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Drosophila genetics and genomics – Course and Conference Office

EMBO Practical Course

Drosophila genetics and genomics

Overview
Speakers
Onsite programme
Virtual programme
Practical information
Sponsors
Media kit

Please see EMBL’s COVID-19 safety policy for testing and other requirements to attend this on-site course.

Course overview

The fruit fly Drosophila has played a leading role in the discovery and dissection of basic biological processes, uncovering general principles of development, evolution and disease. Almost a century of research has generated a powerful genetic toolbox that provides a unique arsenal of methods that can tackle almost any biological question. This, combined with exciting new technologies developed in recent years have changed the way Drosophila research is conducted, enabling biologists to address questions that were impossible to study before.

The course has three main objectives:

– First, to educate and inspire the next generation of scientists, by providing an up-to-date overview and hands-on training of contemporary and classic topics, spanning state-of-the-art techniques in genetics, imaging, and genomics. Participants will obtain an essential knowledge base combined with practical training, forming a launch-pad for their research.

– Second, to stimulate the exchange of ideas between established and early-career scientists, enabling participants to better direct their research trajectory.

– Third, to provide networking opportunities, hence fostering collaborations and career development.

The new course combines 50% interactive theoretical discussions that have been successfully used to train generations of Drosophila researchers for nearly 30 years combined with 50% new practical hands-on, cutting-edge experiments taught by experts in the field.

Audience

The course is aimed at PhD students and early stage post-doctoral researchers who want to start using or enhance their knowledge of Drosophila as a model organism.

Modules

Drosophila anatomy, development, genetics, and outreach/advocacy
CRISPR design in flies
Live imaging in the fly
Genomics at single-cell resolution
Drosophila behavioural analysis
Analysis of fly infection
Drosophila diversity and evolution

Max Delbrück Center

Germany

Scientific organisers

Justin Crocker

EMBL Heidelberg

Germany

Kate O’Connor-Giles

Brown University

USA

Ella Preger-Ben Noon

Technion-Israel Institute of Technology

Israel

Andreas Prokop

The University of Manchester

Course organisers

Catherine Casas

Course and Conference Officer

EMBL Heidelberg

Germany

Irena Provaznikova

Training Laboratory Officer

EMBL Heidelberg

Germany

Onsite programme

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Some pre-course work (such as watching pre-recordings, protocol reading and computational exercises) with estimated time 0-10 hours will be required and will be shared in advance of the course.
Some speakers may need to join virtually to give their lecture or Q&A, and the programme is subject to change.

Day 1 – Sunday 16 July 2023

Time (Europe/Berlin)	Session	Location
14:30 – 15:00	Bus from hotel to EMBL ATC entrance	B&B Hotel
15:00 – 15:30	Registration and light refreshments	Courtyard Room A & B
15:30 – 15:40	Welcome, introduction and housenotes Justin Crocker – EMBL Heidelberg, Germany Kate O’Connor-Giles – Brown University, USA Ella Preger-Ben-Noon – Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Israel Andreas Prokop – The University of Manchester, UK	Courtyard Room A & B
15:40 – 15:45	Overview of the day The power of Drosophila as a model organism	Courtyard Room A & B
15:45 – 16:45	Ice breaking activity: Flash talks	Courtyard Room A & B
16:45 – 17:05	Coffee break	Courtyard Room A & B
17:05 – 17:50	Lecture: Drosophila functional evolutionary genomics Amanda Larracuente – University of Rochester, USA	Courtyard Room A & B
17:50 – 18:05	Q&A	Courtyard Room A & B
18:05 – 19:35	*Practical session: Drosophila* anatomy, development, genetics and outreach/advocacy** Matthew Benton – EMBL Heidelberg, Germany Lautaro Gandara – EMBL Heidelberg, Germany Andreas Prokop – The University of Manchester, UK	Courtyard Room A & B
19:35 – 21:35	Dinner and networking	EMBL Canteen
21:35	Bus to hotel	EMBL Bus Stop

