Planning your scientific training for next year? The first FEBS Advanced Courses for 2027 have now been approved, bringing together researchers from across the molecular life sciences for intensive learning, scientific exchange and collaboration.

From lipidomics and antimicrobial resistance to virology, transcription, mitochondria and the evolution of biological form, this first group includes nine courses taking place across Europe between April and September 2027, including workshops, lecture courses, a combined practical and lecture course, and several courses organized jointly with EMBO.

Below you can explore the first courses and save the dates. More information about each course, including programmes, speakers, registration and application details, will become available over the coming months.

And this is only the beginning. More FEBS Advanced Courses for 2027 will be announced later this year, following Round 2 of the call for organizers.

Follow the FEBS Network and FEBS on LinkedIn as we introduce the courses individually and share opportunities to take part.

FEBS Advanced Courses for 2027

Time-resolved spectroscopy meets time-resolved crystallography: Advances and challenges

FEBS Workshop
📍 Castelldefels, Barcelona, Spain
📅 6 to 8 April 2027
Organized by Sofia M. Kapetanaki, MicroMAX, Lund University, Sweden
Read more about this course on the FEBS Network

Advanced lipidomics technologies to study lipid biology

FEBS Combined Practical/Lecture Course
📍 Dresden, Germany
📅 24 to 28 May 2027
Organized by Maria Fedorova, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus and Faculty of Medicine of TU Dresden, Germany
Read more about this course on the FEBS Network

Monitoring, management and combating antimicrobial resistance (AMR)

FEBS Advanced Lecture Course
📍 Seville, Spain
📅 31 May to 4 June 2027
Organized by Younes Smani, University of Pablo de Olavide, Spain

Transcription mechanisms across evolution

FEBS Workshop
📍 Sant Feliu de Guixols, Spain
📅 31 May to 4 June 2027
Organized by Julie Soutourina, Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell, CEA, CNRS, University Paris-Saclay, France

Sphingolipid biology: Architects of the cellular landscape

FEBS Special Meeting
📍 Peniche, Portugal
📅 6 to 11 June 2027
Organized by Liana C Silva, iMed. Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
Read more about this course on the FEBS Network

Physical virology: From form to function

Joint FEBS/EMBO Lecture Course
📍 Sant Feliu de Guixols, Spain
📅 13 to 18 June 2027
Organized by Christian Sieben, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Germany

Biological surfaces and interfaces: Applications, challenges, and opportunities across disciplines

Joint FEBS/EMBO Lecture Course
📍 Sant Feliu de Guixols, Spain
📅 20 to 25 June 2027
Organized by Simona Sennato, National Center for Research, Institute for Complex Systems, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy

Biological organization and the evolution of form

Joint FEBS/EMBO Lecture Course
📍 Venice, Italy
📅 23 to 27 August 2027
Organized by James DiFrisco, The Francis Crick Institute, United Kingdom

Mitochondria in life, death and disease

Joint FEBS/EMBO Lecture Course
📍 Landshut, Germany
📅 13 to 17 September 2027
Organized by Nina Bonekamp, Mannheim Center for Translational Neuroscience (MCTN), Germany

More to come

This is the first group of FEBS Advanced Courses confirmed for 2027. Further courses will be selected following Round 2 of the 2027 call, with a deadline of 1 September 2026 for prospective course organizers.

If you are considering attending a course, save the dates and stay connected. We will be sharing more about the science, speakers, locations and opportunities offered by individual courses on the FEBS Network and LinkedIn as details become available.

And if you know researchers who could benefit from one of these courses, share this announcement with your community.