Let’s meet at the following upcoming conferences:
Conferences & Awards
Upcoming Conferences
Join the Annual Meeting of the German Society for Matrix Biology
September 08-10, 2022 – Frankfurt am Main
Other Conferences
Date
Conference
Location
June 23-25, 2022
1st International Extracellular Matrix Pharmacology Congress
Copenhagen, Denmark
June 25-26, 2022
54th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Matrix Biology and Medicine
Osaka, Japan
July 10-15, 2022
Gordon Research Conference on Proteoglycans “Frontiers in Basic & Translational Proteoglycan Research to Improve Human Health”
Proctor Academy, NH, USA
September 8-10, 2022
Annual Meeting of the German Society for Matrix Biology
Frankfurt am Main, Germany
September 12-14, 2022
Autumn BSMB meeting “The Matrix in Development”
Liverpool, UK
September 14-18, 2022
International Scientific Symposium on the Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes and Hypermobility Spectrum Disorders
Rome, Italy
September 15-17, 2022
Annual Meeting of the European Tissue Repair Society
Lyon, France
October 16-18, 2022
ASMB Fibroblast workshop “The many faces and functions of fibroblasts”
Charlottesville, VA, USA
March 19 – 24, 2023
Gordon Research Conference on Cartilage Biology and Pathology
Lucca (Barga), Italy
Travel Grant
- You are an active doctoral student or a postdoc (up to two years) in a connective tissue group.
- You are a member of the DGMB at the time of application.
- You plan to visit the annual DGMB meeting or the biannual MBE meeting and want to actively participate (poster/oral presentation) in the meeting.
Awards
Young Investigator Award
2021, Annual meeting (Online)
Aline Zbinden (Tübingen)
„Impact of Extracellular Matrix Proteins on Pancreatic β-cell Function”
2019, Annual meeting Regensburg
Jana Riegger (Ulm)
„The functional role of chondrogenic stem / progenitor cells: Novel evidence for immunomodulatory properties and regenerative potential after cartilage injury”
2018, Annual meeting Stuttgart
Björn Bluhm (Cologne)
„MiRNAs: posttranscriptional modulators of cellular and extracellular cartilage compartments”
2017, Annual meeting Cologne
Raphael Reuten (Cologne/Copenhagen)
„The secreted extracellular matrix protein netrin-4 modulates the physico-mechanic properties of basement membranes”
2016, Annual meeting Freiburg
Jessica Morgner (Cologne)
„Integrin-linked kinase regulates the niche of quiescent epidermal stem cells”
2015, Annual meeting Münster
Emanuel Rognoni (Martinsried)
„Kindlin-1 controls Wnt and TGF-β availability to regulate cutaneous stem cell proliferation”
Poster Award
2021, Annual meeting (Online)
Francesco Baschieri (Villejuif, France)
“Fibroblast-tracks drive cancer cell migration across rigidity gradients”
Mélissa Dussoyer (Lyon, France)
“Proteomic characterization of skin extracellular matrix alterations in dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa”
Soraia Fernandes (Brno, Czech Republic)
“Extracellular Matrix Structural and Functional Modifications during Prostate Cancer Development”
Carolin Freiburg (Cologne)
“Characterization of a novel gain of malfunction mutation in an intron of COL6A1”
Abiramy Jeyagaran (Tübingen)
“Effect of nidogen-1 on stem cell-derived glucose-responsive insulin-producing cells”
Steffen Lütke (Cologne)
“Extracellular targeting of hemicentins to the fibrillin microfibrillar network”
Franziska Lausecker (Manchester, UK)
“Identification of an altered matrix signature in kidney ageing and disease”
Sophie Liot (Lyon, France)
“Tenascin-X dynamic deposition during pancreatic carcinogenesis – towards a protective role?”
