BIBS Annual Meeting

Important News

2026 Brown Institute for Basic Sciences Annual Meeting

Wednesday, February 18 – Friday, February 20, 2026
Caltech Campus
1200 E. California Blvd., Pasadena, CA  91125Annual Meeting Registration

BIBS Annual Meeting Overview

Wednesday, February 18Morning/mid-day arrivals (The Langham Hotel, Pasadena)6:00pm - Welcome reception and informal dinner (The Langham Hotel, Pasadena)Thursday, February 198:00am – 5:00pm - Welcome and research presentations (Caltech campus)5:00pm - 8:00pm - Reception and dinner (Caltech campus)Friday, February 208:00am - Noon - Research presentationsNoon - 1:00pm – Lunch & wrap upAfternoon departures

Travel:

Active awardees can pay for their round-trip airfare and transportation to Pasadena from their Brown Institute program budgets.  Please plan to arrive Wednesday and stay through Friday lunch.  If your schedule allows, you may stay through the weekend.

Spouses/partners are encouraged to attend but will pay their own air travel and non-shared transportation costs. They are welcome to attend all meals.

Hotel accommodations will be provided at The Langham Hotel, 1401 South Oak Knoll Avenue, Pasadena.  The Brown Institute at Caltech will cover hotel, shuttle transportation between the Langham and campus, and sponsored meals and activities.

Presentations:

Year 2 (2024), Year 4 (2022) and Year 5 (2021) Brown Institute awardees will be asked to present a 20-minute overview of their research plus a 10-minute Q&A on Thursday or Friday.  Non-presenters (Year 1 (2025) and 3 (2023)) will be asked to participate in a poster session. A schedule of presenters will be distributed closer to the meeting date.

Updates will be posted on this page.

Contact Information

Sue McHugh
browninstitute@caltech.edu