40th FEBS Congress - Deadline Extension for Abstract Submission: March 9, 2015

You are cordially invited to attend the 40th FEBS Congress – the Biochemical Basis of Life – to be held in Berlin, Germany, July 4–9, 2015.
The German Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (GBM) and the Federation of European Biochemical Societies (FEBS) have assembled a very exciting and diverse program with internationally renowned speakers that are at the forefront of their fields.

We are looking forward to welcoming you to one of Europe’s highly anticipated congresses in molecular life sciences!

The abstract submission deadline has been extended to March 9th, 2015. Take the opportunity now and hand in your abstract via the congress website
www.febs2015.org

In addition to presentation as posters, submitted abstracts will be considered for oral presentation during the parallel symposia as well as speed talks during the poster sessions. Abstracts will be published in a FEBS Journal special issue.

Special Sessions

As part of the several special sessions the FEBS congress wants to provide you with thorough insight of the different topic areas:

Podium Discussion: The Future of Scientific Publishing
04.07.2015, 19:15 – 20:45
Scientists and Editors will discuss developments and trends in scientific publishing

FEBS Education Session: Research in Undergraduate Education
07.07.2015, 13:00 – 15:00
Chairs: Tomás Zima (Prague, Czech Republic), Gül Güner (Izmir, Turkey)

FEBS Science & Society Session: Evolutionary Medicine - Why We Get Sick
07.07.2015, 15:00 – 17:00
Chairs: Jacques-Henry Weil (Strasbourg, France), Detlev Ganten (Berlin, Germany)

Special Session: Data Management & Reproducibility
07.07.2015, 17:30 – 19:30
Chairs: Laszlo Fesus (Debrecen, Hungary), Carsten Kettner (Frankfurt, Germany)

Bursaries

A large number of FEBS Congress Bursaries are available to support participation by early-career scientists who are presenting an abstract at the congress and who are members of FEBS Constituent Societies: for full eligibility and other details please visit the congress website.

The Bursary Application Deadline has also been extended to March 9th, 2015!

FEBS is supporting a reduced registration fee for scientists from Hinari B countries in the FEBS area. See the registration page for more details.

Weitere Informationen:
www.febs2015.org