Welcome to ECM2026
This year’s conference will feature an inspiring line-up of plenary sessions and focused breakout sessions exploring new research in extracellular matrix biology and fibrosis.
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Pleanary sessions
- ECM in health and disease
- The fibrotic impact of obesity across organs
- Tissue destruction in autoimmunity and chronic inflammation
- Dermatology- a sign of a systemic disease
- Fibroblasts vs cancer cells – who is in control?
- Intestines and the ECM: a target to treat?
- The epithelium as a barrier: IPF & COPD
Break out-sessions
- When the matrix hits the brain
- Wound healing and tissue remodeling
- Translational ECM Research
- ECM Imaging Technologies
- Precision Medicine and the ECM
- ECM Pharmacology: Lung Disease
- ECM Pharmacology: Liver Disease
- ECM Pharmacology: IBD and Skin
- Cancer biology and the ECM
- Proteases and tissue destruction
- Osteoarthritis: Weight, Inflammation, Intervention
- From biomarkers to therapies
- Fibroblast heterogeneity