Pseudoenzyme functions across life - challenges and opportunities

Registration includes:

• Accommodation for four nights of 9^th, 10^th, 11^th and 12^th June
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
• Gala dinner
• Poster session refreshments
• Coffee breaks

Payment

Accepted participants will be emailed an invoice and details on how to pay.

Selection criteria

Acceptance of applicants for attending the meeting as well as the decision of whether an abstract is accepted for a poster or short talk will be based on:

Scientific quality

Subject related to workshop topics

Priority to early stage group leaders, postdoctoral fellows, and advanced PhD students

Representative distribution of gender and geographical location

Priority to participants who can cover topics that are not dealt with by invited speakers

Minimal number of representatives from the same laboratory

Abstract guidelines

Abstracts must be a maximum of 250 words, excluding title, authors and affiliations.

Poster specifications

Posters must be A0 format (841mm width x 1189mm height).

Travel grants and registration fee waivers

Travel grants and registration fee waivers are available for participants.

Selection of awardees is handled directly by the organizers. EMBO travel grants and registration fee waivers are allocated on the basis of the quality of the submitted abstract.

Applicants do not need to apply separately for these but should indicate on the registration form if they wish to be considered.

Additional travel grants are available for EMBC Associate Member States Chile, India, Singapore and Taiwan.

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, Luxembourg, Poland, 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.

Sustainability

• Some invited speakers will be encouraged to travel by train
• All speakers have been asked to minimise and/or offset the carbon footprint associated with their travel – local transport will be coordinated to reduce the number of trips
• Catering will include vegetarian days, locally sourced ingredients, efforts to reduce food waste and bottled water or single-use wares will be avoided.
• Reusable water bottles will be provided
• Abstract books and programs will be shared in electronic form only.
• Recycled lanyards will be used

Code of conduct

Anti-harassment and non-discrimination policy

At EMBO, we believe that harassment and discriminatory behaviour are unacceptable in any setting. EMBO's code of conduct is applicable for all participants of this EMBO meeting and can be found here.