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European Molecular Biology Organization – EMBO

Biology,    Systems Biology and Computational Biology

European Molecular Biology Organization – EMBO

Biology,    Botany

Department of Experimental Biology, Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto

The Essential Molecular Biology course covers the fundamental principles and techniques used in experimental research in the area of Molecular Biology. Essentially practical in nature, it aims at the learning of current genomics and proteomics techniques, as well as the acquisition of skills in laboratory experimentation required for scientific research in Biomedicine. An exciting way to learn the essential genomics and proteomics techniques used in experimental research in biomedicine: hands-on, practical, intensive.

Phone: [+ 351 220426779];     Email: laimm@med.up.pt

Molecular biology, genomics, proteomics, hands-on, laboratory work, practical

European Molecular Biology Organization – EMBO

European Molecular Biology Organization – EMBO

European Molecular Biology Organization – EMBO

European Molecular Biology Organization – EMBO

European Molecular Biology Organization – EMBO

The Linz Winter Workshop will focus on biological single-molecule research, nano-science, nano-medicine, cell-science and bio-nanotechnology and include force and optical microscopy/spectroscopy techniques. This year, special sessions on nano-medicine and high-speed atomic force microstcopy will be organized.

Biophysics, Medical Physics,    Metrology and Instrumentation

European Molecular Biology Organization – EMBO

European Molecular Biology Organization – EMBO

Fusion Conferences

The research field of interorganelle contacts is one of the most rapidly growing areas of modern cell biology. It is becoming clear that many, if not all, organelles form membrane contact sites (MCS) with other components of the cell. The term ‘MCS’ broadly describes a physical interaction between two organelles, occurring at specialized subdomains of the given organelle and involved in multiple facets of the biology of the two organelles that are juxtaposed. MCS discovery forced cell biologists to reconsider the way organelles are studied, introducing the concept that heterotypic organelle interaction allows functions that individual organelles would otherwise be unable to perform and forcing them to think in terms of compartmentalized metabolism and signaling.

Fusion Conferences

Neural development continues throughout life in the mammalian brain. This conference will bring together leaders from diverse fields, such as embryonic cortical development, adult neurogenesis, patient-derived stem cell-based 2D and 3B brain organoid disease modelling, direct reprograming and transplantation to discuss recent advances and remaining gaps in the understanding of the cellular and molecular mechanisms regulating neural stem cell activity, neural fate specification and functional significance of circuitries modified by the addition of new neurons in health and diseases.

Neurology,    Stem-cell Research & Therapy

Fusion Conferences

The conference program covers how RNA and RNA-dependent machineries govern chromatin landscape, gene expression, and genome architecture during development, homeostasis, and in response to cellular stress. This conference prioritises high-throughput and systems biology approaches that convey new mechanistic insights into genome regulation and will also highlight emerging methods/technology that will propel the field forward in the coming years.

Fusion Conferences

In recent years, significant advancements have revolutionized the ability to study distinct biological features at the level of individual cells, resulting in profound implications for biology and medicine. These breakthroughs encompass novel microfluidic techniques, molecular advancements in next-generation sequencing, spatial technologies, and the development of computational platforms capable of analyzing large-scale sequencing data. As a result, we can now profile the genome (through DNA sequencing), transcriptome (using RNA sequencing), and epigenome (via ATAC sequencing and DNA methylation sequencing) at the resolution of single cells. This wealth of information has provided unprecedented insights into the biological composition of various cell types, tissues, and even whole organisms.

European Molecular Biology Organization – EMBO

Fusion Conferences

The 6th DNA Repair/Replication Structures & Cancer conference on 14-18 February 2024 will focus on molecular structural and mechanistic insights into dynamic complexes acting in DNA repair, replication, and inflammation and their intersections relevant to advanced cancer therapies. This fundamental information will be pivotal for pioneering research on DNA damage responses as well as for the accurate interpretation of cancer clinical data, design of clinical trials, prognosis, etiology and improving the currently low success rate for oncology drug clinical trials. Informative talks and poster sessions along with vibrant discussions will foster productive interactions, collaborations, and insights. In this conference and this area of science basic research is empowering medical advances and clinical data are unveiling basic relationships in ways that are completely changing how research and translation is being done.

