The I Joint Meeting CBM-CNB for Young Researchers Abroad will take place on Monday, 22 December 2025, at the Ramón Areces Auditorium (CBM, Madrid).
This meeting, aimed at postdoctoral researchers working abroad, will showcase young talent and provide a unique opportunity to establish connections, learn about the Spanish R&D ecosystem, and explore the CBM and CNB as possible centres for continuing your research career in Spain.
The 1st Joint CBM-CNB Young Bioscience Researchers: Experiences from Abroad will include:
- Oral presentations by young researchers
- Networking sessions with CBM and CNB scientists
- A roundtable on return opportunities in Spain
We’re looking forward to welcoming you at the CBM!
Programme
Available on 15 December
How to participate
Abstract submission
Send the following information to the person responsible for the corresponding area (see list below) before 8 December 2025:
- Full name
- Contact email
- Name of the principal investigator
- Institution and country where you currently work
- Title and abstract of your talk
- If you would like to meet with CBM or CNB researchers during the conference, please provide us with up to three names so that we can facilitate meetings during the networking sessions.
Subject areas and contacts
- Macromolecular structure – Esther Ortega (eortega@cnb.csic.es)
- Microbiology and virology – Damián Lobato (damian.lobato@cnb.csic.es) and Manuel Pazos (mpazos@cbm.csic.es)
- Plant molecular biology – Jorge Vicente (jvicente@cnb.csic.es)
- Cellular and molecular biology and genome regulation – Carlos Perea (carlos.perea@cbm.csic.es) and Urtzi Garaigorta (ugaraigorta@cnb.csic.es).
- Immunology, Oncology and Metabolism – Rubén García Martín (ruben.garcia@cnb.csic.es) and Natalia Reglero (nreglero@cbm.csic.es)
- Systems Biology and Artificial Intelligence – Esteban Martínez (emartinez@cnb.csic.es) and David Ruano (druano@cbm.csic.es)
- Neurobiology and Development – Carolina Villarroya (cvillarroya@cbm.csic.es)
