ASCB/EMBO is the first conference I have ever attended in my life. According to Dr. Walsh, ASCB held in San Diego are usually the best ones because of its fine weather and convenient transportation downtown. This is very true. I was very much amazed when I realized that the convention center is less than a mile away from our hotel. With the ubiquitous scooters available for rent on the street, I could easily get to the conference within 2 minutes. This enabled me to maximumly enjoy the conference and could easily get back to the hotel as needed.

Despite the fact that I have inadequate knowledge or expertise on most of the topics covered in this conference, I have learned a lot from the talks I went to and from talking to people from all over the world. The most interesting talk I went to was trying to explain why cytoskeleton structures like microtubules and actins would organize in certain ways to ensure efficient distribution of molecules and organelles. This is when I realized how important it is to using math models sometimes in biology to help solve complicated problems. I have also went to talks about making artificial cells and generating complex organoids using human induced pluripotent stem cells. Those things provide great insights into how cell biology and the whole field of biomedical science would become in the future, and encouraged me to become part of it.