Oncology,    Genomics and Bioinformatics

European Molecular Biology Organization – EMBO

European Molecular Biology Organization – EMBO

European Molecular Biology Organization – EMBO

Biology,    Cardiology

European Molecular Biology Organization – EMBO

European Molecular Biology Organization – EMBO

Erwin Schrödinger International Institute for Mathematics and Physics (ESI)

Though much progress has been made and continues in our understanding of chromatin organization on the disparate length scales, a bridging between modeling and experimentation on the nucleosome and fiber levels with genome studies on the kilo-base level is lacking. New tailored mul- tiscale computational approaches are needed to help interpret the rising volume of experimental data, especially those coming from genome-wide contact data. In addition, many mathemati- cians and physicists are working on relevant problems but there is a gap in resolution between the mathematical biology community which has developed various coarse-graining approaches for chromatin on the fiber bur not chromosome level and the mathematical physics community which studies scaling behavior on the order of chromosomes but cannot incorporate crucial physical parameters on the fiber level. Since important biological applications require an integration from the base-pair level to chromosome and genome wide scales, it is essential that these communities open collaborative approaches between them, as well as interact with the experimental chromatin and medical scientists. Our program aims to bring these scientists together to discuss the current state-of-the-art in chromatin modeling, identify future challenges, and follow them with innovative multiscale, integrative approaches.

European Molecular Biology Organization – EMBO

This meeting, organized by the European Federation of Biotechnology, will bring together an international group of researchers who share interests in bacterial electron transfer. In 2024, the meeting presents the latest breakthroughs in microbial respiration and its regulation with a particular focus on how respiration has been identified in a number of studies at the frontiers of the field.

European Molecular Biology Organization – EMBO

European Molecular Biology Organization – EMBO

European Molecular Biology Organization – EMBO

Banff International Research Station (BIRS) for Mathematical Innovation and Discovery

Courses and Events for Math Students and Early Career Researchers,    Graph Theory and Combinatorics

Oxford Global

Don't miss the Spatial Biology 2024! Join industry leaders, experts, and researchers for a 2-day event exploring the latest innovations in spatial research and technologies. Connect with global academic and research organisations, as well as pharma representatives, for high-level discussions on topics ranging from the application of spatial technologies in biology to spatial data analysis, spatial research in pharma R&D, and digital pathology for spatial biology. Mark your calendar to be part of this dynamic gathering!

Email: b.westmore@oxfordglobal.com

spatial biology, single cell, spatial research, spatial technologies, spatial data analysis, single cell analysis, digital pathology

Biology,    Genomics and Bioinformatics

European Molecular Biology Organization – EMBO

European Molecular Biology Organization – EMBO

European Molecular Biology Organization – EMBO

Oxford Global

Don't miss Synthetic Biology US 2024! Join leading omics experts and researchers for a two-day event accelerating the development of synthetic biology tools to enable effective therapeutics development. Returning for the 3rd year, the 2024 event again brings together a panel of prominent leaders and scientists, sharing new case studies, original data and industry outlook. Connect, collaborate, and innovate with global academic and research organisations, as well as pharma representatives, for high-level discussions on pioneering approaches to developing advanced synthetic biology tools for target discovery, production optimisation, AI/ML approaches as well as synthetic biology-based therapeutics case studies.

Email: b.westmore@oxfordglobal.com

Genomics, Genome Editing, Synthetic Biology, Synthetic Biology Tools, Target Discovery, AI/ ML, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning

European Molecular Biology Organization – EMBO

The event, which will take place on 8-9 April at the University of Leeds, brings people together from across the globe to discover, explore and inspire ideas whilst showcasing the latest innovations making waves in molecular biology. This year’s theme is ‘Illuminating Life’, which will shine a light on the hidden world of macromolecules.

Co-hosted by Asia Pacific Foundation for Infectious Diseases, Korean Society for Antimicrobial Therapy

ISAAR 2024 & Annual Conference of KSAT aims to provide comprehensive information on infectious diseases and multiple opportunities for face-to-face networking. Our event will focus on important topics such as antibiotic resistance, clinical implications, diagnostic techniques, development of new antibiotics, and treatment guidelines. We will also discuss the silent pandemic that threatens global public health, as well as timely topics such as vaccine development, antimicrobial resistance, and the microbiome, recent advances in the diagnosis and treatment of infections, changing infection control trends and strategies, and emerging infectious diseases that may represent the next pandemic after COVID-19. With over 1,500 world-class infectious disease experts from over 50 countries, with 50 invited speakers from around the world, it provides an ideal platform for networking and scientific exchange among researchers.

