The Young Researchers in Life Sciences (YRLS) Federation has the pleasure to invite you to attend the international Young Researchers in Life Sciences Conference. The meeting will take place at Université Paris Diderot (Paris, France) from May 14-16, 2012.  The YRLS organizing team is comprised of the young researchers associations of Institut Curie (AdIC), Institut Pasteur (StaPa), Université Paris Diderot (DiDoc), Institute of Biology of the École Normale Supérieure (SPIBens) and the MD / PhD Programs Association (AMPS).

The conference includes all fields of the life sciences.

Apart from our three distinguished keynote speakers (Oliver Hobert, Tam Mignot, and Greg Velicer), all oral and poster presentations will be given by young researchers (Master/ PhD students and Postdocs).

Early registration and abstract submission deadline: March 25, 2012

Late registration deadline (attendance only): April 22, 2012

Discount rates are available for early registration and for StaPa members (for the discount code, please contact us at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it and provide the email address you're registred with at StaPa or, very easy, don't read this site as guest, but login, then you see the code directly!).

A number of travel grants are available to cover the costs of transportation for those coming from outside France.

Please visit our website http://www.yrls.fr/ for online registration, abstract submission and further information.

Hoping to see you there,

The YRLS 2012 organizing team