Dear all, We have extended the abstract submission deadline (until the end of the year) for our EMBO Workshop on Molecular Mechanisms of Selfish Elements and Strategies, which will take place in Bern, Switzerland, from Sunday 8 to Wednesday 11 February. The scientific programme is organized into five thematic sessions: (1) Repeats and transposable elements; (2) GRC, PSR, and other B chromosomes; (3) Subverting meiosis; (4) Maternal and paternal genome elimination; (5) Endosymbionts enforcing their own transmission. The workshop is held in Switzerland, but we kept the registration fees within the usual EMBO range. Registration includes joint lunches and dinners, as well as coffee breaks. Bern is easily accessible by train from many European cities and is well connected to all three major Swiss airports. We still have travel grants and registration fee waivers available. More information on the website : https://meetings.embo.org/event/26-selfish-elements Best wishes, Luca Soldini Luca Soldini (to subscribe/unsubscribe the EvolDir send mail to golding@mcmaster.ca)