Revisiting Metabolic Fundamentals
Date: 26-29 April 2026
Location: Buxted Park, East Sussex, UK
Organisers: Lydia Finley and Wilhelm Palm
This Workshop will bring together a diverse group of scientists whose work challenges and redefines traditional views of metabolism, for example uncovering new enzyme functions, mechanisms of metabolic rewiring, and metabolite signaling roles. By revisiting metabolic fundamentals across biological scales – from molecular mechanisms to animal physiology – we will re-evaluate core principles that govern metabolic processes in health and disease. With a focus on unifying concepts rather than specific research areas, the Workshop will provide a unique forum to take stock of the rapidly expanding space of metabolic possibilities and define important questions for future research.
Topics for discussion include:
- Metabolic enzymes and pathways
- Configuration of organellar and cellular metabolism
- Metabolic principles in animal physiology and development
- Metabolites as signaling molecules and covalent modifiers
Organisers & speakers
Lydia Finley Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, USA
Wilhelm Palm German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Germany
Kivanc Birsoy Rockefeller University, USA
Elvan Böke Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), Spain
Edward Chouchani Harvard Medical School, USA
Constantinos Demetriades Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing (MPI-AGE), Germany
Christian Frezza University of Cologne, Germany
Judy Hirst University of Cambridge, UK
Howard Jacobs Tampere University, Finland
Isha Jain Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease, USA
Natalie Krahmer Helmholtz Munich, Germany
Stephen O’Rahilly University of Cambridge, UK
Katel Patel MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, UK
Josh Rabinowitz Princeton University, USA
Markus Ralser Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany
Jared Rutter University of Utah School of Medicine, USA
Almut Schulze German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Germany
Luca Scorrano University of Padova, Italy
Karen Vousden The Francis Crick Institute, UK
Anu Wartiovaara University of Helsinki, Finland
Early-career researchers
We offer 10 funded places for early-career researchers (PhD, postdocs and PIs in the first three years of their first appointment) to attend our Workshops along with the 20 invited speakers. We just ask that you pay for your own travel costs. If you would like to attend please complete the online application form and include a one page CV and a letter of support from your supervisor. If your supervisor would prefer to send the letter directly to us please ask them to email it to workshops@biologists.com
All attendees are expected to actively contribute to the Workshops by asking questions at presentation sessions and taking part in discussions, as well as giving a short talk on their research.
Some travel grants are available for researchers that are based in Global South countries (list of qualifying GS countries ), on an application basis. Please contact us for more details.
About Buxted Park
The Workshop will be held at the beautiful Buxted Park in East Sussex which dates back to the 12th century. The current house was built in 1722 by Sir Thomas Medley and is an elegant Grade II Palladian mansion set in 312 acres of parkland. Over the years it has played host to a number of high profile visitors including William Wordsworth, Winston Churchill, and George V and Queen Mary. Whilst it was a health hydro in the 1960s Gregory Peck, Dudley Moore and Marlon Brando were regular visitors.
Buxted Park is less than 25 miles from Gatwick Airport and 60 miles from Heathrow Airport. There are direct trains taking 1 hour 10 minutes from London Bridge to the village of Buxted which is only a mile away from the hotel.
Buxted Park Hotel
Station Road
Buxted
East Sussex
TN22 4AY
Tel: +44 (0) 1825 733333
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