ASMB 2025 e-Symposia - Join Us On-line!

Women’s health presents a multitude of biomedical challenges, including sex- and gender-specific conditions, alongside diseases and chronic disorders that affect women disproportionately. Emerging evidence demonstrates the important role of the extracellular matrix (ECM) in these conditions, from reproductive biology to disease pathogenesis, presenting exciting opportunities for innovation and improvement across the matrix biology community. The e-symposium will highlight current studies in women’s health and its intersection with the ECM, highlighting its role in tissue remodeling, fertility, cancer progression, and age-related disorders. By emphasizing matrix biology’s contribution to women’s health, this symposium aims to foster innovation and advance strategies that improve female health outcomes across the lifespan. The session will have a wide range of matrix scientists from all backgrounds, sex, and career stages.  Registration link coming soon.

Submit your abstract and present in this e-Symposium. Abstract submission deadline: FEBRUARY 14 at 11:30 am US Eastern.  To provide opportunities for emerging scientists, up to five presentations will be selected from an open call for abstracts. Trainees and scientists from historically marginalized groups are highly encouraged to submit abstracts. Note: To submit an abstract, you must be a member of ASMB or ISMB. However, the e-Symposium is open to everyone.

ASMB is accepting proposals for e-Symposia.  If you are interested in organizing a session, let us know.

E-symposium chair proposals should include the proposed topic title, a brief explanation of why your proposal would be of interest to the ASMB, the format for the event, and the names and affiliations of the discussion leaders and speakers. Further, please indicate what steps you will take to try and make your session as inclusive and diverse as possible. We will be happy to discuss your proposals with you. Potential chairs must be members of the ASMB. We encourage submissions from ASMB members at any career stage (including graduate students and post-docs) and welcome proposals from individuals or teams of two. More information can be found in the Call for e-Symposia proposals below.