Susan Lindquist School on Proteostasis

Registration includes:

The registration fee includes three nights of accommodation (double occupancy) and all meals indicated in the program.

Payment

Selected participants will be provided with information on how to proceed with the payment by Confedent International. Payment options include online payment via credit card or Google Pay. An invoice will be issued with an additional charge of 19€.

Cancellation Policy

Cancellation requests must be submitted via email to the organizers by August 1, 2025. Please be aware that we can only refund 50% of the registration fee. Cancellations received after this date are non-refundable. The organizers will not cover travel expenses, medical costs, or any other losses incurred.

Selection criteria

The EMBO|FEBS Lecture Course exclusively targets trainees (PhD students, Postdocs and similar). The selection is made based on motivation letter, abstract and CV.

We aim for a broad coverage of areas of proteostasis, countries, institutions, and people.

Abstract guidelines

Abstracts should not exceed 250 words and should include a title, all author names and their full affiliations. The name of the poster/short-talk presenter should be underlined.

Poster specifications

Posters should be portrait orientation and A0 format (119 cm high x 84 cm wide).

Poster presenters are responsible for mounting and removal of their posters. They are expected to be available at their poster for discussion during their assigned session.

Travel grants

A limited number of FEBS Youth Travel Funds (YTF) Awards are available to support participation of early-career scientists in this event. These funds will cover the registration fee (including costs of event meals, and shared accommodation in a twin room) and possibly a contribution towards travel expenses, up to a maximum of 800 EUR per person.

The selection of applicants to receive FEBS YTF awards will be carried out by the Course Organizers on the basis of CV, Abstract and Motivation Letter and approved by the FEBS Treasury Office according to the FEBS YTF eligibility criteria

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.

Media and communications policy

Recording or communication of the presented data needs to be agreed upon by all concerned.

EMBO's code of conduct is applicable for all participants of this EMBO meeting and can be found here.