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The PARP Family and ADP-ribosylation
March 25 - 28, 2026
Abstract Deadline: January 30, 2026

Organizers:

Michael Cohen, Oregon Health and Science University
Lari Lehtiö, University of Oulu, Finland
Yonghao Yu, Columbia University
Shan Zha, Columbia University (in absentia) 

We are pleased to announce the seventh Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory meeting on The PARP Family & ADP-ribosylation. The meeting will begin on the evening of Wednesday March 25th, and end after lunch on Saturday March 28, 2026. This meeting will bring together researchers from disparate areas with a common interest in PARPs and poly(ADP-ribosyl)ation.

Topics:
  • Therapeutic targeting of PARPs and beyond in cancer 
  • PARPs and ADP-ribose hydrolases in human disease 
  • PARPs in DNA repair, genome stability, and stress
  • Targets and sites of ADP-ribosylation 
  • Chemical and structural biology of PARPs and ADP-ribosylation
  • Functions of PARPs and ADP-ribosylation in the immune response  
Keynote Speakers:

Ivan Ahel, University of Oxford, England (The EMBO Keynote Lecture)

Trey Ideker, UC San Diego 


Speakers:

Sharon Cantor, UMass Chan Medical School

Junjie Chen, MD Anderson

Françoise Dantzer, Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS), France

Karla Feijs, RWTH Aachen University, Germany 

James Fraser, University of California, San Francisco

Giovanna Grimaldi, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Italy

Katharina Hofer, Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Germany 

Adam Hurlstone, University of Manchester, England 

Anthony Leung, Johns Hopkins University 

John Pascal, University of Montreal, Canada

Gerbrand J. van der Heden van Noort, Leiden University, Netherlands

Mike White, Ideaya Biosciences 

Unpublished material and must be submitted electronically by the abstract deadline.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 Jessica Palma if you require financial support.

Social Media: The designated hashtag for this meeting is #cshlPARP. 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 funds provided by the National Cancer Institute

Keynote Lecture supported by:

IDT


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: $910A
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 the oral sessions via Zoom, the digital poster gallery, the Slack discussion workspace, and the Leading Strand video archive.  If you are submitting an abstract for an oral or poster presentation, please plan to attend 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 March 19, 2026)

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