Registration & Abstract Submission
5th International Pristionchus Meeting
Registration
There is no registration fee for the meeting, but, since we are expecting more participants than last time, we are no longer able to offer catering for free. As a contribution to lunch and dinner on both meeting days (including the conference dinner) as well as the coffee breaks and the refreshments during the poster session we will charge 50.-- Euro per person, to be paid at the reception desk upon arrival. Participants are expected to make and pay for their own travel and accommodation arrangements. We have reserved a number of rooms for special rates at our guest house and at the nearby Koncept hotel
Abstract Submission
Abstract submission opens on February 2, 2026 and closes on May 10, 2026.
Abstracts need to be submitted no later than May 10, 2026 midnight German time. Registration for participation without presentation remains open beyond this date. We plan to have 30-minute (20' talk pus 10' for discussion) and 20-minute (13' plus 7') slots for oral presentations. We plan to put much emphasis on poster presentations. The poster sessions will be allocated enough time and take place on the terrasse of the Max Planck Guest house (weather permitting). Further, every poster presenter will get 2 minutes to pitch his/her poster in an oral session preceding the respective poster session. You have the opportunity to indicate your preferred format for presentation. The Abstract reviewing committee will make the final decisions.
Abstracts should be uploaded as one PDF file containing title, authors, affiliations and the text. In the interest of a more or less uniform appearance of the abstracts in the booklet, that we are going to prepare, please format your abstract according to the example below.
- Font: Arial, size 10
- Title in bold
- Authors, with spelled out first names, presenting author underlined.
- Affiliation(s), without street address(es).
- Empty line
- Body of the abstract, not exceeding 200 words.
Example Abstract
C. elegans may also be a useful nematode - we must admit it
Ralf J. Sommer1, Hanh Witte1 and James W. Lightfoot2
1Department of Integrative Evolutionary Biology, Max Planck Institute for Biology Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany. 2Max Planck Institute for the Neurobiology of Behaviour - caesar, Bonn, Germany.
Some time ago it has come to our attention that, in some places, scientists tend to waste their time raising and studying a nematode they call "Caenorhabditis elegans". While, at first, we could not imagine that this organism could ever be of any benefit to us, over the last few years, we have come to appreciate the usefulness of this worm. First, C. elegans is easy to inject, such that, if you have a particularly unhandy new student, you can have him first develop his skills on C. elegans instead of wasting precious P. pacificus. Second, and more importantly, C. elegans makes for an excellent food source for Pristionchus spp. and other diplogastrids.
To register and submit your abstract click here!
Abstract submission closes on May 10, 2026. Registration for participation without presentation remains open beyond this date.