EMBL Events

03/09/2026

Do you want to be part of the community advancing microbiome research? 🦠

Submit your abstract and don't miss the opportunity to present your work at the EMBL Conference 'Unlocking the functional diversity of gut microbiomes'!

⏰ The deadline is 15 September: https://s.embl.org/gmd26-01-fb

brings together scientists from around the world to expand our functional understanding of the human gut microbiome and advance microbiome engineering, including the selection and establishment of new model microbial species.

🗓️ 8 – 10 December 2026
📍 EMBL Heidelberg and Virtual

Hear more about the conference from our scientific organiser, Lisa Maier (University of Tübingen, Germany) 🎥

02/09/2026

🎉🦟 Join us in celebrating the poster prize winners of the EMBL Conference 'BioMalPar XXII: biology and pathology of the malaria parasite'!

Congratulations to:
- Robert Domènech Eres
- Yvonne Sokolowski-Adams
- Maureen Cabahug
- Saptarshi Mridha
- Poonam Nagar
- Stephanie Diane Nofal
- Anna Oncins Suñol
- Elon Atlaw

Every year, the malaria research community comes together in Heidelberg to exchange knowledge and drive forward the innovations and strategies needed to advance the field.

🔗 Ready to dive deeper into their research? Check out our latest blog post: s.embl.org/bmp26-01-poster-prizes

01/09/2026

📣 Last chance to join us in person for !

Register by 8 September: s.embl.org/ees26-13-fb

If you work in DNA replication, genome maintenance, chromosome organisation, chromatin maintenance, or a related field, this meeting is for you! Attend talks, network, socialise, and experience the EMBL Heidelberg campus atmosphere 🙌🏼

🧬 EMBO | EMBL Symposium 'DNA replication and genome maintenance: from basic biology to human health'
📍 EMBL Heidelberg and Virtual
📅 20 – 23 October 2026

31/08/2026

And that's a wrap on 'Transcription and chromatin'! 🧬✨

A big thank you to everyone who joined us for a few days of great science, inspiring discussions, and plenty of opportunities to connect.

From exciting talks and lively Q&As to fantastic poster sessions, coffee break conversations, and catching up over social events, it was wonderful to see the transcription and chromatin community come together again (it was 17th edition!).

Thank you to all the speakers, poster presenters, and participants for sharing your research, asking questions, exchanging ideas, and making the meeting what it was. The science was impressive, but it was the conversations, connections and community that really brought it to life 🙌🏼

Already looking forward to the next edition! Until then, keep the discussions going 🤓🫶🏼

🔹Scientific organisers
Shelley Berger, University of Pennsylvania, USA
Eileen Furlong, EMBL Heidelberg, Germany
Luca Giorgetti, Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, Switzerland
Yang Shi, University of Oxford, UK

31/08/2026

26/08/2026

After 9 days of learning, sharing, and networking, our course has come to an end. A huge thank you to all our participants, speakers, and organisers for making it such a memorable experience! 🙌

Participants explored how to integrate single-particle analysis and tomography into their research, while gaining insights and skills to innovate cryo-EM methods beyond the state of the art. We hope to see you again soon!

Scientific organisers:
Tanmay Bharat, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, UK
Svetlana Dodonova, EMBL Heidelberg, Germany
Sebastian Eustermann, EMBL Heidelberg, Germany
Simone Mattei, EMBL Heidelberg, Germany
Kelly Nguyen, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, UK

Course organisers:
Catherine Casas-Saavedra, EMBL Heidelberg, Germany
Michelle Steinhauer, EMBL Heidelberg, Germany

✨ Discover upcoming events:
https://www.embl.org/events/

24/08/2026

Are you planning to join in 2027? Get a glimpse of what the conference is like through the eyes of one of our participants! 🦟🧬

✍️ Joy Kabagenyi, our event reporter for the 2026 edition, joined in Heidelberg and captured her experience, key takeaways, and highlights from the conference in a new blog post: https://s.embl.org/biomalpar2026-event-reporter

Last May, the malaria research community came together once again to exchange ideas and explore the innovations and strategies needed to tackle malaria and advance global health.

Stay tuned to learn when registration opens for the next edition!

20/08/2026

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/

18/08/2026

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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

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