International Conference on Microchimerism 2026
It is our pleasure to announce the
International Conference on Microchimerism
from May 27-28, 2026,
in the beautiful city of Graz.
Welcome to the Conference on the Many Shades of Microchimerism
Thomas Kroneis, Conference President
A Call to the Microchimerism Pioneers
Welcome to the international conference on the many shades of microchimerism.
When we launched the project to analyse microchimerism (MC) in its entity 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.
From Scattered Voices to a United Community
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, those working in related fields of research, such as transplantation, where microchimerism is a hot topic as well.
MC Conference - Turning Ideas and Insights into Joint Work
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. We will focus on the functional significance of microchimerism to go beyond the mere quantitative description of it. And be surprised how microchimerism even enters popular literature!
Set out to Foster New Research
In short, this 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.
Thomas Kroneis
Conference President
Details about the programme and the speakers
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Michael Eikmans, The Netherlands
Dennis Lo, China – (virtual) Keynote
Click on the name of the session to view the summaries.
- Past, Presence, Future – Microchimerism across disciplines
- Reproduction I
- Transplantation
- Immunology I
- Keynote Lecture by Dennis Lo, China
- Immunology II
- Reproduction II
- Evolution
A poster session and an industry exhibition are also part of the programme.
Eighteen short presentations will be selected from all abstracts submitted. The deadline for abstract submissions is 6 January 2026.
Non-cellular Microchimerism
Ethical considerations
Human Health
Immunology and Autoimmunity
The Unknown
Established and Emerging
Evolution and Genetic Conflict
Transplantation Biology
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