It is our pleasure to invite you to attend the second BPS Conference on Membrane Fusion and Budding which will be held in Estes Park, Colorado October 5-10, 2025.

This meeting will bring together trainees, emerging scientists, and leaders in the fields of membrane fusion and budding over the course of four days. The topics will cover many subfields of the fusion and budding disciplines, including, but not limited to, fusion and budding at synapses and neuroendocrine cells (exo- and endocytosis), in relation to the function of membrane-bound organelles like mitochondria and extracellular vesicles, and in the context of host/virus interactions, cell-cell fusion, and autophagy. Approaches to study these processes range from organisms and cellular systems to reconstituted systems and computational modeling of membrane fusion and budding.

The expectation is that interactions between investigators working in such diverse fields, occurring within a positive and supportive environment at this BPS Conference, will encourage new and productive collaborations, and ultimately spur further advances within these fields.

Please visit the website for a list of speakers. We encourage you to share this information with colleagues and students who may be interested in presenting their research and collaborating with a global community.

Please note that the deadline to submit an abstract is June 15, 2025, and the deadline to register at the early registration rate is June 26, 2025.  Abstract submission is free and short talks will be selected from among submitted abstracts.

We look forward to your contributions and your participation in this exciting meeting!

With best regard,

Program Organizers
Arun Anantharam University of Toledo
Michelle Knowles, University of Denver
Ling-Gang Wu, NINDS