Organoids: modelling organ development and disease in 3D culture

Time (Europe/Berlin)	Speaker
14:00 – 16:00	Registration and light refreshments
14:30 – 15:30	Pre-conference workshops with Amsbio, Carl ZEISS, Evident, STEMCELL, TakaraBio More information will be shared closer to the conference
16:00 – 16:15	Opening remarks by Esther Schnapp
16:15 – 18:50	Session 1: Concepts from development and evolution Session Chair: Madeleine Lancester – MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK
16:15 – 16:40	Charting human development with organoid single-cell technologies Gray Camp – University of Basel, Switzerland Not available on demand
16:40 – 16:55	The emergence of “actin stars” for epithelium coordination and tissue patterning Amlan Barai – Institut de Biologie du Développement de Marseille (IBDM) – CNRS & Aix-Marseille University, France Not available on demand
16:55 – 17:10	Morphogen stepwise temporal gradient-driven neural induction shapes brain organoid development into a single expanded neuroepithelium with enhanced cortical identity Anna Pagliaro – Prinses Maxima Centrum, The Netherlands Not available on demand
17:10 – 17:40	Coffee Break and Meet the speakers
17:40 – 18:05	Human iPSC Intestine Mimetics co-differentiated with Mesenchymal, Endothelial and Enteric Nervous Tissue Jason Spence – University of Michigan, USA Not available on demand
18:05 – 18:20	Modulation of human placental development by uterine Natural Killer cells: new insights using trophoblast organoids Elisa Magistrati – Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, Switzerland Not available on demand
18:20 – 18:35	Multimodal signal integration for tissue-scale decision making Cornelia Schwayer – Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, Switzerland Not available on demand
18:35 – 18:50	Cell type tracking in intestinal organoids reveals ‘commit-then-sort’ differentiation model Sander Tans – AMOLF institute, The Netherlands
18:50 – 19:35	Keynote Lecture: Extending what we know about kidney organoids to deliver on disease modelling and tissue engineering Melissa Little – Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Australia
19:35 – 21:05	Dinner in Canteen
21:05 – 23:00	After dinner drinks

Time (Europe/Berlin)	Speaker
09:00 – 12:05	Session 1: Concepts from development and evolution (cont) Session Chair: Meritxell Huch – Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Germany
09:00 – 09:25	Decoding the developing human immune system Muzlifah Haniffa – Newcastle University and Wellcome Sanger Institute, UK
09:25 – 09:40	Human Pluripotent Stem Cells-Derived Inner Ear Organoids Recapitulate Otic Development In Vitro Marta Roccio – University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland Not available on demand
09:40 – 09:55	Fueling Cellular Transformation: Insulin’s Dynamic Role in Generating Airway and Alveolar Lung Organoids from Endodermal NKX2.1 Cells Mirian Romitti – Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Belgium
09:55 – 10:25	Coffee Break and Meet the speakers
10:25 – 10:50	Organoids to probe infections Josef Penninger – Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Germany
10:50 – 11:05	Recapitulation of human early embryonic development in artificial micro-environments from notochord to gastrula Zhe Wang – Kyoto University, Japan
11:05 – 11:20	Spatial and temporal regulation of cell-cell fusion in human placenta Veronica Farmer – Duke University, USA
11:20 – 12:05	Keynote Lecture: To be presented on-site Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz – California Institute of Technology, USA Not available on demand
12:05 – 13:30	Lunch
13:30-16:25	Session 2: Building organoid complexity Session Chair: Kim Bak Jensen – University of Copenhagen, Denmark
13:30 – 13:55	Self-organization in pancreas organoids: formation of complex ductal networks Anne Grapin-Botton – Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Germany Not available on demand
13:55 – 14:10	Complex intestinal organoid models to study immune-epithelial interactions Joana F Neves – King’s College London, United Kingdom
14:10 – 14:35	Overcoming challenges of brain organoids to uncover what it means to be pluripotent  Madeline Lancaster – MRC, Cambridge, UK
14:35 – 15:05	Coffee Break and Meet the speakers
15:05 – 15:30	Reconstituting human axial development with axioloids Cantas Alev – Kyoto University, Japan Not available on demand, remote talk
15:30 – 15:45	Differentiating stem cells one at a time in 3D reveals how the dynamical build-up of local microniches controls tissue organisation in gastruloids and bile duct organoids Virgile Viasnoff – National University of Singapore, Singapore
15:45 – 16:00	Design and control of in vitro microenvironments with simple CUBE device to achieve organoid architecture Masaya Hagiwara – RIKEN, Japan
16:00 – 16:25	Multi-chamber cardioids unravel human heart development and cardiac defects Sasha Mendjan – Institute of Molecular Biotechnology, Austria
16:25 – 16:45	Flash talks #52 Reconstructing the development of fetal insulin producing enteroendocrine cells Akkerman, Ninouk #74 Light dependent modulation of microRNA expression in human retinal organoids Celiker, Canan #91 Developing an immunocompetent in vitro 3D brain model of alzheimer’s disease to study the neuroprotective effects of estrogen Demetriou, Aphrodite #112 Supracellular contractility of fibroblasts in homeostasis, injury, and wound healing Glisovic, Neda #181 Ex utero cell derived model of the human post implantation embryo development Bondarenko, Vladyslav #183 Microfluidics driven tissue patterning of neural organoids Park, JiSoo #219 Local tissue mechanics controls homeostatic live cell extrusion in the small intestine Spoelstra, Willem Kasper #243 Communication of cellular fitness in intestinal organoids van Luyk, Merel #245 Bacterial infection of intestinal organoids von Peinen, Kristin
16:45 – 18:45	Poster Session 1 (odd) with beer and snacks View poster listing here
18:45	Free evening

