EMBL Events

19/10/2026

ended last Friday, and we were amazed by the tight-knit community it brought together 🙌

From co-transcriptional RNA biology to RNA pathogens and therapeutics, this symposium really covered all the aspects of RNA research. We'd like to sincerely thank our wonderful participants, speakers, and organisers for four days of exciting scientific exchange!

🥼 Scientific organisers
Elena Conti, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Germany
Olivier Duss, EMBL Heidelberg, Germany
Torben Heick Jensen, Aarhus University, Denmark
Karla Neugebauer, Yale School of Medicine, USA
Juan Valcárcel Juárez, Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), Spain

🔷 Conference organiser
Iva Gavran, EMBL Heidelberg, Germany

We hope to see you all at the next edition 👋 In the meantime, check out our other events: embl.org/events

16/10/2026

📣 Have an idea for a workshop or tutorial at the intersection of AI and biology?

We're looking for proposals for , which for the first time will feature a dedicated day of on-site workshops and tutorials. We're inviting researchers and experts from academia and industry to propose sessions that bring the community together to tackle pressing challenges in the field, explore AI methods, and develop new skills. 🧬🤖

What can you propose?
• Workshops: collaborative, interdisciplinary sessions focused on problem-solving and innovation.
• Tutorials: hands-on introductions to key AI methods, tools, and cross-cutting skills.

A bonus for facilitators: workshop and tutorial organisers receive free registration for the main conference!

⏰ Deadline to apply: 16 November 2026

Submit your proposal: https://s.embl.org/ees27-12-workshops

Know someone who should organise a session? Share this call with your network!

EMBO | EMBL Symposium 'AI and biology'
11 May 2027: workshops day (on-site)
12 – 14 May 2027: the symposium (on-site and virtual)

16/10/2026

Are you a PhD student or a postdoc taking your first steps in the field of metagenomics? Interested in understanding culture-independent omics techniques to study microbial communities? Not long left to apply for the EMBO Practical Course 'Microbial metagenomics: a 360º approach'! 🦠🧪

Join us and learn how to:
• construct your own metagenomic library
• analyse and organise your data
• interpret results, explore different databases, use different retrieval and analysis tools
• do sequence analysis

✒️ Apply by 30 November: s.embl.org/met27-01-fb

📍EMBL Heidelberg
📅 5 – 12 April 2027

15/10/2026

Are you interested in developmental biology? Then we have news for you: there's a new symposium coming to EMBL next year, which will explore how emerging technologies and transformative concepts are reshaping the field.

Join 'Emerging concepts in developmental biology' to build new collaborations, challenge existing frameworks, and analyse innovative approaches to fundamental questions in development: s.embl.org/ees27-02-fb

You can look forward to these key themes:
• Gametes, germ cells and fertilisation
• Self-organisation
• Pattern formation in space and time
• Mechanics and morphogenesis
• Gene regulation across scales
• Growth, organogenesis and regeneration
• Engineering and predicting development
• Robustness and variability of developmental processes
• Evolution of developmental programmes

📅 8 – 11 June
🗺️ EMBL Heidelberg and Virtual
✍️ Submit your abstract by 2 March

14/10/2026

That's a wrap on ✨

After six days of hands-on training and shared learning in Bangalore and Heidelberg, the EMBO Practical Course 'Metabolite and species dynamics in microbial communities' came to a close last Friday.

Huge thanks to our participants for bringing in so much energy, and to our organisers, speakers, and trainers for making this course a success! 🌍

Scientific organisers:
🔹 Sunil Laxman, Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, India
🔹 Ian Probert, Sorbonne University, France
🔹 Flora Vincent, EMBL Heidelberg, Germany
🔹 Elisabeth Zielonka, EMBL Heidelberg, Germany
🔹 Maria Zimmermann-Kogadeeva, EMBL Heidelberg, Germany

Course organisers:
🔹 Ecem Cayiroglu, EMBL Heidelberg, Germany
🔹 Sophie Dutzi, EMBL Heidelberg, Germany
🔹 Michelle Steinhauer EMBL Heidelberg, Germany

Until next time: https://www.embl.org/events/

13/10/2026

Do you want to create customised CLEM workflows to address your unique research questions? Then join and apply by 25 October: s.embl.org/lem27-01-fb

This course is designed to equip participants with hands-on skills in Correlative Light and Electron Microscopy (CLEM) in room temperature and cryogenic conditions as well as provide a solid theoretical foundation. See you there?

📅 31 January – 5 February
📍 EMBL Heidelberg

12/10/2026

Are you curious about theoretical and quantitative approaches to understanding living systems? Then you should not miss out on !

Biology now generates vast data but lacks matching conceptual frameworks. As artificial intelligence reshapes what "understanding" means in science, dialogue between theorists and experimentalists is increasingly essential. The EMBO | EMBL Symposium 'Theory and concepts in biology' will therefore bring these researchers together as equals to ask how biology can be understood, not just measured.

💻 s.embl.org/ees27-06-fb
✍️ Submit your abstract by 13 April
📅 20 – 23 July
🗺️ EMBL Heidelberg and Virtual

You can look forward to these key themes:
• Biologically active matter
• Cellular information processing
• Memory and learning
• Organismal behaviour
• Mechanics and morphogenesis
• Spatial ecology
• Living dynamical systems
• Philosophy of biological understanding

12/10/2026

✨ Thank you for a wonderful conference!

The EMBO Workshop 'Molecular mechanisms in evolution and ecology' has come to a close Friday evening.

A heartfelt thank you to the organisers for all the hard work, dedication, and thoughtful planning that went into bringing this conference to life.

Scientific organisers:
Katharine Coyte, University of Manchester, UK
Gilles Fischer, Sorbonne University, France
Antonis Rokas, Vanderbilt University, USA
Rike Stelkens, Stockholm University, Sweden
Jordi van Gestel, EMBL Heidelberg, Germany

Conference organiser:
Inna Bösselmann, EMBL Heidelberg Germany

We are equally grateful to all the speakers and participants for sharing their exciting research, fresh perspectives, and stimulating ideas. Your engaging presentations, insightful discussions, and enthusiasm made this a fantastic opportunity to exchange knowledge, build connections, and explore new directions at the intersection of molecular biology, evolution, and ecology.

Until next time ➡️www.embl.org/events

09/10/2026

09/10/2026

💻 Tune in for 'DNA replication and genome maintenance: from basic biology to human health' 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: s.embl.org/ees26-13-fb

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

🧬 This EMBO | EMBL Symposium brings together experts in DNA replication, genome maintenance, chromosome organisation and chromatin maintenance to fuel scientific progress and networking.
📅 25 – 28 August 2026
⏰ Register by 13 October