Bioelectricity is buzzing around the world with several scientific meetings planned at a variety of locations! Interestingly, at first sight, most of these appear to be in Europe. Well, one could say that bioelectricity was born in Europe! After all, Luigi Galvani and Alessandro Volta were Italians, Étienne-Jules Marey was French, Rudolf Albert von Kölliker and Heinrich Müller were Germans, Gunnar Svaetichin was Swedish-Finnish and, of course, Alan Hodgkin and Andrew Huxley were English. This tradition is continuing with several international meetings taking place this year. In chronological order:
1. 6th International Winterschool on Bioelectronics (BioEl 2020)
14- 21 March, 2020
Kirchberg in Tirol, Austria
2. Bio-Electrical Engineering (BEE) Innovation Hub - 3rd Workshop
27–28 April, 2020
Radcliffe Conference Centre
University of Warwick
Coventry, UK
https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/lifesci/research/beehive/bee_2020/
3. Ion Channels & Cancer Meeting 2020 and Calcium Signalling in Cancer
11–14 May, 2020
Couvent des Minimes
Lille, France
https://iccm2020.univ-lille.fr/
4. 1st Bioelectronics Workshop
13–14 May, 2020
University of Nottingham
Nottingham, UK
5. Gordon Research Conference on Ion Channels (Molecular Mechanisms of Electrical Signaling in Health and Disease)
12 – 17 July, 2020
Mount Holyoke College
South Hadley, MA
https://www.grc.org/ion-channels-conference/2020/
Note added in proof: It is now certain that at least some of these meetings will be canceled/postponed because of the coronavirus situation. Please check the websites for updates.