BSCB one-day meeting on UK Cell Death research, NMS Edinburgh

Plenary speaker: Prof Clare Bryant, University of Cambridge

The EMBO Workshop on the Cell Cycle: Exploring Conservation and Divergence in Life’s Engine will bring together scientists from around the world to explore how the mechanisms that drive cell division have evolved, diversified, and converged across life forms.

International Conference of the Korean Society for Molecular and Cellular Biology

The specific goals of this conference are to bring together a diverse group of scientists studying various molecular, cellular and genetic aspects of germ line and gamete development.

Discover a vast array of applications and methods in single molecule spectroscopy and advanced microscopy, presented through captivating talks and posters. Network with leading experts and like-minded researchers.

This EMBO Workshop promises to be a landmark in unifying fundamental research on organelles and will bridge new collaborations, integrate knowledge across different disciplines, and drive innovation in therapeutic strategies targeting organelle dysfunction.

This EMBO Workshop will address the diverse sources of genomic instability and the molecular  mechanisms that preserve genome integrity.

This inaugural meeting will discuss groundbreaking research, address the technical and theoretical obstacles that limit discovery, and will illuminate new avenues of research.

The programme will include topics on transcription, RNA processing and modification, mRNA export and localisation, mRNA surveillance and decay, translation, the activity of non-coding RNAs, the control of mRNA expression, and coupling among these processes.

This brand-new conference will focus on the complexity of communication and functional interplay among cellular organelles, emphasizing their role in maintaining cellular homeostasis.

Session topics

• Replisome structure and function
• Replication in time and space
• Chromatin replication and cell fate
• Replication stress and genome stability
• Replication-coupled DNA repair
• Replication in development, aging, and cancer

This edition will focus on the needs and challenges of multidisciplinary research in cell biology that integrates state-of-the-art imaging, biochemistry, physics, and advanced computational analysis—including AI-driven data processing—to explore the fundamental mechanisms of life.

This year’s program features state-of-the-art technologies to investigate a wide range of diseases including cancer, immunology, neuroscience and metabolic disorders. Special sessions focus on in vivo/intravital signalling, proteomics, control of gene regulation and the structural basis of signalling.

The EMBO Young Scientists’ Forum (EYSF) brings together PhD students and postdoctoral researchers from across Europe to share their work, discover ideas beyond their own fields and build new collaborations.

Integrating Scales in Planetary Biology 2026 brings together researchers and stakeholders across disciplines to explore how biological processes — from cells to ecosystems — shape the resilience of life on a changing planet.

This international gathering will bring together leading scientists in single-cell analysis, computational modeling, and cellular engineering to explore how recent breakthroughs in multi-omics technologies, predictive algorithms, and synthetic biology are reshaping our understanding of cellular function.

The meeting will feature presentations from:

• Associate Professor Anne Lagendijk (The University of Queensland)

• Associate Professor Robin Hobbs (Adelaide University)

• Dr Yasmyn Winstanley (Adelaide University)

The Workshop will consist of sessions of talks and discussions centred around various aspects of development to unicellular holozoans.

Anchored by the theme “Resolving Life from Atomic Structure to Cellular Function,” this year’s symposium will spotlight Structural and Cell Biology, exploring how structural insights and cellular organization are advancing an integrated understanding of biological systems across scales.

How cellular life is organised across space and time.

Join us for Cell Bio 2026, the joint meeting of ASCB and EMBO, where the cell biology community gathers to share science, support one another, and spark new ideas.

Annual membrane trafficking meeting in London

This UK wide Cell Motility Symposium provides an interdisciplinary forum for the fields of mechanobiology, tissue morphogenesis and cell migration for a diverse, interdisciplinary audience of researchers ranging from cell biologists to developmental biologists to physicists.

Molecular Pathways of DNA Protection

This conference aims to synthesize current knowledge of autophagy mechanisms, functional diversity, and regulatory networks, while exploring their implications for understanding disease pathogenesis and achieving clinical translation.

Started in 2020, and now in its fourth edition, this EMBO Workshop has established itself in a rapidly growing in situ structural biology community as the main platform to foster dialogue and collaboration amongst different communities

Our Annual Meeting brings together scientists from across the life sciences community represented by LS², highlighting the excellence, diversity, and interdisciplinary nature of life science research conducted in Switzerland.

This meeting brings together an unparalleled cross-section of academic innovators and industry leaders who are advancing the frontiers of single-cell genomics, spatial biology, and perturbation technologies.

The program will highlight novel technologies and conceptual advances that challenge traditional paradigms and expand our understanding of tissue-resident and migratory immune networks, cross-organ immune regulation, and the integration of structural biology, imaging, and modeling.

As science becomes increasingly interdisciplinary, the Biophysical Society Annual Meeting continues its long-held reputation for bringing together leading scientists from all over the world who work at the interface of the life, physical, and computational sciences.

Extending the Boundaries of Megakaryocyte and Platelet Biology Including Fundamental Mechanisms and Clinical Applications

Mechanistic Insights and Therapeutic Innovation

This workshop will cover the different aspects of the DNA damage response ranging from the evolutionary to the tissue- and organ-specific diversity aspects of the process and its impact on human health and disease.

Themes:

1. Technologies enabling human-relevant astrocyte biology
2. Reconstructing astrocyte architecture and interactions
3. Defining astrocyte diversity and its functional meaning
4. Astrocytes as active components of neural circuits
5. Targeting astrocytes for diagnosis and therapy

This EMBO Workshop on Bacterial and Archaeal Cell Division: diverse mechanisms and models will provide a comprehensive forum to showcase the most advanced concepts and approaches in bacterial and archaeal cell division.

Fundamental Mechanisms to Reproductive Therapies

This EMBO Workshop on Forces Across Scales will provide an integrative perspective on mechanobiology, a rapidly advancing field that examines how mechanical forces shape biological systems across molecular, cellular, tissue, and organismal levels.

Building and Maintaining Order in Bacterial and Archaeal Cells

The Power of Phagocytes: Engulfing Complexity in Immunity

This meeting will convene experts in advanced technologies, signaling in different phyla, different sensor mechanisms, protein kinases and pseudokinases, protein structure and cellular processes underpinning Ca²⁺ sensing and translation into signaling outcomes.

Program topics include:

· ER protein biosynthesis

. Lipid homeostasis and stress resilience

· Organelle crosstalk

Program topics include:

• Activation, deactivation, and inhibition of kinases
• Structural elucidation
• Computational modeling of phosphorylation networks

This meeting will bring together researchers across microbiology, cell biology, metabolism, structural biology, and human genomics to tackle key challenges in host-pathogen interactions.

Making Contact: Adhesion, Signaling, and Force Across Development and Disease

Horizons in Membrane Systems Bridging Dynamics, Precision Medicine, and Synthetic Biology

Metal Regulation Across Biological Kingdoms in Physiology and Disease

Lipids Under Stress Across Synthesis, Signaling, and Organelles

Decoding Plant Cell Biology Through Integrated Single Cell ‘Omics

This meeting will bring together leading basic and translational researchers to discuss the latest advances in lipidation biology. Sessions will span enzyme mechanisms, structural biology, cellular and tissue-level functions, emerging technologies, and therapeutic opportunities targeting lipidation pathways.

The 2026 Autumn RBSCDB meeting will focus on Cell Migration.

The goal of this conference is to showcase the cell biological mechanisms that define the nucleus as an organelle.