The 15th international symposium on proteomics in the life sciences

Aug. 17–21, 2025
Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, Mass.

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This five-day symposium will be an international forum for discussion of the remarkable advances in cell and human protein biology revealed by ever-more-innovative and powerful proteomics technologies.

Formerly known as the "International symposium on mass spectrometry in the health and life sciences," the meeting has been renamed to reflect the growing number of partial and non-mass spectrometry–based methods under discussion.

The symposium will juxtapose sessions about methodological advances with sessions about the roles those advances play in solving problems and seizing opportunities to understand the composition, dynamics and function of cellular machinery in numerous biological contexts. In addition to celebrating these successes, we also intend to articulate urgent, unmet needs and unsolved problems that will drive the field in the future.

In addition to talks by invited plenary and session speakers, short talks will be selected from submitted abstracts. See the program of our previous meeting.

Themes

• Sunday minisymposium — Biofluid proteomics: discovery to clinic 
• Emerging technologies: Sample preparation and automation
• Emerging technologies: Instrumentation and data generation
• Emerging technologies: Single cell and spatial proteomics
• Proteomics in structural biology and integration with other high resolution methods
• Interactomics: Understanding pathways, networks and molecular machines
• Chemical biology and chemoproteomics: Toward functional understanding of drugs and their targets
• Cell, organellar and tissue biology: Signaling, cross talk and communication
• Impact of clinical and translational proteomics in human health and treatment
• Multiomics integrative analysis and the emerging roles of machine learning and neural models

Important dates

Plenary speakers

Pedro Beltrao
Institute of Molecular Systems Biology, ETH Zurich

Alessio Ciulli
University of Dundee

Ileana Cristea
Princeton University

Connie Jimenez
VU University Medical Center

Shira Weingarten–Gabbay
Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard

Partial list of speakers

• Jenn Abelin, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
• Theodore Alexandrov, University of California, San Diego
• Katherine Donovan, Harvard Medical School
• Will Freed–Pastor, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
• Martin Frejno, MSAID GmbH
• Tiannan Guo, Westlake University
• Kallol Gupta, Yale University
• Nir Hacohen, Massachusetts General Hospital
• Albert Heck, Utrecht University
• Ruth Huttenhain, Stanford University
• Manuel Leonetti , Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Network
• Elizabeth Lightbody, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
• Kathryn Lilley, University of Cambridge
• Fan Liu, Leibniz-Forschungsinstitut for Molecular Pharmacology
• Tony Ly, University of Dundee
• Mike MacCoss, University of Washington
• Johannes Mueller–Reif, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry
• Thierry Nordmann, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry
• Francis O’Reilly, National Cancer Institute
• Jesper Olsen, Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research
• Kelly Ruggles, New York University
• Mikhail Savitski, European Molecular Biology Laboratory
• Birgit Schilling, Buck Institute
• Ludwig Sinn, Technical University of Berlin
• Olga Vitek, Northeastern University
• Georg Wallmann, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry
• Mike Yaffe, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Fengchao Yu, University of Michigan
• Yingming Zhao, University of Chicago

Abstracts

Abstracts will be reviewed and selected for short talks. Those not selected may be programmed as posters.

Submit abstract

Abstract submission guidelines

• Abstract title field allows 200 characters maximum.
• Abstract body field allows for 350 words maximum (not including authors and affiliations).
• Text may be typed or copied and pasted into the abstract title and body fields.

Presentation requirement

All speakers and poster presenters are required to present in person at the scheduled date and time of their sessions. Registration is required at the time of abstract submission. Abstract submission does not guarantee registration.

How to submit an abstract

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Registration

ASBMB members will receive a $50 discount on their registration fee which will be applied during checkout. Not a member? Join ASBMB and save!

NOTE: Registration is on a first come, first served basis and will remain open until capacity is reached. This may mean that the conference registration closes before the officially posted registration deadline. To secure your spot at the conference, we encourage you to register early.

What’s included

• All sessions, poster sessions and meeting materials for both the mini-symposium and the main symposium.
• Networking refreshment breaks.

Note: Lodging is not included in the registration rates.

Registration changes

Registration changes will be accepted as space allows until July 23, 2025, and can be made by contacting meetings@asbmb.org.

Cancellation policy

Cancellations received in writing on or before July 23, 2025, are subject to a $100 processing fee. No refunds will be issued for cancellations after July 23 due to final guarantee commitments. Email meetings@asbmb.org and attach a copy of your meeting registration receipt/paid invoice to cancel your registration.

Location

The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
415 Main Street
Cambridge, MA 02142

Airport

Boston Logan International Airport (BOS) – 5 miles

Parking at the Broad Institute

“The Yellow Parking Garage” can be reached by an unnamed access road off of Ames Street or Galileo Way (between Broadway and Main Street). Upon entering the garage, take a ticket from the machine.

Health & Safety

Mask-wearing and other health and safety measures will be determined based on local, state, and venue guidelines and will be communicated to attendees prior to the conference.

Visas

All individuals traveling from outside of the United States should apply for a visa as soon as possible and at least four to five months prior to their date of travel.

• The most up-to-date information about traveling to the U.S. can be found at the U.S. State Department website.
• Scientists visiting the U.S. may find helpful information at the National Academies of Sciences website.
• Find visa appointment wait times here.

Please do not wait until you receive your registration confirmation before applying for a visa. We encourage you to apply for your visa right away if you are considering attending to avoid delays and longer than anticipated wait times.

If you need a letter of invitation for your visa process, please email meetings@asbmb.org.

• Please include ‘LETTER OF INVITATION’ as the subject line of this email.
• Body of email must include:
  • Your name as it appears on your passport
  • Your affiliation and mailing address
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