Program

Want to contribute to the 2024 program?
Learn more about the available opportunities below to give a talk or poster presentation, sponsor a session, or host a networking session.
  • February 27 - Scientific Sessions Proposal Deadline
  • May 30 - Sponsored Sessions Proposal Deadline
  • June 3 -  Application to review and/or moderate Microsymposia (trainees and early investigators only) opens. No review process; first to sign up for each topic are accepted as long as you meet minimum requirements. 
  • August 6 - Abstract Submission Talk and Microsymposia (Poster Teaser) Deadline
  • June 3 - Application to score and organize poster abstracts into sessions opens. No review process; first to sign up for each topic are accepted as long as you meet minimum requirements. 
  • September 4  - Abstract Submission Poster Only Deadline (discounted abstract fee)
  • October 15 - Abstract Submission Poster Only Deadline (Final)
  • October 15 - Networking Sessions

Program Overview

Keynote & Symposia

These sessions feature the most cutting-edge advances in nearly every area of cell biology. Listen, learn, and be inspired by world-class experts and emerging scientists who are at the forefront of scientific discovery.

Scientific Sessions

Learn the latest in science through groundbreaking research findings presented in Special Interest Subgroups, hear panels of experts share their insights, and gain knowledge and techniques through hands-on workshops.

Professional Development Sessions

Gain access to topics focused on the scientific enterprise: education, career development, international relations, science policy, communications, and diversity in the workforce.

Microsymposia (Poster Teasers)

Preview top-scoring research by poster presenters in these short talk sessions prior to the poster sessions on Sunday. Monday, and Tuesday.

Sponsored Sessions

These special sessions, hosted by our sponsors, dive further into the scientific enterprise: education, career development, international relations, science policy, communications, and diversity in the workforce.

Poster Presentations and Poster Spotlight Talks

Visit poster presenters and learn about new scientific research developments within the cell biology community. Select poster presenters will be awarded the opportunity to give a 5-minute talk highlighting their research and then join them at their poster to learn more.

Exhibitor Tech Talks

Learn about new products advancing scientific research and innovation.

Networking Sessions

Strike up unique conversations with colleagues at these lunchtime networking sessions between poster sessions and evening socials.

Cell Bio 2024 Program Organizers

Program Co-Chairs
Casper Hoogenraad, ASCB Chair, Genentech Anna Philpott, EMBO Chair, University of Cambridge

 

Committee Members
Nihal Altan-Bonnet, National Institutes of Health
Juan Bonifacino, National Institutes of Health
Frank Bradke, DZNE-German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases
Richard Gilbertson, University of Cambridge
Anne Grapin Botton, MPI CBG
Aron Jaffe, Chroma Medicine
Emmitt Jolly, Case Western Reserve
Melike Lakadamyali, University of Pennsylvania
Damaris Lorenzo, University of Pennsylvania
Laura Machesky, University of Cambridge
Shiva Malek, Novartis
Wallace Marshall, University of California San Francisco
James Olzmann, University of California Berkeley
Nancy Papalopulu, MPI-Cologne
Ana Pombo, Max Delbruck
Erica Sanchez, University of Texas Dallas
Kandice Tanner, National Institutes of Health