Organisers and speakers

Francesca Bottanelli Freie Universität Berlin, Germany

Guillaume Jacquemet Åbo Akademi University, Finland

Giulia Zanetti The Francis Crick Institute, UK

Michael Way The Francis Crick Institute, UK

Ori Avinoam Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel

Sarah Cohen UNC-Chapel Hill, USA

Emmanuel Derivery MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, UK
Lea Dietrich Max Planck Institute for Brain Research, Germany
Ben Engel University of Basel, Switzerland

Marco Fritzsche University of Oxford, UK

Gerry Hammond University of Pittsburgh, USA

Virginie Hamel University of Geneva, Switzerland

Sven Klumpe Research Institute of Molecular Pathology, Austria

Christophe Leterrier CNRS-Aix Marseille University, France

Dong Li Tsinghua University, China

Taija Mäkinen University of Helsinki, Finland

Jonas Ries Max Perutz Labs Vienna, Austria

Katja Röper MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, UK

Loic Royer Chan Zuckerberg Biohub San Francisco, USA

Ilaria Testa KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden

Aubrey Weigel Howard Hughes Medical Institute Janelia Research Campus, USA

Registration

Due to high demand we have had to close applications early.

The meeting will start with registration and lunch on Monday 11 May and will finish with a lunch on Thursday 14 May.

The fees will include;

• Registration and meeting cost
• Three nights’ accommodation (Monday to Thursday) in an en-suite room with single occupancy
• All meals (Monday lunch to Thursday lunch inclusive), coffee breaks and reception drinks each evening throughout the meeting
• Shuttle buses to and from the Montanyà Hotel
  

It is expected that all attendees will stay for the duration of the meeting.

Registration fees

	PhD students /postdocs	Academia	Industry
Until 16 January 2026	£900	£1100	£1400
From 17 January – 27 March 2026	£1050	£1250	£1550

Applications will be reviewed and approved as they are submitted. Spaces will fill on a first come first served basis.

Please email jcs26meeting@biologists.com if you have any questions.

Key dates

Applications open – September 2025

Early-bird deadline – 16 January 2026

Abstract deadline – 13 February 2026

Final registration deadline – 27 March 2026

Montanyà Hotel

Montanyà Hotel is in central Catalonia less than an hour away from Barcelona and is 25 km away from the Montseny Natural Park, a biosphere reserve. Built in a traditional mountain style, using wood and natural stone, the Montanyà Hotel is 4-star with a range of leisure and spa facilities.

We will be running three shuttle buses to the venue on Monday 11 May as follows:

10:00 and 12:00 from Barcelona airport

11:00 from central Barcelona (Sants train station)

And the following on Thursday 14 May from the venue:

13:45 to Barcelona airport

13:45 to central Barcelona (Sants train station)

There will be no charge for these services but we will be asking people to sign up.

The journeys are all about an hour although traffic conditions may increase the journey time.

Image credit: Antara Chakraborty, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Pune