Day 2 – Monday 17 July 2023

Time (Europe/Berlin)	Session	Location
08:30 – 09:00	Bus from hotel to EMBL ATC entrance	B&B Hotel
09:00 -09:10	Overview of the day Discerning function through perturbation	Courtyard Room A & B
09:10 – 09:30	Lab safety instructions Irena Provaznikova – EMBL Heidelberg, Germany	Courtyard Room A & B
09:30 – 10:15	Lecture: Screen design in flies Marc Freeman – Vollum Institute, USA	Courtyard Room A & B
10:15 – 10:30	Q&A	Courtyard Room A & B
10:30 – 11:00	Coffee break and meet the speakers	Courtyard Room A & B
11:00 – 11:45	Lecture: Fly behavioural screens Julie Simpson – University of California, Santa Barbara, USA	Courtyard Room A & B
11:45 – 12:00	Q&A	Courtyard Room A & B
12:00 – 13:00	Lunch break	EMBL Canteen
13:00 – 14:45	Practical session: CRISPR design in flies Trainers: Noa Borts – EMBL Heidelberg, Germany Kate O’Connor-Giles – Brown University, USA Scott Graz – Brown University, USA Audrey Medeiros – Brown University, USA	Computer Training Lab
14:45 – 15:15	Coffee break and meet the speakers for virtual participants	Flex Lab A & B
15:15 – 17:00	Practical session: CRISPR design in flies (continued) Trainers: Noa Borts – EMBL Heidelberg, Germany Kate O’Connor-Giles – Brown University, USA Scott Graz – Brown University, USA Audrey Medeiros – Brown University, USA	Computer Training Lab
17:00 – 19:30	Poster session I (10 students)	Helix A
19:30 – 20:30	Vegetarian dinner	EMBL Canteen
20:30	Bus to hotel	EMBL Bus Stop

Day 3 – Tuesday 18 July 2023

Time (Europe/Berlin)	Session	Location
08:30 – 09:00	Bus from hotel to EMBL ATC entrance	B&B Hotel
09:00 – 09:10	Overview of the day Revealing new insights through live imaging	Courtyard Room A & B
09:10 – 09:55	Lecture: Imaging across scales Justin Crocker – EMBL Heidelberg, Germany	Courtyard Room A & B
09:55 – 10:10	Q&A	Courtyard Room A & B
10:10 – 10:40	Coffee break and meet the speakers	Courtyard Room A & B
10:40 – 11:25	Lecture: Quantitative imaging of transcription Hernan Garcia – University of Berkeley, USA	Courtyard Room A & B
11:25 – 11:40	Q&A	Courtyard Room A & B
11:40 – 12:40	Lecture: Intro to live imaging Justin Crocker – EMBL Heidelberg, Germany Hernan Garcia – University of Berkeley, USA	Courtyard Room A & B
12:40 – 13:40	Lunch Break	EMBL Canteen
13:40 – 14:10	Embryo mounting for imaging	Training Lab A & B
14:10 – 15:40	Practical session: Imaging in the fly Trainers: Matthew Benton – EMBL Heidelberg, Germany Noa Borst – EMBL Heidelberg, Germany Justin Crocker – EMBL Heidelberg, Germany Hernan Garcia – University of Berkeley, USA Mindy Perkins – EMBL Heidelberg, Germany	Training Lab A & B
15:40 – 16:10	Coffee break and meet the speakers for virtual participants	Training Lab A & B
16:10 – 17:40	Practical session: Imaging in the fly (continued) Trainers: Matthew Benton – EMBL Heidelberg, Germany Noa Borst – EMBL Heidelberg, Germany Justin Crocker – EMBL Heidelberg, Germany Hernan Garcia – University of Berkeley, USA Mindy Perkins – EMBL Heidelberg, Germany	Training Lab A & B
17:40 – 20:10	Poster session II (10 students)	Helix A
20:10 – 21:10	Pizza dinner	ATC Rooftop Lounge
21:10 – 22:10	Career chat	ATC Rooftop Lounge
22:10	Bus to Hotel	EMBL Bus Stop

