Welcome
Dear friends and colleagues,
While the existence of membrane-less organelles, such as nucleoli, stress granules or Cajal bodies has been known for a long time, it has remained largely unclear how such organelles are actually formed, maintained and regulated. We now know that compartments can also be formed by the phase separation of proteins, RNA and DNA and combinations thereof.
To investigate the newly emerging role of phase separation in biology, we need to develop new tools and approaches, as well as combine cell biology and biophysics with biochemical reconstitution, theory and modelling.
This meeting will bring together scientists from different disciplines which will synergistically decipher how novel functions and pathologies emerge from the process of phase separation in biological systems, and what molecular underpinnings facilitate and regulate this key process.
We are looking forward to an exciting meeting and cordially invite you to participate!
Simon Alberti / Sara Cuylen-Haering / Dorothee Dormann / Edward Lemke / Julia Mahamid / Claus Seidel / Konstanze Winklhofer
Program
Invited Speakers
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Alexander Büll -
Nagarja Chappidi -
Herman Fung -
Amy Gladfelter -
Lars Hubatsch -
Anthony Hyman -
Janine Kirstein -
Christine Mayr -
Tanja Mittag -
Sua Myong -
Michael Rosen -
Benjamin Sabari -
Daxiao Sun
Registration
Important Dates
Start registration: May 1
Deadlines:
Early registration: June 30
Regular registration: August 31
Start late registration: September 1
On site registration is possible.
Abstract submission: June 30
Registration Fees
| Non-members* | early | regular | late |
| Regular | 250 | 280 | 310 |
| Student/ Retiree |
120 | 145 | 170 |
All prices in EURO
| Members* | early | regular | late |
| Regular | 200 | 225 | 250 |
| Student/ Retiree |
100 | 125 | 150 |
All prices in EURO
If you want to join the GBM with your registration to enjoy the reduced participation fee, please fill in the online membership application.
* member of the GBM, DECHEMA, DGZ, GDCh, VAAM, Bunsen Society
(Please bring a proof of your membership to the Kolloquium.)
Information
Accommodation
We do not have an overview of the current vacancies of the hotels in and around Frankfurt. We therefore recommend booking via online portals such as booking.com or hotel.de.
Abstracts
Please submit your abstract online after you finished the registration process.
All neccessary information will be provide during the abstract submission process.
In case you are preparing your abstract offline please mind the maximum length of 1500 characters.
Conference Proceedings
Your name badge will be available at the registration desk in Frankfurt. Please wear your name badge during the whole meeting.
We do not provide a program and abstract book. Please download the pdf shortly before the meeting or use the online list of abstracts in the program booklet
Grants
As a young member of the GBM you can apply for a travel grant until July 15.
Still not a member of the GBM? Here you can apply for it.
Internet
A wireless LAN connection is available.
Name: ukfguest
Password: ukfguest
(activated for three days after registration)
Meals & Drinks
Coffee, tea and mineral water will be provided for free during the coffee breaks.
A fingerfood lunch on Friday lunchtime is also included in the registration fee.
Lunch and Dinner on Thursday is available at your own expense nearby the conference building:
Cafeteria in house 20 (opposite the venue, open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.), Mensa in house 35 (see campus map).
Office
Numbers of the conference office (during the opening hours): +49 69 660567 0
Opening hours:
| Tuesday | 12:00 - 18:00 |
| Wednesday | 08:30 - 15:30 |
Posters
Poster contributions can be submitted on the registration page after you have registered for participation in the conference.
The poster should be prepared in portrait format (DIN A0 resp. ~120 x 85 cm). Please present your poster throughout the whole meeting.
We provide material for mounting the posters.
The best three posters will receive a GBM poster prize with 300 € prize money each at the end of the meeting. Wiley VCH is also sponsoring three book prizes worth €250 each.
Five short talks will be selected from the submitted poster abstracts.
Visa
As a participant from abroad you may need a visa from the German embassy. If so please contact the meeting secretariat. We will send you the required invitation letter.
Organization & Contact
Scientific Organisation
Simon Alberti
Technische Universität Dresden
Sara Cuylen-Haering
EMBL Heidelberg
Dorothee Dormann
Institute of Molecular Biology (IMB)
Edward Lemke
Institute of Molecular Biology (IMB)
Julia Mahamid
EMBL Heidelberg
Claus Seidel
Heinrich Heine Universität
Konstanze Winklhofer
Ruhr University
