Instruct-ERIC is accepting proposals for the 7th Biennial Structural Biology Conference scheduled for 2026.

Instruct is a distributed European Research Infrastructure, which provides scientists with access to all major cutting edge technologies that enable biomacromolecular structure determination at atomic resolution. Access to all of these technologies has been available to European member researchers from February 2012. The inaugural Instruct Structural Biology Meeting at Heidelberg in 2013 successfully showcased integrative structural biology and its impact on biological research and biomedicine. Subsequent conferences were hosted in Heidelberg (2013), Florence (2015), Brno (2017), Alcalá de Henares (2019), Utrecht 2022 and the 6th Instruct Biennial Structural Biology Conference will take place in Cascais, Lisbon, Portugal 22 - 24 May, 2024, a coastal town on the Portuguese Riviera. Situated just a short journey from Lisbon, Cascais is a picturesque seaside venue, perfect for the knowledge sharing and networking of the Instruct-ERIC Biennial in connection. Cascais is within easy reach of Lisbon airport with diret trains. The social programme of the meeting will include a gala dinner and extensive opportunity to network with the Instruct Structural Biology community. The host Centre for the 7th Biennial conference should plan for a similar standard and scale.

Call Submission Guidelines

Bids should include: 
- a description of the proposed venue (suitable for up to 250 participants) 
- resources (rooms and support) for speaker sessions, posters, breakout sessions and administration meetings. 
- Facilities for catering and accommodation, local travel between airport/train stations, venue, accommodation if applicable. 
- an estimate of major costs and possibility of sponsorship 
- any highlights that may be included (tours of facilities, gala dinner). 

Bids will be received online until 26 January 2024. 

The successful bidder will be announced at the 6th Biennial Conference in Cascais, Lisbon, Portugual.