Program 2026

DAY 1

10:00-10:45 Registration, Check in
10:45-11:00 Opening remarks

11:00 -11:45 1st keynote Mark Q. Martindale – TBA 35+10 min.

11:45-13:00 Lunch

Developmental organizers & body plan evolution – 13:00-14:20 (Short talks 13+5 min.)

1 Himanshi Singh – The Development of External Gills in the Mexican Axolotl
2 Anežka Kupková – Determination of left-right asymmetry in the sturlet sturgeon
3 Iryna Kozmíková – Pre-bilaterian roots of the chordate body plan
4 Rohin Sengupta – Retinoic Acid and Wnt signalling influence the patterning of the amphioxus LPM

14:20-15:00 Coffee break

Regeneration, injury & cellular plasticity 15:00-16:30 (Short talks 13+5 min.)

5 Radek Šindelka – Regeneration-Initiating Cells Reveal Shared Cellular Programs Between Tissue Regeneration and Tumor Remodeling
6 Lucie Janečková – Wnt Signaling Modulates NG2-Expressing Perivascular Cell Plasticity in Ischemic Stroke
7 Hana Kolesová – YAP-Driven Epicardial Activation Enables Cardiomyocyte Regeneration in Avian Embryos

16:30-17:00 Coffee break 30min

17:00 – 17:45 2nd keynote Aurora Martínez – TBA 35+10 min.

Dinner + Poster evening mingle – Portrait – max. A0 format (84.1 cm x 118.9 cm)

DAY 2

Signaling control of cell behavior & fate – 09:30-10:20 (Short talks 13+5 min.)

8 Daniela Kročianová – AAK1 AT THE NEXUS: HOW KINASE MEDIATED REGULATION OF PLEXIN SIGNALLING SHAPES NEURONAL GROWTH CONE GUIDANCE
9 Margarita Sobol Semaphorin – Plexin signaling is orchestrated by heparan sulfate at the cell surface
10 Pavlína Marková – Cracking the ERK code: How stem cells decide their fate
11 Josef Bryja – Zebrafish Model of Robinow Syndrome

10:20-11:00 Coffee break

11:00-11:45 3rd keynote Jakub Sedzinski – TBA 35+10 min.

11:45-13:00 Lunch

Cellular microenvironments & emerging signaling concepts – 13:00-14:00 (Short talks 13+5 min.)

12 Vimaladithan Sasikala Rathineswaran – Untangling Jag1 role in liver periportal mesenchyme: lessons from disease causing mutations.
13 Andrea Lacígová – Investigation of TTBK2-dependent primary cilia maintenance
14 Savani Anbalagan – Gasocrine hypothesis and its implication for cell signaling

14:00 Poster Award Announcment – Farewell, Check out, Walk