{"id":10467,"date":"2026-04-20T09:34:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T00:34:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.elsi.jp\/?post_type=news_events&#038;p=10467"},"modified":"2026-04-20T11:41:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T02:41:39","slug":"5th_iool26_elsi","status":"publish","type":"news_events","link":"https:\/\/www.elsi.jp\/en\/news_events\/events\/2026\/5th_iool26_elsi\/","title":{"rendered":"5th Interdisciplinary Origin of Life Meeting for Early Career Researchers (IOoL26) to be held at ELSI, Tokyo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10466\" src=\"https:\/\/www.elsi.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IOoL_2026_poster_s.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"392\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.elsi.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IOoL_2026_poster_s.png 700w, https:\/\/www.elsi.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IOoL_2026_poster_s-300x168.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The 5<sup>th<\/sup> Interdisciplinary Origin of Life Meeting for Early Career Researchers 2026 (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oolen.org\/news-and-events\/in-person-meetings\/iool2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IOoL26<\/a>) will take place from 9\u201311 September 2026, hosted by Earth-Life Science Institute, Institute of Science Tokyo, Japan.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nOrganised by the Origin of Life Early Career Network (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oolen.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">OoLEN<\/a>), the meeting will bring together early career researchers working across the diverse and interdisciplinary field of origins-of-life science.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nEarly career members of the community\u2014including master\u2019s and PhD students, postdoctoral researchers, and principal investigators within three years of starting their position\u2014are invited to<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSeHUpku-Nfrx8AfDJhiLDy7YQ_V1YpGCpYARtVzQPpsM58hjQ\/viewform\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> submit abstracts<\/a>. Deadline: 2 May 2026 (extended from 15 April 2026)<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<strong>About the meeting<\/strong><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nSince its launch in 2018, the IOoL conference series has been hosted at institutions around the world, including D\u00fcsseldorf (Germany), Glasgow (UK, online), Montreal (Canada), and Strasbourg (France). The 2026 meeting marks its arrival in Tokyo.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nIOoL26 offers a dedicated space for early career researchers to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Present their latest research in a supportive and informal setting<\/li>\n<li>Exchange ideas across disciplines related to the origin and nature of life<\/li>\n<li>Engage in discussions that help shape future research directions<\/li>\n<li>Build connections within a growing international community<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nThe meeting is open to all early career researchers working in origins-of-life research. While membership in OoLEN is encouraged, it is not required.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<strong>About OoLEN<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>OoLEN is an international network that brings together early career scientists to strengthen and accelerate research on the origins of life. Its mission is guided by six core pillars: Inclusion, Post-disciplinarity, Exchange, Communication, Community, and Quality.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nFor further information or enquiries, please contact the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oolen.org\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">OoLEN organising committee.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":10469,"template":"","news_events_cat":[6],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elsi.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_events\/10467"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elsi.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elsi.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news_events"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elsi.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elsi.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elsi.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_events_cat?post=10467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}