Program
Tuesday, March 10th 2026
12:00 Registration opens |
14:00 Welcome Note: Salim Seyfried (GfE president, Potsdam) |
14:15 Keynote Lecture 1: Thomas Bosch (Kiel) |
15:00 Session 1: Fertilization and early development I |
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16:00 Coffee Break |
16:30 Session 2: Fertilization and early development II |
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18:40 Poster flash talks |
19:00 Food, Drinks & Poster Session I |
Wednesday, March 11th 2026
09:00 Keynote Lecture 2: Isabel Fariñas (Valencia) |
09:45 Session 3: Forces define form - mechanobiology |
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10:30 Coffee Break |
11:00 Session 4: Forces define form - mechanobiology |
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12:30 Lunch Break |
13:35 GfE /DSDB /SEBD Member Councils |
14:35 Session 5: Emergence and maintenance of patterns |
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16:10 Coffee Break |
16:40 Session 6: Genetic and epigenetic control of development |
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18:20 Poster flash talks |
18:30 Food, Drinks & Poster Session II |
Thursday, March 12th 2026
09:00 Keynote Lecture 3: Frank Bradke (Bonn) |
09:45 Session 7: Quantifying and modeling development |
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10:45 Coffee Break |
11:15 Session 8: Evolutionary adaptations /Evo - Devo |
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12:45 Lunch Break |
13:45 Eli Knust (Dresden) - Mentoring presentation |
14:30 Session 9: Organogenesis and tissue development I |
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15:40 Coffee Break |
16:15 GfE Awards Session |
16:15 Poster Awards |
16:30 Klaus Sander Award Laudatio |
16:40 Klaus Sander Award Lecture |
17:25 Quick Break |
17:35 PhD Award 2025 Lecture |
17:50 Hilde Mangold Award Lecture |
19:00 Networking Event & Party |
Friday, March 13th 2026
09:30 Helmholtz Society-sponsored Keynote Lecture 4: Hans Clevers (Utrecht) |
10:15 Helmholtz Society-sponsored Session 10: Stem cells and organoids |
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11:20 Coffee Break |
11:50 Session 11: Regeneration and disease models |
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13:50 Farewell |
