Due to Coronavirus spreading in Belgium and Europe, VIB has made the difficult decision to cancel the Training on Liquid-Liquid Phase Separation. Possibly, the organizing committee will look for another date later this year or next year. We will keep you updated.

More info and recommendations can be found here.

The concept of liquid-liquid phase separation provides a rationale for the cellular organization of cytoplasmic and nuclear components into biomolecular condensates. These biomolecular condensates can serve as specialized regions for biochemical reactions, dynamically sequester components or act as organizational hubs for signaling networks. In recent years, the interests in how these biomolecular condensates are formed, how they are organized, and what their functional properties are has grown substantially, and has led to increasing evidence that dysregulation of liquid-liquid phase separation contributes to neurodegenerative diseases as well as cancer. To keep up to date with the latest developments and break-throughs in this field, we organize a VIB training day on ‘Liquid-Liquid Phase Separation’.