ELSO 2008

Frontiers of cellular, developmental and molecular biology
Nice, France, 30 August – 2 September 2008

The seventh international congress of the European Life Scientist Organization (ELSO) returns this year to Nice on the French Cote d’Azur. Promoted for the first time in collaboration with the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO), the ELSO meeting offers a broad palette of top-notch international molecular life science mixed with informative and practical events to promote the career development of young researchers.

The beautiful and exotic city of Nice this year plays host for the third time to ELSO’s annual meeting. The location is a great attraction to researchers from all over Europe looking to prolong their summer with some sunny days beside the sea. But it’s not just the location that attracts; the meeting is a unique opportunity in Europe to catch up on the latest happenings in this field, network with colleagues working on your own specialist interest, attend workshops on emerging techniques, see the latest products and equipment and, last but not least, get some useful advice on how to move ahead in your career.

Plenary session speakers this year include: systems biologist, Ursula Klingmueller; cell biologist, Graham Warren; stem cell biologist, Andreas Trumpp; developmental biologist, Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz; tissue engineer, Donald Ingber, and proteomics expert, Matthias Mann. The 21 minisymposia and the poster sessions cover topics ranging from entry of pathogens into cells, through epigenetics to computational biology and all stops en route. Around 180 speakers, 600 posters and 80 commercial exhibitors will provide four full days of exciting and topical life science.

If you are looking for advice on what to do next, whether it be a postdoc or a junior group leader position in another country or a move into a career outside academia, ELSO’s career development events can give you the inspiration to try something new and challenging and the practical help to put your plans into practice. At this year’s meeting there will be mentoring and mobility sessions, first-hand accounts of careers outside academia, as well as a new career enhancement workshop looking at your own personality, CV, interview techniques, etc. Not to be missed if you are planning a career move soon!

Whether you are there to present a poster, participate in the career events or simply to listen, meet, discuss and learn, ELSO is much more than an ordinary meeting!