Dear All, We would like to announce that we are extending the abstract submission deadline of the 9th International BioBrillouin Meeting (Berlin, 25-27 Nov 2025) to end of 7th October 2025. Notification of acceptance will still be provided as planned on the 14th October for all abstracts. All information pertaining to submission of abstracts and the meeting can be found at: www.biobrillouin25.com Registration: Several people have asked about when registration will open. Our IT is currently ironing out a few things with the online credit card payment system to make sure it works flawlessly, so we can offer this in addition to bank transfer. We hope to have this ready later this or next week, and a separate notification/announcement will be sent out once we go online with registration. If you submitted an abstract, you will additionally be notified in an email requesting that you register at a provided link. All the best and we look forward to seeing many of you in Berlin! -Kareem On behalf of the Scientific Organizing Committee: Jochen Guck - Local Conference Chair (Max Planck Inst. for the Science of Light & MPZ für Physik und Medizin, Germany) Kareem Elsayad (Medical University of Vienna, Austria) Robert Prevedel (European Molecular Biology Laboratory - EMBL, Germany) Francesca Palombo (Exeter University, United Kingdom) Stephanie Möllmert (Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, Germany) Michael Monaghan (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland) Thorsten Hamann (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway) Questions pertaining to the meeting should be addressed to: SOC25@biobrillouin.org Dear All, It is a pleasure to announce the opening of abstract submissions for the 9th International BioBrillouin Meeting (BioBrillouin 2025) that will take place at the Max Planck Society Conference House in Berlin, Germany on the 25-27th November 2025. All information pertaining to submission of abstracts and the meeting can be found at: www.biobrillouin25.com Deadline for abstract submission is 1st October 2025, with notification of acceptance on 14th October. Submission for both talks (12min+3min questions) and/or Posters are accepted. We have assembled an impressive lineup of invited/keynote speakers, that we believe encompass the latest developments in the field (from technology development, interpretations to applications) and provide perspectives/insights for expanding its horizons to new applications of interest to the community. The meeting venue will be the Max Planck Conference House, an intimate setting where many great meetings have taken place over the last century, and promises to provide the perfect opportunity for discussing and building ideas, and networking. Registration will open shortly (if you submit an abstract we will inform you as soon as it opens, but you will also receive information via this mailing list when it opens). Covered in the registration are all meals (lunches and dinners, including conference banquet) during the course of the meeting. Please spread the word (friends, colleagues, mailing-lists, end-of-talk announcements, etc.), and we hope to see many of you in Berlin!! -Kareem On behalf of the Scientific Organizing Committee: Jochen Guck - Local Conference Chair (Max Planck Inst. for the Science of Light & MPZ für Physik und Medizin, Germany) Kareem Elsayad (Medical University of Vienna, Austria) Robert Prevedel (European Molecular Biology Laboratory - EMBL, Germany) Francesca Palombo (Exeter University, United Kingdom) Stephanie Möllmert (Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, Germany) Michael Monaghan (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland) Thorsten Hamann (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway) Questions pertaining to the meeting should be addressed to: SOC25@biobrillouin.org PS. This is the same BioBrillouin 2025 meeting that was originally planned to take place in Boston in November 2025, but has been relocated to Berlin. PPS. There will also be a post on social media channels (X, BlueSky, LinkedIn) shortly by @BioBrillouinSoc announcing opening of abstract submissions. If you are active on any of these please forward, like, re-post, or whatever the correct phrase is. Thanks!