LMB-EPFL Graduate Life Sciences Symposium 2026

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📢 Registration will open shortly!

📝 Abstract submission until the 31st of May 2026 at lmbgsasymp[at]mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk

What to expect:

🧬 Cutting-edge science in the fields of structural biology, neuroscience, immunology, nucleic acids, and cell biology

🔬 Amazing keynote speakers, poster sessions and workshops

🧠 Lots of opportunities for international exchange with students and speakers over social activities

‼️Exciting news: we are back‼️

This year marks the 20th anniversary of our graduate student symposium, and we are more than excited to be collaborating with students from the EPFL School of Life Sciences🇨🇭

📅 When? 2nd - 3rd of July 2026

📍Where? MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge

We are so grateful to all our sponsors supporting the LMB-IP symposium, in particular our Gold and Silver sponsors pictured here! All sponsoring companies will be attending the event which starts tomorrow, so make sure to drop by their stalls to find out more.

For over 20 years, they’ve been organising events, collaborating with various Pasteur offices and taking science out of the lab: into schools, festivals, and even contributing to the upcoming reopening of the Pasteur Museum (2/2)

Description: Who says science can’t be fun? Meet the committee of this year’s partner institute. STAPA is the young researchers’ association at Institut Pasteur, mixing serious research with social sparks. (1/2)

Her talk, “Immunological Control of Host Physiology”, will explore how commensal microbes help regulate immune responses at barrier surfaces… influencing everything from infection protection to vaccine efficacy. 🌍🦠

Discover how seeing the host as a metaorganism is transforming immunology. (2/2)

🧬 How do microbes shape our immunity?
We’re thrilled to welcome Yasmine Belkaid (Institut Pasteur, Paris) to the LMB-IP Symposium 2025! (1/2)

🧬 We’re thrilled to welcome John Briggs from the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry to #LMBIP2025!
His lab uses cutting-edge cryo-electron microscopy to uncover how HIV-1 particles assemble and mature, shedding light on the virus’s transformation into its infectious form. 🦠

🌍 The role of diversity in science and beyond.
Join us at the LMB-IP Graduate Life Sciences Symposium 2025 as we celebrate innovation through inclusion.
✨ Sign up now for an inspiring day of talks, ideas, and community!

📅 10th and 11th of June 2025
📍 MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge
🧬 Talks • Networking • Posters • Career Panel
💥 Open to all

Register now – link in bio! (2/2)

🎓 Ready to dive into cutting-edge research and connect with brilliant minds?
Join us at the LMB IP Graduate Life Sciences Symposium 2025… a day of science, inspiration, and innovation! (1/2)

From RhoA binding to structural rearrangements, she’s decoding how PKN1 regulates everything from insulin signaling to the inflammasome.
Think kinase regulation is solved? Think again. Catch it all at LMB-IP Graduate Symposium 2025. (2/2)

🧩 What makes PKN1 tick and tumble?
Helen Mott (University of Cambridge) uncovers how HR1 domains control dimerization and activation of this cancer-linked kinase. (1/2)

It’s not just about how much protein is there… it’s about where it is, and who it’s hanging out with.

🧪 Come for the protein shifts, stay for the groundbreaking multi-omics, only at #GSASymposium2025. (2/2)

🧬 Cells don’t just talk, they reorganize, relocate, and remix.
Ready to track the drama behind the scenes?

Join Kathryn Lilley as she maps the secret life of proteins and RNA in motion: from stress granules to spatial omics magic. (1/2)

🚨 Only 1 day left to submit your abstract for the LMB-IP Graduate Student Symposium!
Don’t miss your chance to showcase your work… submit by June 10 at 11.59 pm and make sure to register today! 🔬📢

Spinning Out Scientific Research
Curious about how to turn your research into a real-world venture? Join our hands-on workshop to explore what it takes to translate science into startups!
Whether you’re dreaming of entrepreneurship or just exploring your options, this session is for you. Sign up now

Join Javier Pizarro-Cerda (Institut Pasteur) as he traces the plague’s path from medieval pandemics to immune evolution using cutting-edge genomics. Come for the Black Death, stay for the molecular insights, only at LMB-IP 2025. (2/2)

🧪 From medieval terror to modern science: decoding the plague through ancient genomes. History’s deadliest bug is back under the microscope! How did Yersinia pestis wipe out millions and what can ancient DNA tell us today? (1/2)

Expect functional genomics, cell stress, and big-picture biology at LMB-IP 2025. (2/2)

#CellBiology #Phagocytosis #LMBIP2025

🧪 Hungry for answers? So, are your immune cells!
How do cells that gobble up billions of dead cells a day stay in shape? 🍽️ Roni Levin Konigsberg (MRC-LMB) explores how phagocytes maintain their function under constant pressure. (1/2)

Expect functional genomics, cell stress, and big-picture biology at LMB-IP 2025. (2/2)

#CellBiology #Phagocytosis #LMBIP2025

Sign up to LMB-IP 2025.
#CellularEvolution #SensoryBiology #LMBIP2025

🧪 Forward, reverse… or both?
Tired of biased screens and shallow hits? What if you could evolve your way to discovery? Viktor Lukacs (University of Leeds) has built a novel screening platform that pushes cells to reveal hidden receptors genes with no prior knowledge required. Curious?

🎤 Hair follicle stem cells, cells that talk!
Claire Higgins (Imperial) gives us the inside scoop on HFESCs that not only grow hair but literally talk to neurons. Mechanosensation meets neurotransmitters in a surprising duet between hair and nerves.
#TalkingFollicles #HairAndNerves #LMBIP2025

This year’s symposium does jus offer a stellar line-up of speakers… It provides you with a chance to talk with them,Cambridge style! Book now to dine with us at Homerton College’s Formal Hall. #LMBIP2025 #HomertonCollege #FormalHall

🧠 The ABC of TDP-43
TDP-43 doesn’t just misfold, it gets creative! Diana Arseni (MRC-LMB) shows how this key protein forms amyloid filaments with disease-specific folds. The reason? Join us at LMB-IP 2025 to find all about it.
#TDP43 #CryoEM #BrainResearch #LMBIP2025 #Neurodegeneration

Eukaryote-style transcription in a bacterium? You heard right. Join us for an exciting talk at the LMB-IP Graduate Life Sciences Symposium 2025! (2/2)
#SynBio #LMBIP2025