Microbiome
October 27 - 31, 2026
Abstract Deadline: August 7, 2026
Organizers:
Otto Cordero, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Julie Segre, NHGRI, NIH
Thaddeus Stappenbeck, Cleveland Clinic
Moran Yassour, Hebrew University, Israel
We are pleased to announce the fifth meeting on Microbiome, which will be held at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, New York. The meeting will begin at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, October 27, and will conclude with lunch on Saturday, October 31, 2026.
The proposed meeting will assemble the leaders in the field, together with junior faculty, postdoctoral fellows, and graduate students, to discuss new, cutting-edge developments in the study of all aspects of microbiome research.
Keynote Speaker:
Kenya Honda, Keio University School of Medicine, Japan
Topics:
- Human and Animal Model Studies of Health Outcomes
- Microbial Function, Host Immune and Inflammatory Responses
- Microbial Molecules and Interaction
- Microbes as Machines: Microbiome-targeted Medicines
- Microbial Communities including all the Kingdoms
- Pathogens and Antimicrobial Resistance of Bacteria and Fungi
- Using all the Data: Bioinformatic Analyses
- Microbial Ecology and Evolution
Confirmed Session Chairs:
Adam Arkin, University of California, Berkeley
David Burstein, Tel Aviv University, Israel
Andrew Goodman, Yale University School of Medicine
Lindsay Hall, University of Birmingham, UK
Kirsten Hofmockel, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Curtis Huttenhower, T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University
Iliyan Iliev, Weill Cornell Medicine
Hailing Jin, University of California, Riverside
William Ludington, Carnegie Science
Lisa Maier, University of Tubingen, Germany
Kathy McCoy, University of Calgary, Canada
Sara Mitri, Universite de Lausanne, Switzerland
Teresa O'Meara, University of Michigan Medical School
Noah Palm, Yale School of Medicine
June Round, University of Utah
Julie Segre, National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH
Till Strowig, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Germany
Pascale Vonaesch, Universite de Lausanne, Switzerland
Harris Wang, Columbia University
The format of the meeting will include eight oral sessions and two poster sessions. Each oral session will include invited speakers and speakers selected from submitted abstracts. For this reason, abstracts from accomplished junior and senior investigators are warmly invited. The organizers will select abstracts for oral or poster presentations. The status (talk/poster) of abstracts will be posted on our website as soon as decisions have been made. We have applied for funds from government and industry to partially support graduate students and postdocs.
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 #cshlmbiome. 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 is supported in part by funds provided by TBA
This meeting is sponsored by:
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 a private room.
NOTE: We cannot guarantee housing will be on campus
Room package reservations 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, 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 October 22, 2026):
Late Academic Virtual Package: $470
Late Student Virtual Package: $330
Late Corporate Virtual Package: $650