SAVE THE DATE: 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.
Registration is now open for the upcoming Ubiquitin & Friends Symposium.
April 29-30, 2026
Venue: Van Swieten Hall
Address: Van-Swieten-Gasse 1a, 1090 Vienna, Austria
Confirmed Speakers Show all Speakers
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Speaker
Juliette Fedry
MRC LMB, Cambridge, UK
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Cristina Mayor-Ruiz
IRB Barcelona, ES
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Paul Elliott
University of Oxford, UK
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Aakriti Jain
UT Southwestern Medical Center, US
Program
Ubiquitin & Friends Symposium 2026
Our 2-day program (Start: 29 April, 9 AM — End: 30 April, by 4 PM) will comprise talks from renowned scientists invited as guest speakers (see here), accompanied by talks selected from submitted abstracts, and flash talks followed by poster sessions.
The full program will follow after the abstract submission deadline.
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.
Read more about the venue and travel information.
Registration and Abstract Submission
Registration, abstract & poster information
Registration is open now.
Registration deadline: 16 March 2026
Abstract submission deadline: 16 March 2026During registration, you can indicate if you would like to be considered for a talk or opt to present a poster.
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), Hannah Knaudt (Haselbach lab), Konstantina Kravvariti and Alexander Vogel (Clausen lab), Alvar Pascual Garcia and Malak Haddad (Gross lab), Max Schmid (Martens lab)
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