Registration includes:
- Participation in all course sessions
- Course materials
- Accommodation (in a shared room)
- Lunches, coffee breaks, and some dinners
- Welcome dinner
- Excursion
Payment
Selected participants will receive an email with a link to do the online payment.
Selection criteria
Submission of an abstract is mandatory.
Please also upload a motivation letter via the registration system.
In case more than 25 applicants register for this course, the following criteria will be applied to select the course participants:
- As each applicant will be requested to submit a short abstract summarizing their project and how targeted proteomics might be useful for their research in the future, the selection of participants will be based on their motivation and skills.
- Each applicant will be expected to have a basic prior knowledge of MS-based proteomics.
- Fair distribution of applicants from different countries and scientific institutes.
- Fair gender distribution.
- Fair background distribution: students, postdocs, senior scientists, and industry participants.
Abstract guidelines
Abstracts (in English) must be submitted within the online application no later than the 2nd of June 2023. Submission of an abstract does not ensure acceptance of 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 500 words in English.
Without the submitted abstract, the application will not be considered for further selection process.
Poster specifications
The course includes several poster sessions in which participants will explain their research projects. Each participant will be provided with an A0 poster board to display the poster.
The poster board surface area is approx. 90 cm (about 2.95 ft) wide and 120 cm (about 3.94 ft) high. This is a portrait/vertical format. Materials should be printed on thin poster paper or cardboard, anything heavier will not stay in position. You will be provided with velcro tabs and pins to adhere your poster to the board. All participants need to present their poster.
Travel grants and registration fee waivers
A limited number of travel grants and registration fee waivers are available for participants.
Applicants do not need to apply separately for these but should indicate on the registration form if they wish to be considered.
Selection of awardees is handled directly by the organizers. More information is available on the EMBO Travel Grants' page.
Special travel grants and registration fee waivers
A limited number of travel grants and registration fee waivers are available for scientists working in Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia and Turkey. Grants are allocated on the basis of the quality of the submitted abstract.
A maximum of 700 Euros per participant are available to cover registration fees, travel, and accommodation (no additional subsistence costs can be covered). To apply, please indicate the itemized amount requested in the travel grants section of the registration form.
Child care grants
EMBO Courses and Workshops offers grants to offset additional childcare 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 childcare grant and specify the sum that you will need.
