The Mediterranean Life Sciences Union (MedLIFE) Annual Meeting will be held in-person and online on 08–10 December 2024 at the Congress Center of the Istanbul Technical University (Türkiye).

Researchers from all fields of life sciences, both in the Mediterranean area and throughout the world, are invited to present and discuss their most recent research discoveries at MedLIFE-24 and to publish their findings in the MedLIFE-24 proceedings.

MedLIFE-24 seeks to highlight and strengthen the synergies and links between different life science segments and the UN SDGs. For example, SDG 3, "ensuring healthy lives and promoting well-being," is one of the 17 goals and targets that is especially pertinent to life science. It stands for the core of sustainable efforts in the field. Given their traditional focus on “purposive” research, life scientists have adopted and continue to pursue integrative approaches, for example, by complementing perspectives from natural and technical disciplines with those from the environmental and social sciences. They can thus offer expertise in integrating knowledge from the natural, technical, and social sciences to provide solutions for many of the global challenges posed by sustainable development.

MedLIFE-24, through engagement by life scientists in academia, research, industry, government, and civil society, working across sectors and in close partnership with other disciplines (e.g., engineering, earth science, environmental sciences, and social sciences), can inform many key aspects of sustainable development. MedLIFE-24 will host initiatives that allow life scientists to agree on conducting transdisciplinary research with stakeholders. This can contribute to theory development since integrating academic and experiential knowledge from practice actors is crucial to the transformation towards sustainability.

Submit your abstract by the 30th of September 2024!