Day 4 – Wednesday 19 July 2023

Time (Europe/Berlin)	Session	Location
08:15 – 09:00	Bus from hotel to EMBL ATC entrance	B&B Hotel
09:00 – 09:10	Overview of the day New views from single cell genomics	Courtyard Room A & B
09:10 – 09:55	Lecture: Systems biology of neural tissue differentiation Robert Zinzen – Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Germany	Courtyard Room A & B
09:55 – 10:10	Q&A	Courtyard Room A & B
10:10 – 10:40	Coffee break and meet the speakers	Courtyard Room A & B
10:40 – 11:25	Lecture: Three-dimensional organization of the genome Yad Ghavi-Helm – Institute Genomics Functional De Lyon, France	Courtyard Room A & B
11:25 – 11:40	Q&A	Courtyard Room A & B
11:40-12:25	Lecture: Genome regulation during developmental transitions Eileen Furlong – EMBL Heidelberg, Germany	Courtyard Room A & B
12:25 – 12:40	Q&A	Courtyard Room A & B
12:40 – 13:30	Lunch Break	EMBL Canteen
13:30 – 13:40	Group photo	ATC Entrance
13:40 – 15:10	Practical session: Genomics at single-cell resolution Trainers: Baptiste Alberti – Institute Genomics Functional De Lyon, France Yad Ghavi-Helm – Institute Genomics Functional De Lyon, France Robert Zinzen – Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Germany	Training Lab A & B
15:10 – 15:40	Coffee break and meet the speakers for virtual participants	Computer Training Lab
15:40 – 17:10	Practical session: Genomics at single-cell resolution (continued) Trainers: Baptiste Alberti – Institute Genomics Functional De Lyon, France Yad Ghavi-Helm – Institute Genomics Functional De Lyon, France Harald Vöhringer – EMBL Heidelberg, Germany Robert Zinzen – Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Germany	Computer Training Lab
17:10 – 19:10	Poster session III (6 virtual students)	Courtyard Room A & B
19:10 – 20:10	Dinner	EMBL Canteen
20:10	Bus to hotel	EMBL Bus Stop

Day 5 – Thursday 20 July 2023

Time (Europe/Berlin)	Session	Location
08:15 – 09:00	Bus from hotel to EMBL ATC entrance	B&B Hotel
09:00 – 09:10	Overview of the day Drosophila diversity and evolution	Courtyard Room A & B
09:10 – 09:40	Lecture: The genetic basis of complex traits Luisa Pallares – The Friedrich Miescher Laboratory, Germany	Courtyard Room A & B
09:40 – 09:55	Q&A	Courtyard Room A & B
09:55 – 10:25	Coffee break and meet the speakers	Courtyard Room A & B
10:25 – 10:55	Lecture: Genetics of phenotype evolution Nicolas Gompel – Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany	Courtyard Room A & B
10:55 – 11:10	Q&A	Courtyard Room A & B
11:10 – 11:55	Lecture: The evolution of a complex morphology at a single-cell resolution Ella Preger-Ben-Noon – Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Israel	Courtyard Room A & B
11:55 – 12:10	Q&A	Courtyard Room A & B
12:10 – 13:10	Lunch Break	EMBL Canteen
13:10 – 15:10	*Practical session: Drosophila* behavioral analysis** Trainers: Saudat Alishayeva – The Friedrich Miescher Laboratory, Germany Nicolas Gompel – Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany Luisa Pallares – The Friedrich Miescher Laboratory, Germany James Tan Sheng Yi – The Friedrich Miescher Laboratory, Germany Natascha Turetzek – Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany	Training Lab A & B
15:10 – 15:40	Coffee break and meet the speakers for virtual participants	Courtyard Room A & B
15:40 – 17:40	*Practical session: Drosophila* behavioral analysis (continued)** Trainers: Saudat Alishayeva – The Friedrich Miescher Laboratory, Germany Nicolas Gompel – Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany Luisa Pallares – The Friedrich Miescher Laboratory, Germany James Tan Sheng Yi – The Friedrich Miescher Laboratory, Germany Natascha Turetzek – Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany	Training Lab A & B
17:40 – 18:25	Bus to city centre (with 10 min stop at hotel)	EMBL Bus Stop
18:25 – 19:30	Free afternoon	City Centre
19:30 – 21:30	Downtown dinner	Urban Kitchen

