EPN Campus Grenoble, France, 26-27 June 2025
Overview
Registration deadline 9 June – Registration fee 190€ (Check Registration)
The Venue is the ESRF auditorium on the EPN Campus site
The 5th edition of the PSB biennial Symposium will be themed “Machine Learning in Cellular Structural Biology”, and the meeting aims to highlight recent developments at the intersection of computational and experimental approaches in structural biology and sub-cellular imaging. We seek to showcase the application of artificial intelligence and machine learning in fundamental molecular and cellular research and emphasize their use in translational and therapeutic contexts.
The Partnership for Structural Biology (PSB) is a collaboration between the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF), the Institut de Biologie Structurale (IBS), and the Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL). PSB member institutes are particularly interested in 3D structure determination of supra-macromolecular assemblies and subcellular structures, aiming to decipher the mechanisms of cellular processes. We have strong expertise in X-ray and neutron crystallography, scattering techniques, cryo-electron microscopy and tomography, X-ray imaging, NMR spectroscopy, and biophysics. The PSB provides access to advanced infrastructures and training for studying macromolecular and biological systems to both local and international users.
Contact organisers : psbsymposium2025@esrf.fr
Scientific Organising Committee
Florent Bernaudat (PSB)
Leandro Estrozi (IBS)
Frank Gabel (ILL)
Eva Kowalinski (EMBL)
SPONSORS
Confirmed Speakers
Click on the speakers name to access their website
Symposium Programme
To download the full programme, the list of abstracts and list of participants click here:
PSB Symposium 2025 ABSTRACT e-BOOK
Important Dates
Registration and abstract submission deadline: 9 June
PSB Symposium: 26 – 27 June 2025
Call for Abstracts
Call for abstracts for posters and short talks
All participants are strongly encouraged to present their research during the symposium.
Please use this TEMPLATE to submit your abstract
Save and submit your document under your family name to facilitate its further processing (e.g.: SMITH_Poster.doc)
Abstracts MUST BE REGISTERED using the appropriate section “Documents” of the electronic registration form.
You can register first, and add the abstract later until the deadline.
Selected abstracts will be invited to give a short talk (10mins + 5 minutes of questions) in the plenary sessions. (Please indicate on the registration form if your abstract should be considered for a short talk)
DEADLINE FOR ABSTRACT SUBMISSION: 25 May 2025
Poster session – Instructions
The Poster Session will take place in the evening of Thursday 26th June during the cocktail buffet.
Maximum recommended poster size: 110 cm height x 85 cm wide (or A0 poster format).
Velcro tabs to hang the posters will be provided by the organisers.
Please put up your poster on registration on Thursday 26th June and remove on Friday 27th June during the afternoon coffee break
Registration
Registration and payment
All participants have to register by filling in the ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION FORM: https://events.esrf.fr/misapps/workshops/login.do by 9 June 2025. (In order to connect you will also need to create an ESRF account on the “User Portal”, if you do not already have one)
Your registration will be final after payment of the registration fee.
The registration fee, 190 € (VAT included) will cover:
- the coffee breaks
- the poster session Wine & Cheese reception, on 26 June
- lunch at the EPN restaurant on site, on 27 June
- the conference dinner, on 27 June
If you wish to attend the conference dinner, please tick the appropriate box in the electronic registration.
The registration is FREE* for the EPN staff as well as for a limited number of staff from other Grenoble partner institutes (priority will be given to participants submitting an abstract).
EPN/Grenoble staff wishing to attend the symposium, but not the conference dinner, can use the following alternative link to register to the symposium: https://ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/runner/PSBsymposium2025
* the conference dinner is not included (fee 50 €). If you wish to attend the conference dinner, please register and pay the fee on: https://events.esrf.fr/misapps/workshops/login.do
Payment and Receipt
The payment is part of the electronic registration application and can be made by:
CREDIT CARD – Electronic Payment
Visa, CB and MasterCard are accepted for a SECURE ONLINE PAYMENT. Access to the electronic payment in the last page of your registration form.
BANK CHEQUE
- Cheques are payable in Euro (drawn on a French bank) and made payable to “ESRF”.
- If your laboratory or institute is making out the cheque, clearly identify the participant(s) it covers: please write down, in the “payment page” of the electronic registration form, the participants’ names who are covered by the payment: the names will be automatically transferred to your “Payment Form” to print out and to join to your cheque.
- Send the cheque with your “payment form”, issued by the registration application, to:
ESRF – D Davison
CS 40220
F-38043 GRENOBLE Cedex 9
BANK TRANSFER
Bank transfers should be made in Euro to the account indicated at the end of the electronic registration.
- The charges incurred must be all covered by the participants.
- Clearly identify all participants who are covered with the Bank Transfer:
In the “payment page” of the electronic registration form, please fill in the names of the participants who are covered by the payment: the names will be automatically transferred to your “Payment Form” for you to print out and join to the copy of your bank transfer.
IMPORTANT
- Payment must be transferred FREE OF CHARGE.
- INDICATE THE PARTICIPANTS’ NAME AND THE REFERENCE “PSB Symposium 2025” ON ALL PAYMENTS.
- Send your payment a copy of the bank transfer with your “Payment Form” issued by the registration application to:
ESRF – D Davison
CS 40220
F-38043 GRENOBLE Cedex 9 - Bring a copy with you to the meeting, as proof of payment.
RECEIPT
A receipt is issued once the payment has been registered. The original of this receipt will be given to the participant.
SUBMISSION OF AN INVOICE
Important: If payment is subject to the SUBMISSION OF AN INVOICE, please make sure your Institute sends us (address below) the ORDER, with the following information:
- Name of the paying Institute / Organization
- Address where the invoice should be sent to
- Name of participant(s) concerned
- Amount of registration fees (N.B.: all registration fees mentioned are VAT inclusive)
- Subject of the order
- VAT number
Meeting Administrative Organisation
ESRF – D Davison
CS 40220
71 avenue des Martyrs
38043 GRENOBLE Cedex 9, France.
Tel. +33 (0)4 38 88 21 09
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Venue, Accommodation, and Meals
Venue
The Venue is the ESRF auditorium on the EPN Campus site.
How to get to Grenoble and to the EPN
Accommodation
Hotels and apart-hotels
The ESRF has negotiated prices with conveniently located hotels and apart-hotels in the center of Grenoble, near bus and trams stops, or near the train station. List of hotels in Grenoble
Meals
Meals are taken at the ESRF/ILL common restaurant on site.
The conference dinner will be held on Friday 27th June.
Practical information
Access to the EPN campus
On arrival, please tell the site entrance staff that you are participating in the “PSB Symposium”.
The EPN Campus is a restricted area and you will be asked to produce proof of identification (e.g. passport, ID card) on arrival.
You will be given a Entrance Site Access Badge. Please wear this badge on site over the whole period of the event.
At the Symposium reception desk, you will also be given a badge which will allow you to have lunch at our restaurant on site.
Quick links with access details
Past PSB Symposia
For the list of speakers and the detailed programme of past PSB Symposia, please click on the pictures below.