May 2025
GRC: Crossing the Boundaries: Unraveling Molecules, Medicine, and Membrane Transport Mechanisms
Mechanisms of Membrane Transport – Gordon Research Conference
Please apply early, as some meetings become oversubscribed before the registration deadline.
EMBO | EMBL Symposium – Infection: pathogens, hosts, and microbiomes
This symposium also has a virtual option.
EMBO|FEBS Lecture Course: Cell biology of host-pathogen interactions
The inaugural FEBS EMBO Cell Biology of Host-Pathogen Interaction Advanced Course explores the mechanisms underlying these changes and the functions they serve during infection from both the host and pathogen perspective.
89th Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Symposium on Quantitative Biology – Senescence & Aging
The Symposium will include eight oral sessions and two poster sessions providing a current synthesis of the enormous progress in our understanding of the deterioration of cellular function and structure over time, and its relationship to the phenomenon of aging.
June 2025
GRC: Organization, Dynamics, and Development of Bacterial and Archaeal Cells
Bacterial Cell Biology and Development – Gordon Research Conference
Please apply early, as some meetings become oversubscribed before the registration deadline.
Hunter Meeting 2025
The 2025 Hunter Meeting is supported by the Australian and New Zealand Cell and Developmental Biology Society, which will make the 2025 meeting the largest gathering of cell and developmental biology enthusiasts in the country!
Light-Sheet Fluorescence Microscope Conference and Workshop
Multi-dimensional live and fixed microscope data can be collected in many ways to help advance cellular and large/cleared sample imaging. Many courses focus on general optical principles and conventional microscope platforms. This course is designed to demystify light-sheet imaging.
EMBL Conference: 25th international meeting of the European Light Microscopy Initiative
As well as an hosting talks from an international line-up of speakers, this event also includes company and community workshop and a comprehensive exhibition.
GRC: Cell-Cell Junctions: Integrating Cell Signals and Mechanical Force in Development and Disease
Cell Contact and Adhesion – Gordon Research Conference
Please apply early, as some meetings become oversubscribed before the registration deadline.
FASEB: Endoplasmic Reticulum
This year’s program will delve into the complexities of the ER and its pivotal role in cellular operations and disease mechanisms.
GRC: Expanding Frontiers of Cryo-EM Technologies
Three Dimensional Electron Microscopy – Gordon Research Conference
Please apply early, as some meetings become oversubscribed before the registration deadline.
FASEB – Septins: Spatial Regulators of Cell Biology
The program will examine septins as spatial regulators of molecular mechanisms and processes within cell membranes and the cytoskeleton. It will also explore septin links and roles in disease pathogenesis and the translational applications of septin research.
Innovative Imaging for 3D Cell Biology
Join us for an inspiring conference that unites Dutch and international researchers passionate about cutting-edge advancements in microscopy for studying living systems.
Mechanometabolism Unleashed: The Interface of Cell Mechanics and Metabolism
Workshop from The Company of Biologists, organised by Marco Foiani, Ana-Maria Lennon-Duménil, Victoria Sanz-Moreno & Giorgio Scita.
GRC – The Organization, Replication, Segregation and Expression of Genomes Across Life’s Domains
Chromosome Dynamics – Gordon Research Conference
EMBO Workshop: Meiosis
Exploring diversity to discover the fundamentals
13th Salk Institute Cell Cycle Meeting 2025
Meeting Topics:
1. Growth and proliferation
2. DNA replication and cohesion
3. Mitosis
4. Switches and checkpoints
5. Cell cycle therapeutics
6. Genome stability
7. Cell cycle and development
EMBO Workshop: ESCRT function, evolutionary diversity and mechanism of action
The ESCRT meeting will provide a unique opportunity to bring together scientists from diverse fields to discuss the recent findings on ESCRT function, their evolutionary diversity and their mechanism of action.
Course at EMBL-EBI Data visualisation for biology
This course will give insights into, and practical experience in, data visualisation for exploring complex and multi-dimensional biological data.
EMBO | EMBL Symposium: New approaches and concepts in microbiology
This symposium also has a virtual option.
Keystone Symposia – Autophagosomes and Endolysosomes: From Fundamental Mechanisms to Disease Implications
The meeting will highlight new discoveries surrounding endolysosomes and their intersections with autophagosomes.
FASEB – Signal Transduction in the Immune System
This year’s program will emphasize the study of the signaling pathways that control the function of the innate and adaptive immune systems.
GRC: Physical Understanding of Membrane Protein Biogenesis
Membrane Protein Folding – Gordon Research Conference
Please apply early, as some meetings become oversubscribed before the registration deadline.
