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
Title pending
10:00–10:45
Gliwice Scientific Meetings and the history of molecular cancer research in Gliwice
Joanna Rzeszowska · SUT, Gliwice
Title pending
10:45–11:15
Coffee Break
Session II · Heat Shock and cellular response to stress
11:15–13:00
Chairpersons: Dorota Ścieglińska & Wiesława Widłak
Dorota Ścieglińska · IGBZ, Jastrzebiec
Historical introduction (title pending)
Patryk Janus · MSCI, Gliwice
Gliwice perspective (title pending)
Anniina Vihervaara · Royal Institute of Technology, Solna
Kinetics and Mechanisms of Transcriptional Reprogramming during Stress and Differentiation
Maxim Shevtsov · Technical University of Munich
The Epichaperone Matrix: A Multiscale Network Organizing Tumor Cell Stress Responses
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
Chairpersons: Marek Rusin & Dorota Butkiewicz
Marek Rusin · MSCI, Gliwice
Historical introduction (title pending)
Magdalena Olbryt · MSCI, Gliwice
Gliwice perspective (title pending)
Asta Försti & Kari Hemminki · DKFZ, Heidelberg
Germline genetics of colorectal cancer
Jan Lubiński · Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin
Invited lecture (title pending)
Wojciech Fendler · Medical University, Łódź
Expression patterns of circulating miRNAs associated with DNA repair defects
19:00–
Social event
Session IV · Radiobiology and DNA damage/repair
9:00–10:35
Chairpersons: Dorota Gabryś & Piotr Widłak
Piotr Widłak · Medical University, Gdańsk
Radiobiology and DNA damage – Gliwice Perspective
Christophe Badie · UKHSA, Oxfordshire
From DNA damage to leukaemia development
Serge Candeias · CEA, Paris
Influence of radiation quality and energy on radiation-induced inflammation in primary human cells
Dorota Gabryś · MSCI, Gliwice
Radiotherapy-induced modulation of the urinary microbiome in patients with prostate cancer
10:35–10:55
Coffee Break
Session V · Clinical proteomics
10:55–12:40
Chairpersons: Monika Pietrowska & Piotr Widłak
Piotr Widłak · Medical University, Gdańsk
Clinical proteomics – Gliwice perspective
Maciej Łałowski · University of Helsinki
Analyzing the dynamics of microglia during development in health and disease: a functional omics approach
Laura Cole · University of Sheffield
Multi-Modal Mass Spectrometry Imaging to Investigate Drug-Induced Response
Janusz Rak · McGill University, Montreal
From simplicity of oncogenic mutations to complexity of extracellular vesicle landscapes and their biological effects in cancer
12:40–13:00
Coffee Break
Session VI · Mathematical modelling of biological processes
13:00–14:45
Chairpersons: Andrzej Świerniak & Marek Kimmel
Marek Kimmel · Rice University, Houston
Gliwice/Houston history & perspective (title pending)
Tomasz Lipniacki · IPPT PAN, Warszawa
Dissecting antiviral immune response at the population and single-cell level
Adam Bobrowski · Technical University, Lublin
Existence and convergence of stochastic processes underlying a thin layer approximation of a coupled bulk-surface PDE
Marie Doumic · INRIA, Paris
Mathematical modelling of telomere dynamics
14:45–15:30
Lunch
Session VII · New treatments, bioactive compounds, and biomaterials
15:30–17:15
Chairpersons: Magdalena Skonieczna & Anna Kasprzycka
Katarzyna Krukiewicz · SUT, Gliwice
Development of multifunctional biomaterials via electroactive surface engineering to modulate cell–material interactions
Jack Tuszyński · University of Alberta, Edmonton
Invited lecture (title pending)
Radosław Kitel · Jagiellonian University, Kraków
Discovery and in vitro characterization of CLIP-2, a first-in-class small-molecule covalent inhibitor of PD-L1/PD-1 interaction
Kevin Dean · UT Southwestern Med. Center, Dallas
Invited lecture (title pending)
17:15–17:45
Poster Awards, Scholarship Presentation, Closing