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EMBO Workshop

Chromosome Segregation and Aneuploidy

27 – 30 April 2025 | Stresa, Italy

  • Registration Deadline
  • 31 January 2025
  • Abstract Submission Deadline
  • 31 January 2025
  • Chosen Participants Will Be Notified By
  • 14 February 2025
  • Payment Deadline
  • 28 February 2025

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About the Workshop

Aneuploidy is a hallmark of cancer and developmental disorders such as Down syndrome. Understanding how cells accomplish faithful chromosome segregation and how chromosomal instability (CIN) impacts cell physiology has thus become integral to several fields including cancer, organismal development and stem cell research.

Recent integration of cancer genomics with mechanistic cell biology approaches has uncovered unexpected new phenomena, including massive fragmentation of whole chromosomes after missegregation (chromothripsis), or induction of innate immune responses by missegregated chromosomes, highlighting the importance of scientific exchange between fields such as cancer genomics and chromosome segregation.

Over the past >25 years, the Aneuploidy and Chromosome Segregation workshop (supported by EMBO since 2010) has been one of the most impactful conferences to bring together scientists studying the biology of mitosis, cancer and developmental biology.

In the current iteration of this EMBO Workshop, we broaden our audience further, to represent new developments in the field, including computational biology and immunology.

Topics of the workshop include:

Biology of chromosome segregation (mitosis, meiosis)

CIN/aneuploidy signatures from large (cancer)-genomics datasets

CIN/aneuploidy in development and ageing

Consequences of CIN/aneuploidy, including DNA damage response and inflammation.

The main objectives of this EMBO Workshop are to bring together scientists with distinct and complementary expertise to exchange their unpublished findings, to foster new collaborations, to conceive new ideas, and last, but not least, to engage PhD students and postdocs representing the upcoming generation.

Image credits: Stefano Santaguida, PhD


About EMBO Courses and Workshops

EMBO Courses and Workshops are selected for their excellent scientific quality and timelines, provision of good networking activities for all participants and speaker gender diversity (at least 40% of speakers must be from the underrepresented gender).

Organisers are encouraged to implement measures to make the meeting environmentally more sustainable.

 

Speakers

 

Programme

 

Registration

  • Registration Deadline
  • 31 January 2025
  • Abstract Submission Deadline
  • 31 January 2025
  • Chosen Participants Will Be Notified By
  • 14 February 2025
  • Payment Deadline
  • 28 February 2025

 

  • STUDENT/POSTDOCS EUR 350
  • ACADEMIC EUR 550
  • INDUSTRY EUR 700

Registration includes:

  • Scientific Session
  • Lunches
  • Coffee breaks
  • Welcome reception
  • Gala dinner

Accommodation

Accommodation is not included in the registration fee. All conference participants will stay at the conference hotel. Rooms can be booked when the payment portal opens (enough rooms will be available for all participants). Rooms will be available with single occupancy (€159 excl 10% VAT per night) and double occupancy (€90 excl 10% VAT per person per night).

Please indicate your room preference when registering for the meeting.

In case you have any special requirements, please contact the organizers at ChromoPloidy2025@gmail.com.

Payment

A payment link for both the conference registration and hotel accommodations will be provided once registration closes and the participation list is finalized, which is expected by the end of February.

Cancellation Policy:

Registration fee and hotel costs are in principle non-refundable. However, as Chromoploidy workshops are commonly oversubscribed we expect a waiting list. In case participants cancel, registration fee and hotel costs will be reimbursed fully as soon as a participant from the waiting list has paid. Therefore, we recommend contacting the organisers as soon as possible in case of cancellation so that we can offer the place to the next person on the waiting list.

Selection criteria

Participants will be selected based on scientific excellence and relevance to the topic.

Furthermore, we will balance the representation of participants based on:

  • Even distribution across the topics in the meeting
  • Gender balance
  • Ratio of students, postdocs, and group leaders
  • Country of residence

If the number of applicants exceeds the maximum, we will prioritize junior researchers, gender balance, and representation from resource-limited countries.

Abstract guidelines

Abstracts should be no longer than 250 words. Please include up to three keywords.

Poster specifications

70 x 100 cm (portrait style)

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 availablefor 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.


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.

