Scientific Community

Where to meet us

SY-Stem 12. - 14. March 2025, Vienna (Austria)

In this two-and-a-half-day event, recognized keynote speakers, as well as aspiring young group leaders will discuss the latest advances in stem cell biology in an informal and collaborative setting. Our goal is to strengthen a cooperative and dynamic spirit in this research area.

As co-organizer for the 2025 sessions, we selected the following topics:

Stem cell niches | Deterministic vs. stochastic decisions | Germline | Model systems for stem cell biology | Epigenetics & imprinting | Cell biology of stem cells | Transitioning stem cells into the clinic

European glia meeting 8. - 11. July 2025, Marceille (France)

Check specifically session S07, where we will present our newest data: 

S07 – Glia – matrix interactions shape brain structure and function (F. Soria, A. Dityatev)

Where we have been

  • 2023 Cell physics meeting 2023, Saarbrücken, Germany,
  • Microglia and Neuroinflammation, Cambridge, UK
  • 2022 Keystone Symposia, Neuro-Immune Interactions in the CNS, Keystone, USA
  • Cell Symposia, The biology of neuropsychiatric disorders, Sitges, Spain
  • 2022 Pro RETINA, Potsdam, Germany
  • 2019 Society for Neuroscience (SfN), Chicago, USA
  • Keystone Symposia “Neuronal Environment in Disease: Glial responses and Neuroinflammation”, Keystone, USA

Conference proceedings

XVI European Meeting on Glial Cells in Health and Disease, 2023, Berlin, Germany

  •   Maes M, Colombo G, Schoot-Uiterkamp F, Venturino A, Sternberg F, Pohl E, Siegert S, “Mitochondrial networks reveal sex-specific microglial response to stress and injury”, GLIA, Volume 71, Issue S1, T05-019A, 10.1002/glia.24418
  •   Colombo G, Cubero RJA, Venturino A, Kanari L, Schulz R, Scolamiero M, Agerberg J, Mathys H, Tsai L-H, Chachólsk W, Hess K, Siegert S, “MorphOMICs: a new algorithm to unravel region- and sex-dependent microglia morphological plasticity in health and disease”, GLIA, Volume 71, Issue S1, T10-002A, 10.1002/glia.24418
  •   Cubero RJA, Colombo G, Venturino A, Schulz R, Maes M, Gharagozlou S, Scolamiero M, Agerberg J, Kanari L, Hess K, Chachólsk W, Siegert S, “Resolving the morpho-functional responses of locally-constrained retinal microglia with morphOMICs”, GLIA, Volume 71, Issue S1, T10-007A, 10.1002/glia.24418
  •   Hubschmann V, Korkut-Demirbas M, Venturino A, Siegert S, “Human microglia incorporated into retinal organoids contribute to viral mediated inflammation and impact neuronal activity”, GLIA, Volume 71, Issue S1, T16-018A, 10.1002/glia.24418
  •   Schoot-Uiterkamp F, Farrelly AM, Maes M, Siegert S, “Loss of Cox-1 attenuates microglia reactivity after optic nerve injury”, GLIA, Volume 71, Issue S1, T16-106B, 10.1002/glia.24418
  •   Venturino A, Cubero RJA, Benevento M, Alamalhoda M, Schulz R, Roessler K, Czech T, Colombo G, Yeung J, Tasic B, Siegert S, “A sexual dimorphic microglia response modulates visual cortex network activity after ketamine-anesthesia”, GLIA, Volume 71, Issue S1, T17-001A, 10.1002/glia.24418

 

XV European Meeting on Glial Cells in Health and Disease, 2021, online

  •   Nagy B, Cubero RJ, Siegert S, “Microglia depletion disrupts postnatal retinal development, GLIA, Volume 69, Issue S1, T21-004A.

 

ARVO Annual Meeting 2021, online

  •   Maes M, Wögenstein G, Colombo G, Siegert S, “A modified AAV2/6 enhances retinal microglial transduction in a layer-specific manner”, Investigative         Ophthalmology & Visual Science June 2021, Volume 62, p. 1688.

 

XIV European Meeting on Glial Cells in Health and Disease, 2019, Porto, Portugal

  •   Maes M, Siegert S, “Mitochondrial morphology as an indicator of microglia activity in retinal degeneration”, GLIA, Volume 67, Issue S1, 05-032A.
  •   Venturino A, Schulz R, Colombo G, Nagy B, Siegert S, “Sex specific microglia response to transient reduction of neuronal activity”, GLIA, Volume 67, Issue S1,
      T09-053B.
  •   Colombo G, Venturino A, Schulz R, Kanari L, Hess K, Siegert S, “Topological classification of microglia”, GLIA, Volume 67, Issue S1, T20-011C.
  •   Nagy B, Siegert S, “Comparing the efficiency of microglia depletion strategies during adulthood and development”, GLIA, Volume 67, Issue S1, T21-005C.

 

ARVO Annual Meeting, 2019, Vancouver, Canada

  • Maes M, Siegert S, “Microglia exhibit distinct mitochondrial signatures in retinal degeneration”, Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science July 2019, Volume 60, p. 3999.
  • Colombo G, Venturino A, Schulz R, Kanari L, Hess K, Siegert S, “Topological classification of retinal microglia during development”, Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science July 2019, Volume 60, p. 4010.

