Coordinating Growth COS Symposium 2026

From Physiology to Development and Evolution

The Centre for Organismal Studies (COS) at Heidelberg University is hosting its biennial symposium ‘Life in Context – organismal sensing and adaptation in the natural environment’. The COS welcomes all interested to attend the symposium in Heidelberg on 14^th-15^th of September 2026. 

Registration

Free Registration

Contribution

Master, PhD and postdoctoral researchers are encouraged to submit an abstract to present their research. Poster presentations will be selected by their scientific excellence.

ABSTRACT GUIDELINES
Submissions should include a list of authors and their institutes. Abstracts should contain a brief description of background, experimental question, methods and/or 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.
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.

• Lauren Saunders
• Jan Lohmann
• Angelika Wunderlich
• Kevin Urbansky
• Yen-Hsi Beyer

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