3rd Codon Usage Conference: Function, Mechanism and Evolution, May 31 – June 3rd, 2026, Montreal
Dear colleagues,
We are pleased to announce that registration is now open for the 3rd Codon Usage Conference: Function, Mechanism and Evolution, to be held in Montréal, Canada, from May 31 to June 3, 2026. The conference will take place at the Grande Bibliothèque – Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (BAnQ), 475 Boul. de Maisonneuve E, Montréal, QC H2L 5C4, Canada.
This meeting is organized as a satellite conference to the 31st Annual Meeting of the RNA Society (RNA 2026), which will be held at the Palais des Congrès in Montréal from May 26–31, 2026. Participants are encouraged to attend both meetings, each of which requires separate registration.
Registration details for the 3rd Codon Usage Meeting:
Early registration is available until April 15, 2026:
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Students and postdoctoral fellows: GBP 375
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Faculty and PIs: GBP 475
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Industry participants: GBP 800
Late registration will be available from April 16 until May 31, 2026:
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Students and postdocs: GBP 500
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Faculty and PIs: GBP 600
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Industry participants: GBP 900
Registration includes admission to all talks and poster sessions, coffee breaks, dinners, lunches and the conference reception.
The conference will feature invited talks, a limited number of selected talks, and poster sessions, covering codon usage in translational regulation, mRNA metabolism, protein folding, fitness and genome evolution, and computational and experimental methods.
Abstracts submitted before April 15, 2026 will be considered for one of 15 selected talks; after that date, submissions will be accepted for poster presentation only.
At the end of the meeting, there will be special sessions on RNA therapeutics hosted in conjunction with AReNA, Quebec’s RNA Hub (https://arenapole.ca/en/), highlighting opportunities and challenges in translating codon usage and RNA biology into therapeutic applications.
Full details on registration, abstract submission, travel, and accommodation are available on the conference website:
https://sites.google.com/view/codonusage/home
https://sites.google.com/view/codonusage/home
We look forward to seeing you in Montréal for this exciting meeting dedicated to understanding codon usage bias, its mechanisms, and its roles in gene expression, RNA biology, and genome evolution.
Best regards,
Alex Palazzo
On behalf of the organizing committee
