Registration includes:
- Shuttle transportation at designated hours on arrival and departure days
- Participation in sessions
- Workshop material
- Lunch, dinner and coffee breaks during session days
- Welcome reception
- Poster session, including drinks and snacks
- Gala dinner
- Local sightseeing tours
Accommodation is NOT included and must be booked separately. The conference secretariat will provide guidance on recommended hotels close to the venue.
A limited amount of subsidized accommodation may be available on the OIST campus for trainees and participants in need.
Registration information
Requests for subsidized accommodation must be made in writing to the conference secretariat, together with an official letter from the applicant’s institution confirming lack of available funds.
Payment
Accepted participants will receive payment instructions and a link for payment by email. Registration fees will be paid in Euros.
Cancellation Policy
Written Notice Required: All cancellations must be submitted in writing (typically via email) on or before September 18, 2026, and must be acknowledged by the event organizers to be considered eligible for refund.
Administrative Fees: Even if eligible for refund, the organizers reserve the right to deduct administrative or banking costs from the refunded amount.
Cancellations received after September 18, 2026, or no-shows, will not be eligible for full refunds. The organizers may consider a partial refund depending on the circumstances.
Selection criteria
Selection will be based on availability, with priority given to participants submitting a relevant abstract. Short talks will be selected from abstracts based on quality, novelty, and the inclusion of unpublished data.
Abstract guidelines
The purpose of this workshop is to foster discussion on open questions in neuronal degeneration and regeneration. Abstracts should describe unpublished projects and should be limited to 250 words.
Poster specifications
Your poster should be printed in a portrait layout.
Max Dimensions: A0 W 0.841m * H 1.189m
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.
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.
Accessibility grants
EMBO offers accessibility grants to support participants at EMBO Courses & Workshops with any access needs. These grants cover up to 500 Euros for any additional costs e.g. to adapt the conference environment, or to be accompanied by someone to assist them where necessary.
Participants with access needs may apply for a grant via the registration system of the related EMBO event, or by emailing the organizers of the related EMBO event directly.
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.