ISAAR 2024 & Annual Conference of KSAT Secretariat;     Phone: [82-2-3413-0327];     Email: isaar@apfid.org

Antimicrobial stewardship, Difficult-to-treat Pseudomonas aeruginsa & Carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter, One health and antimicrobial resistance, Infection prevention and control, Microbiome, Viruses (excl. COVID-19), Vaccine, Gra positive bacteria, COVID-19 (focusing on post-COVID sequelae and vaccine), Diagnostics, How to mitigate the risk using the environmental management, Updates in infection prevention practices & research, Antifungal Resistance; current trends and strategies to overcome

Infectious Disease Medicine,    Epidemiology & Public Health

European Molecular Biology Organization – EMBO

European Molecular Biology Organization – EMBO

European Molecular Biology Organization – EMBO

European Molecular Biology Organization – EMBO

This inaugural EMBO | EMBL Symposium aims to showcase the future of plant biology. Going beyond the limited number of model plants that plant biologists have historically focused on (e.g. Arabidopsis, corn, rice), it is nowadays possible to use comparative approaches to uncover the mechanistic basis and the evolutionary drive for the enormous phenotypic variation among the 400,000 species of plants on Earth.

European Molecular Biology Organization – EMBO

European Molecular Biology Organization – EMBO

European Molecular Biology Organization – EMBO

European Molecular Biology Organization – EMBO

European Molecular Biology Organization – EMBO

European Molecular Biology Organization – EMBO

European Molecular Biology Organization – EMBO

European Molecular Biology Organization – EMBO

European Molecular Biology Organization – EMBO

European Molecular Biology Organization – EMBO

European Molecular Biology Organization – EMBO

Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems (mpi-pks)

European Molecular Biology Organization – EMBO

This EMBO Workshop aims to bring together researchers working on molecular processes in the nervous system. It emphasizes cross-disciplinary research and promotes collaboration between the structural biology, biophysics and “in vivo” communities. The talks will be on the latest breakthroughs in structural biology, advanced imaging, and advanced biological models in neurobiology. The programme is designed to promote discussion of cutting-edge methods and results.

European Molecular Biology Organization – EMBO

European Molecular Biology Organization – EMBO

European Molecular Biology Organization – EMBO

European Molecular Biology Organization – EMBO

European Molecular Biology Organization – EMBO

European Molecular Biology Organization – EMBO

European Molecular Biology Organization – EMBO

European Molecular Biology Organization – EMBO

Gordon Research Conferences

The Cell Polarity Signaling GRS provides a unique forum for young doctoral and post-doctoral researchers to present their work, discuss new methods, cutting edge ideas, and pre-published data, as well as to build collaborative relationships with their peers. Experienced mentors and trainee moderators will facilitate active participation in scientific discussion to allow all attendees to be engaged participants rather than spectators.

European Molecular Biology Organization – EMBO

European Molecular Biology Organization – EMBO

European Molecular Biology Organization – EMBO

European Molecular Biology Organization – EMBO

European Molecular Biology Organization – EMBO

European Molecular Biology Organization – EMBO

Department of Experimental Biology, Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto

The Essential Molecular Biology course covers the fundamental principles and techniques used in experimental research in the area of Molecular Biology. Essentially practical in nature, it aims at the learning of current genomics and proteomics techniques, as well as the acquisition of skills in laboratory experimentation required for scientific research in Biomedicine. An exciting way to learn the essential genomics and proteomics techniques used in experimental research in biomedicine: hands-on, practical, intensive.

Phone: [+351 220426779];     Email: laimm@med.up.pt

Molecular biology, genomics, proteomics, hands-on, laboratory work, practical

Focus in precision biochemistry and precision medicine

European Molecular Biology Organization – EMBO

Zoology,    Biology

European Molecular Biology Organization – EMBO

Zoology,    Biology

The Company of Biologists Ltd

Evolutionary cell biology represents the integration of evolutionary theory, phylogenetics and experimental evolution with comparative cell biology, aiming ultimately to understand how and why cells evolved to be the way they are. This meeting aims to bring together evolutionary biologists and cell biologists investigating diverse aspects of cellular physiology, traversing both spatial scales – from subcellular cytoskeletal dynamics to symbiotic interactions – and evolutionary time. At a time when advances in phylogenetics, imaging, biochemical profiling, and genetic engineering have enabled comparative biology and experiments in non-model systems at an unprecedented scale, we hope to inspire the next generation of evolutionary cell biologists to tackle some of the biggest questions in modern cell biology.

European Molecular Biology Organization – EMBO

Fusion Conferences

We have reached a fascinating point in our research on the ubiquitin system’s function, physiology and roles in disease. The attachment of ubiquitin to a protein in the cytosol was first identified as a means to enable degradation of proteins in the cytosol by the proteasome. It was much later that it was discovered that the ubiquitin system fulfils another crucial cellular function: through the dynamics offered by ubiquitination and subsequent deubiquitination it gives a multitude of signalling pathways the required plasticity to initiate but also to limit their signalling output in an exquisitely controlled manner. Whereas certain signalling-related functions employ ubiquitin’s proteasome-targeting function, e.g. the activation of NF-kB following degradation of I-kB, most signalling-related functions of the ubiquitin system are mediated by different types of ubiquitin chains acting as scaffolds for the recruitment of signalling modules to protein complexes which serve as platforms for the triggering of specific signalling complexes.

