Big Microchimerism Conference 2026
Dear friends of Microchimerism
It is our pleasure to announce the
Big Microchimerism Conference
from May 27-28, 2026,
in the beautiful city of Graz.
Welcome to the Conference on the Many Shades of Microchimerism
When we launched the project to analyse microchimerism in its entirety at the end of 2021, it was clear from the beginning that this would only be possible with the help and involvement of the entire MC community. Bringing the scattered scientists together to form a powerful, self-fertilizing scientific unit was the most important mission of our consortium, in addition to our own research. Many of you already followed our call and joined our scientific talk series. However, we felt this was not enough.
Therefore, we call the growing microchimerism community to a meeting in Graz to present the progress of microchimerism research and to discuss the hot topics. This call goes out to all of you who have joined us over the past few years, who have discussed with us at conferences, and in virtual discussions. It is addressed to all of you who have become aware of the topic and have been infected by the enthusiasm for microchimerism. But we also want to invite all the microchimerism researchers we have not yet reached. And, of course, to those working in related fields of research, such as transplantation, where microchimerism is a hot topic as well…
With this conference, we want to provide a joint starting point for the various research directions in microchimerism and, together with the scientific community, set the course for future research. To this end, we will address the big questions of microchimerism and explore it from all angles. Including the most promising technologies to work better and more focused as a research community. With a focus on the functional significance of microchimerism to go beyond the mere quantitative description of microchimerism… And be surprised how microchimerism enters popular literature!
In short, the conference aims to highlight the nuances of microchimerism and prepare the content – and its community – that will form the basis of microchimerism research for the next decade. We will provide space for networking within our community at a lovely evening event as well as the opportunity to exchange ideas with the industry (industry-exhibition) and to meet some of the key opinion leaders in microchimerism research.
On behalf of the Microchimerism Consortium and the Scientific Advisory Board, we would like to welcome you all to Graz for a lively scientific exchange, inspiring atmosphere and the who’s who of microchimerism,
Thomas Kroneis
Congress President
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