XXX Gliwice Scientific Meetings
19–20 November 2026
Preliminary program
Opening of the Conference 9:00–9:15
9:15–10:00
Prof. Mieczysław Chorąży Memory Lecture 2026
Jan Barciszewski · Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Poznań
10:00–10:45
Gliwice Scientific Meetings and the history of molecular cancer research in Gliwice
Joanna Rzeszowska · SUT, Gliwice
10:45–11:15
Coffee Break
Session II · Heat Shock and cellular response to stress 11:15–13:00
Dorota Ścieglińska · IGBZ, Jastrzebiec — historical intro
Patryk Janus / Wiesława Widłak · MSCI, Gliwice — Gliwice perspective
Anniina Vihervaara · Royal Institute of Technology, Solna — invited lecture
Maxim Shevtsov · Technical University of Munich — invited lecture
13:00–14:00
Lunch
14:00–16:00
Poster Session & coffee
Session III · Genetic predispositions to cancer and targeted treatment 16:00–17:45
Marek Rusin · MSCI, Gliwice — historical intro
Magdalena Olbryt · MSCI, Gliwice — Gliwice perspective
Asta Försti & Kari Hemminki · DKFZ, Heidelberg — invited lecture
Jan Lubiński · PUM, Szczecin — invited lecture
Wojciech Fendler · UM, Łódź — invited lecture
19:30
Social event
Session IV · Radiobiology and DNA damage/repair 9:00–10:35
Piotr Widłak · MUG, Gdańsk — historical intro
Dorota Gabryś · MSCI, Gliwice — Gliwice perspective
Nicolas Foray · INSERM, Lyon — invited lecture
Serge Candeias · CEA, Paris — invited lecture
10:35–10:55
Coffee Break
Session V · Clinical proteomics 10:55–12:40
Piotr Widłak · MUG, Gdańsk — historical intro
Maciej Łałowski · Univ. of Helsinki — invited lecture
Laura Cole · Univ. of Sheffield — invited lecture
Janusz Rak · McGill University — invited lecture
12:40–13:00
Coffee Break
Session VI · Mathematical modelling of biological processes 13:00–14:45
Marek Kimmel · Rice Univ., Houston — Gliwice/Houston history & perspective
Tomasz Lipniacki · IPPT PAN — invited lecture
Adam Bobrowski · Politechnika Lubelska — invited lecture
Marie Doumic · INRIA Paris — invited lecture
14:45–15:30
Lunch
Session VII · New treatments, bioactive compounds, and biomaterials 15:30–17:15
Katarzyna Krukiewicz · SUT, Gliwice — Gliwice perspective
Jack Tuszyński · University of Alberta, Edmonton — invited lecture
Radosław Kitel · Jagiellonian University, Kraków — invited lecture
Kevin Dean · UT Southwestern Med. Center, Dallas — invited lecture
17:15–17:45
Poster Awards, Scholarship Presentation, Closing