Call for Abstracts

Submissions of abstracts to the 50th FEBS Congress for poster and oral presentations across the spectrum of the molecular life sciences will be welcome after registration and abstract submissions open on 1 November 2025, when full details of the Call for Abstracts will be posted on the website. 

Play an active part in the scientific programme by presenting your work at the 50th FEBS Congress.

Submissions of abstracts for poster and oral presentations across the spectrum of the molecular life sciences will be welcome after abstract submission and registration open on 1 November 2025, by which time full details of the Call for Abstracts will be posted here.

Abstracts submitted by the February 2026 deadline will be considered for short talks integrated into the symposia, as well as speed talks and poster presentations. Accepted abstracts will be displayed on the Congress website and app, and collated in an online supplement of FEBS Open Bio.

During abstract submission, you will be asked to select one topic from the categories below that best describes the content of your abstract: topics will be used for reviewing and indexing purposes, and assignment of oral presentations and poster display at the event.

Abstract Topics

Intracellular landscapes: decoding the cell’s inner organization
  • Bioenergetics and redox biochemistry
  • Cellular biochemistry
  • Cellular homeostasis
  • Genome organization
  • Genomics and transcriptomics
  • Intracellular communication
  • Membranes and dynamic organelles
  • Metabolism and metabolomics
  • Protein condensates
  • Proteomics
  • RNA biology
Molecular cellular machines in action: mechanisms and regulation
  • Advanced cellular imaging
  • Cancer – basic research
  • Neuroscience, aging and disease
  • Protein interactome
  • Single-cell dynamics
  • Transcriptional and translational control
Protein life cycle: from structure to function
  • AI in molecular life sciences
  • Drug development
  • Protein folding, structure and function
  • Protein life cycle
  • Protein post-translational modifications
  • Smart proteins
Intercellular complexity and networks: the social life of cells
  • Cancer and therapy strategies
  • Cellular communication
  • Immunology
  • Inflammation
  • Mechanobiology
  • Microbiology
  • Molecular diagnostics
  • Molecular memory
  • Neural networks
  • Synthetic cells and synthetic biology
  • Toxicology
  • Tumor microenvironment
  • Virology
Molecular life sciences education
  • Faculty and career development
  • Postgraduate teaching/learning
  • Undergraduate teaching/learning

REGISTRATION

Registration will open
in late 2025

IMPORTANT DATES

Abstract Submissions start:
1 November 2025

YSF Abstract Submission deadline:
Wednesday, 10 December 2025, 23:59 CET

Main Abstract Submission

Deadline: Friday, 13 February 2026, 23:59 CET

Outcome notification to submitters: Early April 2026

Early registration fee deadline for presenters: 14 April 2026, 23:59 CET

Late Abstract submission
posters only

Opening: 23 March 2026

Deadline: Monday, 20 April 2026, 23:59 CET

Poster acceptance notifications to submitters: mid-May 2026

Registration deadline for late-abstract presenters: Monday, 20 April 2026, 23:59 CET

N.B. Submissions received after the deadline dates will not be considered for the applicable abstract phase.

FEBS Young Scientists’ Forum 2026
2 – 4 July 2026

The FEBS Congress 2026
4 – 8 July 2026

Early bird registration deadline
TBC

Late breaking abstracts submission deadline
TBC

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