15-18 April 2024
Edgbaston Park Hotel, Birmingham

Abstract & early booking deadlines: 15 February 2024

Our exciting programme brings together the Biochemical Society, the British Society for Cell Biology and the European Cytoskeletal Forum, to provide a platform for the cell migration community. Cell migration touches upon a range of biological processes, including development, cancer and wound healing. There have been many recent advances in the field, including novel biochemical insights, imaging modalities, computational modelling and in vivo systems. This timely meeting will be an opportunity to bring together established experts and young researchers who have a common interest in understanding fundamental cell behaviour in contexts relevant to health and disease. Our list of speakers features emerging leaders in the field and includes diversity of disciplines, career stage and geographical locations.

We focus on five main themes where substantial progress has been made in recent times:

• Molecular regulation of cytoskeletal dynamics using in vitro reconstitution to dissect how actin powers migration
• Control of different modes of migration by environmental cues, such as chemical and physical cues  
• The physical context of cell migration and how internal and external forces drive cell behaviour  
• Computational and mathematical approaches to understanding cell migration  
• Cell migration in multicellular organisms, in disease and development  

Our programme includes invited plenary speakers from all career stages, short talks chosen from the abstracts submitted, posters, and flash talks. We also include industry exhibits, a careers session and “meet the speakers” sessions.  This format will provide opportunities for everyone to participate actively in the meeting and maximise opportunities for information exchange and collaboration.  Poster sessions are given priority time slots to ensure maximum participation and poster prizes will enhance engagement and promote early career researchers.

Please note that Harden Conferences are ‘fully residential only’ retreat-style conferences to encourage networking and discussion outside of the lectures. As such, all registration fees include onsite accommodation and it is not possible to offer a registration fee without accommodation.

Programme Coordinators for this event are:

• Peter Bieling, Max Planck Institute
• Susana Godinho, Queen Mary University of London
• Matthias Krause, Kings College London
• Karen Liu, Kings College London
• Laura Machesky, Cambridge University

Keynote Speakers for this event are:

• Cynthia Reinhart-King, Vanderbilt University, USA
• Michael Sixt, Institute of Science and Technology, Austria

Speakers for this event are:

• Lindsay Case, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
• Yi Feng, University of Edinburgh, UK
• Gregory Giannone, Bordeaux University, France
• Nir Gov, Weizmann Institute, Israel
• Guillaume Jacquemet, Abo Akadaemi University, Finland
• Antoine Jegou, Institute Jaques Monod, France
• Darius Koester, Warwick University, UK
• Kate McDole, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, UK
• Verena Ruprecht, Centre for Genomic Regulation, Spain
• Samantha Stehbens, University of Queensland, Australia
• Ellie Tzima, University of Oxford, UK
• Danijela Vignjevic, Institute Curie, France
• Tobias Zech, University of Liverpool, UK

Many Oral communication slots are available at this meeting. All attendees, particularly researchers in the early stages of their career, are invited to submit a poster abstract for consideration as an oral communication. You can submit your abstract here.

Event sponsored by:

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Sponsorship opportunities are available for this meeting. For more details and to find out how you can get involved, please contact Hannah Atkins, Sponsorship Manager.

Biochemical Society Bursaries

We offer a wide variety of grants and bursaries to help you attend this event and save money on registration fees! Support is available to cover registration, accessibility, companion costs and more.

Apply during the registration process for any of the following schemes:

• Harden Bursaries
• General Travel Grants
• Care and Assistance Grants
  
• Stay Connected Bursaries

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