# Cell Bio 2026

- Dates: 12 December 2026 to 16 December 2026
- Location: San Diego Convention Center, San Diego, United States
- Organiser: American Society for Cell Biology
- Industry: Pharma & Life Sciences
- Expected attendance: 994

## About

Cell Bio 2026 is the joint meeting of ASCB and EMBO for the cell biology community to share science. The page says it takes place in San Diego and includes sessions such as scientific sessions and keynote lecturers.

## Official links

- [Official website](https://www.ascb.org/cellbio2026/)
- [Registration](https://www.ascb.org/cellbio2026/registration-2026/)
- [Agenda](https://www.ascb.org/cellbio2026/abstracts-2026/scientificsessions/)

## Topics

- Technology
- Medical
- Research
- Biotech
- Career
- Innovation
- Diversity
- Medicine
- Content
- Biotechnology
- SPAC
- Professional Development

## Speakers

- Elaine Fuchs, Rebecca C. Lancefield Professor Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
- Ramanujan Hegde, Programme Leader and Head of the Cell Biology Division, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology (LMB)
- Liqun Luo, Bill and Ann Swindell Endowed Chair, HHMI Investigator, Stanford University
- Elly Tanaka, Adjunct Investigator at the IMP and Scientific Director
- Shirin Bahmanyar, Yale University
- Sue Biggins, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
- Jez Carlton
- Elizabeth Chen, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
- Aaron DiAntonio, Washington University School of Medicine
- Ilya Levental, University of Virginia
- Binyam Mogessie, Yale University
- Leon Murphy, Casma Therapeutics
- Karen Oegema, University of California, San Diego
- Lena Pernas, UCLA and HHMI
- Karin Reinsch, Yale University School of Medicine
- Erik Sahai, The Francis Crick Institute
- Melina Schuh, Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences
- Elçin Ünal, UC Berkeley
- Valerie Weaver, University of California, San Francisco
- Karsten Weis, ETH Zurich

## Where to stay

- **The Sofia Hotel**: 50 m from the venue
- **The Bristol Hotel**: 130 m from the venue, 1055 First Avenue, San Diego, 92101
- **The Westin Gaslamp Quarter**: 190 m from the venue, 910 Broadway Circle, San Diego, 92101
  - [Hotel website](https://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/sanwi-the-westin-san-diego-gaslamp-quarter/)
  - Phone: +1-619-239-2200
- **The Westin San Diego**: 210 m from the venue
- **Panama-Senator Hotel**: 260 m from the venue
- **Hotel Republic San Diego, Autograph Collection**: 280 m from the venue, 421 West B Street, San Diego, 92101
  - [Hotel website](https://www.marriott.com/en-us/hotels/sanya-hotel-republic-san-diego-autograph-collection/overview/)
  - Phone: +1-619-398-3100
- **The US Grant, A Luxury Collection Hotel**: 300 m from the venue, 326 Broadway, San Diego, 92101
  - [Hotel website](https://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/sanlc-the-us-grant-a-luxury-collection-hotel-san-diego)
  - Phone: +1-619-232-3121
- **Plaza Hotel**: 370 m from the venue

## What people are saying

Official hashtag: #cellbio2026

- [Cell Bio 2026 - An ASCB|EMBO Meeting | ASCB](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_jnUmi5V5Q)
- [Cell Bio 2026 - An ASCB|EMBO Meeting | ASCB](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpfU5PH2S54)
- [Cell Bio 2026 - An ASCB|EMBO Meeting | ASCB](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHIkdLaG1Rw)

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Source: https://www.luminik.io/events/cell-bio-san-diego-66e3bbf896a2/