Imaging Principles of Life 2026
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30 September – 1 October 2026
Institute of Molecular Genetics of the Czech Academy of Sciences
Prague, Czech Republic
The conference is open to everyone interested in imaging methods, with no presentation required to attend. The program will feature expert talks covering light and electron microscopy, multimodal and correlative imaging, and medical imaging. Highlights include keynote and invited lectures, a poster session, a company exhibition, presentations of the latest technological innovations, and outstanding results from Czech-BioImaging Core Facilities.
More details coming soon!
Invited speakers
Prof. Jean-Yves Tinevez
Head of the Image Analysis Hub, Institute Pasteur, Paris, France
Jun.Prof. Dr. Christian Franke
Head of the Digitized Experimental Microscopy Facility, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany
Assoc.Prof. Dr. Martin Krššák
Clinical Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
Dr. Marta Carroni
Head of Cryo-EM Unit, Stockholm University, Sweden
What can you look forward to?
SCIENTIFIC
PRESENTATIONS
POSTER
SESSION
USER MEETING
SESSION
SOCIAL
PROGRAM
INDUSTRIAL
EXHIBITION
Registration
Registration CLOSED
Deadline: 15 July 2026
Registration fee: 1 000 CZK (incl. VAT)
Please, pay the conference fee by 15 July 2026 at the latest.
Cancellation policy: All cancellations must be sent to conference@czech-bioimaging.cz on the following conditions:
- Before 31 August 2026 (23:59 CEST): a full refund of the registration fee will be made.
- After 31 August 2026: unfortunately no refund is possible.
Imaging Principles of Life 2025, Rozdrojovice
Abstracts
Abstract submission CLOSED
Deadline: 15 July 2026
If you tick the box “I am considering submitting an abstract for a poster or oral presentation” during registration, you’ll receive an email with a link to submit your abstract.
- Confirmation of oral presentation inclusion in conference program by 31 August 2026
- Language of the abstract: English
- The Abstract Book will be published in a digital format only as part of our commitment to sustainability.
The authors are responsible both for the scientific content and grammar of their abstract. The abstracts will not be proofread or revised by the organizers.
Oral presentations
Kindly check the program to find out your presentation time slot.
- Regular: 10 min (+ 5 min discussion)
- Hybrid: 15 min (+ 5 min discussion)
- Invited: 25 min (+ 5 min discussion)
- Industry: 5 min (+ 5 min discussion)
The speakers are required to get in touch with the designated IT technician in advance to test and upload their
Poster presentations
Recommended size of a poster is A0 (height: 120 cm x width: 90 cm)
Portrait orientation is preferred, as poster stands are vertical.
Authors are welcome to mount their posters upon arrival at the venue. Conference organizers will be available to assist.
Poster authors are expected to be present at their posters during the poster session to discuss their work and answer questions.
Final program
The organizers reserve the right to make changes to the program as necessary.
Wednesday, 30 September
Thursday, 1 October
From 08:00 | Arrivals & Registration |
10:00–10:15 | CONFERENCE OPENING |
Updates from Czech-BioImaging Pavel Hozák, Director of Czech-BioImaging | |
10:15–11:55 | SESSION I Chaired by: Michaela Blažíková & Zenon Starčuk |
10:15–10:45 INVITED | The Scientific Added Value of a Core Facility Dedicated to Bioimage Analysis Services Jean-Yves Tinevez, Institute Pasteur, Paris, France |
10:45–11:00 | Diffusion Kurtosis Imaging Reveals Early Microstructural Alterations in a Progressive Mouse Model of Parkinson’s Disease Amit Khairnar, International Clinical Research Center, St Anne University Hospital Brno, Czech Republic |
11:00–11:15 | Application of high content microscopy for quantifying nuclear structures Pavla Vašicová, Institute of Molecular Genetics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic |
11:15–11:25 INDUSTRY | Functional Ultrasound Imaging: Connecting Brain Activity, Cerebral Blood Flow and Behaviour Vladimír Žebera, Animalab Czech Republic |
11:25–11:40 | Assessing Neuroplastic Effects of Psilocybe spp. Tryptamine Alkaloids in Primary Rat Cortical Cultures Eva Filipovská, National Institute of Mental Health, Klecany, Czech Republic |
11:40–11:55 | Actomyosin-driven embryo cytokinesis Allan Akandwanaho, Institute of Molecular Genetics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic |
11:55–12:00 | Group photo |
12:00–13:00 | Lunch |
13:00–14:25 | SESSION II Chaired by: Vlada Filimoněnko & Štěpán Kortus |
13:00–13:30 INVITED | The Moirai of the bacterial proteome – protein disaggregation and proteolysis Marta Carroni, SciLifeLab, Stockholm University, Sweden |
