Speakers:
Kevin Dean, UT Southwestern Medical Center
Jan Ellenberg, SciLifeLab, Sweden
Margaret Gardel, University of Chicago
Florian Jug, Fondazione Human Technopole, Italy
Smita Krishnaswamy, Yale University
Romain Levayer, Institut Pasteur, France
Prisca Liberali, Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, Switzerland
Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz, HHMI/Janelia Research Campus
Emma Lundberg, SciLifeLab, Sweden
Alex Mogilner, New York University, Courant Institute
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
Virginie Uhlmann, EMBL-EBI Wellcome Genome Campus, UK
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Unpublished material and must be submitted electronically by the abstract deadline.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.
Social Media: The designated hashtag for this meeting is #cshlCOMP. 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
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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: $1460
*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 firstly 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: $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