Registration open

First in-person SMN meeting & hands-on workshop

8–9 December 2026 Lunch to lunch EBC, Uppsala

Free of chargeincluding lunches and dinner
Max. 60 placesfirst come, first served
Register by 30 November2026

About the meeting

For the first time, we bring the network together in person: two half days, lunch to lunch. We want to learn from each other, decide together where SMN should go next and get our hands on data.

Schedule

Tuesday 8 December

12:00
Lunch
13:00
Talks: SMN, partners and a sister network
13:45
Parallel best-practice sessions on field sampling, by substrate: soil, water, other substrates
15:15
Fika
15:30
Support needs & vision: targets for continued funding, a joint funding application, a shared PhD course
17:00
Speed dating & drinks
18:00
Joint dinner

Wednesday 9 December

09:00
Hands-on workshops: end-to-end bioinformatics (optional: bring your own data)
12:00
Lunch
13:00
End. Feel free to stay on and keep working on your data

Times may still change slightly.

Location

The Linneanum in the Uppsala Botanical Garden, with a fountain, lawn and autumn trees — Uppsala Botanical Garden, next to EBC · Photo: Gustav Dalesjö

Evolutionsbiologiskt centrum (EBC)
Norbyvägen 14
752 36 Uppsala

Open in OpenStreetMap · Google Maps

Exact rooms follow by email.

Questions? Write to smn-members@lists.uu.se. SMN is funded by SciLifeLab Research Data Community Project Funding.