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¹û¶³´«Ã½ National Lectures

¹û¶³´«Ã½ supports plenary lectures (usually up to five per year) to enhance the scientific meetings of its Constituent Societies, through ¹û¶³´«Ã½ National Lecture awards. Established to commemorate the 40th anniversary of ¹û¶³´«Ã½, these enable a distinguished scientist with a significant international reputation for fundamental contributions to the fields of biochemistry and molecular biology who is working in a different ¹û¶³´«Ã½ country to the one hosting the event to present a lecture at the meeting, by supporting the speaker’s travel costs. For further details, see the ¹û¶³´«Ã½ National Lectures guidelines. Applications for National Lectures to take place in 2026 and 2027 are open.

2027 ¹û¶³´«Ã½ National Lectures

• Life Sciences Switzerland (LS²) Annual Meeting 2027, Lausanne, Switzerland, 10–11 February 2027
  Lecturer: Georg E. Winter (Vienna, Austria)
• 78th Mosbach Colloquium (German Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology), Mosbach, Germany, 17–20 March 2027
  Lecturer: Serena Nik-Zainal (Cambridge, UK)
• 49th Congress of the Spanish Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (SEBBM), Murcia, Spain, 7–10 September 2027
  Lecturer: Reinhard Jahn (Göttingen, Germany)

2026 ¹û¶³´«Ã½ National Lectures

• GBM Compact 2026: Focus on RNA Structure and Dynamics, a meeting of the German Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (GBM), Frankfurt, Germany, 17–18 September 2026
  Lecturer: Martin Blackledge (Grenoble, France)
• 48th Congress of the Spanish Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (SEBBM), Tarragona, Spain, 7–10 September 2026
  Lecturer: Henrik Oster (Lübeck, Germany)
• Biochemistry Without Borders 2026: Annual Meeting of the Hungarian Biochemical Society, Debrecen, Hungary, 26–28 August 2026
  Lecturer: Michele Vendruscolo (Cambridge, UK)
• Norwegian Bioscience Society (NBS) Contact Meeting, Gol, Norway, 21–24 January 2026
  Lecturer: Karin Lindkvist (Lund, Sweden)

2025 ¹û¶³´«Ã½ National Lectures

• Norwegian Bioscience Society (NBS) Contact Meeting, Røros, Norway, 23–26 January 2025
  Lecturer: Dagmar Wachten (Bonn, Germany)
• Hungarian Molecular Life Sciences 2025 (MBKE), Eger, Hungary, 28–30 March 2025
  Lecturer: Bernard Perbal (Nice, France)
• 47th Congress of the Spanish Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (SEBBM), Cáceres, Spain, 2–5 September 2025
  Lecturer: Paola Pizzo (Padova, Italy)
• Polish Biochemical Society (PTBioch) BIO2025 Congress, Poznan, Poland, 17–19 September 2025
  Lecturer: Nikolaus Rajewsky (Berlin, Germany)

¹û¶³´«Ã½3+ Meetings

The ¹û¶³´«Ã½3+ Meetings programme was established by ¹û¶³´«Ã½ to support scientific meetings equivalent to an annual national scientific meeting of a Constituent Society but organized through collaboration of at least three ¹û¶³´«Ã½ Constituent Societies. The aim of the programme is to increase international collaboration between molecular life scientists in a subset of countries within the ¹û¶³´«Ã½ area, such as those in a particular region or linked in other ways, while also encouraging sharing of Society expertise and efforts.  These events (a maximum of two per year) should be scientific meetings with symposia and colloquia corresponding to the format of an annual national scientific meeting of a Constituent Society.

The support is €20,000, with €10,000 awarded to the host Society for general organization purposes to cover lecturers’ travel expenses, accommodation, congress venue renting and so on, and a second €10,000 awarded for a 3+ travel award scheme to attract young scientists living outside the host country who are members of the two (or more) collaborating Societies.

For further details, see the ¹û¶³´«Ã½3+ Meetings guidelines.  Applications for meetings taking place in 2027 are welcome before the deadline of 30 September 2026.

2026 ¹û¶³´«Ã½3+ Meeting

• ; Austrian Association of Molecular Life Sciences and Biotechnology ÖGMBT (organizer and host), with CSBMB (Czech Republic) and SBS (Slovenia) Societies; 15–17 September 2026; Vienna, Austria

2025 ¹û¶³´«Ã½3+ Meetings

• ‘; Lithuanian Biochemical Society LBS (organizer and host), with EBS (Estonia) and LaBS (Latvia) Societies; 23–25 April 2025; Vilnius, Lithuania
• ‘ XXVIII Congress; Czech Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology ÄŒSBMB (organizer and host), with SSBMB (Slovakia), PT Bioch (Poland) and GBM (Germany) Societies; 7–10 September 2025; Prague, Czech Republic
• Ìý‘‘; Serbian Biochemical Society SBS (organizer and host), with HDBMB (Croatia), MBKE (Hungary), SBD (Slovenia) and ABMBBIH (Bosnia and Herzegovina) Societies; 24–27 September 2025; Belgrade, Serbia

¹û¶³´«Ã½ Open Bio poster prizes at society meetings

The journal  would like to offer all ¹û¶³´«Ã½ Constituent Societies the opportunity to award a 200€ poster prize at their respective national meetings. Please contact the journal directly at [email protected] if you would be interested in presenting a ¹û¶³´«Ã½ Open Bio poster prize at an upcoming meeting.

¹û¶³´«Ã½-SUPPORTED Education EVENTS

¹û¶³´«Ã½ supports its Constituent Societies’ education and training activities in the molecular life sciences at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Examples include the ¹û¶³´«Ã½ Education and Training Supported Society Events, with ¹û¶³´«Ã½ sponsorship of education events organized by members of ¹û¶³´«Ã½ Constituent Societies, and the ¹û¶³´«Ã½ Education and Training Joint Workshops co-organized between ¹û¶³´«Ã½ and its Constituent Societies. For more details on these and other ¹û¶³´«Ã½ Education and Training events and activities, visit the Education/Training page.

¹û¶³´«Ã½-SUPPORTED Science and Society Events/Activities

¹û¶³´«Ã½ supports its Constituent Societies in organizing activities that increase public understanding of molecular life sciences and strengthen engagement between science and society. Through the ¹û¶³´«Ã½ Supported Science and Society Events scheme, Constituent Societies can apply for funding to develop a wide range of outreach and educational activities, from public lectures, workshops and science cafés to activities for schools, science communication initiatives and innovative online formats. Funding of up to €2,000 for in-person events and €750 for online activities is available. For more information on the scheme, current calls and application guidelines, visit the Science and Society webpage here.

¹û¶³´«Ã½ Patronage

¹û¶³´«Ã½ Patronage is offered to ¹û¶³´«Ã½ Constituent Societies’ own activities to help with their promotion to participants and with obtaining other sources of support. It is intended to recognize activities with a high scientific or other value in line with ¹û¶³´«Ã½â€™ charitable objectives. Applications for ¹û¶³´«Ã½ Patronage can be made where the Constituent Society’s event or activity may not be eligible for the other existing support initiatives offered by ¹û¶³´«Ã½. ¹û¶³´«Ã½ Patronage may be granted to a range of activities organized by ¹û¶³´«Ã½ Constituent Societies, including national and international scientific events. Patronage cannot be granted to individual persons, organizations themselves and permanent activities. A letter of application should be submitted with full details of the event or activity and for full further details, see the ¹û¶³´«Ã½ Patronage guidelines.