Registration includes:
For the selected participants on site, registration includes:
- Laboratory materials
- Accommodation from Monday to Saturday (5 nights) in Oeiras during the practical course
- Social excursion of Lisbon Area
- Daily lunches and coffee breaks and dinners (Monday lunch excluded but Saturday farewell lunch included)
- Course attendance certificate
For online participants, registration includes:
- Remote access to lectures in the programme
- On-line course attendance certificate
Payment
Upon acceptance, participants will receive an email with payment details. The following payment options will be available: Online transactions (PayPal, Stripe, WorldPay, etc.). Any transfer fee will be on the participant.
Cancellation Policy
Applicants will be notified of their acceptance to the course on the 15th of February 2026. In case they want to cancel their attendance to the course, the notification must be sent by the 20th of February 2026 to the organizers.
Selection criteria
The course is limited to 25 participants. Applications are invited from PhD students, postdocs, early-career academics, and industry scientists.
Application requirements
Please submit a single PDF including:
- Motivation letter (max. 250 words) addressed to the selection committee (priority will be given to applicants who actively express how their motivation, skills, experience, and ideas, “what they have under the hood” rather than generic motivation)
- Short CV (max. 1 A4 page)
Selection criteria
- Quality of motivation letter and CV
- Balanced representation across countries, institutions, and genders
Relevant experience in single-cell transcriptomics or related fields (optional)
Abstract guidelines
Poster specifications
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.
