YSF Committee

YSF 2026 Organizing Committee

  • Ricfrid W.G.N. van der Marel (Chair)

    Netherlands Cancer Institute (Amsterdam), The Netherlands
  • Bram Boon

    European Institute for the Biology of Ageing (ERIBA), UMC Groningen, The Netherlands
  • Eva D. Tunderman

    UMC Utrecht Brain Center, The Netherlands
  • Ivar van Galen

    Maastricht University, The Netherlands
  • Letizia Cornaro

    Wageningen University & Research, The Netherlands
  • Max W. van Baalen

    UMC Utrecht, The Netherlands

YSF 2026 Committee Advisors

FEBS Careers of Young Scientists Committee members: Riccardo Miggiano (Acting Chair), Irene Díaz-Moreno (former Chair until 31 December 2025), Vlastimil Kulda, Anna Jagusiak.

  • Riccardo Miggiano

    University of Piemonte Orientale, Italy
  • Irene Díaz-Moreno

    Institute for Chemical Research, University of Seville, Spain
  • Vlastimil Kulda

    Charles University, Czech Republic
  • Anna Jagusiak

    Jagiellonian University, Poland

Key dates

YSF/Congress registration and abstract submission opening:
1 November 2025

YSF application deadline: Wednesday 10 December 2025, 23:59 (CET)

Notifications of YSF award winners: early February 2026

25th FEBS YSF: 2−4 July 2026

50th FEBS Congress: 4−8 July 2026

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