The latest IUBMB Biannual Newsletter is here! 🎉 Catch up on recent programs, events, initiatives, and highlights from across the global IUBMB community. 🔗bit.ly/4wxDRMD

APPLICATION DEADLINE - September 15TH - AT 11:59 PM EST. The IUBMB Wood-Whelan Research Fellowships is a short-term fellowships to trainee and early career biochemists to carry out research and training in a laboratory other than their own. Find out more shorturl.at/NFre2

APPLICATION DEADLINE - September 15TH - AT 11:59 PM EST. The IUBMB Travel Fellowships support biochemistry and molecular biology trainees to travel to and attend international meetings in the IUBMB region. Find out more bit.ly/3pYTWxM

Join Prof. Jerka Dumić for an interactive workshop on managing setbacks, maintaining motivation, and building resilience throughout your PhD. 📍 Kraków | 14–16 Oct 2026 #FEBSIUBMBENABLE2026 #youngFEBS

🚨 Deadline alert for #EMBLGutMicrobeFunction 🦠 You only have until 15 September to submit your abstract for the EMBL Conference 'Unlocking the functional diversity of gut microbiomes' 👉 s.embl.org/gmd26-01-x Don't miss the opportunity to present your work to an international audience, get valuable feedback and be part of the community advancing our understanding of the functional diversity of microbes, which impact every ecosystem on the planet. Meet our scientific organisers: - Robert Finn, EMBL-EBI, UK - Lisa Maier, University of Tübingen, Germany - Kiran Patil, University of Cambridge, UK - Nassos Typas, EMBL Heidelberg, Germany 🗓️ 8 – 10 December 2026 📍 EMBL Heidelberg and Virtual

The application deadline for the EMBO | EMBL Symposium 'Defining and defeating metastasis: from plasticity to immune evasion to therapy resistance' is fast approaching! Submit your abstract by 18 August to join us on site in Heidelberg 👉 s.embl.org/ees26-05-x Meet the #EESMetastasis scientific organisers: 🔹 Eduard Batlle, Institute for Research in Biomedicine, Spain 🔹 Andrew Ewald, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, USA 🔹 Daniel Klimmeck, EMBO Heidelberg, Germany 🔹 Samra Turajilic, The Francis Crick Institute, UK 🔹 Karin de Visser, Netherlands Cancer Institute, The Netherlands 📅 10 – 13 November 2026 📍EMBL Heidelberg and virtual #cancer #metastasis #dissemination #microenvironment #tumorrelapse #immuneevasion #latency #tumourdormancy #cancerorganoids #therapyresponse #resistance

🌿 Got a free day after #FEBSIUBMBENABLE2026? Ojców National Park is just 30–45 min from the Jagiellonian University campus. Explore Jurassic cliffs, caves, castles, and scenic hiking trails! 🏞️ #youngFEBS

Career Day Speaker Announcement: Kevin Ryan 📚 Workshop: “Navigating and Optimizing Publishing in Academic Science” Discover how to choose the right journal, present your findings effectively & maximize research impact. 📍Kraków, 14–16 Oct 2026 #YoungFEBS #ScienceCommunication

🚀 Workshop Spotlight: Responsible use of AI in Research Join Dr. Zvonimir Mlinarić to explore practical, responsible uses of AI in research through interactive discussions and hands-on activities. #FEBSIUBMBENABLE2026 #youngFEBS

🌲 Need a break from #FEBSIUBMBENABLE2026? Head to Kopiec Piłsudskiego, Kraków’s highest mound, in the beautiful Las Wolski 🌿 Just 30–40 min from Kampus UJ by bus, plus a scenic forest walk. 📍 Kraków | 14–16 Oct 2026 🎓 Register now! #youngFEBS #Krakow #TravelPoland

🎉Congratulations to Mayra Obando Rojas from @IBR_CONICET, 🇦🇷, on being awarded an IUBMB Wood-Whelan Fellowship to conduct research in Dr. Athanasios Typas’s lab at @EMBLHeidelberg Systems Microbiology, 🇩🇪. We wish her much success!

🎉Congratulations to @JanielNava42015 from @CinvesBioquim @cinvestav, 🇲🇽, on being awarded an IUBMB Wood-Whelan Fellowship to conduct research in @dritano’s lab at @IC_CNR, 🇮🇹. We wish him much success!

🎉Congratulations to Marina Marin from @ciquibic, 🇦🇷, on being awarded an IUBMB Wood-Whelan Fellowship to conduct research in Dr. Roberto Pezza’s lab at @OMRF, 🇺🇸. We wish her much success!

🎉Congratulations to Erik Lopez-Gallardo from @FONDAP_ACCDiS, 🇨🇱, on being awarded an IUBMB Wood-Whelan Fellowship to conduct research in @TrujilloLab_NRI’s at @UNC_NRI, 🇺🇸. We wish him much success! @SocBioquimica

🎉Congratulations to Isabel Gonzalez-Moya from @CIGBCuba, 🇨🇺, on being awarded an IUBMB Wood-Whelan Fellowship to conduct research in Dr. Alfredo Martínez’s lab at @riojasalud, 🇪🇸. We wish her much success!

🎉Congratulations to Rocio Colombo from @CONICETMendoza, 🇦🇷, on being awarded an IUBMB Wood-Whelan Fellowship to conduct research in Prof. Stephen Ekker’s lab at @DellMedSchool, 🇺🇸. We wish her much success!

🎉 Congratulations to the Wood-Whelan Fellows from the September 2025 competition! Fellows from Argentina, Chile, Cuba, and Mexico have been awarded fellowships to conduct up to four months of research abroad. We wish them much success in their research! @SocBioquimica

@NCBS_Bangalore , @TIGS_India , and @iubmb are organising an IUBMB Focused Meeting on Synthetic Biology. 🗓️15 to 17 February 2027 Registration deadline: 1 August 2026 More details👇indiabioscience.org/events/i…

🎙️ Career Day Speaker Announcement #febsiubmbenable2026 connects science, careers & AI innovation. Meet Marcin Woźniak, CEO of the Optimum Pareto Foundation. Learn how AI-assisted argument mapping strengthens critical thinking and supports better decisions. 📍Kraków, 14-16 Oct