Wnt 2022

Registration includes:

• Workshop fee
• Lunch / Dinner / Banquet / Coffee Breaks
• Social activities

Please note that accommodation is not included in the registration fee.

Payment

Selected participants will be notified by e-mail and redirected to a website dedicated for the payment as well as the accommodation requests.

The accommodation booking is exclusively handled on-line from the above webpage organized by a designated travel agency and they will not contact you unless you complete the on-line registration. Any phone calls/e-mails you may receive regarding the accommodation booking about this meeting can thus be considered as a “phishing” scam, so please do not respond to them.

Selection criteria

• Scientific excellence of the participant
• Relevance to the theme and objectives of the workshop
• Balance of: gender, young/established investigators, Japan/outside Japan investigators.

Abstract guidelines

Abstracts should contain a brief description of background, the experimental question, methods and a summary of the main findings.

Abstracts should be submitted online as single-spaced text. The main body of the abstract should not exceed 350 words.

Please indicate if you would like to present a short talk.

Abstract submission is not mandatory but if registrations exceed the number of available spaces, preference will be given to applicants who have submitted an abstract.

Poster specifications

A0 size, vertical posters. Further details will be provided to accepted applicants by email.

Additional information

Notification of cancellation should be made in writing and sent to the conference organizers: wnt2022@protein.osaka-u.ac.jp

Cancellation after 15/10/2022: A refund of the registration fee will not be possible. Please note that EMBO and the organizers shall not be responsible for, and shall be exempt from any and all liability in respect of any damage, injury or accident of any person or for loss or damage to his or her luggage or any other property.

Cancellation before 15/10/2022: The registration fee will be refunded excluding 7000 JPY (~50€) administration fee.

Travel grants and registration fee waivers

A limited number of travel grants and registration fee waivers are available for participants.

Applicants do not need to apply separately for these but should indicate on the registration form if they wish to be considered.

Selection of awardees is handled directly by the organizers. More information is available on the EMBO Travel Grants page.

Special travel grants and registration fee waivers

A limited number of travel grants and registration fee waivers are available for scientists working in Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia and Turkey. Grants are allocated on the basis of the quality of the submitted abstract.

A maximum of 700 Euros per participant are available to cover registration fees, travel, and accommodation (no additional subsistence costs can be covered). To apply, please indicate the itemized amount requested in the travel grants section of the registration form.

Child care grant

EMBO Courses and Workshops offers grants to offset additional child care costs incurred by participants or speakers when participating at any EMBO Courses and Workshop funded meeting. Eligible costs include fees for a caregiver or child-care facility, travel costs for a caregiver, or travel costs for taking the child to the meeting etc. Please get in touch with Junichi Takagi (contact details below) and indicate that you would like to be considered for the grant. Please also describe how you intend to use the child care grant and specify the sum that you will need.