research - from neurobiology, immunology and technological advances in biomedicine; to cancer biology and translational studies, and will highlight the work of the best minds in research and medicine from leading institutions all over the world. It will provide an international platform to share expertise, foster collaborations, stay updated with recent trends and advances in the field of molecular and cell biology of disease.

The Company of Biologists Ltd

With the increased appreciation that physical forces are key regulators of all biological processes, new emerging scientific communities are forming around topics such as physical forces in cancer and mechanobiology in different biological processes ranging from development to homeostasis. Currently, there exists somewhat of a void between the biologists and the physicists working on these topics. The interests are shared but the communication between the two crowds is limited by the lack of a common language. On one hand, there are vast advances being made in generating tuneable materials, versatile biomimetic polymers and artificial 3D scaffolds, and these are linked to advanced modelling and understanding of the physical parameters of these systems. However, the biological questions addressed may have limited physiological relevance and lack careful consideration of the burning questions in biology. On the other side, the cell biologists/developmental biologists/cancer biologists lack contact with the physicists, modellers and material scientists, and are unable to connect their biology to the relevant physical principles and available methodology. They lack understanding of the theory behind tissue mechanics and the engineering skills to investigate them. They would benefit massively from closer collaboration with the “other crowd”. Therefore, the main goal of this Workshop is to foster integration between physics and biology across scales, approaches, and participant backgrounds. The Workshop will be entail “biology-physics duets” – talks given jointly by two currently collaborating speakers, with different backgrounds. These will be accompanied by “solo” talks and relevant round table discussions on how physics and biology can be better integrated.

1) Mechanotransduction from cell adhesions to the nucleus 2) Cytoskeleton mechanics and migration 3) Modelling of biological processes across scales 4) Top-down versus bottom-up approaches to living systems 5) How to promote cross-disciplinary research on biologically relevant questions

European Molecular Biology Organization – EMBO

Bacteria form complex spatially structured adherent communities which involve physical forces, chemical gradients and cooperative cell-cell interactions. An integrated view of these processes at all scales from the single cell to mesoscale patterns and ecosystems requires microbiologists and physicists to bridge large disciplinary gaps. To this purpose, the involved scientific communities must not only establish new cross-disciplinary language but also train the next generation of scientists to these emerging challenges. This EMBO workshop aims to fulfill this ambitious goal and connect senior and junior researchers through a series of lectures, seminars and workshops that will zoom in, from single cell approaches, and out, to the ecology of complex microbial consortia.

European Association For Cancer Research (ECAR)

The study of cancer metabolism has changed our view of tumour biology. Cancer and stromal cells alter their metabolic wiring in order to meet the energetic and anabolic demands, to cope with external insults, to survive in hostile environments and to alter the molecular properties of the niche they inhabit. In this context, it is not surprising that genomic and cellular signalling perturbations have profound consequences on the metabolic landscape. The 2nd EACR Conference on Cancer Metabolism will gather top experts in the field to discuss the metabolic alterations in tumours and how we can exploit it to treat cancer. The city of Bilbao in Spain will continue to host the conference and bring together excellent research and a unique environment.

Core metabolic alterations in tumours, Cancer metabolism and the control of the epigenome, Cancer metabolism beyond the tumour cell, Emerging cancer metabolism-based therapeutic strategies, Technological advances in cancer metabolism

Molecular Biology,    Oncology

Student Neuroscience Society Neuronus

Neuronus IBRO Neuroscience Forum is the biggest international neuroscience conference in Poland. The program of the conference consists of sessions, lectures and symposia on various aspects of neuroscience - from cognitive and computational through molecular to medical and therapeutic. The main purpose of this event is to provide means for both young and experienced neuroscientists to share the latest discoveries, knowledge and experience in neuroscience, as well as make valuable contacts with scientists representing various fields of neurobiology.

Email: monika.zuwala@student.uj.edu.pl

neuroscience, brain, neurobiology, computational, medicine, cognitive, biology, psychology, emotions, molecular, science, nervous system, technology, behaviour, therapeutic

Neurology,    Systems Biology and Computational Biology

European Molecular Biology Organization – EMBO

Metagenomics studies are rapidly uncovering the compositional richness of microbial communities in diverse habitats ranging from the oceans to the human gut. While their fundamental role in our health and environment is undeniable, there is an urgent need for unravelling molecular mechanisms underlying the dynamics of these communities. This requires a combined experimental and computational approach. Recent studies (including those from the organisers’ and speakers’ labs) have underlined the success of such integrative approaches. For example, emergence of cell subpopulations (Varahan et al. eLife 2019, 2020), and long-term stability (Blasche, Kim et al. Nat Microbiol. 2021) through metabolic cross-feeding. As researchers world-wide map species dynamics in the ecosystems of their interest, this course will provide the necessary overview and tools for moving from cataloguing to identifying key interaction agents, especially metabolites. This will include integrating species and metabolite dynamics data, as well as leveraging the power of genome-scale metabolic models to predict community interactions.