July 2025
GRC: Membranes as Drivers of Cellular and Organismal Processes
Molecular Membrane Biology – Gordon Research Conference
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Boston Bioimage Analysis Course – BoBiAC
The IAC and CITE at Harvard Medical School are organizing the Boston Bioimage Analysis Course (BoBiAC), a 6-day intensive program offering a hands-on introduction to image processing and analysis on fluorescence microscopy images with Python!
Dynein 2025
We are calling on scientists with an interest in dynein motors. Our goal is to provide a venue to encourage discussions across all areas of dynein biology and extend opportunities for junior researchers to participate in the field.
GRC: Re-Envisioning the Fluid Mosaic Model of Membrane-Lipid Interactions with Next-Generation Technologies
Molecular and Cellular Biology of Lipids- Gordon Research Conference
Please apply early, as some meetings become oversubscribed before the registration deadline.
August 2025
GRC: Cell Biology of Metals
Cell Biology of Metals – Gordon Research Conference
Please apply early, as some meetings become oversubscribed before the registration deadline.
GRC: Modern Mechanistic Approaches to Toxicology Research and Application
Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Toxicity – Gordon Research Conference
Please apply early, as some meetings become oversubscribed before the registration deadline.
GRC: Unlocking Discoveries in Plant Science With Location-To-Function Knowledge
Single-Cell Approaches in Plant Biology – Gordon Research Conference
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EMBO Workshop: Plant Membrane Biology
For the 20th time, participants of the Workshop on Plant Membrane Biology (WPMB) conference can learn about the latest findings in the crucial field of Plant Membrane Biology.
September 2025
EMBO Workshop: Celebrating 70 years of peroxisome research
This meeting is the first EMBO meeting on peroxisomes and will shine a light on peroxisomes in current research on central, abundant, and society-impacting human pathologies.
EMBL Conference: Protein synthesis and translational control
This conference also has a virtual option.
NeuroBioUK
NeuroBioUK is an annual one-day event for the neuronal and glial cell biology community in the UK.
EMBO Practical Course: Advanced methods in bioimage analysis
This course has a virtual attendance option.
EMBO|FEBS Lecture Course: The evolving role of mitochondria in metabolism
This EMBO|FEBS lecture course highlights advances in our understanding of the essential roles we now appreciate mitochondria to play in our cells.
EMBO Workshop – Lipid Droplets: Cell-Biological Control of Metabolism
The EMBO workshop “Lipid Droplets: Cell-Biological Control of Metabolism” will bring together an interdisciplinary group of scientists addressing fundamental aspects of lipid droplet biology.
30th International Workshop on “Single Molecule Spectroscopy and Super-resolution Microscopy”
Celebrate 30 Years of Single Molecule Research with Us!
From September 23–26, 2025, we will host the annual Workshop on Single Molecule Spectroscopy and Super-Resolution Microscopy for the 30th time.
EMBO Workshop: Membrane Contact Sites
Methodology, Biology & Pathology
EMBO Workshop: Mitochondria in the Nervous System
The main goal of this workshop is to bring together – for the first time – the large number of scientists addressing the pleiotropic roles of mitochondria in neurons and glia cells.
CellMech 2025
For the past 20 years, CellMech has brought together physicists, biologists, engineers, and mathematicians to discuss the advancements in cellular mechanobiology.
October 2025
EMBO | EMBL Symposium – Seeing is believing: imaging the molecular processes of life
This symposium has a virtual attendance option.
November 2025
India|EMBO Lecture Course: Structure, function, and quality control of proteins in cell organelles
The EMBO India lecture course aims at introducing the latest conceptual frameworks and methodological advances related to the molecular assembly, function, and regulatory frameworks of biogenesis and quality control of organelle proteins in physiology and in pathological contexts.
EMBO | EMBL Symposium: Cell biology of the nucleus
This symposium has a virtual attendance option.
December 2025
Cell Bio 2025
Join us for Cell Bio 2025, the joint meeting of ASCB and EMBO, where the cell biology community gathers to share science, support one another, and spark new ideas.
48th All India Cell Biology Conference and Symposium
With a theme centred on ‘From Cell to Therapeutics’ , the conference highlights the critical role of fundamental biology in driving innovation while reflecting the technological prowess of the organising institute, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur.
May 2026
Journal of Cell Science 2026: Imaging Cell Dynamics
This meeting will provide a unique opportunity to bring together experts working at the interface between cell biology and imaging, with a focus on researchers who use advanced light and electron microscopy approaches, and novel image analysis tools.