 

XXIV World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics (WCPG), 2016, Jerusalem, Israel

  • Siegert S, Seo J, Kwon EJ, Rudenko A, Cho S, Wang W, Flood Z, Martorell AJ, Ericsson M, Mungenast AE, Tsai L-H, “The schizophrenia risk gene product miR-137 alters presynaptic plasticity”, European Neuropsychopharmacology, Volume 27, Supplement 3, 2017, pp. S497-S498

Conference Attendance

NameConferenceWhenTitle of the presentationLink of the conference
Sandra SiegertMicroglia WebinarOct 2nd, 2023Talk: From microglia morphology to function (with the help of ketamine)https://www.microglia.info/webinars
Sandra SiegertISTA-FKNE-CHET Young PI Symposium Klosteneuburg 23-Jun-24Event Co-organizer https://young-pi-symposium.pages.ist.ac.at/
Medina Korkut-DemirbasFENS ViennaJune 25th-29th, 2024 FENS Forum 2024 | International Neuroscience Conference
Medina Korkut-DemirbasEMBO workshop GenoaMay 21st – 24th, 2024 Microglia in health and disease (embo.org)
Medina Korkut-DemirbasSY-Stem ViennaMarch 13-15th, 2024 SY-Stem 12. – 14. March 2025, Vienna (Austria) (oeaw.ac.at)
Medina Korkut-DemirbasISSCR ViennaDecember 4-6th, 2023 Vienna International Symposium — International Society for Stem Cell Research (isscr.org)
Medina Korkut-DemirbasDevStem ViennaMarch 3rd, 2023Flash talk and Poster – Investigation of hiPSC-derived microglia migration with a microfluidics approachDevelopment and Stem Cells Regional Meeting (ist.ac.at)
Medina Korkut-DemirbasCAJAL BordeauxOctober 10-28th, 2022Poster – A systematic characterization of intrinsically formed microglia-like cells during retinal organoid differentiation.Brain Organoids – CAJAL (cajal-training.org)
Medina Korkut-DemirbasDevStem ViennaMay 6th, 2022Poster – A systematic characterization of intrinsically formed microglia-like cells during retinal organoid differentiation.Development and Stem Cells Regional Meeting (ist.ac.at)
Medina Korkut-DemirbasSY-Stem ViennaMarch 23-25th, 2022Poster – A systematic characterization of intrinsically formed microglia-like cells during retinal organoid differentiation.SY-Stem 12. – 14. March 2025, Vienna (Austria) (oeaw.ac.at)
Medina Korkut-DemirbasSY-Stem ViennaMarch 3-5th, 2021 SY-Stem 12. – 14. March 2025, Vienna (Austria) (oeaw.ac.at)
Medina Korkut-DemirbasSY-Stem ViennaMarch 21-23rd, 2019 SY-Stem 12. – 14. March 2025, Vienna (Austria) (oeaw.ac.at)
Medina Korkut-DemirbasSY-Stem Workshop ViennaMarch 18-20th, 2019  
Medina Korkut-DemirbasDevStem ViennaJanuary 25th, 2019 http://devstem.ist.ac.at/
Verena SchmiedCell Symposia: Neuro-Immune Axis SitgesSept 17-19, 2017Poster – Establishing a human retinal-microglial model system to study microglial-disease genes 
Verena SchmiedSY-Stem ViennaMarch 21-23rd, 2019  
Verena SchmiedEuropean Meeting on Glial Cells in Health and Disease PortoJuly 10-13, 2019 https://www.glia2025.eu/wp-content/uploads/Glia-2021-Programme.pdf
Verena SchmiedDevelopment and Stem Cells Klosterneuburg28-Feb-20Poster – How human microglia shape developing neurons in retinal organoids 
Verena SchmiedSY-Stem ViennaMarch 3-5th, 2021Poster – How human microglia shape developing neurons in retinal organoidsSY-Stem 12. – 14. March 2025, Vienna (Austria) (oeaw.ac.at)
Verena SchmiedProRetina Meeting Online9-Apr-21Poster – How human microglia shape developing neurons in retinal organoidshttps://www.pro-retina-stiftung.de/retinal-degeneration-potsdam-meeting-2021/
Verena SchmiedDevStem ViennaMay 6th, 2022Poster – Characterization of human microglia colonizing developing retinal organoidsDevelopment and Stem Cells Regional Meeting (ist.ac.at)
Verena SchmiedEuropean Meeting on Glial Cells in Health and Disease BerlinJuly 7-11 2023Poster – Human microglia incorporated into retinal organoids contribute to viral mediated inflammation and impact neuronal activity.https://glia2023.eu/detailed-programme/
Verena SchmiedISSCR ViennaDecember 4-6th, 2023Poster – Human microglia contribute to viral-mediated inflammation ad impact neuronal activity in retinal organoids.Vienna International Symposium — International Society for Stem Cell Research (isscr.org)
Verena SchmiedProRetina Meeting PotsdamApril 13th, 2024Talk – The impact of microglia on retinal organoid developmenthttps://www.pro-retina-stiftung.de/potsdam-meeting/
Verena SchmiedAnnual meeting Austrian Society for Stem Cell Research (ASSCR) Vienna20-Jun-24 https://www.asscr.at/
Verena SchmiedFENS ViennaJune 25th-29th, 2024Poster – Human microglia dependent viral-mediated inflammation impairs retinal organoid developmentFENS Forum 2024 | International Neuroscience Conference