13:30–13:45 | Nuclear phosphoinositide signalling regulates transcriptional condensate organization in HPV-associated cancer Martin Sztacho, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic |
13:45–14:00 | Morphological diagnosis of primary ciliary dyskinesia in patients with “normal” ciliary ultrastructure Dominika Pánska, Second Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic |
14:00–14:10 INDUSTRY | From Cells to Whole Organisms: Bruker’s fluorescence microscopes for 3D Biology Jaroslav Icha, Bruker Luxendo GmbH |
14:10–14:25 | Multimodal in vivo imaging assessment of pericyte-tumor interactions in a mouse model of glioblastoma Ondřej Vaňátko, Institute of Experimental Medicine of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic |
14:25–14:55 | Coffee break |
14:55–16:20 | SESSION III Chaired by: Marie Vancová & Daniel Zicha |
14:55–15:25 INVITED | Building the Digital Cell at Nanometer Resolution: Cross-Modal Learning for Multiplexed and Live Super-Resolution Microscopy Christian Franke, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany |
15:25–15:40 | Volume electron microscopy reveals bacterial endosymbiosis within host mitochondria Luise Robbertse, Biology Centre, Czech Academy of Sciences, České Budějovice, Czech Republic |
15:40–15:55 | Dynamic Morphometric Profiling: Advancing Melanoma Cell Response Tracking via Holographic Incoherent-Light Imaging Michaela Shiotani Marcondes, Brno University of Technology, CEITEC, Brno, Czech Republic |
15:55–16:05 INDUSTRY | Holographic microscopy and its application in your lab Kateřina Teznerová, Altium International s.r.o., Prague, Czech Republic |
16:05–16:20 | Time-Resolved Metabolic Fingerprinting of Bacterial Stress Responses Using Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy Markéta Benešová, Institute of Scientific Instruments of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Brno, Czech Republic |
16:20–16:50 | Coffee break |
16:50–18:15 | SESSION IV Chaired by: Kamila Hrubanová & Michal Mikl |
16:50–17:05 | Unusual flagellar architecture in a novel trypanosomatid Galina Prokopchuk, Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, České Budějovice, Czech Republic |
17:05–17:15 INDUSTRY | Advancing Low-Voltage Electron Microscopy for Multimodal Imaging in Life Sciences Jan Vysloužil, Delong Instruments a.s. |
17:15–16:30 | Kilohertz-Frequency Transcranial Electrical Fields Modulate Deep Brain Activity Martin Lamoš, Masaryk University, CEITEC, Brno, Czech Republic |
17:30–17:45 | Multimodal microscopy reveals the assembly of a guanine photonic reflector for microbial vision Jana Pilátová, Algatech, Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Acadamy of Sciences, Třeboň, Czech Republic |
17:45–17:55 INDUSTRY | Scalable Automation and High Content Imaging for Reproducible 2D and 3D Cell Workflows Jan Vrána, I.T.A.- Intertact s.r.o. |
17:55–18:10 | Latent brain-cognition dimension indicative of neuroinflammatory basis of Long COVID Pavel Filip, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic |
18:10–18:15 | Closing remarks |
18:15–19:00 | Transfer arranged by the organizer |
19:00–22:00 | Social dinner – Vltava River Steamboat Cruise |
09:00-10:15 | SESSION V Chaired by: Daniel Hadraba & Milan Ešner |
9:00–9:15 | Imaging the ovule development of Arabidopsis thaliana under heat stress Tereza Paraiso, Masaryk University, CEITEC, Brno, Czech Republic |
9:15–9:30 | Multimodal Imaging and Layer-Resolved Mechanical Characterization of Human Deep Fascia Nejc Umek, Institute of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia |
9:30–9:45 | Live-cell single-molecule imaging reveals the dynamics of telomere-binding proteins Tomáš Janovič, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic |
9:45–10:00 | Using Raman microscopy to study animal coloration Jindřich Brejcha, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic |
10:00–10:15 | Two-photon fluorescence lifetime imaging reveals coating-dependent interactions between silver nanoparticles and microplastics in Allium cepa roots Dorian Loknar, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Croatia |
10:15-11:10 | POSTER SESSION & Coffee break |
11:10-12:50 | SESSION VI Chaired by: Eva Dražanová & Aleš Benda |
11:10-11:40 INVITED | Whole body magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy in translational and clinical metabolic research Martin Krššák, Medical University of Vienna, Austria |
11:40–12:00 HYBRID | From Ultrastructure to Phenotype: Deep Learning–Based Quantitative Analysis of Mitochondrial Cristae in Electron Microscopy Nikol Volfová, Third Faculty of Medicine Charles University & Martin Čapek, Light Microscopy Core Facility at the IMG CAS |
12:00–12:10 INDUSTRY | Live Imaging with Uniform Super-Resolution in All Spatial Dimensions Pavel Krist, ZEISS Research Microscopy Solutions |
12:10–12:30 HYBRID | When Sex Matters: Cardiac MRI Uncovers Distinct Remodelling Patterns in the Rat DOCA/Salt Model Tibor Stračina, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno & Jiří Vitouš, Core Facility Magnetic Resonance at the ISI CAS |
