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EMBO Workshop

Thiol-based redox switches: From chemistry to physiology and pathology

13 – 18 September 2025 | Sant Feliu de Guixols, Spain

  • Registration Deadline
  • 18 May 2025
  • Abstract Submission Deadline
  • 18 May 2025
  • Chosen Participants Will Be Notified By
  • 31 May 2025
  • Payment Deadline
  • 1 July 2025

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About the Workshop

Redox reactions have been essential for the emergence of life on Earth, and diverse strategies have evolved for responding to various cellular redox species. These mechanisms are still of vital importance in the physiology and pathology of present-day organisms (from bacteria to men).

At the core of these mechanisms lie functionally and structurally distinct thiol-switch proteins, utilizing reversible, site-specific oxidation that regulates their activity, downstream signaling, and biological processes.

This EMBO Workshop will bring together redox chemists and cell biologists to exchange knowledge in thiol-redox biology and start new collaborations to uncover the relevance of thiol oxidation for organismal physiology and pathology.


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
  • 18 May 2025
  • Abstract Submission Deadline
  • 18 May 2025
  • Chosen Participants Will Be Notified By
  • 31 May 2025
  • Payment Deadline
  • 1 July 2025

 

  • STUDENT/POSTDOCS EUR 680
  • ACADEMIC (shared room) EUR 710
  • ACADEMIC (private room) EUR 810
  • INDUSTRY EUR 950

Registration includes:

  • Attendance of the EMBO Workshop and course materials
  • Accommodation on site: 5 nights in a shared double room at Eden Roc Hotel
    Single occupancy (+ 110 EUR extra for single room)
  • All meals (breakfast, lunch, dinner and gala dinner)
  • Coffee breaks
  • Transfers to/from Barcelona airport
  • 21 % VAT are included

Payment

Once the applications have been evaluated by the organisers, we will send you an email confirming your acceptance to the Workshop and the necessary details to complete payment.

The registration fee can be paid by bank transfer or by credit card.

Cancellation policy

All requests for cancellation must be submitted in writing to anavaldes@creacongresos.com no later than 4 August 2025. The registration fee will be refunded in full, less an administrative fee of 20% of the registration amount.

Cancellations received after 4 August 2024 or no-show will not be refunded at all.

Selection criteria

The scientific organisers will select conference participants on the basis of:

  1. Scientific content of the abstract. Outstanding abstracts will be selected for short oral presentations.
  2. Number of participants from the same lab.

Abstract guidelines

Abstracts should be a maximum of 250 words in length.

The abstract should include the title, authors list and affiliations.
Up to 3 references can be included in the abstract.
Several abstracts will be selected for oral presentations (please indicate your preference for oral or poster presentation).

Poster specifications

Poster boards allow for A0-sized posters (1189 mm x 841 mm).

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

For questions regarding your registration, please contact the technical secretariat at the following email: hola@creacongresos.com

For other questions, please contact
Dana Reichmann
Email: danare@mail.huji.ac.il

 

 

Venue

Eden Roc Hotel

Carrer de Port Salvi, 14
17220 Sant Feliu de Guíxols, Girona

Accommodation

Hotel Eden Roc is situated in a beautiful location directly on the Costa Brava, approximately 120 km northeast of Barcelona. All rooms have a fully equipped bathroom, TV, minibar, and safety deposit box.

The hotel has ~50 double rooms for single occupancy and 55 double (twin) rooms for shared occupancy. Single occupancy rooms therefore cannot be offered to all conference attendees. Students and postdocs will be required to share a room.

If you know who you would like to share a room with, please enter their name in the registration form.

Transport

Shuttle Service
The organization has arranged a shuttle service from Barcelona Airport to the venue, and back to Barcelona Airport, with the following schedule:

  • September 13th: Departures at 10:30 AM and 1:30 PM
  • September 18th: Departures at 7:00 AM and 10:00 AM

If you have plans to arrive at Girona Airport, please contact the technical secretariat directly to adjust the transfer service according to the received requests.

Additional information about the service will be provided a few days before the conference.

By bus
Sant Feliu de Guíxols is connected to Girona, Barcelona, ​​and the rest of the important towns of the Costa Brava by regular interurban bus lines.

Bus shuttle
Bus transfers upon arrival and departure to and from Girona or Barcelona airports will be arranged. Please indicate your interest in such a shuttle service during registration.

By car
The hotel Eden Roc is 120 km from Barcelona, via the AP-7 and the C-35 or 135 km from Perpignan, via AP-7. Once in Sant Feliu de Guíxols, Hotel Eden Roc is located at the southern end of the town.

By Plane
The Girona-Costa Brava Airport (GRO), at 31 km away, is a small airport that connects Girona with all of Europe.

The Barcelona Airport (BCN), at 119 km, is the closest international airport with daily flights to the whole world.

By train
The nearest train station is in Girona (30 km from the hotel).

About the Area

Hotel Eden Roc has an unbeatable location on the Costa Brava: on the rocks on a peninsula south of Sant Feliu de Guíxols, surrounded by the Mediterranean Sea, peace and tranquility.

This location facing the sea makes the climate very pleasant throughout the year, with temperatures that do not fall below 10ºC in winter, and do not exceed 30ºC in summer.

The hotel is located less than 1 km from the town of Sant Feliu de Guíxols, a charming town traditionally dedicated to fishing and nowadays more focused on trade and tourism. Sant Feliu preserves a beautiful old town with narrow streets and historic buildings.

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