The seventh biannual workshop for young scientists working on themes of exocytosis and endocytosis was held on 5-7 April 2009. Speakers Plenary speakers Gero Miesenboeck, Oxford, UK Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz, Bethesda, MD, USA Additional speakers Jenny Greaves, Edinburgh, UK Arndt Pechstein, Berlin, Germany Jeff Barclay, Liverpool, UK Marina Mikhaylova, Magdeburg, Germany Heidi de Wit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Irit Gottfried, Tel Aviv, Israel Chris MacDonald, Glasgow, UK Angela McDonald, London, UK Nicolas Vitale, Strasbourg, France Sascha Mertens, Cambridge, UK Colin Rickman, Edinburgh, UK Patrik Verstreken, Leuven, Belgium Background Since 1997, the Centre has brought together young scientists from leading European and international laboratories working in different disciplines, all on the common theme of exocytosis and endocytosis. The workshops’ unique format is designed to be a forum for younger scientists, including PhD students, junior and senior postdoctoral researchers or lecturers and principal investigators at the very early stage in their careers. The workshop aims to stimulate an open exchange of ideas, as well as to establish potential future collaborations and networks between principal investigators and group leaders of the next generation. With this aspect in mind, the workshop is designed to be more interactive than most larger symposia, with a smaller group of participants discussing work that is either unpublished or in press. This article was published on 2022-10-17