Champalimaud Foundation

Cancer initiation and progression are orchestrated through local and systemic interactions between tumour and tumour-associated cells. A more detailed characterisation of these interactions has so far contributed to a new generation of antitumour strategies and to improved cancer prognosis. However, although we have gained increasing knowledge about the cellular and molecular constituents of tumour-promoting and tumour-suppressing microenvironments, an accurate map delineating the role of each of these constituents remains unavailable. By bringing together experts who have greatly contributed to our understanding of the tumour microenvironment, the Champalimaud Research Symposium 2022 (#CRSy22) will provide access to the most recent developments in basic and clinical research in this complex area. CRSy22 will take the form of a single-track scientific meeting with 18 invited speakers, talks selected from abstracts and 2 poster sessions, among other networking and social activities. The hybrid format will give delegates the option to attend and present their work either in-person or online.

Events Team;     Email: symposium@research.fchampalimaud.org

Tumour Microenvironment, Cancer Research, Cancer Initiation, Metabolism, Cancer Progression, Metastasis, Therapy, Cancer Immunity

European Molecular Biology Organization – EMBO

This EMBO Workshop will include new discoveries that surround the ER's historical and important role in regulating the translation, translocation and folding of membrane and secreted proteins of the secretory pathway. It will further include new insights into the signaling pathways that allow the ER to correct for cell stress, the unfolded protein response, and maintaining lipid homeostasis. Recent years have also revealed emerging and unexpected new functions for this old organelle in regulating the biogenesis of other organelles at membrane contact sites (MCSs). These MCSs have generated much excitement in cell biology because they are hybrid locations where the elaborate ER network can communicate with other organelles through calcium signaling, lipid metabolism, and the recruitment of machineries that modify membrane shape, trafficking and division. They reveal that not every membrane bound component traffics through vesicles, rather many move directly at positions where the ER is tethered and apposed to the plasma membrane and other organelles to rapidly communicate signals across the cell that can maintain homeostasis. Disruption of ER homeostasis and ER structure is a hallmark of various diseases. Thus, understanding basic mechanisms controlling ER functions may provide insight into a broad range of pathologies.

The Company of Biologists Ltd

European Molecular Biology Organization – EMBO

Postponed from 7–12 November 2021

European Molecular Biology Organization – EMBO

Cognitive deficits in neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs) are a significant health burden worldwide. Mechanistic understanding of developmental defects of neural circuitry from system to molecular level is limited. The elucidation of genetic or epigenetic factors modulating the establishment of functional neural circuits during critical periods and their impact on cognitive function has shed significant insights into the causal relationship of behavioural deficits associated with NDD. The seamless integration of molecular knowledge with systems- and cognitive- level analyses is the 'need of the hour' to associate mechanisms of circuit-specific developmental deficits with cognitive outcome linked to NDD. This meeting will bring together the leading experts who are working on various aspects of the NDD to discuss recent advancement in the field. This EMBO Workshop will create a platform for young neuroscientists including postdoctoral fellows and graduate students who wish to pursue their research in this emerging field. This EMBO Workshop will particularly enable postdoctoral fellows and graduate students to present their research in front of leading experts and learn about challenges in the field through an informal, yet an intense discussion with invited speakers.

Molecular Biology,    Neurology

European Molecular Biology Organization – EMBO

There has been an increasing awareness in the scientific community regarding the inability of animal models to often capture the complexities of human biology. In the last decade, there have been significant advances in the field of model systems that are based on human biology, including microphysiological systems (MPS). These systems aim to recapitulate the physiology and functions of a single human organ or a network of organs at a smaller scale, such as organoids or organs-on-chip. MPS have often been proposed as the next frontier of human-relevant research in drug discovery and testing. The lecture course will give an overview of the current research of how these model systems are being used to understand human disease and development. It will also cover design considerations, current challenges, setting standards and roadmap for broader adoption and use of these systems. In addition, the course would have networking sessions for early career researchers and students, along with discussions on collaborations, international grants, and entrepreneurship.

Molecular Biology,    Pharmacology and Drug Development

University of Málaga (UMA)

Swarm intelligence is the discipline that deals with the study of self-organizing processes both in nature and in artificial systems. Researchers in ethology and animal behavior have proposed a number of models to explain interesting aspects of collective behaviors such as movement coordination, shape-formation or decision making. Recently, algorithms and methods inspired by these models have been proposed to solve difficult problems in many domains. ANTS 2022 will give researchers in swarm intelligence the opportunity to meet, to present their latest research, and to discuss current developments and applications.

Neural Networks and Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning,    Sociology

European Molecular Biology Organization – EMBO

This EMBO practical course will give a practical introduction to integrative structural biology. Through lectures and hands-on practicals, the participants will learn about the fundamentals of X-ray crystallography, cryo-EM, small-angle X-ray scattering, NMR, and structural mass spectrometry. The invited tutors will show how to analyze and interpret the experimental data, and how to use the data for building structural models across different resolution scales. The course will also explore how experimental and computational methods aiming at resolving dynamics can be integrated to characterize flexibility in macromolecular structures. Finally, we will discuss the future of integrative structural biology approaches in light of the most recent advances in experimental and computational methods.

