Breathless Microbes: Life With No Oxygen

Registration includes:

• Shared twin room hotel accommodation
• Meals (breakfast, lunch, coffee breaks)
• Drinks and snacks during the poster session
• Bike for the commuting during the workshop
• Course dinner
• Excursion
• Goodbye Borrel

Registration information

Participants should submit a short CV and a motivation letter as part of the registration process.

Payment

Selected participants will receive an email with a secure payment link.

Selection criteria

Priority will be given to PhD students and postdocs who can apply anaerobic techniques directly to their ongoing projects. Other selection criteria include previous experience, the relevance of the workshop to future career goals, and the quality of the motivation and reference letters. Geographical distribution and gender balance will also be taken into account.

Abstract guidelines

Your abstract should provide a concise description of your current research project, or a prospective future project that applies anoxic techniques. The abstract should be written in clear, scientific language and must not exceed 400 words.

Poster specifications

The poster should be portrait format and adequately sized (e.g. A0 format, 841 x 1189 mm or 33.1 x 46.8 in).

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

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