6th International Wroclaw Scientific Meetings
Wrocław, 2–4 October 2025
02.10.2025 – 1st DAY OF 6th IWSM
8:00 – Registration
9:00 – Opening and welcome notes
Session I: Experimental Oncology & Cancer Biology
9:15 – 10:00 Honorary Lecture by Prof. Eberhard Neumann: “The Electroporation Hysteresis – New View on the Fundamentals”
10:00 – 10:15 Augustinas Želvys – “4T1 Breast Cancer Treatment in Vivo Using High-Power Pulsed Electromagnetic Fields in Combination with Bleomycin or CaCl2”,
10:15 – 10:30 Barbora Lekešytė – “Enhancing Gene Delivery in In Vitro Cells Using High-Frequency Nanosecond Pulsed Electric Fields and Gold Nanoparticles”,
10:30 – 10:45 Paulina Malakauskaite – “Calcium Electrochemotherapy Using Ultra-fast Nanosecond Electric Pulses and Their Effects on Mitochondria Transmembrane Potential and Oxidation”,
10:45 – 11:00 Martyna Nowak – “Assessment of Cathepsin B-Mediated Activation of Peptide-Based Prodrugs in Breast Cancer Cells”,
11:00 –11:15 Agata Barzowska – Gogola „Targeting Replication Stress Pathways in Hormone-Dependent HER2-Positive Breast Cancer”
11:15 – 11:30 Short presentation by sponsor – Beckman Coulter
11:30 – 12:00 – Coffee break and poster view
Session II: Molecular & Regenerative Medicine
12:00 – 12:45 Lecture by Prof. Lluis M. Mir: „Interactions of the electric/electromagnetic fields with the cells and electroporation-based therapies”
12:45 – 13:00 Weronika Umińska – “MSC-Derived Extracellular Vesicles in Wound Healing: Mechanisms and Therapeutic Potential”,
13:00 – 13:15 Kacper Hiżycki – “Vascular network formation: different approaches in regenerative medicine”,
13:15 – 13:30 Kamila Maciejewska – “Biocompatible nanoparticles for medical application”
13:30 – 13:45 Michał Maj – „Cytometry in Action: Platforms, People and Possibilities” (CYTO-LOGIC)
13:45 – 14:30 – Lunch & poster session
Session III: Pharmacology & Therapeutic Strategies
14:30 – 15:15 Lecture of dr Kristine Vaivode: “Identification of human type III dendritic cells”,
15:15 – 15:30 Klaudia Molik – “In Vitro Modeling of Immunomodulatory Mechanisms of Extracorporeal Photopheresis in Jurkat T Cells”,
15:30 – 15:45 Sajjad Biglari – “Dietary Glycocalyx Mimetic Reduces Vascular Risk in Type 2 Diabetes: Evidence from Urinary Peptidomic Classifiers in a South Asian Surinamese Cohort”,
15:45 – 16:00 Nicholas Czarnik – “Rituximab, off-label, but a promising treatment for resistant nephrotic syndrome”,
16:00 – 16:15 Magdalena Surman – “The Proangiogenic Effects of Melanoma-Derived Ectosomes Are Mediated by αvβ5 Integrin Rather than αvβ3 Integrin”,
16:15 – 16:30 Magdalena Moritz – “The potential of cell-based therapies to restore insulin independence in patients with Type 1 Diabetes”.
14:30 – 16:30 WORKSHOPS
Route A: Flow cytometry – multi-parameter analysis (by Cyto-Logic)
Route B: Bioimaging (by Dr Anna Szewczyk)
Route C: CytoFLEX LX Mosaic (by Beckman Coulter)
Route D: Electroporation in vitro (by MD Wojciech Szlasa)
03.10.2025 2nd DAY OF 6th IWSM
Session IV: Hematology & Blood Research
08:30 – 09:15 – Lecture of dr Christian D. Muller: “Next-Generation High-Content Screening with Flow and Image Cytometry”,
09:15 – 09:30 Joanna Uszko – “Dual targeting of kinase signaling and BCL-2 improves apoptotic response in acute myeloid leukemia: Insights from 2D and 3D culture models”,
09:30 – 09:45 Andrzej Wasilewski – “¹H NMR-Based Search for Pediatric Leukemia Biomarkers: Comparative Analysis of Plasma and Cerebrospinal Fluid”,
09:45 – 10:00 Joanna Jacuńska “The role of blood cell count (BCC)-driven ratios in childhood hypertension”,
10:00 – 10:15 Izabela Krauze – “Investigating the Cytoprotective Role of NPAS4 under Hypoxia and Oxidative Stress with a Focus on Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress in N2a Cells”
10:15 – 10:30 Antoni Godlewski – “Novel Amidrazone Derivatives as Non-Toxic Anti-Inflammatory Agents: Insights from Cytometric Studies”,
10:30 – 10:45 – Short presentation by sponsor – Sysmex „Diagnostic laboratory workflow powered by Sysmex solutions.”
