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FEBS Advanced Courses | 2027 Call for applications   The FEBS Congress 2026: have you booked your place? We are looking forward to an inspiring few days of learning, updates and networking across the molecular life sciences at the big FEBS event of the year, and hope you can be part of it. Late-breaking abstract submission is open. Recently had a research breakthrough, or missed the earlier abstract deadline? Find out about the late-breaking abstract call for posters, and take this extra opportunity to come and present your work. Deadline: 20 April 2026 Get to know plenary speakers ahead of the Congress. Several have shared interesting general perspectives on life as a researcher, as well as introduced their subject areas, through Q&As on the FEBS Network site:
See the full plenary speaker list on the Congress website. Discover Maastricht. Located in the southern Netherlands along the River Meuse, Maastricht offers a distinctive setting for the 50th FEBS Congress. Known for its Roman heritage, medieval architecture, and vibrant cultural life, the city combines history and contemporary European character in a compact and walkable urban centre. See you there!   The FEBS Journal - Special issue coming soon  Image courtesy of Maria dM. Vivanco and colleagues Proteases continuously remodel the extracellular matrix. This dynamic process underpins key aspects of cellular physiology and determines several pathological conditions, such as osteoarthritis, fibrosis, and cancer. The FEBS Journal is pleased to announce a new Special Issue on Extracellular Matrix Crosstalk with Proteases. Guest edited by Nikos Karamanos, this issue will feature review articles from leaders in the field, and will be published later in 2026. Don’t miss out on this excellent selection of cutting-edge reviews. Molecular Oncology Molecular Oncology, the affiliate journal of the European Association for Cancer Research (EACR), is proud to announce the recipient of the third EACR-Molecular Oncology publishing fellowship. This program supports and educates early-career scientists by providing hands-on experience in the academic publishing process. We are delighted to welcome Amel Aziba, a PhD candidate at the University of Würzburg, and are happy to host at the Molecular Oncology office as she gains in-depth knowledge across our various editorial workflows.  FEBS Open Bio On the 10 February 2026, FEBS Open Bio hosted a free webinar titled "Tumor-Stroma Interactions: A Roundtable Discussion" to accompany our recent ‘In the Limelight’ special issue on Tumor-Stroma Interactions. The webinar, hosted by Guest Editor Isabel Fabregat, (Principal Investigator at The Institute of Biomedical Research of Bellvitge), brought together leading researchers to explore how the tumor microenvironment influences tumor growth and metastasis and, ultimately, treatment. The webinar video as well as all previous FEBS Open Bio webinars can be found here. We look forward to welcoming you to our next free webinar!  FEBS Letters FEBS Letters has launched a new cover contest—the journal invites researchers and students in the molecular life sciences to submit striking images that capture the beauty of scientific data. The winning entry will be featured on the cover of FEBS Letters, and the winner will receive a prize of €500. We will publish an article featuring the winning image and runners-up in the Scientists' Forum, in which the creators will provide a paragraph about the image and their research. The deadline is 31 August 2026; please see full details on the contest here. The journal has also recently published the latest article in its ongoing series of interviews with patient advocates, which seeks to present the positive effects on patients’ lives of pioneering research into the mechanisms underlying rare genetic disorders. We interviewed Francesca Manodoro, Vice-President of Associazione Famiglie COL4A1-A2, which provides support for patients with collagen disorders and their families, together with Tom Van Agtmael, Professor of Matrix Biology and Disease at the University of Glasgow, and Simona Balestrini, Associate Professor of Child Neurology at the University of Florence. We invite you to read the article here.   FEBS Advanced Courses FEBS Advanced Course 2027 – OrganisersWe are pleased to flag the next deadline for the FEBS Advanced Course 2027 call for applications from course organisers: 1 September 2026. Please monitor the FEBS website for news and refer to the latest guidelines. FEBS Advanced Courses 2026 – ParticipantsInterested in attending a FEBS Advanced Course in 2026? Don’t miss out! Scroll through the pages of the FEBS Advanced Courses Calendar to find the right course for you or someone you know. Topics include integrative structural biology, tumour microenvironment, extracellular matrix, transglutaminases, retina as an ex-vivo model, MASLD, human fungal pathogens, epigenetics, advanced proteomics, redox signaling in physiopathology, synaptic vesicle dynamics, membranes in organelle biogenesis, cancer research, ion channels and transporters, functional imaging of cellular dynamics, biochirality, and protein termini. And if you want to get an impression of what these courses are like, visit the FEBS Network for posts from past participants and organisers.  FEBS Education and Training FEBS is supporting a training event on Discipline-Based Education Research (DBER) organised by the Teaching and Learning Centre (TLC) and the Research Education Coordination at Izmir University of Economics in collaboration with the Turkish Biochemical Society. This one-day training will explore approaches and methodologies used in discipline-based education research and will bring together participants interested in advancing teaching and learning practices in the biochemical sciences.
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