Cell Death Signaling in Cancer and the Immune System (Keystone Symposia on Molecular and Cellular Biology), Guarujá, São Paulo, Brazil, 28 October–2 November 2014

Some people say that lightning never strikes twice in the same place. Gratefully, sunbeam does! In February 2010, Brazilian scientists organized an outstanding multidisciplinary meeting at a beach resort in Angra dos Reis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, that brought together leaders of the cell death, tumor biology and immunology fields. Along with couple of hundred participants, speakers shared their latest work, experience and enthusiasm in an excited atmosphere rocked by the sound of waves.1 Keystone Symposia on Molecular and Cellular Biology and Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP), the São Paulo State Research Foundation, decided to surf this idea and worked together to implement the first Keystone meeting in the State of São Paulo—the second organized in Brazil. This time the venue was the delightful Enseada beach, in Guarujá, a coastal paradisiacal town located in the south of the State of São Paulo. The sophisticated and yet casual hotel, the amazing fine sand beach, the fresh breeze, the tasty fruits and coconut water and, of course, the famous Brazilian caipirinhas provided an incredibly relaxed and friendly atmosphere where top scientists were overwhelmed by the quality and depth of students’ interrogations.

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