Program overview as per January, 2026:

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Day 1, Tue 7

Tuesday 7th July 2026
10:00 Registration Workshop Bruker:

“Fluorescence Microscopy Solutions for Zebrafish Imaging”

11:30 Workshop
13:00 Opening
13:30 Disease Models I (Plenary Hall)
15:00 Coffee break
15:30 Emerging Technologies I (Plenary Hall)
17:00 Key note lecture I – Dr. Pavel Tomancak (Dresden)
18:00 End

Day 2, Wed 8

  Wednesday 8th July 2026
09:00 Neurobiology I (Plenary Hall)
10:15 Flash Talks
10:30 Coffee Break
11:00 Alternative Fish Models (Killifish, Danionella, Cave fish, Medaka…)
12:30 Lunch
13:30 Cardiovascular I Tissue Formation I Evolution
15:00 Poster Session (Odd numbered posters)
17:00 Neural Circuit and Behavior I Metabolism Germline and Early Development
18:30 Streisinger Award Lecture 60 min.
19:30 YoRC Social Event

Day 3, Thu 9

Thursday 9th July 2026
08:30 Toxicology Environmental Sustainability Education and Science Communication
10:00 Coffee Break
10:30 Disease Models II Tissue Formation II Epigenetics, Gene Regulation
12:00 Liz Patton (Edinburgh, UK) – CNV Award Lecture (Plenary Hall)
13:00 Lunch
14:00 Neurobiology II Stem Cells and Regeneration I Infection and Immunity
15:30 Coffee Break
16:00 Morphogenesis and Organogenesis I Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery Neural Circuit and Behavior II
17:30 End

Day 4, Fri 10

  Friday 10th July 2026
08:30 Genomic Ressources Cell fate Experimental aspects of Biophysics
10:00 Coffee Break
10:30 Cardiovascular II Husbandry Metabolism and Cancer
12:00 Community Session (Plenary Hall)
12:45 Lunch
13:45 Poster Session (Even numbered posters)
15:45 YoRC Session (Plenary Hall) Stem Cells and Regeneration II
17:15 Chi-Bin Chien Award Lecture (Plenary Hall) 2 x 30 min
18:15 Make your way to the Vienna Town Hall
19:00 Reception Vienna Town Hall

Day 5, Sat 11

  Saturday 11th July 2026
09:00 Keynote lecture II – Prof. Elly Tanaka (Vienna)
10:00 Coffee Break
10:30 Emerging Technologies II (Plenary Hall)
12:00 Adjourn (Plenary Hall)
12:30 Lunch