NWO Life Congress
Communication in Life
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Together with almost twenty researchers, all from different disciplines, NWO is organising the very first edition of Life on 28 and 29 May 2019: a brand new, unique, national congress covering the Dutch Life Sciences in the widest sense of the word, from femtometer to kilometer, from cell to planet. Life is meant to connect senior and junior researchers from all different disciplines in the life sciences. To explore and push boundaries, to lively discuss new or desirable developments in the field, to get inspired by each other’s research and approaches and to start new interdisciplinary collaborations.
Communication in Life
“Communication in Life” is the title of Life2019. This is spot-on: Communication is of vital importance for life, from the smallest (cell) to the largest level (planet). Communication between researchers in the broad field of the life sciences is essential to optimally benefit from the enormous amount of research that is being performed, and from the knowledge and expertise that is already present. Communication is what NWO wants to facilitate with this congress. The scientific tracks during this Life2019 congress will be:
- Cellular chat: Talking to your neighbours | This track focusses on the multiple levels through which molecules, cells and tissues communicate with one another in space and time and how this communication leads to coordinated behaviour and development in all domains of life.
- From small talk to full blown discussions; Communication from genes to an organism | This track is about the regulation of our genome and its effect on an organism. The genetic regulation covers the fields of (epi)genetics and genome biology, and their effects on the development, (patho)physiology and evolution of organisms.
- Perceive and respond | This track focusses on multiple levels through which different microbe, plant, animal species interact with their environment, with each other, and with other species, for their survival, health and development.
- The natural world in the Anthropocene | Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning are under threat in terrestrial and aquatic systems across the globe. How will our nature look like in the future? Will species and ecosystems be able to adapt and recover, or is their collapse inevitable? And what is the role of humans?
- Pushing the boundaries: novel approaches in biological measurement and analysis | This track focuses on new methods and technologies for measurement and analysis that power today’s scientific discoveries. We invite contributions on biological systems of all scales and all levels of organization. Contributions go beyond pure technical detail and provide insight in the trends in the particular domain of research.
Conference fee: €50 for MSc students; €100 for PhD candidates and postdocs; €150 for others
The conference fee includes for 2 days: coffee breaks, lunches, drinks, dinner on 28 May 2019, overnight stay on 28/29 May 2019 and shuttle buses between Bunnik railway station/hotels and the venue and vice versa. For more information about the conference fee, please see the registration information.
Tuesday, May 28, 2019 through May 29
Program will follow
Postillion Convention Center
Baan van Fectio 1, Bunnik