European Chemokine and Cell Migration Conference
Copenhagen 18 - 21 August 2025
The conference will provide a forum for researchers at all career stages to share and discuss recent findings in the field through one-on-one discussions, poster sessions and presentations.
Day 1: Monday 18 August
13.00-14.00 Arrival and registration
14.00-14.15 Conference opening: Mette M. Rosenkilde/Martin Gustavsson/Gertrud Hjortø (University of Copenhagen)
14.15-16.00 Session I:
Chemokines in regulation of innate immunity
14.15-14.45 Mia Philipsson (Uppsala University, Sweden)
14.45-15.15 Douglas Dyer (University of Manchester, UK)
15.15-16.00 Short talks selected from abstracts
16.00-16.30 Coffee
16.30-18.30 Session II:
The chemokine system in cancer: mechanisms and therapeutic strategies
16.30-17.15 Martine Smit (VU Amsterdam, Netherlands)
17.15-17.45 Antal Rot (Queen Mary University, London, UK)
17.45-18.30 Short talks selected from abstracts
18.45-21.00
Welcome reception on the top floor of the Maersk tower
Day 2: Tuesday 19 August
9.00-11.00 Session I:
Chemokine receptor structure function
9.00-9.45 Brian Volkman (Medical College of Wisconsin, USA)
9.45-10.15 Cherine Bechara (Montpellier University, France) “Charged for Discovery: Mass Spectrometry Unlocks Chemokine Receptor dynamics and interactions”
10.15-11.00 Short talks selected from abstracts
11.00-11.30 Coffee
11.30-13.00 Session II:
Regulation of chemokine signaling and immune system function by post translational modifications
11.30-12.00 Steffen Goletz (Technical University of Denmark)
12.00-12.30 Sudarshan Rajagopal (Duke University, USA)
12.30-13.00 Short talks selected from abstracts
13.00-14.30 Lunch and poster session
14.30-16.00 Session III:
Linkage of chemokine receptors with the cell cytoskeleton-cells on the move
14.30-15.15 Michael Sixt (IST, Austria)
15.15-15.45 Mario Mellado, (Centro Nacional de Biotecnología, Spain)
15.45-16.00 Short talk selected from abstract
16.00-17.00 Coffee and poster session
17.00-18.30 Session IV:
Chemokine receptors and other GPCRs in Drug Discovery
17.00-17.30 David Gloriam (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
17.30-18.00 Martin Gustavsson (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
18.00-18.15 Johan Lantto (Synklino A/S, Denmark)
18.15-18.30 Short talk selected from abstracts
Day 3: Wednesday 20 August
9.00-10.30 Session I:
Chemokines in inflammatory and autoimmune diseases
9.00-9.30 Sofie Struyf (KU Leuven, Belgium)
9.30-10.00 Karl Balabanian (INSERM, France) “CXCR4 signaling, a gatekeeper orchestrating the bone marrow ecosystem”
10.00-10.30 Short talks selected from abstracts
10.30-11.30 Coffee and poster session
11.30-13.00 Session II:
Atypical chemokine receptors
11.30-12.00 Martyna Szpakowska (Luxembourg Institute of Health)
12.00-12.30 Daniel Legler (Institute of Cell Biology and Immunology Thurgau, Switzerland)
12.30-13.00 Short talks selected from abstracts
13.00-14.30 Lunch and poster session
14.30-16.00 Session III:
Chemokine signaling and regulation by GAGs and modulators
14.30-15.00 Rebecca Miller (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
15.00-15.30 Shoumo Bhattacharya (University of Oxford, UK)
15.30-16.00 Short talks selected from abstracts
16.00- Excursion and conference dinner
Day 4: Thursday 21 August
9.00-11.00 Session I:
Druggable targets in the chemokine system
9.00-9.45 Arun Shukla (Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur)
9.45-10.15 Andreas Kungl (University of Graz/Antagonis, Austria)
10.15-10.45 Natalia Ortiz Zacarias (Leiden University, Netherlands)
10.45-11.00 Short talk selected from abstracts
11.00-11.30 Coffee
11.30-13.00 Session II:
Chemokines and their receptors in neuro-immunology
11.30-12.00 Kristine Freude (University of Copenhagen, Denmark) “Deciphering the Microglia Contribution to Sex Differences in Alzheimer’s Disease”
12.00-12.30 Britta Engelhardt (Theodor Kocher Institute, Switzerland) “The role of the brain barriers in neuroinflammation”
12.30-13.00 Short talks selected from abstracts
13.00-13.15: Conference closing
All conference attendees are invited to a welcome reception on the evening of Monday 18 August, and a conference dinner on 20 August 2025.
Deadline: 8 August 2025.
Invited Speakers will receive a link for registration by email.
All attendees are encouraged to submit abstracts for presentation at ECMC2025. Abstracts will be reviewed and scheduled for presentation either as a poster or short oral presentation.
Deadlines
The deadlines for abstract submission are 1 August for presenting a poster and 1 June if you would like to also be considered for a short oral presentation.
Abstract submission instructions
- Abstracts should be prepared in pdf format and submitted by e-mail to ecmc2025@ku.dk
- Abstracts should be written in English using Arial size 11 and contain a title, author list, list of affiliations, abstract text and contact e-mail for the lead author.
- The title of the abstract should be printed in CAPITAL LETTERS
- The author list should contain the first and last names of all authors with the name of the presenting author underlined and affiliations referenced by numbers in superscript (1,2,3 etc)
- The list of affiliations should contain all affiliations referenced in the author list
- The abstract text should not be longer than 250 words, including references (if any).
- The contact e-mail address for the lead author should be listed under the abstract text
Panum and the Maersk Tower:
Panum and Maersk Tower – University of Copenhagen
Things to do in Copenhagen:
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Public transport in Copenhagen:
https://www.publictransport.dk/
Course secretary
Pernille Skov Sander
University of Copenhagen
Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences
Dept. of Biomedical Sciences
E-mail: ecmc2025@sund.ku.dk
Organizers
Associate Professor Martin Gustavsson
Associate Professor Gertrud Hjortø
Professor Mette Rosenkilde
University of Copenhagen
Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences
Dept. of Biomedical Sciences
Laboratory of Molecular and Translational Pharmacology
E-mail: ecmc2025@sund.ku.dk
Venue
The conference will take place at Panum, which is situated a few kilometers from the center of Copenhagen.
The venue is easily accessible by public transport and in proximity to a numbers of hotels and restaurants.
Address: Blegdamsvej 3B, 2200 Copenhagen N
Funding
This conference is a joint meeting with the partners of the EU-funded project B-ACTIVE headed by Paul Proost, part of the Horizon-MSCA-2022-Doctoral Network (project number 101120187).
For more information, you are welcome to explore the B-ACTIVE website.
This conference is supported by the Basic & Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology (BCPT) journal.
This conference is supported by the Carlsberg Foundation, grant CF25-0012.
