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Brain Body Physiology
May 12 - 16, 2026
Abstract Deadline: February 20, 2026

Organizers:
Kara Marshall, Baylor College of Medicine
Carlos Ribeiro, Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown, Portugal
Asya Rolls, Technion, Israel

You are cordially invited to participate in a new Cold Spring Harbor meeting on Brain Body Physiology, which will be held at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. The meeting will begin on the evening of Tuesday, May 12 and will conclude with lunch on Saturday, May 16, 2026.

The specific goal of this meeting is to bring together researchers working at the cutting edge of the field of brain-body physiology to present and discuss their latest work. The meeting will include eight oral sessions with the majority of talks selected from openly submitted abstracts. Additional work will be presented in two poster sessions.


Topics:
  • Neuroimmune axis
  • Brain-gut axis
  • Neuroendocrine axis
  • Neuro-respiratory axis 
  • Neuro-metabolic crosstalk
  • Brain-organ-microbiome signaling
  • Neuro-oncologic crosstalk
  • Sex differences in brain-body axes 
  • Maternal/fetal development
  • Axis disruption in disease


Discussion Leaders:
TBA
 

Unpublished material must be submitted electronically by the abstract deadline. Selection of material for oral and poster presentations will be made by the organizers. The status (talk/poster) of abstracts will be posted on our website as soon as decisions have been made by the organizers.

Financial Aid: Please apply in writing via email to Jess Palma if you require financial support; preference will be given to those submitting abstracts.

Social Media: The designated hashtag for this meeting is #cshlnucleus. Note that you must obtain permission from an individual presenter before live-tweeting or discussing his/her talk, poster, or research results on social media. Click the Policies tab above to see our full Confidentiality & Reporting Policy.

This conference may be supported in part by: TBA

Pricing:

In-Person Fees
Academic/Media Private Room/Private Bath Package: $TBA (Subject to Availability)
Academic/Media Private Room/Shared Bath Package: $TBA
Academic Shared Room Package: $TBA
Academic/Media No-Housing Package: $TBA
Student Package*: $TBA
Student No-Housing Package: $TBA
Corporate Private Room/Private Bath Package: $TBA0
Corporate No-Housing Package: $TBA

*Student Housing is default double occupancy. Please enquire about availability and fees to upgrade to private room.

Room packages close 2 weeks before the meeting start date

Rules for Virtual Participation: Virtual participation will include access to the oral sessions via Zoom, access to the digital poster sessions and access to the Slack discussion channel, and the Leading Strand video archive.

Presenters: Individuals submitting abstracts and facing financial barriers should first request financial aid (see above). Permission to present your talk or poster virtually will be given only in exceptional circumstances and on a case-by-case basis. If you think you are eligible for an exemption from the requirement to present in person, please provide a justification in writing via email to  Jess Palma.

Non-presenting participants: We plan to broaden access to the conference by allowing certain categories of non-presenting participants to attend virtually at reduced fees. Categories include: 
1. Individuals from low & middle-income countries; 
2. Individuals from non-LMIC countries in Asia, Australasia, Africa or South America; 
3. Individuals from US & Canadian minority-serving institutions; 
4. Individuals with a demonstrable financial barrier; 
5. Individuals with family obligations or other special circumstances. 
For categories 4 & 5 above, please provide a justification via email to  Jess Palma

Virtual Fees:
Academic Virtual Package: $TBA
Grad Student Virtual Package: $TBA

Corporate Virtual Package: $TBA

Late Fee (Registrations submitted after 5:00 p.m. ET on May 7, 2026)

Late Academic Virtual Package: $TBA
Late Student Virtual Package: $TBA
Late Corporate Virtual Package: $TBA