Registration includes:
- Participation in all course sessions
- Course materials
- Social Activity
Payment
Selected participants will receive an email with a link to complete the online payment.
Selection criteria
In case more than 25 applicants will register for this course, the following criteria will be applied to select the course participants:
- Each applicant will be requested to submit a short abstract summarizing his/her project and how targeted proteomics might be useful in the future.
Abstracts will be used to assess which applicants could benefit the most.
- Each applicant will be expected to have a basic prior knowledge in MS-based proteomics.
- Fair distribution of applicants from different countries and scientific institutes.
- Fair gender distribution.
- Fair background distribution: students, postdocs, scientists and industry participants.
Abstract guidelines
Abstracts must be submitted online no later than 15 September 2021. Abstracts must be written in English. Submission of an abstract does not ensure the acceptance for the course. Abstracts should include a title, authors, authors’ institution addresses and body.
Bibliographic references should only be used if quoted in the abstract body. The body of the abstract should not exceed 4,000 characters (including spaces) or 500 words in English.
If an abstract is not submitted, the application form will not be considered.
Poster specifications
The course includes several virtual poster sessions in which participants will explain their research projects. The poster will need to be send to the CRG Training Unit in advanced, further details will be given to the selected participants. All participants will present their poster.
Computer Requirements
Hardware:
Recommended 8-16Gb RAM, i7 CPU
Minimum 8Gb RAM, i5 CPU
Software:
These are the software you will need throughout the course. There will be a session to help to install and/or solve any possible technical problem with the selected candidates:
- Skyline (https://skyline.ms)
- Skyline-daily (https://skyline.ms)
- ProteoWizard (http://proteowizard.sourceforge.net/)
- Install R
Registration Fee Waivers
In lieu of travel grants, a number of fee waivers will be available for participants. Applicants do not need to apply separately for fee waivers for this event but should indicate on the registration form if they wish to be considered for a fee waiver. Selection of awardees is handled directly by the organizer who will notify all eligible participants. More information is available at EMBO Travel Grants' page.
Specific fee waivers are available for participants of any nationality working in laboratories in Chile, India, Singapore and Taiwan. To apply, please send an email directly to the meeting organisers justifying your request.
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.
