Scientific Symposia

LS2 Annual Meeting 2026 is holding 7 full- and 4 mini-scientific symposia in 3 different sessions (see details of each symposia below):

Symposia on Wednesday, February 11, 2026 / 14:30 – 16:15 (CET)

  • "The Metabolic Code of Life: Energy and Cell Systems" - organized by LS2 section Systems Biology. Chaired by Thomas Michaels (ETH Zurich) and Benjamin Towbin (University of Bern).

  • "Advances in Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery" - organized by LS2 partner society DMCCB. Chaired by Sascha Hoogendoorn (University of Geneva).

  • "From Disorder to Function: The Evolving Landscape of IDPs and Condensates" - mini-symposium, organized by LS2 section Biophysics. Chaired by Beat Fierz (EPF Lausanne) and Stefanie Jonas (ETH Zurich).

  • "Membrane Proteins and Ion Channels: At the Interfaces That Fuel Life" - mini-symposium, organized by LS2 section Ion Channels and Membrane Transporters. Chaired by Cristina Manatschal and Elena Lehmann (University of Zurich).

 

Symposia on Thursday, February 12, 2026 / 10:20 - 12:05 (CET)

  • "Advancing Vast volumetric Microscopy in Life Sciences: from Sample to Image Processing " - organized by LS2 Intersection Microscopy. Chaired by Oliver Biehlmaier, Ana Rita Faria (University of Basel, Biozentrum, Imaging Core facility) and Erica Montani (ETH Zürich, D-BSSE Single Cell Facility).

  • "Advancing Cancer Therapeutics Through Patient-Derived Complex Models" - organized by LS2 partner society SSEP. Chaired by Patrycja Nowak-Sliwinska (University of Geneva) & Georgia Konstantinidou (University of Bern).

  • "Proteomics in the Era of Multi-Omics" - organized by LS2 section Proteomics. Chaired by Paolo Nanni (FGCZ, University/ETH Zurich) and Loïc Dayon (Nestlé Research, Lausanne).

 

Symposia on Thursday, February 12, 2026 / 14:05 - 15:50 (CET)

  • "Mitochondria: Fueling Cells in Life, Death, and Disease" - organized by LS2 section Molecular and Cellular Biosciences. Chaired by Florent Waltz (University of Basel) and Nadia Mercader Huber (University of Bern).

  • "Are We Coming Closer to Understanding and Treating Neurodegenerative Diseases?" - organized by Swiss Network for Dementia Research. Chaired by Magdalini Polymenidou (University of Zurich) and Bogdan Draganski (Inselspital & University of Bern).

  • "Bioinformatics Driving the One Health Concept" - mini-symposium, organized by LS2 Intersection Bioinformatics. Chaired by Katja Baerenfaller (SIAF and University of Zurich) and Danielle Fehr (University Hospital Zurich).

  • "Extracellular Vesicles in Cardiovascular Therapeutics" - mini-symposium, organized by LS2 Intersection Cardiovascular Biology. Chaired by Marie-Noelle Giraud (University of Fribourg) and Giovanni G. Camici (University of Zurich).