29-30 April 2026, Vienna
Ubiquitin & Friends Symposium 2026
organized by University of Vienna (SFB Targeted Protein Degradation)
The Ubiquitin & Friends Symposium is an annual international meeting in Vienna, aiming to bring together scholars from various fields studying ubiquitin/Ubl biology and protein degradation in a personal, family-like atmosphere, as suggested by the name. The upcoming symposium will cover current research, challenges, and advances in Ub/Ubl biology. Topics include structural insights into molecular machines involved in proteostasis, chemical and proteomic approaches for studying the Ub system and Ub signaling, as well as various biological pathways such as autophagy, protein quality control, and proteostasis during stress, aging, and diseases.
April 29-30, 2026
Venue: Van Swieten Hall
Address: Van-Swieten-Gasse 1a, 1090 Vienna, Austria
Program (pdf)
Symposium Poster 2026 (jpg)
Confirmed Speakers Show all Speakers
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Speaker
Janine Kirstein
Leibniz Institute on Aging, DE
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Speaker
Yasin Dagdas
Heidelberg University, DE
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Hemmo Meyer
University of Duisburg-Essen, DE
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Ian Ganley
University of Dundee, UK
Program
Ubiquitin & Friends Symposium 2026
Our 2-day program will comprise talks from guest speakers (see here), accompanied by talks selected from submitted abstracts, and flash talks followed by poster sessions.
The symposium will start on 29 April, at 09:00 AM, and will end on 30 April, by 3:30 pm.
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Venue & Travel Information
General information
The symposium will take place at the Van Swieten Saal of the Medical University of Vienna, located close to Vienna’s famous “Ring Street” and the city center.
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Registration and Abstract Submission
Registration, abstract & poster information
Registration is closed.
Deadline for registration and abstract submission was 16 March 2026.
Read more about abstract submissions and poster presentations.
Contact
For questions concerning the symposium please contact:
ubiandfriends-symposium@maxperutzlabs.ac.at
Organizer
University of Vienna: SFB consortium “Targeted Protein Degradation”
Conference coordinators
Sascha Martens and Zahra Ayatollahi, University of Vienna
Early-Career Researchers Organizing Committee 2026
Lisa Kainacher (Winter lab, AITHYRA), Hannah Knaudt (Haselbach lab, IMP), Konstantina Kravvariti and Alexander Vogel (Clausen lab, IMP), Alvar Pascual Garcia and Malak Haddad (Gross lab, BOKU Vienna), Max Schmid (Martens lab, Max Perutz Labs)
