Agenda

Check out our program by days.

Wed 28th of January, 2026

• 9:00: Registration
• 9:45–10:00: Opening
• 10:00–11:30: SESSION 1: Membrane structure and curvature
  Chairs: Alex Bunker, University of Helsinki; Judith Peters, Grenoble Alpes University; Stefan Knippenberg, Hasselt University
  10:00–10:25 Judith Peters
  10:25–10:50 Stefan Knippenberg
  10:50–11:10 Samo Kralj
  11:10–11:30 Bartosz Rozycki
• 11:30–11:45: Coffee Break
• 11:45–13:00: SESSION 1: Membrane structure and curvature
  11:45–12:05 Matej Daniel
  12:05–12:25 Magdalena Przybyło
  12:25–12:45 Luka Mesarec
  12:45–13:00 Kinga Böde
• 13.00–14.00: Lunch
• 14.00–14.45: Plenary lecture I
  Patricia Losada-Pérez, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels
  Chair: Matej Daniel, Czech Technical University, Prague
• 14.50–17.05: SESSION 2: Membrane active proteins,  dynamics and phase transitions
  Chairs: Nir Gov, Weizmann Institute and University of Cambridge; Peter Nagy, University of Debrecen
  14:50–15:20 Nir Gov
  15:20–15:50 Peter Nagy
  15:50–16:15 Mikulas Klenor
  16:15–16:40 Petra Čechová
  16:40–17:05 George Cordoyiannis
• 17.15–18.15: Meeting of the EJTEMM International advisory board
• 20.15–21.15: Concert (location: Academy of Music, Kazina Palace, Julij Betetto Hall, Kongresni trg 1)
• 21.15–: Dinner (location: Academy of Music, Kazina Palace, Kongresni trg 1)

Thu 29th of January, 2026

• 9:00–9:45: Plenary lecture II
  Irma Schabussova, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna
  Chair: Gitta Schlosser, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest
• 9:45–10:10: Coffee Break
• 10:10–11:40: SESSION 3: Extracellular vesicles in health and disease
  Chairs: Edit Buzas, Semmelweis University; Metka Lenassi, University of Ljubljana
  10:10–10:40 Edit Buzas
  10:40–11:00 Matej Kanduč
  11:00–11:20 Annalisa Radeghieri
  11:20–11:40 Pietro Parisse
• 11:40–12:00: Coffee Break
• 12:00–13:20: SESSION 3: Extracellular vesicles in health and disease
  12:00–12:20 Wolf Holnthoner
  12:20–12:40 Maja Kosanović
  12:40–13:00 Tamás Visnovitz
  13:00–13:10 Ana Kolenc
  13:10–13:20 Adéla Chadalíková
• 13:20–14:20: Lunch
• 14:20–15:40: SESSION 4: Extracellular particles
  Chairs: Veronika Kralj-Iglič, University of Ljubljana; Gabriella Pocsfalvi, CNR Napoli
  14:20–14:40 Olga Sebestova Janouskova
  14:40–15:00 Krisztina V. Vukman
  15:00–15:20 Seppo Vainio
  15:20–15:40 Tamas Beke-Somfai
• 15:40–15:55: Coffee Break
• 15:55–17:30: SESSION 4: Extracellular particles
  15:55–16:15 Fabrizio Cillo
  16:15–16:30 James Parry
  16:30–16:50 Jason Otterstrom
  16:50–17:10 Gabriella Pocsfalvi
  17:10–17:30 Veronika Kralj-Iglič
• 17:30–18:00: Invited lecture
  Sotirios Kiokias, European Research Executive Agency, Brussels: Marie-Sklodowska Curie Program in Horizon Europe with focus on Staff Exchanges Action.
  Chair: Yelena Istileulova, University of Ljubljana
• 18:00–19:30: POSTER SESSION:
  Chair: Fabrizio Cillo, The Italian National Council for Research (CNR) Bari
• 19:30–21:00: Dinner (and poster session)

Fri 30th of January, 2026

• 9:45–10:30: Plenary lecture III
  Michael Rappolt, University of Leeds, Leeds
  Chair: Enrico F. Semeraro, University of Graz
• 10:30–12.30: SESSION 5: Lipid protein interactions
  Chairs: Tamás Beke-Somfai, Institute of Materials and Environmental
  Chemistry (Budapest); Marek Langner, Wrocław University of Science and Technology
  10:30–10:50 Mario Vazdar
  10:50–11:10 Aleksander Czogalla
  11:10–11:30 Radek Šachl
  11:30–11:50 Christopher Aisenbrey
  11:50–12:10 Enrico F. Semeraro
  12:10–12:30 Ana Crnković
• 12:30–13:30: Lunch
• 13:30–15:00: SESSION 6: Model membrane systems
  Chairs: Patricia Losada-Pérez, Université Libre de Bruxelles; Michael Rappolt, University of Leeds
  13:30–13:50 Marketa Paloncyova
  13:50–14:05 Martin Eduardo Villanueva
  14:05–14:20 Laure Bar
  14:20–14:35 Žiga Pandur
  14:35–14:50 Marta  Lavrič
  14:50–15:00 Taoufiq Bourakadi
  15:00–15:10 Ondřej Dlouhý
  15:10–15:20 Sifre van Teeffelen

• 15.20–15.40: Coffee break
• 15.40–17.40: SESSION 7: Electrical properties of membranes and cellular functions
  Chairs: Aleš Iglič, University of Ljubljana; Matan Mussel, University of Haifa
  15:40–16:00 Lea Rems
  16:00–16:20 Alenka Maček
  16:20–16:40 Maxime Kucharski
  16:40–17:00 Matan Mussel
  17:00–17:20 Aneta Stefanovska
  17:20–17:40 Aleš Iglič
• 17.40–18.00: Closing