Young European ME Research Group

📣 Call for abstracts for the YoungEMERG Symposium 2026! Share your work as a talk or poster, or present your research ideas in our early-stage session ✨ 🗓️ Submission deadline: 30 April 2026 📩 info@youngemerg.com #YoungEMERG #MECFS

📣 Another speaker announcement for the YoungEMERG Symposium 2026! We’re pleased to welcome Vicky Whittemore ✨ She’ll present “ME/CFS Research Landscape: Gaps and Opportunities.” #YoungEMERG #MECFS

📣 Another speaker announcement for the YoungEMERG Symposium 2026! We’re pleased to welcome Simon Carding ✨ He’ll present “DISCOVER-ME: An EU Horizon funded programme for improved diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment of ME/CFS.” #YoungEMERG #MECFS

📣 First speaker announcement for the YoungEMERG Symposium 2026! We’re excited to welcome Agostina Casamento-Moran ✨ She’ll speak on “Becoming a PI: navigating the journey to your own lab” and share insights from her path to leading a lab. #YoungEMERG #MECFS

📣 Don’t forget — registration for Young EMERG Symposium 2026 is open! We’ll be sharing some of our confirmed speakers this week 👀✨ 🔗 youngemerg.com/yemerg07reg.sh… #YoungEMERG #MECFS #MEResearch

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📣 YoungEMERG Symposium 2026 — registration now open! 📅 25–26 May 2026 | Hinxton Hall, Wellcome Genome Campus Register: youngemerg.com/yemerg07reg.sh… #YoungEMERG #MECFS

📢 The ME/CFS Alliance will host its 20th anniversary symposium “M.E. & Long COVID Research — STRONGER TOGETHER” 📅 4 Mar 2026 | 📍 Winchester Cathedral A one-day event bringing together experts to discuss the future of ME/CFS and Long COVID research. ℹ️ info@mecfsalliance.org.uk

📢 Upcoming IGNITE ME session Join us for a virtual discussion on “The 2026 Virtual Journal Club Plan for ME/CFS Early Career Researchers.” 🗓 Wednesday, 11 February ⏰ 4–5 pm GMT | 11 am–12 pm EST 💻 Zoom (message us for the link)

Just a reminder that the deadline for the ME/CFS Fellowship 2026 is fast approaching: 3 February 2026 at 2:00 pm (CET). ⏳ Less than three weeks to go! Find all details and apply via fundingportal.wwtf.at, or contact Benjamin Missbach directly at Benjamin.missbach@wwtf.at

✨ Welcome 2026 ✨ 2025 was a year of growth for Young EMERG — we welcomed two new Organising Committee members, held our annual Symposium in the UK, and launched the International ME Workshop Series in Vienna. We’re motivated and looking ahead to an active 2026!

💙 Thank you to our supporters of #YEVienna2025! A big thank-you to @Invest_in_ME , @MedUni_Wien , @teamstroeck , @Virax_Biolabs , and @Leonardo_Hotels Vienna for helping make this workshop possible. We’re truly grateful for your support! ✨

💙 Thank you from #YEVienna2025! Big thanks to all participants and speakers for an inspiring and friendly workshop — your contributions made it a great success. We wrapped up Day 2 with a visit to another Christmas market and some curling fun! 🎄❄️

🎉 Poster Awards at #YEVienna2025! Huge congratulations to our poster session winners: 🥇 Katharine Seton 🥈 Hanna Tabisz 🥉 Elisabeth Sievert All posters were evaluated by an independent jury — and the quality was fantastic across the board. Well done to everyone who presented

🎉 Travel Grant Awards at #YEVienna2025! Big congratulations to our travel grant recipients Jordan McGing and Aline Zamoro Martinez! ✨ Great to celebrate their work and support their participation in the workshop. Well done to both awardees! 💙

✨ Day 2 of #YEVienna2025! We had two inspiring keynotes today: 🔬 Dr Eva Untersmayer-Eisenhuber on the path from basic research to translation. 🏭 Dr Esra Güç from Virax Biolabs with an industry perspective on ME/CFS. A great mix of insights to close the day! 🚀

@neurostingl Thank you again for your time!

@YoungEmerg Thank you for the invitation!

✨ Day 1 of #YEVienna2025 is wrapped up! We heard great talks from Dr Sussane Meyer, Dr Michael Stingl and Dr Ana Weidenauer, had a fun ME/CFS-focused get-to-know session, and ended the day with an informal poster round. Ready for Day 2! 🚀

🧪 Lab rotation session at #YEVienna2025! With support from WWTF, PIs from Vienna-based research groups just presented their work — and now participants have the chance to talk to them directly about potential lab rotations and opportunities. Great energy in the room! ✨

📌 Poster session at #YEVienna2025 just finished! We saw so many great and diverse presentations covering different aspects of ME/CFS research. The quality was amazing — announcing the winner soon! 🎉

🎄 #YEVienna2025 evening fun! Yesterday we visited the famous Viennese Christmas market at the Town Hall with our participants. Great conversations, lots of laughter, and a beautiful holiday atmosphere — a perfect way to end Day 1! ✨