Cell Modeling in Space and Time 2026

Cell Modeling in Space and Time

June 22 - 25, 2026

Abstract Deadline: April 10, 2026

Organizers:

Meghan Driscoll, University of Minnesota

Alan Lowe, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative

Susanne Rafelski, Allen Institute for Cell Science

Assaf Zaritsky, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel

We are pleased to announce a new Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory meeting on Cell Modeling in Space and Time. The meeting will begin on the evening of Monday June 22, and end after lunch on Thursday June 25, 2026. This meeting inherits the mantle of quantitative approaches to cell dynamics from the long running CSHL meeting series on Cell Dynamics & Models held in odd years (2007-2021).

The specific goal of the meeting is to foster creative and fruitful interactions between experimental cell biologists, computational cell biologists and mathematical modelers who have common interests in understanding cellular processes. The meeting will emphasize the interplay between experiment, bioimage analysis, data-driven and mathematical models and computer simulations to quantitatively represent dynamic, multi-scale, multimodal, and/or high-content imaging data, develop testable hypotheses and to gain deeper insights into systems level design principles that govern cellular organization and dynamics in health and disease.

(Tentative) Topics:

Quantifying and Modeling Cell Organization and Dynamics
Quantifying and Modeling Tissue Organization and Dynamics
Multiscale and Multimodal Analysis and Modeling
Integrating Theory and Data-Driven Science
Bioimage Analysis
Automating Biology and Computational Microscopy
New Advances in Machine Learning for Microscopy

Speakers:

Gaudenz Danuser, Roche Institute of Human Biology, Switzerland

Kevin Dean, UT Southwestern Medical Center
Margaret Gardel, University of Chicago

Florian Jug, Fondazione Human Technopole, Italy

Smita Krishnaswamy, Yale University

Romain Levayer, Institut Pasteur, France

Prisca Liberali, ETH Zurich, Switzerland

Emma Lundberg, SciLifeLab, Sweden

Maddy Parsons, Kings College London, UK

Loic Royer, Chan Zuckerberg Biohub, San Francisco

Guillaume Salbreux, University of Geneva, Switzerland

Andela Saric, Institute of Science & Technology, Austria

Timm Schroeder, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Switzerland

Herve Turlier, College de France, CNRS UMR 7241, INSERM, France

Vincenzo Vitelli, University of Chicago

Unpublished material and must be submitted electronically by the abstract deadline.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

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

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This conference is supported in part by funds provided by:

Pricing:

In-Person Fees
Academic/Media Private Room/Private Bath Package: $1550 (Subject to availability.)
Academic/Media Private Room/Shared Bath Package: $1460
Academic Shared Room Package: $1340
Academic/Media No-Housing Package: $1020
Student Package*: $1230
Student No-Housing Package: $910
Corporate Private Room/Private Bath Package: $1990
Corporate No-Housing Package: $1470

*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

Virtual Participation: Includes access to theoral sessions via Zoom, the digital poster gallery, the Slack discussionworkspace, and the Leading Strand video archive. If you aresubmitting an abstract for an oral or poster presentation, please plan toattend the meeting in-person.

Virtual Fees:

Academic Virtual Package: $325

Grad Student Virtual Package: $190

Corporate Virtual Package: $475

Late Fee (Registrations submitted after 5:00 p.m. ET on June 16, 2026)

Late Academic Virtual Package: $425
Late Student Virtual Package: $290
Late Corporate Virtual Package: $575