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 taking place in the beautiful capital of Austria, 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 cell division, autophagy, protein quality control, and proteostasis during stress, aging, and diseases.
Save the date of the upcoming Ubiquitin & Friends Symposium in 2026:
April 29-30, 2026
Venue: Van Swieten Hall
Address: Van-Swieten-Gasse 1a, 1090 Vienna, Austria
More information to be announced soon.
Confirmed Speakers Show all Speakers
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Speaker
Janine Kirstein
Leibniz Institute on Aging, DE
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Hemmo Meyer
University of Duisburg-Essen, DE
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Paul Elliott
University of Oxford, UK
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Aakriti Jain
UC Berkeley, US
Program
Ubiquitin & Friends Symposium 2026
Our 2-day program (Start: 29 April at 9 AM — End: 30 April by 4 PM, presumably) will comprise talks from renowned scientists invited as guest speakers, accompanied by talks selected from submitted abstracts, and flash talks followed by poster sessions.
More on the program will follow.
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 planned open in November 2025.
When registration opens, all information on how to register and submit your abstract can be found here. During the registration procedure, you can apply to be considered for a short talk or choose to present a poster. A limited number of travel awards will be available; submitting an abstract is a prerequisite to be considered.
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
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