Bottanelli, F;
Spang, A;
Stefan, C;
Ungermann, C;
(2021)
Meeting report - An online gathering about the latest on Molecular Membrane Biology.
Journal of Biological Chemistry
, Article 101237. 10.1016/j.jbc.2021.101237.
(In press).
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Abstract
Gordon Research Conferences (GRC) are among the meetings that are particularly important as they are rather small and foster scientific exchange. Many established researchers participate and meet for a week, often in some remote location. The 2021 molecular membrane biology Gordon conference, usually held at Proctor Academy (New Hampshire, USA) was one of the many meetings affected when the SARS-CoV2 pandemic resulted in an immediate shut down of all public life and world travel. Scientists and scientific organizations reacted immediately and discovered the advantages of online meetings. Several members of the membrane biology community felt that a complete halt of scientific conferences would particularly harm young investigators in their career path as they would not get the chance to present their data in front of the scientific community. As a result, we decided to take the initiative and try to find a format for an online meeting in 2021. Before starting, we sent around a survey to ask for interest, and received overwhelming enthusiasm and support – a testament to the vitality of the membrane trafficking community. We agreed on a format that would mimic somehow the in-person meeting: poster sessions, followed by a dense set of talks with sufficient time for discussion, a meet-the-speaker slot, then another set of talks and eventually another poster session or meeting time. Talks were presented mostly by early career researchers, postdocs or assistant professors. To foster discussion and presentation of unpublished data, talks were live and not recorded. Gather.town was used as a platform for poster sessions and social interactions. Very importantly, the meeting was completely free as funding was secured via four journals (Journal of Cell Biology, Journal of Cell Science, FEBS Journal and Traffic Journal) and three German DFG-funded research consortia (SFB 944, 958 and TR 186), which covered the user fees for all participants.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Meeting report - An online gathering about the latest on Molecular Membrane Biology. |
| Location: | United States |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jbc.2021.101237 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbc.2021.101237 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript, available under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > Lab for Molecular Cell Bio MRC-UCL |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10135827 |
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