Human microbiome: Resistance and disease

Registration includes:

• The registration fee includes participation on all the 4 days of the symposium
• conference kit, refreshments during the conference including conference lunches and dinners
• on campus accommodation during the conference days
• local hospitality and airport transfers.

Payment

This Section is valid for those with selected abstracts only.

Selected applicants will be notified by e-mail and will be invited to pay registration fees (payment methods to be confirmed). Final registration will be validated once payment is received.

Successful participants whose abstracts will be selected for poster presentations will be sent payment details also by email.

Selection criteria

An applicant must be enrolled in a PhD/MD program of an institution or be a postdoctoral fellow or a junior/mid-career member of the faculty of an institution or a scientific researcher engaged in a research project under a PI.

Each abstract will be screened by a committee consisting of both international and national experts from JCVI, USA and NIBMG, INDIA to assess its relevance in the perspective of human microbiome research. The abstracts should be based on human diseases or human physiological systems and preferably linked to human microbiome research.

Abstract guidelines

The abstracts submitted for poster presentations should contain original scientific work based on human diseases or human physiological systems and linked to human microbiome research. The mandatory criteria are as follows:

1) Abstract should be within 300 words

2) Divide the abstract into Background, Objectives, Methods, Results and Discussions sections.

3) Only one abstract per presenting author is allowed.

Poster specifications

4ft (Length) x 3 ft (Width)

Travel grants

A limited number of travel grants are available for participants. Applicants do not need to apply separately for travel grants for this event but should indicate on the registration form if they wish to be considered for a travel grant. Selection of awardees is handled directly by the organizer who will notify all eligible participants. More information is available at EMBO Travel Grants' page.

Child care grant

EMBO Courses and Workshops offers grants to offset additional child care costs incurred by participants or speakers when participating at any EMBO Courses and Workshop funded meeting. Eligible costs include fees for a caregiver or child-care facility, travel costs for a caregiver, or travel costs for taking the child to the meeting etc. Please indicate on the registration form whether you would like to be considered for the grant. Please also describe how you intend to use the child care grant and specify the sum that you will need.