Time (Europe/Berlin)	Speaker
09:00 – 12:00	Session 3: Organoids from adult stem cells Session Chair: Penney Gilbert – University of Toronto, Canada
09:00 – 09:25	Organoids to model human disease Hans Clevers – F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd, Switzerland Not available on demand
09:25 – 09:40	PIEZO-dependent mechano-sensing of the niche is essential for intestinal stem cell fate decision and maintenance Meryem B. Baghdadi – Institut Curie, France
09:40 – 09:55	Multilineage liver organoids recapitulate aspects of the liver peri-portal region and faithfully model cholestatic liver disease Aleksandra Sljukic – Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics (MPI- CBG), Germany Not available on demand
09:55 – 10:25	Coffee Break and Meet the speakers
10:25 – 10:40	Intestinal organoid and organ-on-chip models to recapitulate celiac disease pathophysiology Sebo Withoff – University Medical Center Groningen, The Netherlands Remote speaker
10:40 – 10:55	Host response to Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus in an ex vivo human airway model of cystic fibrosis Pawan Parajuli – Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Australia
10:55 – 11:20	Regulation of stem cell dynamics through niche-derived signals and forces Sara Wickström – Max Planck Institute for Molecular Biomedicine, Germany Not available on demand
11:20 – 11:45	Esther Schnapp – Editor Talk: Transparent Publishing at EMBO Press
11:45 – 13:30	Lunch
13:30 – 16:25	Session 4: Organoids in regenerative medicine/therapy Session Chair: Anne Grapin-Botton – Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Germany
13:30 – 13:55	Understanding interconnectedness in liver development and disease Takanori Takebe – Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, USA, Not available on demand
13:55 – 14:10	Golgi organization is a determinant of stem cell function in the small intestine Sandra Scharaw – Karolinska Institutet, Sweden Not available on demand
14:10 – 14:35	Skin organoids for developmental modeling and therapy Karl Koehler – Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, USA Not available on demand
14:35 – 15:05	Coffee Break and Meet the editors and Meet the speakers
15:05 – 15:30	In silico predictions coupled with the mini-IDLE predictive assay identifies myofiber-derived biomolecules dictating muscle stem cell return to quiescence Penney Gilbert – University of Toronto, Canada
15:30 – 15:45	Generation of complex human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived bone marrow organoids to model hematopoietic development and disease Stephanie Frenz-Wiessner – Dr. von Hauner Children’s Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Germany Not available on demand
15:45 – 16:00	Cerebral organoids display dynamic clonal growth with lineage replenishment Christopher Esk – University of Innsbruck, Austria
16:00 – 16:25	Cardiovascular diseases and drugs: where are we with hiPSC models? Christine Mummery – Leiden University Medical Centre, The Netherlands Not available on demand
16:25 – 16:45	Flash talks #106 iPSC derived human organoid based model of intestinal filovirus infection Flores, Elizabeth Yvonne #164 Volumetric compression by heterogeneous scaffold embedding promotes cerebral organoid growth and maturation Ma, Shaohua #172 Generation and characterization of microglia containing human forebrain assembloids Michels, Susanne #220 Covalent tracking of DNMT1 specific activity in lung cancer spheroids Stankevicius, Vaidotas #236 Collective organization of circadian rhythms in murine intestinal organoids Tonin, Elena #238 Screening gastric cancer patient derived organoids develops the first in class anti invadopodia therapeutic antibody Tsai, Kelvin Kunchih #242 Exploring human inner ear organoids: Single cell analysis of oto-pharyngeal development and comparative profiling to human inner ear tissue across developmental stages van der Valk, Wouter #254 Differentiated tubuloids to model human distal nephron (Patho)Physiology Pou Casellas, Carla
16:45 – 18:45	Poster Session 2 (even) with beer and snacks View poster listing here
18:45 – 21:00	Conference dinner in the canteen
21:00 – 00:00	Party with Who2Ladies

