You are cordially invited to participate in the fourteenth meeting on Nuclear Organization and Function, which will be held at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. The meeting will begin on the evening of Tuesday, April 28, 2026, and will conclude with lunch on Saturday, May 2, 2026.
The specific goal of this meeting is to bring together cellular and molecular biologists to discuss recent advances in the spatial and temporal aspects of nuclear structure/function.
Topics:
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Epigenetics, Chromatin and Transcription
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Chromatin and Chromosome Folding Mechanisms
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From 4D Nucleome to RNA and DNA Metabolism
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Nuclear Locales: Structures, Bodies, Condensates
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Dynamics and Mechanics of Nuclear Processes
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Nuclear and Genome Organization Over Time
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Emerging Topics and Technologies
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Nuclear Structure and Dynamics in Health and Disease
Discussion Leaders:
Abigail Buchwalter, University of California, San Francisco
Xavier Darzacq, Universitry of California, Berkeley
Jan Ellenberg, SciLifeLab, Sweden
Eileen Furlong, European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Germany
Daniel Gerlich, IMBA, Vienna BioCenter, Austria
Yukiko Gotoh, University of Tokyo, Japan
Denes Hnisz, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Germany
Mira Kassouf, University of Oxford, UK
Daniel Larson, NIH/NCI
Jian Ma, Carnegie Mellon University
Marieke Oudelaar, Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Science, Germany
Danny Reinberg, University of Miami, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center
Maria-Elena Torres-Padilla, Institue of Epigenetics & Stem Cells, Germany
Wei Xie, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
Feng Yue, Northwestern University
Unpublished material must be submitted electronically by the abstract deadline.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 Val Pakaluk 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: $1945 (Subject to Availability)
Academic/Media Private Room/Shared Bath Package: $1820
Academic Shared Room Package: $1660
Academic/Media No-Housing Package: $1240
Student Package*: $1545
Student No-Housing Package: $1125
Corporate Private Room/Private Bath Package: $2485
Corporate No-Housing Package: $1780
*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 Val Pakaluk.
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
Val Pakaluk
Virtual Fees:
Academic Virtual Package: $370
Grad Student Virtual Package: $230
Corporate Virtual Package: $550
Late Fee (Registrations submitted after 5:00 p.m. ET on April 23, 2026)
Late Academic Virtual Package: $470
Late Student Virtual Package: $330
Late Corporate Virtual Package: $650