Early Career Researchers’ Symposium 2025

In conjunction with MBI-MPG Conference 2025

Monday, 8 September 2025

The ECR Symposium is an exciting opportunity for postgraduate students, doctoral & post-doctoral researchers, and early career scientists to share their work, explore and exchange new ideas, and receive feedback on their data in mechanobiology.

The symposium encourages an engaging, friendly, and interactive atmosphere where all attendees can actively participate in discussions instead of being passive observers. Participants will have time to connect with established researchers, experienced group leaders, and peers to learn about recent advances in the field, discuss potential collaborations and develop a supportive network that can last well beyond the event.

Programme
The ECR Symposium will run in four sessions:

Sessions IA and IB will be scientific presentations selected for abstract submissions from submitted abstracts towards the main conference programme. These sessions will consist of short talks and flash talks by ECRs.

Session II will be a panel discussion around two topics:

Overworked to overjoyed: Making time for what matters
Scientific publishing in the digital age: Challenges and opportunities

Session III will be a structured and interactive networking session with attending PIs in groups.

Registration
The deadline for registration is as mentioned for the main conference. Application cost of this event is already included in the main conference’s registration fees. However, please apply for this event early as seats at the symposium are limited. Applicants will be notified by the organizers if they are selected for presentations.

Who can attend
Anyone! Just check the box when you register for the main conference.

Venue
Building E7, Seminar Room 4 (E7-03-09), NUS

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