Time (Europe/Berlin)	Speaker
09:00 – 12:25	Session 5: Organoids in disease modeling Session Chair: Karl Koehler – Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School
09:00 – 09:25	Guiding Intestinal Stem Cell Fate  Kim Bak Jensen – University of Copenhagen, Denmark Not available on demand
09:25 – 09:40	Salmonella Typhimurium and Shigella flexneri use alternative virulence strategies to colonize the human enteroid and colonoid epithelium Petra Geiser – Uppsala University, Sweden
09:40 – 09:55	Extracellular signaling in neurodevelopmental disorders Silvia Cappello – Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany Not available on demand
09:55 – 10:25	Coffee Break and Meet the speakers
10:25 – 10:50	Organoid cellular cancer immunity models in motion  Anne Rios – The Princess Maxima Center of Pediatric Oncology
10:50 – 11:05	RFX6 Regulates Human Intestinal Patterning and Function J Guillermo Sanchez – Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, United States of America
11:05 – 11:30	Liver organoids to study regeneration and cancer across biological scales Meritxell Huch – Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Germany Not available on demand
11:30 – 11:45	Isogenic patient-derived organoids reveal early neurodevelopmental defects in spinal muscular atrophy initiation Natalia Rodriguez-Muela – German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Germany
11:45 – 12:10	Genetic screening and neural network pathology in cerebral organoids  Jürgen Knoblich – Institute of Molecular Biotechnology (IMBA), Austria Not available on demand
12:10 – 12:25	Closing Remarks and Poster Prize Announcement
12:25 – 12:45	Packed Lunch and departure
12:45	Airport shuttle to terminal 1 (30 EUR), tickets may be purchased on-site

On-site registration fees include admission, conference materials, meals and coffee breaks. Participants are expected to book and pay their own accommodation and travel expenses.

Virtual registration fees include access to all of the talks (livestreamed and on demand) and facility to submit questions.

On-site Academia	€700
On-site PhD Student	€600
On-site Industry	€900
Virtual Academia	€200
Virtual PhD Student	€150
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.

Accredited journalists may be eligible to register for complimentary press registration. Registrants may be required to provide accreditation or equivalent proof of press membership after registration. Please contact Lea Hohmann for more information. Please note that we do not offer complimentary registrations for editors of scientific journals.

Confirmation and payment

Registration will be on a first come, first served basis. Your place can only be confirmed after payment of the registration fee. If you are added to our waiting list, please consider taking advantage of our offerings to participate virtually.

On-site participants: Types of payments accepted are international bank transfers and credit card payments.

Virtual participants: We are only able to accept card payments. In exceptional cases we can accept bank transfers. Please contact events@embl.de for details.

Abstract submission

Only participants registering to attend the on-site event are eligible to submit an abstract. Abstracts will not be accepted from virtual participants.

After registration you can submit your abstract via a separate link that will be provided in the email confirmation. Alternatively, you can access the link on the confirmation page directly after registering. The same login credentials are used for both processes.

Please note:

Abstract body: 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.

Title: The title should not exceed 20 words. Only the first word of the title should start with a capital letter and the rest should be lowercase.

Authors and affiliations: Please fill in the author’s details as requested in the online form. The compulsory fields are: First Name, Last Name, Organisation Name (Affiliation or Company), Country and Email.

Kindly mark only one author in the role of First Author and please don’t forget to indicate who will be the Presenter.

Please enter your co-authors correctly via the system by adding accounts together with their organisation/institute. Do not copy-paste them into the body of the abstract text, as they will not be indexed in the abstract book.

Presentation types: When submitting your abstract, you can apply for an oral or poster presentation. A selection process will take place with the results announced 2-3 weeks after the abstract submission deadline.

For detailed instructions on how to submit a conference abstract, follow the instructions provided in this video.

Please check our FAQs pages for further information on how to submit an abstract.

