Committees

Management Board

Miguel A. De la Rosa, Spain (FEBS Secretary General)
Graça Soveral, Portugal (FEBS Congress Counsellor)
Frank Michelangeli, UK (FEBS Treasurer)
Luc Brunsveld, Netherlands (Congress Chair)
Jan Willem Borst, Netherlands

Organizing Committee

Luc Brunsveld, Netherlands (Organizing Committee Chair)
Jan Willem Borst, Netherlands
Ingrid Dijkgraaf, Netherlands
Janine Post, Netherlands
Graça Soveral, Portugal (FEBS Congress Counsellor – from 1 Jan 2026)
Piotr Laidler, Poland (until 31 Dec 2025; former FEBS Congress Counsellor)
Irene Diaz Moreno, Spain (until 31 Dec 2025; former FEBS Careers of Young Scientists Committee Chair)

Scientific Program Committee

Graça Soveral, Portugal (FEBS Congress Counsellor – from 1 Jan 2026) (Committee Chair)
Piotr Laidler, Poland (until 31 Dec 2025; former FEBS Congress Counsellor and Committee Chair)
Luc Brunsveld, Netherlands (Congress Chair)
Johannes Buchner, Germany (FEBS Publications Committee Chair)
Seamus Martin, Ireland (Editor-in-Chief of The FEBS Journal)
Michael Brunner, Germany (Editor-in-Chief of FEBS Letters)
Kevin Ryan, UK (Editor-in-Chief of Molecular Oncology)
Miguel A. De la Rosa, Spain (Editor-in-Chief of FEBS Open Bio)
Jerka Dumić, Croatia (until 31 Dec 2025; former FEBS Scientific Advisory Committee Chair)
Jan Willem Borst, Netherlands
Wim Annaert, Belgium
Liesbeth Veenhof, Netherlands

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IMPORTANT DATES

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

Registration

Regular registration deadline:
10 June 2026

Abstract Submissions

Regular submissions closed

Outcome notification to submitters: Early April 2026

Late Abstract Submissions
Late-breaking submissions closed

Poster acceptance notifications to submitters: mid-May 2026

Abstract Submissions

Regular submissions closed

Outcome notification to submitters: Early April 2026

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

Late Abstract Submissions
Posters only

Submission & registration deadline extension: Wednesday, 22 April 2026, 12:00 CEST

Poster acceptance notifications to submitters: mid-May 2026

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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