Rice Institute for Biomedical Research
Department of Molecular Biosciences
Northwestern University
31st Annual Midwest Stress Response and Molecular Chaperone Meeting
Information
This annual meeting is for researchers interested in cell stress responses, the regulation and function of molecular chaperones, protein folding, misfolding, clearance, and all aspects of proteostasis including protein conformational diseases.
For graduate students and postdoctoral fellows there will be a lightning talk session and a poster session with talks from leading members of the field who have made this meeting special. Abstracts for the lightning talks and posters are due by November 21, 2025.
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​This meeting is sponsored by funds generously provided by The Daniel F. and Ada L. Rice Institute for Biomedical Research. There is no registration fee for this meeting.
The meeting will be held in the Pancoe-NSUHS Life Sciences Pavilion building at 2200 Campus Drive, Evanston IL. Parking is available at no cost on campus on the date of the conference. The closest parking lots are the North Campus Garage, the MLSF East Drive & Lot, and Northwestern Place which you can view on this map: https://maps.northwestern.edu/facility/240
Registration
Registration will open in September 2025.
Posters
For those presenting a poster, we request posters no larger than 42"W x 46"H.
A block of rooms will be reserved at a discounted rate for MWSM participants at
Hyatt House in Evanston.
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Reservations must be completed by the cutoff date- TBA
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Each guest will be responsible for their own guestroom and incidental charges.
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Guest can book online using this link: TBA
* Please note, the entire URL must be copied and pasted for it to work properly*
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Or they may call the reservations line at 1-888-591-1234.
Hotel
For reference, you can view last year's agenda for the 2025 meeting here:
Meeting Program and Abstract Book PDF ​
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Meeting Schedule
January 17, 2026
8:30 am optional continental breakfast
8:55 am - 5:00 pm meeting
5:00 - 6:15 pm reception
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Program Co-Chairs
Randal Halfmann​
Associate Investigator
Stowers Institute for Medical Research
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Emily Sontag
Assistant Professor
Marquette University
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Richard Morimoto
Bill and Gayle Cook Professor of Biology
Director of the Rice Institute for Biomedical Research
Department of Molecular Biosciences, Northwestern University
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Meeting Organizer:
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Rebecca Phend
Project Administrator, Sr.
Department of Molecular Biosciences, Northwestern University
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Contact
If you have any questions, please contact Rebecca Phend rebecca.phend@northwestern.edu