Registration includes:
- Access to conference
- Social dinner on May 27
- Lunch and coffee breaks
- Refreshments at poster sessions
Registration information
A limited number of travel grants are available for students and post-docs. Applicant do not need to apply separately for travel grants for this event, but they should indicate on the registration form if they wish to be considered for a travel grant. Selection of awardees is handled directly by the organizers who will notify all eligible participants.
Payment
Payment will occur through online transactions operated by a service of the University of Lausanne. A link from the main EMBO website will re-direct to the service.
Cancellation Policy
Participants can cancel their participation and be entitled to a full refund of their participation fee up to 2 week before the start of the meeting (May 13, 2026).
Selection criteria
Participants will be accepted on a “first come first served”.
Exceptions will be considered to favor: 1) participants submitting an abstract for poster or oral presentation over participants without abstract submission, and 2) diversification of participants based on genre and country of affiliation.
Abstract guidelines
Abstracts should be submitted in English and not exceeding 300 words (excluding title, authors’ names and affiliations).
Poster specifications
We will have digital poster boards for the meeting. The poster will be in landscape format on a 55 inches monitor. Posters need to be provided in JPG or PNG format and sent to Michelle N'Cho michelle.ncho@unil.ch before the beginning of the meeting.
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.