European Molecular Biology Organization – EMBO

European Molecular Biology Organization – EMBO

MIAPbP - Munich Institute for Astro-, Particle and BioPhysics an institute of the Excellence Cluster ORIGINS

Likely pathways from the inanimate to the animate world involve a transition that can be thought of as the emergence of information in molecular systems. Before this transition, heteropolymers already exist, but the sequence information of a polymer does not persist beyond the lifetime of the polymer. During the transition, information becomes a separate dynamical entity, which lives and changes over longer timescales than its carrier molecules. This transition does not necessarily require the existence of a full-fledged replication machinery, such as polymerase enzymes that copy informational polymers. Instead, the interplay of simpler reactions can create strong correlations in pools of informational polymers, which can also decouple the timescales of the informational dynamics from those of the polymer dynamics. This interplay is only beginning to be studied, experimentally as well as computationally and theoretically, such that many conceptual and methodological questions are currently open. The central aim of this workshop is to bring together scientists with different backgrounds, in order to attack these questions together.

Courses and Events for Physics Students,    Academic Philosophy

Sciencezo Planet

A cell’s hereditary material is comprised of nucleic acids, which allows living organisms to pass on the genetic information from one generation to next. The Nucleotides in both DNA and RNA are comprised up of a sugar, a nitrogen base, and a phosphate molecule. Nucleic acids are long chains of nucleotides joined together by phosphodiester bonds. Nucleic acids comprised of: deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and ribonucleic acid (RNA). DNA and RNA having slight difference in their chemical composition, yet play importantly different biological roles. In the proposed Nucleic Acids 2024, we will bring together various eminent researchers working on molecular biology (Nucleic Acids) to learn and share the latest advancements in the field of cutting-edge applications in biology, functional nucleic acids, basic principles, human health, and its related diseases. It is a broad audience gathering for exploring the advancement in RNA, Genome Dynamics, DNA damage and repair, maintenance and replication, structure and structure-function studies of nucleic acids and protein, innovative techniques at molecular and chemical level, and current aspects of CRISPR etc. which focus on its research and wider applications.

Email: suzannewilliams@sciencezoplanet.com

Molecular Biology and Techniques, Genome Dynamics and Mutagenesis, Human Statistical Genetics, Molecular Genetics & Epigenetics, CRISPR Technology, DNA Replication & Recombination, DNA Damage and Repair, RNA Editing and Interference, Recombinant DNA Technology, RNA Processing and Protein Synthesis, Alternate Nucleic Acid Structures, Computational Molecular Biology, Personalized Medicines, Thermodynamics of Nucleic Acid, Sequencing & Microarrays, RNA Processing and Protein Synthesis

Genomics and Bioinformatics,    Systems Biology and Computational Biology

European Molecular Biology Organization – EMBO

European Molecular Biology Organization – EMBO

European Molecular Biology Organization – EMBO

European Molecular Biology Organization – EMBO

European Molecular Biology Organization – EMBO

European Molecular Biology Organization – EMBO

European Molecular Biology Organization – EMBO

European Molecular Biology Organization – EMBO

European Molecular Biology Organization – EMBO

European Molecular Biology Organization – EMBO

European Molecular Biology Organization – EMBO

Fusion Conferences

We will highlight critical issues on lung epithelial biology such as stem cells and regenerative medicine, while expanding sessions to encompass themes such as single cell analytical approaches, cell-cell communication, dissect the biological distinctions mesenchymal proliferation as a repair mechanism and fibrosis; present the impact of new tools in single cell analysis on understanding lung development, repair, and disease; and characterize epithelial-mesenchymal interrelationships that maintain lung homeostasis and orchestrate repair and regeneration. The entire program has been designed to achieve a better understanding of the key clinical research issues and how they relate to basic mechanistic investigation.

