EMBL Events

In June, we welcomed participants from around the world to the EMBO | EMBL Symposium 'Microtubules: from atoms to complex systems'. Our event reporter, Maral Janan, was right in the middle of things, capturing the discussions, discoveries, and highlights that made the meeting so memorable.

Read her first-hand report and immerse yourself in the research presented at : https://www.embl.org/about/info/course-and-conference-office/2026/07/ees26-09-event-report/

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Take a look at our last newsletter, in which we introduced the 2027 EMBL Annual Poster: https://mailchi.mp/embl/newsletter-july2026

Our next edition comes out in September. Subscribe here to stay up to date: https://www.embl.org/about/info/course-and-conference-office/newsletter/

💻 Tune in for 'Transcription and chromatin' from the comfort of your home!

Did you know that most of our conferences are in a hybrid format? Even if you are unable to travel, you have a few more days to register to attend virtually. 🧬

• Access talks at your convenience, live or later
• Ask questions
• Network

📅 25 – 28 August 2026
⏰ Register by 18 August: s.embl.org/trm26-01-fb

Are conference fees holding you back? ✍️💸

We have a flexible system of financial assistance – including fee waivers and travel grants – to support young scientists, especially those from underrepresented regions. Learn more about the wide range of fellowships offered for our on-site and virtual events. 🔍

➡️ s.embl.org/grants

Do you study maternal-fetal interactions? Then we have just the event for you: join the new EMBO | EMBL Symposium 'The maternal-fetal dialogue: from mechanisms to pregnancy outcomes' 👉 s.embl.org/ees27-01-fb

will examine how maternal-fetal interactions support healthy development or, when disrupted, contribute to pregnancy complications, bridging molecular mechanisms and clinical outcomes.

You can look forward to discussing these topics:
• Embryo implantation
• Early placental development
• Trophoblast differentiation and invasion
• Decidualisation
• Spiral artery remodelling
• and more

📆 13 – 16 April 2027
🗺️ EMBL Heidelberg and Virtual
✍️ Abstract submission deadline: 12 January

You only have one more month to submit your abstract for the EMBO Workshop 'Quantitative biology to molecular mechanisms'!
➡️ s.embl.org/omx26-01-fb

Join to discuss the latest developments in the field with leaders in genomics, dynamic proteomics, quantitative imaging, and synthetic biology. You can look forward to these speakers:

• Uri Alon, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
• Brenda Andrews, University of Toronto, Canada
• M. Joaquina Delas, University College London, United Kingdom
• Silvia Domcke, University of Zürich, Switzerland
• Michael Elowitz, Caltech, USA
• Jordi Garcia-Ojalvo, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain
• William Greenleaf, Stanford University, USA
• Gioele La Manno, EPFL, Switzerland
• Mounia Lagha, Institut de Génétique Moléculaire de Montpellier, France
• Daniel Larson, NIH Center for Cancer Research National Cancer Institute, USA
• Nancy Papalopolou, University of Manchester, UK
• Markus Ralser, Charitė University Medicine, Germany
• Teresa Rayon, Babraham Institute, UK
• Silvia Santos, The Francis Crick Institute, UK
• Matthias Selbach, Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Germany
• Ina Sonnen, Hubrecht Institute, Netherlands
• Cole Trapnell, University of Washington, USA

📥 Submit your abstract by 11 September
🗺️ EMBL Heidelberg and Virtual
📅 17 – 20 November

The application deadline for the EMBO | EMBL Symposium 'Defining and defeating metastasis: from plasticity to immune evasion to therapy resistance' is fast approaching!

Submit your abstract by 18 August to join us on site in Heidelberg 👉 https://s.embl.org/ees26-05-fb

Meet the scientific organisers:
🔹 Eduard Batlle, Institute for Research in Biomedicine, Spain
🔹 Andrew Ewald, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, USA
🔹 Daniel Klimmeck, EMBO Heidelberg, Germany
🔹 Samra Turajilic, The Francis Crick Institute, UK
🔹 Karin de Visser, Netherlands Cancer Institute, The Netherlands

📅 10 – 13 November 2026
📍EMBL Heidelberg and virtual

🚨 Deadline alert for 🦠

You only have until 15 September to submit your abstract for the EMBL Conference 'Unlocking the functional diversity of gut microbiomes' 👉 https://s.embl.org/gmd26-01-fb

Don't miss the opportunity to present your work to an international audience, get valuable feedback and be part of the community advancing our understanding of the functional diversity of microbes, which impact every ecosystem on the planet.

Meet our scientific organisers:
- Robert Finn, EMBL-EBI, UK
- Lisa Maier, University of Tübingen, Germany
- Kiran Patil, University of Cambridge, UK
- Nassos Typas, EMBL Heidelberg, Germany

🗓️ 8 – 10 December 2026
📍 EMBL Heidelberg and Virtual