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. These are available for on-site participants at EMBL Conferences and EMBO|EMBL Symposia, and for on-site and virtual participants at EMBO Workshops. We are currently working on securing funding for all virtual participants, and ask that you please apply for financial assistance for both on-site and virtual participation. 

Your place in the meeting 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 or conference.

Travel grant

The travel grant will cover the cost of travel to an on-site event (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 Conference or EMBO|EMBL Symposium from within Europe.

–up to €1000 for participants travelling to an EMBL Conference or EMBO|EMBL Symposium from outside Europe.

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

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

–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 Workshop.

*Registration fees are only covered for EMBO Workshops

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.

Application

On-site participants

You may apply for financial assistance when submitting your abstract. 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.

Virtual participants

If you are attending virtually, you can apply for financial assistance in the submission portal by the abstract deadline. Read the instructions on how to apply for financial assistance. Only submissions for financial assistance will be accepted. Presentation abstracts cannot be submitted here and will be declined. 

In your application you will be asked to summarise your current work,  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.

Selection

The scientific organisers will select the recipients of all financial assistance during the abstract 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 meeting. 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

View our list of external funding opportunities and information on attending a conference as an event reporter.

For further information about financial assistance please refer to the FAQ page.

Accommodation is not included in the conference registration fee.

As further changes in our events are possible, you should book flights, trains and hotels with flexible options and favourable cancellation conditions.

The hotels below have rooms on hold for participants until 20 September 2023, in some cases at special rates. Please email the hotel directly, quoting the booking code EES23-11 to confirm the exact price of the room.

Hotel Anlage	Hotel ibis Heidelberg	Premier Inn Heidelberg City
Hotel Bayrischer Hof	ISG Hotel	Staycity Aparthotel Heidelberg
B&B Hotel	Leonardo Hotel Heidelberg City Centre	Steffi’s Hostel Heidelberg
Exzellenz Hotel	Meininger Heidelberg	Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten Heidelberg
	Hotel Monpti

Conference shuttle buses

Conference shuttle buses are free of charge for participants, and depart from designated bus stops near the hotels to EMBL and back, mornings and evenings.

The bus stops for this conference are:

• Hotel Staycity (Speyerer Str. 7)
• Kurfürsten-Anlage (Opposite Main Train Station)
• Hotel Premier (Kurfürsten-Anlage 23)
• Leonardo Hotel Heidelberg City Center (Bergheimer Str. 63)
• Neckarmuenzplatz (Heidelberg Tourist Information)
• Peterskirche (Bus stop)
• ISG Hotel (Im Eichwald 19)

CLICK HERE FOR THE BUS SCHEDULE (as of 10 October 2023)

View Conference shuttle bus stops and hotels in a larger map. Please note that not every bus stop will be used for every event.

Further details

Address: EMBL, Meyerhofstraße 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany. For further information on getting to EMBL Heidelberg visit Public Transportation to the Venue. For information about accommodation and local transportation please refer to the FAQ page.

Catering

All meals and coffee breaks are included in the registration fee. Our catering staff will prepare a wide variety of vegetarian meals, meat and fish dishes, soups, pasta, fresh fruit and vegetables, as well as a variety of desserts.

Please wear your badge at all times when serving yourself.

No food or drinks are allowed in the auditorium.

Charging lockers

There are lockers available next to the stairs leading down into the Auditorium. You will find some of those equipped with sockets to charge your smartphone/tablet etc.

Electricity and charging station

In most places the electricity is 220 volts AC (50 cycles). An adaptor and a plug that fits the German socket may be needed for your appliances/laptop (i.e. American, Japanese, etc.). A USB charging station for electronic devices is available at the registration desk.

EMBL merchandise

If you are interested in purchasing an EMBL souvenir (products presented in the glass display in the registration area), please ask at the registration desk for more information.

Health and safety notes

Please read EMBL’s COVID-19 safety policy for on-site events.
Do not smoke in any EMBL building.
Eating and drinking is prohibited in the Auditorium and all laboratories.
Do not enter any restricted areas or the laboratories unless instructed to do so.

If first aid is required …

• The first aid room is located next to the ATC Registration Desk (room 10- 205).
• Dial the Emergency number 222 from any EMBL internal phone only.
• Where is the accident? What happened? How many injured?
• Emergency number 06221-387 7821 from mobile phones.
• Please report all accidents to the conference officer at the registration desk.

In case of fire …

• Press the nearest fire alarm button or the Emergency number 222 from any internal phone.
• A loud fire alarm will go off if an evacuation is required. On hearing the alarm leave the building immediately following the escape route and fire wardens and head to one of the meeting points
• Do not use the lifts.

