Location: Biozentrum (Maurice E. Müller Saal U1.111)
3rd Basel Spatial Omics Symposium
Registration is now open.
Use the link below for registrations. Abstract submissions are closed now.
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Following the success of our last event, which brought together over 250 registered participants from academia and industry, the Spatial Omics Network Basel is holding its next symposium on Friday, September 11th, 2026 in the Maurice E. Müller Hall at the Biozentrum in Basel. This symposium has become a key local forum for the Spatial Omics community in Basel. This interactive full-day event will bring together researchers, technology developers, and students interested in the development and application of Spatial Omics technologies. The event will feature scientific presentations from academic and industry groups across the Basel area, including contributions from the University of Basel (Biozentrum, DBM, IOB), ETH (D-BSSE), Roche, Novartis, FMI, and BIIE. The symposium is free of charge and is organised by the Basel Spatial Omics Network.
Scientific program:
| Time | Program | ||
| 8:00 | 9:00 | Registrations | |
Morning session | 9:00 | 9:05 | Welcome note |
| 9:05 | 9:45 | Keynote speaker - Matts Nilsson (SciLifeLab) - Spatial transcriptomics by in situ sequencing | |
| 9:45 | 10:05 | Yinan Wan (Biozentrum) - Whole-embryo spatiotemporal transcriptomics at subcellular resolution | |
| 10:05 | 10:35 | Tech Watch: Sponsors’ welcome note and flash talks | |
| 10:35 | 11:20 | Coffee break and poster session | |
| 11:20 | 11:40 | Benedek Pesti (Roche) - Spatial transcriptomics reveals a niche-specific interferon signature induced by TREM2-targeted therapy | |
| 11:40 | 12:00 | Kristy Ou (DBM) - Tumor cell state reprogramming couples with microenvironment remodeling along the follicular lymphoma transformation axis | |
| 12:00 | 12:20 | Curdin Franziscus (Biozentrum) - SPEx: Compartment-Resolved Proteomics via Expansion Microscopy–Guided Microdissection | |
| 12:20 | 12:40 | Panel discussion (Session speakers + Platinum & Gold sponsor representatives) | |
| Lunch | 12:40 | 13:45 | Lunch |
Afternoon session | 13:45 | 14:05 | Sarp Uzun (Universitätsspital Basel) - Spatial proteomics and transcriptomics of checkpoint inhibitor-induced liver injury link shared liver–tumour CD8⁺ T cell clones to cytotoxicity and macrophage crosstalk |
| 14:05 | 14:25 | Laurent Guerard (Biozentrum) - A Unified Backbone for Spatial Omics: Leveraging SpatialData and Sopa Beyond MERSCOPE | |
| 14:25 | 14:45 | Mariana Ribeiro (IOB) - FLIGHT-seq: Full-Length Isoform lonG-read, High-Throughput sequencing with spatial resolution | |
| 14:45 | 15:05 | Tech Watch: Core Facilities overview | |
| 15:05 | 15:50 | Coffee break and poster session | |
| 15:50 | 16:10 | Jonas Zierer (Novartis) - Multi-modal, spatial characterization of cellular interactions within salivary glands in Sjögren’s Disease | |
| 16:10 | 16:30 | Benjamin Hershey (DBSSE) - Unravelling the Regulatory Role of Hepatocytes in the Early Metastatic Niche | |
| 16:30 | 16:50 | Enes Ugur (FMI/DBSSE) - Same cell spatial multi‑omics reveals collapse of mRNA–protein spatial coupling in the aging intestine | |
| 16:50 | 17:10 | Panel discussion (Session speakers + Core Facility representatives) | |
| 17:10 | 17:20 | Best talk and poster prize | |
| 17:20 | 17:25 | Thank you note | |
| Apéro | 17:25 | 19:00 | Apéro |
Abstract submissions are closed now!
Deadline for registration to attend the event is Friday 4th September, 2026.
Join us for an exciting day of scientific exchange with the Basel Spatial Omics community. We look forward to seeing you there.
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