12:30-12:50 HYBRID | Cell Wall Biomechanics and Expansin– Mediated Stress Resistance in Plants Markéta Šámalová, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic & Šimon Vrana, IPHYS Bioimaging Facility |
12:50-13:50 | Lunch |
13:50-15:00 | SESSION VII Chaired by: Pavla Molínová & Kateřina Malínská |
13:50–14:10 HYBRID | Visualization of T-cell microvilli and their role in the immunological synapse by combined cryo-fluorescence microscopy and FIB-SEM tomography Ondřej Ballek, Institute of Molecular Genetics of the Czech Academy of Sciences & Markéta Dalecká, Electron Microscopy Core Facility at the IMG CAS |
14:10–14:20 INDUSTRY | Label-Free Chemical Imaging of Biological Samples Using Leica STELLARIS CRS Martin Kopecký, Specion s.r.o. |
14:20–14:40 HYBRID | In situ protein crystallography – a light microscopy–guided cryo-FIB pipeline for direct protein structure determination from a single intracellular crystal Vitaly Polovinkin, ELI Beamlines Facility, The Extreme Light Infrastructure ERIC, Dolní Břežany & Dominik Pinkas, Electron Microscopy Core Facility at the IMG CAS |
14:40–15:00 HYBRID | Utilizing 3D STED nanoscopy to study cytoskeletal dynamics during sperm maturation Ondřej Šanovec, Institute of Biotechnology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Vestec & Ivan Novotný, Light Microscopy Core Facility at the IMG CAS |
15:00–15:30 | Coffee break |
15:30–16:45 | SESSION VIII Chaired by: Ondrej Horváth & Luděk Šefc |
15:30–15:50 HYBRID | The Epileptic Brain Across Scales: Integrating iEEG and MRI to Map Structural and Electrophysiological Signatures Petr Nejedlý, Institute of Scientific Instruments of the Czech Academy of Sciences & Eva Dražanová, Core Facility Magnetic Resonance at the ISI CAS |
15:50–16:00 INDUSTRY | Molecular-Scale Imaging and Tracking with Abberior MINFLUX Jan Vávra, Abberior Instruments GmbH for SVEN BioLabs s.r.o. |
16:00–16:20 HYBRID | Non-Invasive Imaging Strategies for Longitudinal Monitoring of Tissue Engineering Biomaterials Kristýna Kolouchová, Ghent University, Belgium & Jana Humajová, Center for Advanced Preclinical Imaging, Prague |
16:20–16:40 HYBRID | Learning the structural diversity in random protein sequence space Filip Buchel Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic & Aleš Benda, Imaging Methods Core Facility at BIOCEV, Vestec |
16:40–16:45 | Conference closing |
Social program
Wednesday, 30 September 2026
Social Dinner – Vltava River Steamboat Cruise
Join us for a memorable evening of networking, conversation, and sightseeing aboard a steamboat cruising along the Vltava River through the heart of Prague.
Enjoy dinner in a relaxed and welcoming atmosphere while taking in beautiful views of Prague’s historic landmarks from the river. The evening will be accompanied by live jazz music, as well as commentary in English from a dedicated guide, who will introduce the historical landmarks and points of interest along the way.
Venue & Accommodation
Venue
Institute of Molecular Genetics of the Czech Academy of Sciences
Vídeňská 1083
142 00 Prague 4
Czech Republic
Accommodation
Accommodation is not provided or covered by the organizers. However, we have pre-booked a limited number of rooms near the conference venue, Rezidence Emmy.
We strongly recommend booking your accommodation as soon as possible, as availability is limited. The pre-booked rooms and discounted prices are guaranteed only until 28 August 2026 or until the capacity is reached.
Rezidence Emmy – Booking Instructions
To reserve your accommodation, please do not use the direct online booking system of the hotel.
Instead, please follow these steps:
- Send an email to: reservation@emmy.cz
- Use the following promo code in the subject line of your email: CZBI2026
- In your email, please specify: Your full name, arrival and departure dates, the number of guests (single or double occupancy)
- After your request is received, the hotel reception will contact you directly with further details and confirmation.
For companies
Would you like to promote your company’s product or service directly at the conference and enhance the participants’ experience? Are you interested in reserving a presentation slot to introduce your company’s latest products or current offers? Imaging Principles of Life 2026 is the perfect opportunity to network, engage and reach the Czech-BioImaging audience!
Forms of company involvement:
- Commercial presentation (5 minutes + 5 minutes discussion)
- Exhibition booth (desk, chairs + outlet)
In case you are interested in joining us, free to contact us and discuss the details of your involvement.
Conference partners and exhibitors
The Czech-BioImaging scientific conference is supported by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic (project LM2023050)
