Programme 2026

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9th German Mass Cytometry User Forum (GMCUF) 2026 in Heidelberg

Monday 26.01.2026

  • Start of registration

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  • Pre-Conference Tutorial – Getting started for Beginners

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    Chair: Sarah Warth, Ulm
    Désirée Kunkel, Berlin
    Claudia Peitzsch, Dresden
    Felix Röttele, Freiburg
    Axel R Schulz, Berlin
    Sarah Warth, Ulm

  • Coffee break

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  • Welcome to the 9th GMCUF

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    Opening by Heidelberg-DKFZ, Aoife Gahlawat, Denis Schapiro

  • Invited talk by Sara di Biasi, Modena

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    Chairs: Aoife Gahlawat, DKFZ Heidelberg, & Denis Schapiro, Heidelberg University Hospital

  • Techno bites

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    Chairs: Sarah Warth, Ulm University, & Axel Schulz, DRFZ Berlin
    Core Quantum Technologies & Polaris Biology

  • Lunch break & networking

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  • Imaging MC & Data Analysis Session

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    Chairs: Bertram Bengsch, University Medical Center, Freiburg; Desiree Kunkel, BIH at Charité, Berlin
    Invited talk by Laurent Gorvel, Marseille
    short talks by:
    Yuan Suo, Freiburg
    Akhiya Anilkumar Rekha, Lyon
    Kilian Merz, Heidelberg

  • Coffee break

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  • News from … Part 1

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    Chairs: Sabine Baumgart, Jena University Hospital & Axel Schulz, DRFZBerlin
    Heidelberg (DKFZ): Miray Cetin
    Dresden: Nisarg Jagdishbhai Dobaria
    Erlangen: Carlo Tur
    Berlin MPI-MOLGEN: Marie-Laure Yaspo
    Berlin BIH: Desiree Kunkel
    Vienna: Klara Brozova
    Freiburg: Bertram Bengsch

  • Poster session & dinner

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    Evaluation team: Desiree Kunkel, Berlin & Sarah Warth, Ulm

Tuesday, 27.01.2026

  • Product feature talks by Standard BioTools

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    Chair: Aoife Gahlawat, DKFZ, Heidelberg, Germany
    Cheuk Ting Wu, Bern; Jayden Gittens, Liverpool

  • Suspension MC Session

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    Chairs: Sabine Baumgart, Jena University Hospital & Sarah Warth, Ulm University Medical Faculty
    Invited talk by Olivier Molendi-Coste, Lille
    short talks by:
    Serdar Mehmet Koca, Granada
    Lucia Rodriguez Dona, Granada
    Niclas Schierloh, Freiburg

  • Coffee break

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  • News from … Part 2

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    Chairs: Claudia Peitzsch, TU Dresden & Lena Müller, MedUni Wien
    Ulm: Dominik Schlotter
    Berlin, DRFZ: Axel Schulz
    Luxembourg: Antonio Cosma
    Halle: Marcus Bauer
    Jena: Sabine Baumgart
    Salzburg: Mark Steiner
    Cologne: Daniel Bachurski

  • Invited talk by Marcin Poręba, Wrocław

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    Chairs: Hyun-Dong Chang, DRFZ Berlin & Bertram Bengsch, University Medical Center Freiburg

  • Farewell & Award Ceremony

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  • Lunch break & networking

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  • Inaugural Assembly of the Mass Cytometry working group

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    Inaugural Assembly of the Mass Cytometry working group (Arbeitskreis Massenzytometrie) under the umbrella of the German Society for Cytometry (DGfZ)