The sentence "What I cannot create, I do not understand" attributed to physicist Richard Feynman, summarizes the spirit of the DivIDE conference, which wants to push the ambition of modern-day structural biology to the limit of what is currently possible.

The focus of this conference is the structural and functional understanding of the spindle. The microtubule cytoskeleton is essential for a wide variety of cellular functions, among which we can find chromosome segregation and cell division. These processes can be modulated by various strategies that can lead to human diseases including but not limited to cancer. In recent years, cell and molecular biology increasingly boost our knowledge of protein functions involved in spindle assembly and chromosome segregation. This further spikes an increasing interest and need for structural biology and mathematical modeling that can give us insights into the structural organization of the spindle.

The progressive shift towards these fields has created the need for a strong meeting that brings together researchers from different disciplines interested in the structural understanding of the spindle and microtubules. This role has been played by the DivIDE conference, which was initiated in 2018.

Following the tradition of our previous meetings, this conference will feature inspiring keynote lectures, opportunities for early-career researchers to present their research in short or flash talks selected from the submitted abstracts, poster session, and networking activities.

Thanks to the Boehringer Ingelheim Foundation we are able to fund the participation of three outstanding junior scientists! Please refer to the registration form for further information!