IMPORTANT: FEBS3+ LS2AM2020 website
The FEBS3+ LS2 Annual Meeting 2020 official website will open under this URL next August 2019.
Until then, please check here our preliminary program.
Dear friends and colleagues!
It is our pleasure to invite you to the LS2 Annual Meeting 2019 with the topic "Cell Biology from Tissue to Nucleus", held on February 14-15, 2019 at the Irchel Campus of the University of Zurich. The LS2 Annual Meeting brings together scientists from all nations and backgrounds to explore the large spectrum united under the umbrella of Life Sciences.
Please find next year's meeting highlights below. Also check out our free special session for the public here.
Wishing you an exciting time with fruitful discussions at the meeting!
The Organizing Committee: Monica Gotta (Chairwoman of the Meeting, UNIGE), Urs Greber (LS2 President, UZH), Didier Picard (LS2 Vice-President, UNIGE), Jean Gruenberg (LS2 Past President, UNIGE)
& the LS2 Management Team: Carolin von Schoultz (Scientific Coordinator), Jacqueline Oberholzer (Executive Secretary), and Elena Cardenal Muñoz (Social Media Manager) & Freelance support
& the Scientific Committee: Vikram Panse (UZH), Darren Gilmour (UZH), Anne Spang (UNIBAS), Peter Meister (UNIBE), Suliana Manley (EPFL).
What we offer in the 2019 edition:
- A scientific program with more than 20 (inter)nationally renowned speakers over two days plus 20+ selected young speakers from abstracts
- 4 international plenary lectures: Anna Akhmanova, Utrecht University (NL); Anne Bertolotti, Cambridge (UK); Jody Rosenblatt, University of Utah (US); Leonie Ringrose, Berlin (DE)
- 7 scientific symposia:
The Proteome in 3D - Live-cell imaging approaches in Cell Biology - Regeneration and pathology of skeletal muscle - Chromatin, epigenetics and the transmission of acquired states across generation - Bacterial Cell Biology - Chemical Biology & Drug Development - Sweet molecules in inflammation and cancer: Novel insights and therapeutic options offered by glycosciences - Public Panel discussion: "Is merit (gender) biased? Advancement in academia."
Chair: Gerlind Wallon (EMBO Deputy Director & Program Manager) - Career Lunch Session by Career Services at the University of Zurich
- The popular Postdoc contest "PIs of Tomorrow" where the best future projects from diverse disciplines are being showcased.
- Two dedicated poster sessions with 150+ posters presented by promising young scientists who can enter the competition for various poster prizes
- A large industry exhibition with 30+ industry partners
- As every year, the winner of the Friedrich-Miescher Award and the Lelio Orci Award will be honored in a special ceremony
*BSc/MSc students*
We do not only offer an informative session on opportunities in and outside the academic world, but also offer the first 20 to register 50 CHF to support their registration fee and travels to the meeting!
01.12.2018: Offer closed, are slots have been taken.
*PhD students*
...can meet their peers at the poster and Apéro session and win one of the prestigious poster prizes (worth up to 500 CHF). In addition to the poster sessions, long and flash talks selected from abstracts will be embedded in the scientific symposia.
*Postdocs*
Apply for the "PIs of Tomorrow" session until November 1, 2018 if your planning to pursue an academic career!
News
Prof. Jean-Claude Martinou wins the Lelio Orci Award 2018!
Jean-Claude Martinou has been attributed the Lelio Orci Award 2018 for his work on the control of mitochondrial organisation and physiology.
The official award ceremony will take place on 15 February 2019 at our LS2 Annual Meeting 2019.
You can read the UNIGE press release about Martinou's award here.
We celebrate our 50 years anniversary!
Happy 2019 to you all!
LS2 turns 50 and we want to celebrate it with all our members during the LS2 Annual Meeting 2019. All participants are invited to join the big Jubilee Apéro, which will take place on 14 February (18:30 - 20:30).
Do not forget that on-site registration to the meeting is still possible!
Bernd Bodenmiller wins the Friedrich-Miescher-Award 2019!
Bernd Bodenmiller has been selected to receive the prestigious Friedrich Miescher Award 2019 for his research at the Institute of Molecular Life Sciences of the University of Zurich. The prize, awarded by the Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research in Basel, is Switzerland's highest distinction for young scientists performing outstanding research in the field of biochemistry.
The official award ceremony will take place on 14 February 2019 at our LS2 Annual Meeting 2019.
You can read the UZH press release about Bodenmiller's award here.
Accreditation of the meeting for continuous education in the field of animal experimentation
We requested the accreditation for continuous education in the field of animal experimentation by the Veterinary Offices with the abstracts that we will get for this conference. Abstracts will be treated confidentially.
During abstract submission, you were therefore asked to provide a short statement about the animal model used and how your project fulfills one or more of the 3R principles.
We'll update you on the outcome, but usually, this meeting gets accredited with 1-1.5 days.
Free child care at the LS2 Annual Meeting 2019!
In collaboration with https://www.kihz.uzh.ch/de.html, we'll provide free child care during the conference time & a parental room.
For child care needs, please tick this option in the registration form and you'll be contacted by the LS2 office for details.
Free Public Science Policy Session: Is merit (gender) biased? Advancement in academia.
Public Science Policy Session: Is merit (gender) biased? Advancement in academia.
In this session we would like to explore how gender biases influence the evaluation of merit and thereby the outcome of selection processes in academia and elsewhere and how these can be addressed. The chairwoman and panelists will each give a short talk, and this will be followed by a panel discussion.
15.02.2019, 14:00-16:00
Chair: Dr. Gerlind Wallon (EMBO Deputy Director & Program Manager)
Invited panelists: Dr. Britt Dahmen (Head of Department for Gender Equality and Diversity | University of Cologne/DE)
E-Quality in selection processes: promising frameworks in practice
Prof. Dr. Marieke van den Brink (Radboud Gender & Diversity Studies | Radboud University, Nijmegen/NL)
Gender practices in recruitment and selection in academia
Attendance to the panel only is free.
Please register for the panel until January 5, 2019 with an e-mail to info@ls2.ch
Full meeting attendance requires registration until December 21, 2018 via www.annual-meeting.ls2.ch/registration
Big Exhibition Lottery at the meeting!
1. PRIZE (worth 500 CHF) - A gift voucher by STA Travel of 500 CHF
sponsored by Beckman Coulter
2. PRIZE (worth 400 CHF) - An Apple iPad
sponsored by BioConcept
3. PRIZE (worth 300 CHF) - Noise-cancelling headphones
sponsored by Tecan
4. PRIZE (worth 200 CHF) - A SBB travel voucher of 200 CHF
sponsored by IGZ Instruments
5. PRIZE (worth 100 CHF) - A voucher for the Orell Füssli book store of 100 CHF
sponsored by BioTek Instruments
HOW TO WIN THE PRIZES?
As a participant of the conference, you'll find a stamp sheet in the meeting booklet. Simply collect 10 stamps in the industry exhibition at booths of your choice and give back the filled sheet at the registration desk before 4.00 pm on the 2nd day of the conference. Prizes can only be won when the person is present during the prize draw at 4:30 pm on the 15th of February.
GOOD LUCK!