SymbNET International Conference on Host-Microbe Symbiosis Webpage: https://igc.idloom.events/symbnet-conference-host-microbe-symbiosis Where: Real Marina - Hotel & Spa, Olhao, Portugal When: 10-13 June 2024 About: The "SymbNET International Meeting on Host-Microbe Symbiosis" will bring together researchers working on a diverse range of questions, approaches, and model systems. The meetingwill cover different host systems such as plants, animals and humans and different molecular mechanisms, functional understanding and ecological models of the interactions. The purpose is to highlight the most recent advances in the field, common principles between systems,and future directions to explore. This meeting is organized in the context of the EU twinning grant SymbNET with specific sessions organised by NCCR Microbiomes and CRC Metaorganisms.It will host 200 participants, with all sessions being plenary. Confirmed Speakers: Marjolein Bruijning| Universiteit van Amsterdam, The Netherlands Luisa De Sordi | Sorbonne University,France Ellen Decaestecker| KU Leuven, Belgium Médéric Diard | Biozentrum, University of Basel, Switzerland Isabel Gordo | Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal Nancy Moran| University of Texas at Austin, USA Markus Ralser | Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany Eduardo Rocha | Institut Pasteur, France Olivia Roth| Kiel University, Germany Pascale Vonaesch| University ofLausanne, Switzerland Michael Zimmermann| European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Germany Sebastian Pfeilmeier| Universiteit van Amsterdam, The Netherlands Registration Fee and Sponsoring: Register by March 15 - https://igc.idloom.events/symbnet-conference-host-microbe-symbiosis Selected applicants will pay a registration fee of 650 EUR. We will sponsor participants from members ofthe SymbNET partner institutes, from Widening countries in Horizon2020 or Horizon Europe, or countries with low performance in Research and Innovation. Organisers: Philipp Engel| University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland Migla Miskinyte| Catolica Biomedical Research Centre, Portugal; Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal Hinrich Schulenburg| Kiel University and Metaorganisms CRC, Kiel, Germany Luís Teixeira| Catolica Biomedical Research Centre, Portugal; Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal Maria Zimmermann-Kogadeeva| European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany SymbNET, EU-funded Twinning project Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência (FCG-IGC),Portugal Origin and Functions of Metaorganisms Collaborative Research Centre 1182 (CRC Metaorganisms), Germany NCCR Microbiomes, Switzerland Catolica Biomedical Research Centre, Portugal "mmiskinyte@igc.gulbenkian.pt" (to subscribe/unsubscribe the EvolDir send mail to golding@mcmaster.ca)