It is our great pleasure to announce 2^nd PhD Student Conference of the Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology that will take place on 27-29^th of October. This is a big event organized every two years that gathers all PhD students from our Institute. This year over 120 participants will have a chance to present their projects. Additionally, we are very pleased to have three extraordinary speakers from abroad: Kai Simons (Max-Planck-Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden, Germany), Dariusz Górecki (University of Portsmouth, UK) and Jochen Rink (Max-Planck-Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden, Germany). The opening ceremony will take place on Tuesday, October 27th at 3:45 PM in Centre for Neurobiology conference room.