Beyond first aid…

Please remember to bring your own medication, if needed, to the conference. Note that the next pharmacy is a 4-minute drive from the EMBL, but for many medications you will be required to see a doctor to get a prescription.

Ensure in advance that your medical insurance will cover you during your visit in the event that you do need to see a doctor while in Heidelberg. In any case, the EMBL Course and Conference Office will assist you to get to the pharmacy and a doctor of your choice if necessary.

Internet

Wi-Fi is available on campus using the EMBL-Events network and the event specific password, which will be provided on site. The eduroam network (secure, worldwide roaming access service developed for the international research and education community) is also available.

Lost and found

‘’Lost and Found’’ items are kept at the registration desk until the end of the conference.

Luggage

There are lockers available on-site to store your luggage, which require a 2 EURO coin to operate. There is another luggage room on level E0, which is free to use but remains unlocked during the conference.

Nursing room

There is a nursing room available in the ATC Rooftop Lounge on level A29.

Photography

During the conference, an EMBL Photographer may be taking photos. If you would not like to appear in these, please inform the photographer or a member of the Course and Conference Office.

Printing

We can help to print your boarding pass/train ticket. Please send it to events@embl.de and collect your print-outs at the registration desk.

Room for prayer, yoga and meditation

There is a room for prayer, meditation and yoga located on level E0 behind the Auditorium. Please be respectful of others using the room.

Sightseeing

A variety of activities in Heidelberg can be found on the website of Heidelberg Marketing.

Travel to and from the venue

During the event we provide conference shuttle buses to and from EMBL. In addition, there is the public bus 39A that serves the EMBL campus and taxis can be easily booked at any time. Information on the conference shuttle buses can be found on the individual event website and more detailed information on travelling to EMBL can be found on our Travel Information page.

Useful German expressions

Hello	Hallo
Goodbye	Auf Wiedersehen (formal) Tschüss (informal)
Good morning	Guten Morgen
Good afternoon	Guten Tag
Good evening	Guten Abend
Good night	Gute Nacht
I’m sorry	Es tut mir leid
Excuse me…	Entschuldigen Sie
How are you?	Wie gehts?
I’m fine thanks. And you?	Mir geht es gut , danke. Und Dir/Ihnen?
What is your name	Wie heißen Sie? (formal) Wie heißt du? (informal)
My name is..	Ich heiße..
Do you speak English	Sprechen Sie englisch?
I don’t understand	Ich verstehe nicht
Please speak more slowly	Können Sie bitte langsamer sprechen
Thank you	Dankeschön
Where is the toilet?	Wo ist die Toilette?
Please call me a taxi	Bitte rufen Sie mir ein Taxi
How do I get to….?	Wie komme ich zum/zur…..?
A beer/two beers please	Ein Bier/zwei Bier bitte
A glass of red/white wine please	Ein Glas Rot/Weisswein bitte
The menu, please	Die Speisekarte, bitte
Is there a local speciality?	Gibt es eine Spezialität aus dieser Gegend?
I’m vegetarian	Ich bin Vegetarier
It was delicious	Es war hervorragend
The bill, please	Die Rechnung, bitte
I have a headache	Ich habe Kopfschmerzen
I have a sore throat	Ich habe Halsschmerzen
My stomach hurts	Ich habe Magenschmerzen
I’m allergic to	Ich bin allergisch gegen
I need a doctor who speaks English	Ich brauche einen Arzt, der englisch spricht.

What’s included?

• Access to all the livestreamed talks
• Video library of the recorded talks during and after the event
• Facility to submit questions

Please note that only on-site participants are able to submit abstracts and participate in the poster sessions.

Event platform

We are using an event platform for this conference. More information about the platform will be shared ahead of the conference.

Guidelines

• Do not broadcast the conference to unregistered participants.
• You are encouraged to tweet and post about the event. Tweet unless the speaker specifically says otherwise, but be mindful of unpublished data. 
• Please do not capture, transmit or redistribute data presented at the meeting.

Additional information can be found in our Code of Conduct.

Health and well-being

It is important to stay healthy and move around, especially when you are attending an event virtually. We have put together a few coffee break stretches and yoga videos in the conference platform for you to enjoy during the event.

How to ask questions

Please use the Q&A function in the event platform.

If you have any other questions, you can go to the Help Desk in the event platform. Click on ‘more’ on the top menu and click Help Desk. 

Time zone

The programme is planned based on the Europe/Berlin time zone, unless otherwise stated. Please take your time zone into consideration when planning your attendance.

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