Apply to become a reporter at the Biologists @ 100 conference

Posted by FocalPlane, on 3 October 2024

Are you keen to get more science communication experience? Is your research related to microscopy or cell biology? FocalPlane is looking for a reporter to attend and report from the Biologists @ 100 conference, happening 24 – 27 March 2025 in Liverpool, UK.

The conference is a celebration of the 100^th birthday of The Company of Biologists, bringing together different communities, including cell, developmental, experimental and disease biologists and will incorporate the Spring Meetings of the British Society for Cell Biology (BSCB) and the British Society for Developmental Biology (BSDB). Registration for the conference is open and the abstract deadline is 13 December.

The selected reporter will have their conference registration fee waived (but will have to cover their own transport and accommodation costs). They will be expected to attend the full conference. While the reporter will mainly focus on reporting from the ‘Cell and developmental biology’ scientific track, they are welcome to attend sessions from other tracks in the programme. If you have any questions about the role, please contact us at focalplane@biologists.com.

If you are interested, we’d love to read your ideas of what you’d do as a reporter at the conference! And, if selected, we’d be happy to work with you to develop these ideas and assist you at the conference.

To apply, please email the following to focalplane@biologists.com:

Write a proposal (max 200 words) with idea(s) of what you would do as a conference reporter. We are open to suggestions of different formats of reporting. Please include a rough output you expect to produce from the reporting and explain how the content will appeal to the FocalPlane community.