European Molecular Biology Organization – EMBO

Postponed from 3.11.2020–5.11.2020

The Company of Biologists Ltd

In this Workshop, we aim to bring together computational, cell, and evolutionary biologists to help address this major challenge of integrative cell biology. We strongly believe that actively seeking out collaboration across fields will be crucial to push cell biology beyond the boundaries of individual species into a truly comparative discipline anchored to predictive models. In turn, computational biologists will have an opportunity to guide and influence the next phase of big data generation in cell biology. Together, in deciphering the rules that underpin the relationship between the genome and the cell that encases it, we will better understand both evolution and cellular function.

Molecular Biology,    Genomics and Bioinformatics

Entomological Society of America

European Molecular Biology Organization – EMBO

Phosphoinosites are now well recognised as signaling intermediates and their role in cell surface signal transduction and sub-cellular processes such as membrane trafficking have been described. However, in recent years, the availability of high-resolution imaging tools and novel technologies have resulted in new models on the dynamics of PIs in living cellular organelles and the mechanisms by which their levels and distribution are controlled. This in turn has led to emerging ideas on novel modes by which PIs regulate cell architecture and physiology. In parallel, high-throughput genomics technologies have led to the description of genetic changes in protein components of the PI signaling system linked to human disease. Finally, lipidomics technologies are beginning to provide new insights into the acyl chain diversity of PIs that is likely to inform on their function as specific sub-cellular processes. This workshop offers an exciting and opportune moment to discuss the manner in which PIs act as master regulators of cellular architecture and physiology in health and disease.

EMBO Workshop co-supported by The Company of Biologists and Yamada Science Foundation

During the last four decades, a number of studies have revealed that Wnt signaling plays crucial roles in embryonic development, tissue morphogenesis and regeneration, and many other physiological and pathological processes. Therefore, the knowledge about this signaling is crucial not only for the understanding of multiple aspects of physiology in all life courses but for that of pathology in human diseases. Since Wnt research covers various fields of the life science, this meeting is aiming to cover “molecular and cellular biology of the signaling”, “structural biology”, and “stem cell biology”, as well as “clinical application”. An important objective of this EMBO Workshop on Wnt 2022 is to bring together researchers from different fields for exchanging cutting-edge information that advance this research field.

medical-microbiology

European Molecular Biology Organization – EMBO

Postponed from 13.11.2020–17.11.2020

Molecular Biology,    Neurology

The Company of Biologists Ltd

This Workshop will focus on the biology of toxic metabolites in the ageing process, stem cells and cancer. Specific emphasis will be placed on how metabolites that carry carbonyls (such as aldehydes and ketones) damage stem and cancer cells. A particular area will focus on endogenous aldehydes (such as acteladehyde, formaldehyde and methyl-gyoxal), the enzymes that remove them [aldehyde dehydrogenases (Aldh) and functionally related glutathione-based enzymes such as Adh5 and Glo-1/2]. Further, we will consider how human genetic variation can contribute to metabolite sensitivity, and how mutations in cancer genomes in toxic metabolism pathways can be exploited for therapy.

European Molecular Biology Organization – EMBO

European Molecular Biology Organization – EMBO

Postponed from 29.11.2021 – 02.12.2021

Molecular Biology,    Biotechnology

MAX IV, the pioneer in multi-bend achromat synchrotron technology, would like to invite the synchrotron and free electron laser (FEL) Life Science community to Lund to discuss the latest and hottest developments in the field at the 14th BSR. By 2022, several other synchrotron facilities will also have upgraded their sources or have defined upgrade plans and we feel it would be opportune to discuss an highlight the latest development and the possibilities for biological experiments at the next generation of synchrotrons and FELS.

European Molecular Biology Organization – EMBO

Meiosis is a defining feature of sexual reproduction. This specialized cell division program comprises a single round of DNA replication followed by two successive cell divisions, thereby reducing chromosome number by half. This reduction accommodates the later combination of two haploid gametes during fertilization to reconstitute a full diploid genome. The unique events of meiosis, including pairwise alignment of parental chromosomes, inter-homolog recombination, kinetochore attachment, cell cycle adaptations and error correction mechanisms, are intensely studied processes in numerous model organisms (fungi, protists, plants, and animals). The Meiosis field is driven by fascination in how evolution has implemented and perfected the meiotic program, and also by its significance to both plant breeding and human health. As a special topic for the 2021 EMBO Workshop, we have chosen homolog pairing. The recognition and physical pairing of homologous chromosomes is an essential feature of meiosis, and also occurs in other contexts. It is therefore timely to bring together the fields of meiotic and post-meiotic chromosome pairing to potentially uncover common principles and mechanisms.

European Molecular Biology Organization – EMBO

Postponed from 21.09.2021–24.09.2021

European Molecular Biology Organization – EMBO

Postponed from 12 - 17 September 2021

Molecular Biology,    Biophysics, Medical Physics

ICMRBS Council – International Council on Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems

Entomological Society of America