Fusion Conferences

Defects in DNA damage repair and checkpoint control are underlying mechanisms driving tumorigenesis, since they allow for the accumulation of genetic alternations. Indeed, defects associated with these pathways are the underlying cause of several human cancer-prone syndromes. On the other hand, defects in DNA repair and checkpoint control create vulnerabilities in cancer cells that can be targeted by DNA damaging agents and inhibitors that disrupt checkpoint pathways. More recently, defective DNA repair and checkpoint regulation have been shown to influence R-loop formation, replication fork stability, and innate immunity. These new findings not only reveal additional mechanisms contributing to tumorigenesis, but also provide new targets for cancer therapy. This conference will focus on exploring these vulnerabilities, taking advantage of the synthetic lethality concept, and targeting specific DNA repair and checkpoint pathways for cancer therapy, either alone or in combination with chemotherapy, radiation therapy, targeted therapy, and immunotherapy. This conference will bring together basic, translational and clinical investigators to discuss current and future directions, opportunities and obstacles to the development of these anti-cancer modalities and how to best translate these concepts to clinical practice.

European Molecular Biology Organization – EMBO

Fusion Conferences

Chromatin is the template of life, the carrier of genetic information and the core regulator of fundamental processes such as gene expression and stem cell fate determination. Chromatin dysfunction on the other hand can trigger various diseases, including cancer. Although chromatin structure and function and the mechanisms of disease and their diagnostic and therapeutic approaches are the subject of many meetings, conferences bringing them together are less frequent. The boundaries among these various disciplines are disappearing and meeting on "Epigenetics: from mechanisms to disease" will focus on the discussion of the role of chromatin architecture, epigenetics, stem and single cell biology in cancer and other diseases. The talks will cover a broad range of topics, including chromosome organisation, long-range interactions, chromatin assembly, stem cell regulation/differentiation, RNA-based mechanisms, transcription regulation, DNA methylation and hydroxymethylation, exploiting the power of genome engineering technologies, single-cell approaches, cutting edge epigenomics and imaging approaches and novel cell systems such as organoids. Speakers have been selected to broadly reflect lessons learned from a variety of model organisms and experimental approaches.

European Molecular Biology Organization – EMBO

European Molecular Biology Organization – EMBO

Schloss Dagstuhl - Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik

Over the past few decades, machine learning (ML) has helped advance progress in a wide range of problems in computational biology and biochemistry, particularly towards understanding the structure and function of proteins. Similarly, in cheminformatics, ML is increasingly influencing pharmaceutical decision making and enabling novel drug design strategies. However, an area of great importance that requires further advances, likely involving significant innovations, is the understanding, prediction, and design of protein-protein and protein-ligand interactions. This Dagstuhl Seminar aims to connect the protein-ML and cheminformatics-ML communities and foster their communication with key experts in biology and chemistry. This seminar will allow us to discuss both theoretical and application-oriented ML topics in the context of protein-protein and protein-ligand interactions.

Physical (Theoretical) Chemistry, Computational Chemistry,    Biochemistry and Medicinal Chemistry, Toxicology

Schloss Dagstuhl - Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik

The progress in understanding genes and genomes has given a boost to the use of synthetic DNA for biological and technological applications. Synthetic nucleic acids play a central role in synthetic biology and in emerging therapeutic paradigms, e.g., genome editing and nucleic acid vaccines. DNA-based data storage is making significant progress, and thanks to its extreme data-density, its high durability and its timelessness, it is promising to be the next standard for data archival systems. Synthetic biology and the use of synthetic DNA for information storage applications bring important algorithmic and data analysis challenges. In synthetic biology, reagent and assay design are often driven by algorithmic approaches. Novel synthesis technologies offer cost-reduction by several orders of magnitude at the cost of increased error-rate, raising new coding-theoretic questions. This Dagstuhl Seminar aims to bring together leading biologists, chemists, engineers, computer/data scientists, and theoreticians working on synthetic biology and on DNA-based data storage, to enable joint work in small groups leading to discussing and exploring recent advancements and current challenges.

Systems Biology and Computational Biology,    Genomics and Bioinformatics

Focuses on the convergence in these rapidly evolving areas, spanning from basic biology to clinical diagnostics and therapeutic applications.

Addresses all aspects of development and applications of biomedical optical technologies for research and clinical applications.

Biophysics, Medical Physics,    Optics and Lasers

Photonics, Optoelectronics and Display Devices,    Biology

UC Santa Barbara, Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics

Living cells have evolved robust mechanisms to coordinate the activity of many different molecules in space and time. For example, cells concentrate specific molecules into membrane-less compartments called biomolecular condensates. Experimentalists have generated an ever-growing list of condensates, which participate in diverse biological functions, such as gene expression, signal transduction, and neurotransmission. In addition, these condensates exhibit a wide range of lifetimes, sizes, mechanochemical properties, and architectures. Despite recent progress in characterizing molecular interactions leading to condensation, how the emergent physical properties of condensates mediate their biological functions is poorly understood. This conference will bring together a diverse group of theorists and experimentalists currently probing this structure-function problem of biomolecular condensates.