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Cell Modeling in Space and Time
June 22 - 25, 2026
Abstract Deadline: April 3, 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:

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 Confidentiality & Reporting Policy.

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