Life Science Conference Disruptions Due to Coronavirus

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Follow all of our coverage of COVID-19, including disruptions to academia and research.Conference organizerMeetingDates and locationChangesAmerican Academy of NeurologyAAN Annual MeetingApril 25-May 1, Toronto, CanadaCanceledAmerican Association for Cancer ResearchAACR Annual Meeting 2020April 24–29, San Diego, USAPostponedAmerican Association for Cancer ResearchAdvances in Prostate Cancer ResearchMarch 12–15, Denver, USAPostponedAmerican Association for Dental Research and International Association for Dental Research2020 IADR/AADR/CADR General SessionMarch 18–21, Washington, DC, USACanceledAmerican Association of ImmunologistsIMMUNOLOGY2020May 8–12, in Honolulu, USACanceledAmerican Chemical Society (ACS)ACS National Meeting & ExpoMarch 22–26, Philadelphia, USACanceledAmerican College of CardiologyACC.20/WCCMarch 28–30, Chicago, USACanceledAmerican College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG)2020 ACMG Clinical GeneticsMarch 17–21, San Antonio, USACanceledAmerican Geophysical Union (AGU)JpGU – AGU Joint MeetingJuly 12-16, formerly Chiba, Japan, now onlinePostponed from May to July and will be held onlineAmerican Geophysical Union (AGU)Fall MeetingDecember 7–11, San Francisco, USANo changes announcedAmerican Society for Cell BiologyCell Bio 2020December 5–9, Philadelphia, USANo changesAmerican Society for Microbiology (ASM)ASM Microbe 2020June 18–22, Chicago, USACanceledAmerican Society of Human Genetics (ASHG)Annual meetingOctober 27–31, San Diego, USANo changes announcedAssociation for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO)ARVO 2020May 1–7, Baltimore, USACanceledBritish Society of Developmental Biology and the Genetics SocietyBSDB/Gensoc 2020March 15–18, Coventry, UKCanceledCambridge Healthtech InstituteBio-IT WorldRescheduled for October 6–8, Boston, USARescheduledCambridge Healthtech InstituteBioprocessing Summit EuropeJuly 21–23, Barcelona, SpanRescheduled for JulyCell SymposiaMyeloid Cells: From Development to Function and DysfunctionJune 3–5, Shanghai, ChinaPostponed (more information coming soon)Cell SymposiaThe Conceptual Power of Single-Cell BiologyApril 19–21, San Francisco, USAPostponed (more information coming soon)Cell SymposiaInfection Biology in the Age of the MicrobiomeMay 18–20, Paris, FrancePostponed (more information coming soon)Cell SymposiaVariousVariousAll other Cell Symposia are proceeding as planned.Cognitive Neuroscience SocietyCNS 2020May 2–5, now virtualThe in-person meeting was canceled and a virtual meeting is scheduled instead.Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL)Cell & Developmental Biology of Xenopus:Gene Discovery & DiseaseMarch 25–April 7, Cold Spring Harbor, New York, USACanceled. Will be rescheduled for 2021.Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL)Cryo-Electron MicroscopyMarch 9–22, Cold Spring Harbor, New York, USACanceled. Will be rescheduled for 2021.Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL)Expression, Purification & Analysisof Proteins and Protein ComplexesMarch 25–April 6, Cold Spring Harbor, New York, USACanceled. Will be rescheduled for 2021.Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL)Systems Biology: Global Regulation of Gene ExpressionMarch 11–14, Cold Spring Harbor, New York, USAThe in-person meeting is canceled, and a virtual meeting will occur instead.Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL)Neuronal CircuitsMarch 18–21, Cold Spring Harbor, New York, USAThe in-person meeting is canceled, and a virtual meeting will occur instead.Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL)Quantitative Imaging: From Acquisition to AnalysisMarch 24–April 7, Cold Spring Harbor, New York, USACanceled. Will be rescheduled for 2021.Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL)VariousVariousAll other CSHL meetings are currently proceeding as scheduled.Composite and Nanocomposite Advanced Manufacturing-Biomaterials CenterFirst International Conference on Microbial PolymersPostponed until June 2021, Rapid City, South Dakota, USAPostponedCore Technologies for Life SciencesCTLS2021 (formerly CTLS2020)Rescheduled for September 14–16, Lisbon, PortugalPostponedDigestive Diseases WeekDDW 2020May 2–5, Chicago, USACanceledEcological Society of America (ESA)Annual meetingAugust 2–7, Salt Lake City, USANo changes announcedEcological Society of America (ESA)Pushing Past Barriers - Ecological Science for AllOctober 22–24, Estes Park, USANo changes announcedEMBO/EMBL SymposiaVariousVariousAll conferences and courses scheduled to start before mid-April have been canceled. For events scheduled to start after that, remote participation or streaming services will be made available where possible for people who cannot attend. Further information here.Endocrine SocietyENDO 2020March 28–31, San Francisco, USACanceledEuropean Society of Anaesthesiology (ESA)Euroanaesthesia 2020May 31-June 1, Barcelona, SpainPostponedEuropean Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID)European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID)April 18–21, Paris, FranceThe conference has moved online.Experimental Biology (EB)Experimental BiologyApril 4–7, San Diego, USAThe meeting is canceled and refunds are being offered. The next meeting is scheduled for May 2021. Further information here.Federation of American Societies For Experimental Biology (FASEB)Science Research Conferences 2020April-June, various locationsCanceledGenetics Society of AmericaTAGC 2020April 22–26, Maryland, USANo changes announcedGlobal Alzheimer’s Platform Foundation (GAP)GAP Foundation Innovation SummitMay 5, Washington, DC, USAPostponedGordon Research ConferencesVariousMarch-July, various locationsAll conferences have been canceled for the remainder of 2020.International Association for Vegetation ScienceIAVS Annual SymposiumJuly 20–24, Vladivostok, RussiaCanceledKeystone SymposiaVariousMarch-May, Italy, Germany, South Korea, Sweden, TaiwanMarch-April, Canada, USATwenty-one conferences have been canceled.Metabolomics SocietyMetabolomics 2020July 6–10, Shanghai, ChinaThe meeting is being rescheduled, likely to December 7–11.Microbiology SocietyAnnual Conference 2020March 31-April 3, Edinburgh, UKCanceledRECOMB24th International Conference on Research in Computational Molecular BiologyMay 10–13, Padova, ItalyPostponedSociety for Molecular Biology & EvolutionSMBE 2020June 28–July 2, Québec City, CanadaCanceledSociety of Toxicology2020 SOT Annual Meeting and ToxExpoMarch 15–19, Anaheim, California, USACanceledUniversity of Geneva (UNIGE) and the Geneva University Hospitals (HUG)Geneva Health ForumNow scheduled for November 16–18, Geneva, SwitzerlandPostponedUS Human Proteome Organization US HUPO 2020 Annual Conference March 8–11, Seattle, USACanceled

Conference organizer	Meeting	Dates and location	Changes
American Academy of Neurology	AAN Annual Meeting	April 25-May 1, Toronto, Canada	Canceled
American Association for Cancer Research	AACR Annual Meeting 2020	April 24–29, San Diego, USA	Postponed
American Association for Cancer Research	Advances in Prostate Cancer Research	March 12–15, Denver, USA	Postponed
American Association for Dental Research and International Association for Dental Research	2020 IADR/AADR/CADR General Session	March 18–21, Washington, DC, USA	Canceled
American Association of Immunologists	IMMUNOLOGY2020	May 8–12, in Honolulu, USA	Canceled
American Chemical Society (ACS)	ACS National Meeting & Expo	March 22–26, Philadelphia, USA	Canceled
American College of Cardiology	ACC.20/WCC	March 28–30, Chicago, USA	Canceled
American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG)...

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