Chiara Venegoni (Milan, Italy)
“Anisotropic reorganization of the extracellular matrix is associated with transition of bladder cancer stage and grade”
Dmitri Visser (Tübingen)
“Electrospinning of collagen type I out of non-fluorinated, gentle solvent systems”
2019, Annual meeting Regensburg
Elke Pach (Cologne)
“Deletion of fibroblast MMP-14 in the skin leads to reduced melanoma growth”
Heiko Rödig (Frankfurt)
“Biglycan switches between inflammation and autophagy by binding to either CD14 or CD44”
Dominique Muschter (Regensburg)
“Sensory nervous system impacts on cartilage and subchondral bone pathology in a murine OA model”
2018, Annual meeting Stuttgart
Oliver Schneider (Stuttgart)
“Structural Characterization of Collagen VI von Willebrand factor type A domains and the functional consequences of mutations”
Sponsored by DGMB
Herimela Solomon-Degefa (Cologne)
“Structural Characterization of Collagen VI von Willebrand factor type A domains and the functional consequences of mutations”
Sponsored by DGMB
Melanie Föll (Freiburg)
“Identification of tissue damage, extracellular matrix remodeling and bacterial challenge as common mechanisms associated with high-risk cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma”
Sponsored by DGMB
Stefanie Heumüller (Cologne)
“C-terminal proteolytic processing of collagen VI α3 chain: Endotrophin is released in fragments of different size”
Sponsored by Schweizer Gesellschaft für Matrixbiologie (SSMB)
Louise Tzung-Harn Hsieh (Frankfurt/Main)
„A novel biological function of soluble biglycan: Induction of erythropoietin production and polycythemia”
Sponsored by Schweizer Gesellschaft für Matrixbiologie (SSMB)
Eva Brauchle (Stuttgart)
“Identification of glycosaminoglycans in extracellular matrix of human tumor tissues”
Sponsored by Renishaw
Mugdha Sawant (Cologne)
“Keratin 5 threonin 150 phosphorylation is linked to epidermolysis bullosa simplex and regulates filament assembly and cellular function”
Sponsored by Greiner Bio-One
Kaori Sugiyama (Tsukuba, Japan/Tübingen)
“Label-free Raman imaging of elastic fibers in diseased and healthy mouse aortic tissues”
Sponsored by Universitätsklinikum Tübingen
2017, Annual meeting Cologne
Maria Benito-Jardón (Valencia)
„The FN synergy site re-enforces cell adhesion and mediates a crosstalk between integrin classes”
Anna Otte (Kiel)
„In vivo inhibition of metalloprotease meprin beta in fibrotic disease”
Tatjana Holzer (Cologne)
„Mitochondrial dysfunction impairs juvenile growth plate integrity and induces growth plate closure”
2016, Annual meeting Freiburg
Helen Burow (Tübingen)
„Role of netrins and their receptors in disseminated breast cancer cells in the human bone marrow”
Tobias Kühl (Freiburg)
„Mesenchymal Stromal Cell Therapy for Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa”
Yasemin Üstün (Cologne)
„Deletion of the epidermis derived laminin γ1 chain leads to defects in the regulation of late hair morphogenesis”
2015, Annual meeting Münster
Taslima Nahar (Heidelberg)
“Role of the LIM-domain protein zyxin in stretch-induced arterial remodeling”
Augusto Martins Lima (Münster)
“Density and interface immobilization of integrin ligands determine their function as agonist or antagonist”
Alexandra Zuk (Cologne)
“In vivo consequences of dominant negative effects on the fibrillin microfibrillar network”
Oral Award
2021, Annual meeting (Online)
Christin Adamo (Cologne)
“Effects of EMILIN-1 deficiency on collagen homeostasis”
Syrine Arif (Québec, Canada)
“Extracellular matrix composition during wound healing dictates the diffusion of microvesicles derived from myofibroblasts”
Jessica Morgner (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
“Lamb1-Dendra2 – a new mouse model sheds light on breast cancer basement membrane dynamics”
Muthu L. Muthu (Montreal, Canada)
“Sex specific role of fibrillin-1 in adipose tissue development and function”
Sunaina Suranay (London, UK)
“The tyrosine phosphatase LAR acts as a membrane receptor for the nidogen-tetanus toxin complex”
Dick Heinegard European Young Investigator Award
2018, MBE Meeting, Manchester
Raphael Reuten (Copenhagen)
„Modulating the physico-mechanical properties of basement membranes through the extracellular-matrix protein netrin-4”
Rupert Timpl Award
2016, Matrix Biology Europe, Athens
Alexander Nyström (Freiburg)
“Delineation of disease modifiers allows for treatment of basement membrane-linked skin disorders”
2012, FECTS and ISMB Joint Meeting, Katowice
Thordur Oskarsson (Heidelberg)
“Breast cancer cells produce tenascin C as a metastatic niche component to colonize the lungs”
2010, FECTS Davos
Anika Lange (Martinsried)
“Integrin-linked kinase is an adaptor with essential functions during mouse development”
Honorary Award on the occasion of the 25th Anniversary of the German Society for Matrix Biology
Peter Bruckner (Münster)