10:45 – 11:15 Coffee break and poster view
Session V: Clinical Medicine & Diagnostics
11:15 – 12:00 Lecture of dr Ignazio Carauana „Engineering CAR-T Therapy: a translational path from the bench to the bedside and back again…”
12:00 – 12:15 Dariusz Pianka – „Revolutionize Your Research: Unleashing the Power of Digital PCR with Thermo Fisher”,
12:15 – 12:30 Helena Martynowicz – “The effect of sleep bruxism on heart rate variability in obstructive sleep apnea”,
12:30 – 12:45 Aly Adel Aly Ahmed Ibrahim – “Coexisting Rare Diseases: A Case Series of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Patients with Additional Rare Disorders”,
12:45 – 13:00 Kaja Jabłonowska – “Analysis of FGF-19, FGF-22, and FGF-2 Levels in Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes Related to Clinical Complications”,
13:00 – 13:15 Amelia Pielech –“ Vaginal microbiome in pregnant and non-pregnant women”,
13:15– 13:30 Riccardo Pasculli – Unlock the Future of Cell Analysis: Spectral Flow Cytometry and Live-Cell Imaging Redefined – (FAS, OMIXYS)
13:30 – 14:30 Lunch break and poster session
Session VI: Biophysics & Innovative Biomedical Methods
14:30 – 15:15 Lecture of prof. Mihaela Moisescu: “From population to single-cell: leveraging dielectrophoresis for advanced biomedical applications”,
15:15– 15:30 Justyna Pilch – “From Immunostaining to Risk Stratification: The Expanding Role of Immunohistochemistry in Uveal Melanoma”,
15:30 – 15:45 Jan Brykała – “Insight into the impact of non-nutritive sweetener on the bacteriophage activity”,
15:45 – 16:00 Zdeněk Kejík – “Cyanine dyes in molecular recognition”,
16:00 – 16:15 Jan Hajduch – “Cyanine Dyes in the Mitochondria-Targeting Photodynamic and Photothermal Therapy”
14:30– 16:30 WORKSHOPS and DEMONSTRATIONS
Route A: 3D Cancer Spheroids (by DSc Christian Muller/Dr Olga Michel/Dorota Bęben)
Route B: Clinical Flow Cytometry (by Sysmex)
14:30 – 16:30 Demonstration of the Nano-flow cytometry „Precise and efficient Extracellular Vesicles purity detection with ExoPlorer Nano Flow Cytometer” (by OMIXYS)
19:00 Evening in the Pharmacy Museum with Buffet & Conversation
Museum of Pharmacy; address: Kurzy Targ 4, 50-103 Wroclaw
20:00 – Wroclaw by night
4.10.2025 3rd DAY OF 6th IWSM
Session VII: Interdisciplinary Nanoscience & Technology
08:30 – 09:15 Lecture of dr Bartosz Krajnik: ”Super-resolution Optical Fluctuation Imaging (SOFI): Extending the Limits of Widefield Fluorescence Microscopy”,
09:15 – 09:30 Filip Chmarzyński – “Characterization of biomechanical properties in tissue-engineered implants and soft tissues”,
09:30 – 09:45 Przemysław Cuprych – “Vibrational spectroscopy as a tool for rapid diagnosis of rheumatic diseases”,
09:45 – 10:00 Joanna Budziaszek – “Overcoming AmpC-driven resistance: novel inhibitors as adjuvants to restore β-lactam efficacy”,
10:00 – 10:15 Rafał Kuczma – “Fidaxomicin MIC and Clinical Outcomes in Clostridioides difficile Infection: Is There a Predictive Link? A Scoping Review”
10:15 – 10:45 Coffee break
Session VIII: Biomedical Engineering & Future Directions
10:45 – 11:30 Lecture of prof. Vitalij Novickij: “New modalities of electroporation for drug and gene delivery”
11:30 – 11:45 Sofia Rayevska – “Plant-Based Hydrogel Matrices for Semi-Solid Extrusion of Lidocaine Dosage Forms”,
11:45 – 12:00 Luminita Claudia Miclea – “Cytotoxic potential evaluation and 3D intracellular localization of label-free mesoporous silica carriers for Irinotecan”,
12:00 – 12:15 Katarzyna Zakręt-Drozdowska – “Novel [CoSAN-I]- based antimicrobials functionalized with organic substituents”,
12:15 – 12:30 Wojciech Szlasa – “Anti-CD7 CAR-T cells manufacturing”.
12:30 – 13:00 – social event
13:00– Closing remarks & Award ceremony 🏆
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