 

Contact

Stefano Santaguida

Email: ChromoPloidy2025@gmail.com

 

 

Venue

Grand Hotel Bristol Stresa

Corso Umberto I, 73

28838 | Stresa, IT

Accommodation

Accommodation

Accommodation is not included in the registration fee. All conference participants will stay at the conference hotel. Rooms can be booked when the payment portal opens (enough rooms will be available for all participants). Rooms will be available with single occupancy (€159 excl 10% VAT per night) and double occupancy (€90 excl 10% VAT per person per night). Please indicate your room preference when registering for the meeting.

In case you have any special requirements, please contact the organizers at ChromoPloidy2025@gmail.com.

Please contact the organizers if you require assistance finding a room mate for the double rooms.

Call-in allotments are available as follows:

50 single rooms and 50 double rooms are available from 27. to 30.04.2025 at Grand Hotel Bristol Stresa. Please make your booking via this LINK until March 7th 2025. After March 7th the call-in allotment will expire.

For more details about the Grand Hotel Bristol Stresa please visit the website.

The Grand Hotel Bristol benefits from a privileged position on the lakeside of Stresa, also known as the pearl of lake Maggiore for its extraordinary harmony with the magnificent landscape and the sumptuous villas of the area. Guests can enjoy a unique view of the Isola Bella and the gulf Borromeo. The Hotel has meeting halls that can contain up to 250 persons and it is equipped with the latest-generation technologies.

Transport

The closest airport is Milano Malpensa. From the airport, there are several ways to get to the meeting location:

  1. By Bus: about 70’ trip; approximately 20 Euro, one way.
  2. By Taxi: about 50’ trip; approximately 100-150 Euro, one way.
  3. By Train: about 120’ trip, with one stop and train change; approximately 10 Euro, total trip, one way.

Stresa can also be reached via the train stations of Milan, from Porta Garibaldi station (1h30m) or Centrale station (1h10m) with regional train heading to Domodossola or an international train heading to Geneva/Basel** (55m).

About the Area

A visit to Stresa is the ideal way to blend relaxation and culture in an enchanting setting that evokes the atmosphere of the belle époque. From Stresa it is easy to reach the three Borromean Islands, which are steeped in artistic, historical and botanical appeal. On the islands of Bella and Madre there are sumptuous palaces and rare plant gardens where peacocks, parrots and pheasants roam wild against an exotic backdrop reminiscent of faraway lands. In contrast, the Isola dei Pescatori is famous for the charming simplicity of its old fishing village, which is considered one of the most picturesque spots on Lake Maggiore. As well as being a fine example of a mid-nineteenth century palace, Villa Pallavicino boasts a zoo in its huge, 50-acre park; here, among the ancient trees and flower-lined avenues, live more than 40 different species of mammals and birds. In Stresa itself, the elegant and attractive waterfront offers unforgettable views of the Gulf of Borromeo. Walks along the shore offer the perfect opportunity to take in both the Art Nouveau hotels on the shore and the three Borromean Islands. The view is equally superb from the summit of Mount Mottarone (1491m), which dominates Stresa and offers a unique panoramic outlook. Mottarone is known as the 'Mountain of the Two Lakes' thanks to its strategic position between Lake Maggiore and the equally beautiful Lake Orta. The cable car to the top of Mottarone also stops off at Alpino, where the Alpinia botanical gardens offer a terrace with sweeping views of Lake Maggiore.

Sustainability at the meeting

The EMBO Courses & Workshops Programme assesses meetings based on the proposal and implementation of sustainability measures. Meetings can earn points across a range of measures, with each measure assigned a point value from one to five. These points classify the meeting into one of three sustainability levels, reflecting the organizers' commitment to enhancing the sustainability of their event. More information on the EMBO Courses & Workshops Sustainability Badge can be found here: https://www.embo.org/conferences-training/sustainable-conferencing/

At this EMBO Workshop, we were very mindful of the environment when selecting the location and the venue. The hotel is located in Stresa, which is easily accessible by public transportation from Milan.

The hotel has many green policies, including an A/C system that is based on the thermic exchange of water from the lake, electricity from sustainable sources (including its own hydroelectric power plant), 100% green energy, and all the lights bulbs are LED.

Catering will include one vegetarian day, locally sourced ingredients, and bottled water or single-use plastic will be avoided.

People will be encouraged to arrive by train to offset the CO2 footprint.

An award for the “longest distance travelled by train” will be given.

Abstract books and programs will be shared in electronic form only.

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