Day 6 – Friday 21 July 2023

Time (Europe/Berlin)	Session	Location
08:15 – 09:00	Bus from hotel to EMBL ATC entrance	B&B Hotel
09:00 – 09:10	Overview of the day Organismal interactions	Courtyard Room A & B
09:10 – 09:55	Lecture: The interaction of Drosophila melanogaster with microorganisms Luís Teixeira – Católica Biomedical Research Centre and Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal	Courtyard Room A & B
09:55 – 10:10	Q&A	Courtyard Room A & B
10:10 – 10:40	Coffee break and meet the speakers	Courtyard Room A & B
10:40 – 12:10	Practical session: Analysis of fly infection Trainer: Matthew Benton – EMBL Heidelberg, Germany Lautaro Gandara – EMBL Heidelberg, Germany Migla Miskinyte – Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal Luís Teixeira – Católica Biomedical Research Centre and Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal	Training Lab A & B
12:10 – 13:10	Lunch Break	EMBL Canteen
13:10 – 14:10	Wrap up of practicals and final data analysis	Courtyard Room A & B
14:10 – 15:10	Feedback round and departure	Courtyard Room A & B

Virtual programme

Got something to say? Tweet it! #EMBODrosophila

All lectures, panels and discussions will be live-streamed, facilitating enhanced informal discussions.
Pre-course work (such as watching pre-recordings, protocol reading and computational exercises) with estimated time 0-10 hours will be required and will be shared in advance of the course.
Virtual participants will have access to the practical sessions in the form of virtual learning activities in the EMBL eCampus platform and live Q&A with the trainers. Some practical sessions may be delivered in a fully hybrid mode.
Some speakers may need to join virtually to give their lecture or Q&A, and the programme is subject to change.
The course will be live-streamed in CET time zone and lectures will not be recorded.

Day 1 – Sunday 16 July 2023

Time (Europe/Berlin)	Session
15:30 – 15:40	Welcome, introduction and housenotes Justin Crocker – EMBL Heidelberg, Germany Kate O’Connor-Giles – Brown University, USA Ella Preger-Ben Noon – Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Israel Andreas Prokop – The University of Manchester, UK
15:40 – 15:45	Overview of the day The power of Drosophila as a model organism
15:45 – 16:45	Ice breaking activity: Flash talks
16:45 – 17:05	Break
17:05 – 17:50	Lecture: Drosophila functional evolutionary genomics Amanda Larracuente – University of Rochester, USA
17:50 – 18:05	Q&A
18:05 – 19:35	Practical session: Drosophila anatomy, development, genetics and outreach/advocacy Matthew Benton – EMBL Heidelberg, Germany Lautaro Gandara – EMBL Heidelberg, Germany Andreas Prokop – The University of Manchester, UK

Day 2 – Monday 17 July 2023

Time (Europe/Berlin)	Session
09:00 – 09:10	Overview of the day Discerning function through perturbation
09:10 – 09:30	Lab safety instructions Irena Provaznikova – EMBL Heidelberg, Germany
09:30 – 10:15	Lecture: Screen design in flies Marc Freeman – Vollum Institute, USA
10:15 – 10:30	Q&A
10:30 – 11:00	Break
11:00 – 11:45	Lecture: Fly behavioural screens Julie Simpson – University of California, Santa Barbara, USA
11:45 – 12:00	Q&A
12:00 – 13:00	Break
13:00 – 14:45	Practical session: CRISPR design in flies Trainers: Noa Borts – EMBL Heidelberg, Germany Kate O’Connor-Giles – Brown University, USA Scott Graz – Brown University, USA Audrey Medeiros – Brown University, USA
14:45 – 15:15	Meet the speakers for virtual participants
15:15 – 17:00	Practical session: CRISPR design in flies (continued) Trainers: Noa Borts – EMBL Heidelberg, Germany Kate O’Connor-Giles – Brown University, USA Scott Graz – Brown University, USA Audrey Medeiros – Brown University, USA

