Cilia & Centrosomes

Suzhou, China

November 17-21, 2025

Abstract deadline: September 12, 2025

 

Organized by:

Jingyan Fu, China Agricultural University

Gert Jansen, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam

Masahide Kikkawa, The University of Tokyo

Karen Oegema, University of California, San Diego

Junmin Pan, Tsinghua University

Jeremy Reiter, University of California, San Francisco


We are pleased to announce the Cold Spring Harbor Asia conference on Cilia & Centrosomes which will be held in Suzhou, China, located approximately 60 miles west of Shanghai. The conference will begin at 7:00pm on the evening of Monday November 17, and will conclude after lunch on Friday November 21, 2025.


The conference will include eight oral sessions and one poster session covering the latest findings across many topics in Cilia and Centrosomes. Many talks will be selected from the openly submitted abstracts on the basis of scientific merit and relevance. Social events throughout the conference provide ample opportunity for informal interactions.


Major Topics:

1. Cilium & centrosome structure

2. Cilia & centrosomes in development

3. Cilia & centrosomes in motility

4. Cilia & centrosome in diseases

5. Sensory and signalling functions of cilia & centrosomes

6. Cilium & centrosome biogenesis


Keynote Speakers:

Anna Akhmanova, Utrecht University

Xueliang Zhu, Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, CAS


Invited Speakers:

Oliver Blacque, University College Dublin

Jingyan Fu, China Agricultural University

Miao Gui, Zhejiang University

Virginie Hamel, University of Geneva

Mu He, The University of Hong Kong

Kaiyao Huang, Institute of Hydrobiology, CAS

Gert Jansen, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam

Masahide Kikkawa, The University of Tokyo

Daiju Kitagawa, National Institute of Genetics

Hyuk Wan Ko, Yonsei University

Xin Liang, Tsinghua University

Yu-Chu Lin, National Tsinghua University

Jadranka Loncarek, NIH/NCI

Moe Mahjoub, Washington University

Saikat Mukhopadhyay, UT Southwestern

Kazuhiro Nakamura, Nagoya University

Karen Oegema, University of California, San Diego

Junmin Pan, Tsinghua University

Jeremy Reiter, University of California, San Francisco

Elle Roberson, University of Colorado

Swapnil Shinde, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

Shiaulou Yuan, Harvard Medical School

Chengtian Zhao, Ocean University of China


We encourage abstracts to contain new and unpublished materials. The abstracts must be submitted electronically by the abstract deadline. Selection of material for oral and poster presentation will be made by the organizers. Status (fellow's talk/poster) of abstracts will be posted on our web site as soon as decisions have been made by the organizers. 

Fellowship: 
We are eager to have as many young people as possible attend since they are likely to benefit most from this meeting. A certain number of presentations by graduate students and postdocs in this conference will be selected as fellowship (USD $100-$500) awards. For more details, please visit  
Stipends


We look forward to seeing you at Suzhou in November, 2024.