The 2026 Gatherings in Biosemiotics

The Gatherings in Biosemiotics is the annual meeting of world scholars studying the myriad of communication and sign processes iin and between living systems, from cellular signalling and communication in physiological systems to organisms and interspecies communication, up to the embedded sign-processes in human cognition and semiosis. These meetings have taken place since 2001 and also serve as the annual meeting of the International Society for Biosemiotic Studies (ISBS). 

Biosemiotics is an interdisciplinary research agenda investigating the myriad forms of communication and signification found in and between living systems. From signal processing in/between cells and the immune system, to plant communication through to cognitive processes of interpretation, informing behaviours and how interaction processes drive morphologies, it is the study of representation, meaning, sense-making and the biological significance of codes and sign processes.