Program
Program Spetses 2026
Sunday May 10th
16:00 Arrival and settling in rooms/registration
16:30 Introduction by the organizers
17:30-18:30 Talk I: Endocytosis – Tom Kirchhausen
18:30 Welcome drinks & snacks including “speed dating” to get to know each other
Monday May 11th
8:00-9:00 Breakfast
9:00-9:45 Talk II: Introduction to lipids – Eefjan Breukink
9:45-10:30 Talk III: Introduction to protein folding – Ulrich Hartl
10:30-11:00 Coffee Break
11:00-11:45 Talk IV: Protein import into peroxisomes – Tom Rapoport
11:45-12:45 Four short talks selected from abstracts
12:45 Mentoring Lunch & free time to go to beach
16:00-16:45 Talk V: Lipid transfer between membranes – Vytas Bankaitis
16:45-17:30 Talk VI: Membrane protein folding and maturation – Ineke Braakman
17:30-19:00 Coffee with poster session I (vote for best poster in session)
19:00 Meal at the school
Tuesday May 12th
7:00-8:00 Pre-Breakfast Pilates
8:00-9:00 Breakfast
9:00-9:45 Talk VII: lipid trafficking – Giovanni d’Angelo
9:45-10:30 Talk VIII: Targeting/translocation in the ER – Rebecca Voorhees
10:30-11:00 Coffee Break
11:00-11:45 Talk IX: Targeting/translocation through the nuclear membrane/pore – Ulrike Kutay
11:45-12:45 Four short talks selected from abstracts
12:45 Mentoring Lunch & free time to go to beach
16:00-16:45 Talk X: Membrane contact sites – Francesca Giordano
16:45-17:30 Talk XI: Primordial Membranes – Claudia Bonfio
17:30-19:00 Coffee with poster session II (vote for best poster in session)
19:00 Dinner in restaurant
Wednesday May 13th
8:00-9:00 Breakfast
9:00-9:45 Talk XII: Membrane Biophysics – Patricia Bassereau
9:45-10:30 Talk XIII: Lipid droplets – Pedro Carvalho
10:30-11:00 Coffee Break
11:00-11:45 WOMEN IN SCIENCE – TBD
11:45-12:45 Four short talks selected from abstracts
12:45 Lunch
Free Afternoon Group boat trip (if weather allows & requires participation fee)
Evening Meal at the school
Thursday May 14th
7:00-8:00 Pre-Breakfast Yoga/Pilates
8:00-9:00 Breakfast
9:00-9:45 Talk XIV: EMBO Young Investigator lecture – Autophagosomes – Florian Wilfling
9:45-10:30 Talk XV: Mechanisms of membrane homeostasis– Francesca Bottanelli
10:30-11:00 Coffee Break
11:00-11:45 Talk XVI: Vesicular trafficking – Alison Forrester
11:45-12:45 Four short talks selected from abstracts
12:45 Mentoring Lunch & free time to go to beach
16:00-16:45 Talk XVII: Important organellar proteins- Manajit Hayer-Hartl
16:45-17:30 Mentoring Talk – Green lab
17:30-19:00 Coffee with poster session III (vote for best poster in session)
19:00 Dinner in restaurant
Friday May 15st
8:00-9:00 Breakfast
9:00-9:45 Talk XVIII: Protein import into mitochondria – Peter Rehling
9:45-10:30 Talk XIX: Intracellular communications in plants – Emmanuelle Bayer
10:30-11:00 Coffee Break
11:00-12:00 Four short talks selected from abstracts
12:00 Lunch & free time to go to beach
16:00-16:45 Mentoring talk: What next? Career advice panel (3-4 scientists from different countries with open questions from students)
16:45-18:15 Coffee with poster session IV (vote for best poster in session)
18:15-19:00 Student skits – Award ceremony – Farewell words
19:00 Farewell party with Greek BBQ
Saturday May 16th
Departure