Day 3 – Tuesday 18 July 2023

Time (Europe/Berlin)	Session
09:00 – 09:10	Overview of the day Revealing new insights through live imaging
09:10 – 09:55	Lecture: Imaging across scales Justin Crocker – EMBL Heidelberg, Germany
09:55 – 10:10	Q&A
10:10 – 10:40	Break
10:40 – 11:25	Lecture: Quantitative imaging of transcription Hernan Garcia – University of Berkeley, USA
11:25 – 11:40	Q&A
11:40 – 12:40	Lecture: Intro to live imaging Justin Crocker – EMBL Heidelberg, Germany Hernan Garcia – University of Berkeley, USA
12:40 – 13:40	Break
13:40 – 14:10	Embryo mounting for imaging
14:10 – 15:40	Practical session: Imaging in the fly Trainers: Matthew Benton – EMBL Heidelberg, Germany Noa Borst – EMBL Heidelberg, Germany Justin Crocker – EMBL Heidelberg, Germany Hernan Garcia – University of Berkeley, USA Mindy Perkins – EMBL Heidelberg, Germany
15:40 – 16:10	Meet the speakers for virtual participants
16:10 – 17:40	Practical session: Imaging in the fly (continued) Trainers: Matthew Benton – EMBL Heidelberg, Germany Noa Borst – EMBL Heidelberg, Germany Justin Crocker – EMBL Heidelberg, Germany Hernan Garcia – University of Berkeley, USA Mindy Perkins – EMBL Heidelberg, Germany

Day 4 – Wednesday 19 July 2023

Time (Europe/Berlin)	Session
09:00 – 09:10	Overview of the day New views from single cell genomics
09:10 – 09:55	Lecture: Systems Biology of Neural Tissue Differentiation Robert Zinzen – Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Germany
09:55 – 10:10	Q&A
10:10 – 10:40	Break
10:40 – 11:25	Lecture: Three-dimensional organization of the genome Yad Ghavi-Helm – Institute Genomics Functional De Lyon, France
11:25 – 11:40	Q&A
11:40 – 12:25	Lecture: Genome regulation during developmental transitions Eileen Furlong – EMBL Heidelberg, Germany
12:25 – 12:40	Q&A
12:40 – 15:10	Break
15:10 – 15:40	Meet the speakers for virtual participants
15:40 – 17:10	Practical session: Genomics at single-cell resolution Trainers: Baptiste Alberti – Institute Genomics Functional De Lyon, France Yad Ghavi-Helm – Institute Genomics Functional De Lyon, France Harald Vöhringer – EMBL Heidelberg, Germany Robert Zinzen – Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Germany
17:10 – 19:10	Poster session III (6 virtual students)

Day 5 – Thursday July 2023

Time (Europe/Berlin)	Session
09:00 – 09:10	Overview of the day Drosophila diversity and evolution
09:10 – 09:40	Lecture: The genetic basis of complex traits Luisa Pallares – The Friedrich Miescher Laboratory, Germany
09:40 – 09:55	Q&A
09:55 – 10:25	Break
10:25 – 10:55	Lecture: Genetics of phenotype evolution Nicolas Gompel – Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany
10:55 – 11:10	Q&A
11:10 – 11:55	Lecture: The evolution of a complex morphology at a single-cell resolution Ella Preger-Ben Noon – Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Israel
11:55 – 12:10	Q&A
12:10 – 13:10	Break
13:10 – 15:10	Practical session Q&A: Genomics at single-cell resolution
15:10 – 15:40	Meet the speakers for virtual participants

Day 6 – Friday 21 July 2023

Time (Europe/Berlin)	Session
09:00 – 09:10	Overview of the day Organismal interactions
09:10 – 09:55	Lecture: *The interaction of Drosophila melanogaster* with microorganisms** Luís Teixeira – Católica Biomedical Research Centre and Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
09:55 – 10:10	Q&A
10:10 – 10:40	Break
10:40 – 12:10	Practical session Q&A: Drosophila behavioral analysis
12:10 – 13:10	Break
13:10 – 14:10	Wrap up of practicals and final data analysis
14:10 – 15:10	Feedback round

Practical information

Registration fees and motivation letter

The course is limited to 20 onsite and 5 virtual participants. For selection purposes, please note that your application will not be considered without a letter of motivation.

