Andrea Pauli, The Research Institute of Molecular Pathology, Austria
Jennifer Pinello, University of Wyoming
Douglas Millay, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
We are pleased to announce the second Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory meeting on Cell and Membrane Fusion. The meeting will begin on the evening of Wednesday, November 11, and end after lunch on Saturday, November 14, 2026. This meeting will bring together researchers from disparate areas with a common interest in fundamental processes in cell-cell, virus-cell, and membrane fusion.
Topics:
- Mechanisms of Membrane Fusion
- Structural Biology of Fusogens
- Membrane Remodeling
- Fertilization
- Fusion in Differentiation
- Fusion in Wound Repair
- Polyploidization
- Neuronal Fusion
- Viral Fusion
- Bacterial Fusion
- Archael Fusion
- Plant and Fungal Cell Fusion
- Nanotubes and Novel Mechanisms of Intracellular Membrane Fusion
- New Technologies for Studying Membrane Fusion
Keynote Speakers:
Reinhard Jahn, MPI Göttingen, Germany
Gia Voeltz, University of Colorado, Boulder
Speakers:
Pawel Burkhardt, Michael Sars Center, Norway
Petr Chlanda, Heidelberg University, Germany
Elizabeth Chen, University of Texas Southwestern
Jenny Hinshaw, National Institutes of Health
Mark Johnson, Brown University
Ilya Leventhal, University of Virginia School of Medicine
Andre Nadler, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Germany
Michael Nash, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Wai-Hong Tham, The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Australia
Christel Vérollet, Toulouse University, France
Huanghe Yang, Duke University
Unpublished material and must be submitted electronically by the abstract deadline.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 Kelly McGrath if you require financial support.
Social Media: The designated hashtag for this meeting is #cshlfusion. 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 may be supported in part with funds provided by the National Institute of Arthritis and Muscoskeletal and Skin Diseases of the National Institutes of Health.
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: $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 November 5, 2026):
Late Academic Virtual Package: $425
Late Student Virtual Package: $290
Late Corporate Virtual Package: $575