Conference Collaborations

• Ongoing
• Completed

Developmental metabolism: flows of energy, matter, and information

Date: 9 - 12 Sep 2025 | Venue: EMBL Heidelberg and Virtual

In this rapidly advancing field, metabolomic methods play a crucial role in unraveling complex processes. The workshop will again aim to bring together researchers from diverse backgrounds: developmental biology, genetics, epigenetics, ecology, physics and math, to provide the developmental metabolism community with cutting-edge research and methodologies applied across scales, insights into the latest advancements in metabolomic techniques and their application to developmental biology. New for 2025 will be an increased integration of tool development and technologies and an added focus on novel metabolomic approaches.

Website:

https://www.embl.org/about/info/course-and-conference-office/events/dmb25-01/

Stem Cells & Cancer Conference

Date: Sep 28 – Oct 1, 2025 | Venue: St. Julian’s, Malta

This conference will provide a platform for scientists and clinicians working on topics such as organogenesis, tumorigenesis, stem cell function, regenerative medicine, and anti-cancer therapies to catalyze collaboration and cross-fertilize ideas.
The organising committee is a continuation of the GRC “Stem Cells and Cancer” conference series.

Website:

https://www.fusion-conferences.com/conference/186

5th Interventions in Aging Conference

Date: 04 Oct 2025 - 07 Oct 2025 | Venue: St. Julian's, Malta

The conference will discuss cutting-edge work on several mechanisms of aging and the promise and challenges of translating them into interventions to improve human health during aging. Important current challenges in the field are (1) to assess the roles of somatic mutation and impaired gene expression, (2) to understand the origins of the highly damaging age-related increase in inflammation, (3) to specify the multiple interactions between organs that combine to produce age-related impairments, (4) to better understand interactions within cells that lead to decline in their function, (5) to evaluate the promise and challenges of regenerative interventions and cellular reprogramming. This fifth meeting will explore these topics, with particular emphasis on new knowledge and its potential for translation into benefits to human health during aging.

Website:

https://www.fusion-conferences.com/conference/181

The 16th International Symposium on DNA Damage Response & Human Disease (isDDRHD-2025)

Date: October 17-20, 2025. | Venue: Qingdao, China

The 16th International Symposium on DNA Damage Response & Human Disease (isDDRHD-2025) will take place in Qingdao, China from October 17th to 20th, 2025. Hosted by Shandong University and the State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, this symposium focuses on the theme of DNA repair mechanisms and related human pathological processes, including cancer and aging. Topics include, but not limited to, DNA damage signalling and DNA repair, genomic stability, human diseases and aging, as well as the development of anti-cancer and anti-aging interventions. The isDDRHD series, launched in 2010, with a theme focusing on DNA damage response, genome stability and related human diseases, has evolved into one of the strongest and most respected research conferences in China.

Website:

https://isddrhd2025.gdna-cn.com/index/?lang=cn

12th Aging Research and Drug Discovery Meeting (ARDD)

Date: August 25-29, 2025 | Venue: University of Copenhagen, Denmark

The Aging Research for Drug Discovery (ARDD) conference brings together leaders in aging, longevity, and drug discovery to explore the latest advancements in understanding the molecular, cellular, and organismal basis of aging, as well as the search for potential interventions. This year, the conference will feature an exceptional lineup of speakers, including two Nobel Prize winners, and will gather top industry leaders from prominent pharmaceutical companies. The event will continue to spotlight key topics in aging research, with our signature startup pitch session, an Emerging Tech workshop, and a Physics in Aging workshop. Additionally, we will host our stellar Longevity Medicine track, focused specifically on physicians, where cutting-edge clinical interventions for healthy longevity will be presented. ARDD aims to bridge clinical, academic, and industry research to foster collaborations that will lead to practical solutions for one of humanity's most pressing challenges: aging. In line with this mission, the conference will also offer travel grants and short talk opportunities for early-career academic researchers. ARDD remains committed to advancing the knowledge and technologies that can extend the healthy lifespan of people worldwide.

Website:

https://agingpharma.org

EMBL Symposium - The ageing genome: from mechanisms to disease

Date: Jun 10-13, 2025 | Venue: EMBL Heidelberg and Virtual

Ageing is often considered a complex phenotype that affects multiple organs and tissues in a time-dependent manner. This may result in the aged population consuming a myriad of medications, each aimed to treat, but not cure, the affected tissue. Recent studies have demonstrated that the "Primary Hallmarks of Ageing" are a set of five molecular mechanisms that malfunction, independent of tissue type, and drive ageing. Hence, focusing on these five hallmarks simplifies the efforts to understand ageing-associated disease. This symposium will bring together many diverse fields across topics including the below, and tie them together with the field of ageing biology and its relevant models of ageing.

Website:

https://www.embl.org/about/info/course-and-conference-office/events/EES25-05