COS Symposium 2024Organismal sensing and adaptation in the natural environment

The Centre for Organismal Studies (COS) at Heidelberg University is hosting its biennial symposium ‘Life in Context – organismal sensing and adaptation in the natural environment’. Life has a prodigious ability to adapt. Organisms interact with their environment at levels from molecules to cells, tissues, and behaviour and over time scales from milliseconds to years. Consequently, organisms are not just defined by their genomes, but equally by their environment. The symposium will bring together speakers who investigate the impact of the environment on organisms and how they adapt to it, from the genomic, cell-biological, developmental, behavioural and evolutionary perspectives. Topics include environmental sensing, inter-organismal interactions, and adaptation across scales. The symposium will also introduce new experimental systems for integrative biology and cover organismal responses in the context of anthropogenic environmental change. The COS welcomes all interested to attend the symposium in Heidelberg on 22^nd-23^rd of July 2024.