SY-Stem – a symposium focusing on the next generation of stem cell researchers – is an annual meeting, located in the beautiful city of Vienna. It is organized jointly by the Research Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP) and Institute of Molecular Biotechnology (IMBA).

In this two-and-a-half-day event, recognized keynote speakers, as well as aspiring young group leaders will discuss the latest advances in stem cell biology in an informal and collaborative setting. Our goal is to strengthen a cooperative and dynamic spirit in this research area.

The 2025 sessions include the following topics:

Stem cell niches | Deterministic vs. stochastic decisions | Germline | Model systems for stem cell biology | Epigenetics & imprinting | Cell biology of stem cells | Transitioning stem cells into the clinic

Organizers: Elly Tanaka, Juergen Knoblich, Martin Leeb, Diana Pinheiro, Florian Raible, Nicolas Rivron, Sandra Siegert

The Pan African Cancer Research Institute (PACRI) 3rd International Meeting, themed “Breaking Barriers, Building Bridges, Transforming Cancer Care in Africa,” will unite global and African experts to tackle the complex challenges of cancer care across the continent. With a strong emphasis on leveraging both local and international expertise, the event will create a platform for collaborative efforts aimed at transforming cancer research, treatment, and policy reform.

Organizers: Pan African Cancer Research Institute (PACRI)

We are excited to invite you to a unique scientific conference, celebrating our 100-year anniversary and bringing together our different communities. We are striving to deliver a conference that is inclusive – providing an opportunity to meet old friends and make new ones, build bridges and enrich your network, regardless of your background or career stage. We invite all attendees to explore the programme, which offers a unique opportunity to attend a diverse range of talks across the full scope of our journals, including developmental biology, cell biology, comparative animal physiology, and disease biology.

This anniversary conference will incorporate the Spring Meetings of the British Society for Cell Biology (BSCB) and the British Society for Developmental Biology (BSDB). It will further include the JEB Symposium ‘Sensory perception in a changing world’, a one-day DMM-hosted programme ‘Interdisciplinary approaches to combatting antimicrobial resistance’, and a one-day meeting organised by the Society for Experimental Biology (SEB).

Organizers: The Company of Biologists

The 10th German Pharm-Tox Summit (91. Jahrestagung der Deutsche Gesellschaft für Experimentelle und Klinische Pharmakologie und Toxikologie) is organized by the German Society for Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology (DGPT) together with several other scientific societies (AGAH, APHAR, GDCh FG UCOET, SETAC-GLB und STS). The event covers the fields of toxicology, pharmacology, pharmacy, and clinical chemistry.

Organizers: Conventus Congressmanagement & Marketing GmbH

Organizers: Lithuanian Biochemical Society, in collaboration with the Latvian, Estonian and Finnish Biochemical Societies

The “Microsymposium on RNA Biology” is an international conference that brings together young scientists, junior and senior group leaders, and company representatives from all over the world to present and discuss their latest findings in the exciting field of small RNAs and beyond. The Microsymposium was founded in 2005 and has established itself as the major small RNA meeting in Europe. It is organized by the four research institutions IMBA, IMP, GMI and the Max Perutz Labs as well as by the RNA community of the Vienna BioCenter.

In all three eukaryotic kingdoms, small regulatory RNAs play a key role in the silencing of gene expression at the post-transcriptional and the transcriptional level. They have central functions in the repression of viruses and transposons and they play essential roles in coordinating organismal development, physiological processes and human diseases, such as cancer.

Organizers: Stefan Ameres, Julius Brennecke, Sebastian Falk, Arturo Marí-Ordóñez, Javier Martínez, Andrea Pauli, Clemens Plaschka