Registration

On-site registration fees include admission, course materials, COVID-19 safety measures, meals and coffee breaks.
This EMBO course includes accommodation and transportation to and from the ISG Hotel to the venue.

Virtual registration fees include access to live-streamed course content (lectures, Q&A sessions with speakers and trainers, discussion rounds) as well as virtual learning activities in the learning platform.

On-site Academia	€500
On-site PhD Student	€500
On-site Industry	€1000
Virtual Academia	€190
Virtual PhD Student	€190
Virtual Industry	€250

A letter to support your visa application will be issued, on request, once payment of the registration fee is confirmed. We recommend that you book your visa appointment as soon as possible, to avoid any delay with your visa application.

Confirmation and payment

The registration fee should be paid only after acceptance to the course. The results will be announced approximately 2-3 weeks after the application deadline.

Motivation letter submission

After you have logged in and successfully registered, you will receive an email asking you to submit your motivation letter. Click on the link provided and enter your motivation letter in the text box provided. Alternatively, you can submit your motivation letter by clicking on the link on the confirmation page directly after registering.

Instructions

Include your relevant skills, experience and qualifications showing why you would be suitable for the course.
Explain why you would like to attend, including what you can contribute and how you think you will benefit from the course.

Please note:

The limit of 2000 characters refers to manually typed text and excludes spaces. If an error occurs try using a different web browser (preferably Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox).
If you copy-paste the text into the form, hidden formatting might still be included which may cause the text to exceed the 2,000 character limit resulting in an error message. We recommend you clear all formatting before pasting in the text.
If you have special symbols in your text, make sure you are using Unicode characters, otherwise these will not be recognised.

For detailed instructions, please watch our video on how to submit a course motivation letter.

Further details

For further information about registration and motivation letter submission please refer to the FAQ page.

Financial assistance

Limited financial assistance is provided by the EMBL Advanced Training Centre Corporate Partnership Programme and EMBO in the form of both registration fee waivers and travel grants. Availability is limited to participants attending on-site EMBL Courses and virtual or on-site EMBO Practical Courses in Heidelberg, and will be indicated during the motivation letter submission process.

Your place in the course is only confirmed by paying the registration fee, which is mandatory even when receiving a fee waiver.

Registration fee waiver

The fee waiver will cover the registration sum that you have paid to attend the course.

Travel grant

The travel grant will cover the cost of travel (airfare, train, bus, taxi, accommodation, visa, and/or registration fees*) and is provided up to specified caps which are normally as follows:

– up to €400 for participants travelling to an EMBL Course within Europe.

– up to €1000 for participants travelling to an EMBL Course from outside Europe.

– up to €500 for any participant travelling to an EMBO Practical Course.

– up to €1000 for any participant working in Chile, India, Singapore or Taiwan travelling to an EMBO Practical Course.

– up to €700 for any participant working in Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Poland, Slovenia, and Turkey travelling to an EMBO Practical Course.

*Registration fees are only covered for EMBO Practical Courses

The organisers may reduce the grant cap to accommodate more participants. Recipients will be notified of their travel cap amount when they are informed of the outcome of their application. Original receipts must be provided with your signature for all costs incurred within two months of completion of travel. Scanned copies cannot be accepted.

Childcare grant (EMBO Practical Courses only)

For EMBO Practical Course participants with children, there is the possibility to apply for a childcare grant to offset child care costs incurred by participants or speakers when participating at a course. Eligible costs include fees for a babysitter or child-care facility, travel costs for a caregiver, or travel costs for taking the child to the meeting etc. Please note that priority will be given to early-stage researchers. A maximum amount of €500 can be awarded per participant applying for an EMBO childcare grant.

Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds travel grant

Applies to selected courses only. Availability will be indicated during the motivation letter submission process.

This grant covers costs related to your attendance at the course (registration, travel and accommodation costs). The grant is restricted to PhD students and postdocs who conduct basic biomedical research.

Whether you are eligible to apply for a travel grant, depends on when you received your university entrance qualification (e.g. Abitur, A-Levels, High School Diploma, Final State Examination):

– for PhD and MD students, as well as graduates, the university entrance qualification must not have been obtained more than 11 years ago at the time of the envisaged course

– for postdocs, the university entrance qualification must not have been obtained more than 13 years ago at the time of the envisaged course

Application

You may apply for financial assistance when submitting your motivation letter for courses. In your application, you will be asked to answer questions regarding why your lab cannot fund your attendance and how your attendance will make a difference to your career. Application for financial support will not affect the outcome of your registration application.

For the Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds Travel Grant, there is a pre-application question during the motivation letter submission process, and if selected you will be requested to complete a standard form and documentation consisting of your travel expense estimation.

Selection

The scientific organisers will select the recipients of all financial assistance during the motivation letter selection process. Results will be announced approximately 6-8 weeks before the event start date, however for some events this may be delayed. Selection results do not impact your admission to the course. Selection is based on scientific merit, your current work or study location, the reasons for needing financial support, and the impact this event will have on your career.

Reimbursement

Costs will be reimbursed after the meeting only once a reimbursement form and original receipts (from travel costs) have been received.

Further details

See our list of external funding opportunities and for further information about financial assistance please refer to the FAQ page.

Accommodation and shuttles

Hotel

Accommodation has been pre-booked for you at the B&B Hotel for the default dates of 16 to 21 July (5 nights). Please note that the onsite course registration fee includes coverage of accommodation costs in twin rooms, including breakfasts, for your stay at the B&B Hotel. In case you would like to have a single room, please let us know and please note that you will be required to pay an additional cost of 31.50€ per night. This should be paid by you directly to the Hotel during your stay. Any additional nights need to be booked and paid for by you. We recommend that all course participants stay at the B&B Hotel which is the dedicated hotel for the course.

Local transport

Shuttle buses will go from the B&B Hotel to EMBL and back, mornings and evenings. A bus schedule and location of the bus stops will be made available prior to the meeting.

Further details

Address: EMBL Heidelberg, Meyerhofstraße 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany

For further information on getting to EMBL Heidelberg visit our Travel Information page.

For enquiries about accommodation and local transportation please refer to the FAQ page .

Event software

The EMBL eCampus learning platform will be used to collaborate, communicate and network with all of the course participants. All participants will receive information on how to join shortly before the course. We recommend using Chrome, Safari or Mozilla Firefox browsers for eCampus.

Technical Requirements

Virtual participants

Below you will find the software and technical requirements for this course. You will need admin rights to be able to install the software on your computer and we recommend you try this before the course. If you do not have admin rights, please contact your technical support team in advance to make sure the software can be installed.

Internet requirements

Client computer with fast and stable internet access for the live virtual sessions
Minimum: 50 mbit download and 10 mbit upload (suitable for pre-recorded lectures)
Preferred: 100 mbit download and upload (at your host institute )
While using the software during the course, please make sure you have nothing else using your bandwidth. We recommend using a wired connection.

Other Information

A classroom application like Zoom will be used for the live talks and Q&A sessions. More information will be provided closer to the start of the course.

Additional information

Please find additional information including FAQs, terms and conditions, COVID-19 safety policy and travelling to EMBL on our Information for Participants page.

COVID-19 related questions

COVID-19 information for on-site events at EMBL Heidelberg can be found in our COVID-19 FAQs.

Media kit

Want to let others know you’re attending this event? Take a look at our shareable media and feel free to use them in your social media channels or presentations.