Proud and honored to serve as co-organizer of BIOMIN XVIII Symposium that successfully took place in Dresden after a long and challenging journey! Grateful to all participants worldwide and to the Dresden hosts. Special thanks to our group members for a great contribution!
I am very happy that BIOMIN XVIII successfully took place in Dresden from 16-20 March, 2026.
This conference has been a long journey. It was originally planned to be held in Israel, jointly at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology and University of Haifa, but had to be postponed several times following the events of October 7th and the challenging period that has followed over the past two and a half years. Despite the ongoing situation and significant travel difficulties, we managed to travel to Dresden and return safely, something we are truly grateful for.
We would like to sincerely thank all participants and presenters for their contributions, especially those who made a long journey to join us from the US, Japan, Canada, Chile, China, and Israel. We also thank the Dresden team for their outstanding hosting and support. Special thanks to Prof. Nils Kröger Kroger, Dr. Igor Zlotnikov, and especially Ms. Sandra Herrmann for their dedication and help in making this meeting possible. And for the CRTD Center for Regenerative Therapies Dresden and B CUBE, TU Dresden for allowing us to use their facilities and lecture halls.
I would also like to express my deep appreciation to my colleague and co-chair, Prof. Tali Mass. It was truly a pleasure sharing this journey and carrying the responsibility together. A big thank you also goes to the conference admin Dr. Iryna Polishchuk and the students and postdocs who helped with many technical issues before and during the conference: Dr. Federica Scucchia, Dr. Katrein Sauer, Ms. Almog Sulam Korovin and Mr. Niv Ben Arie.
We are also grateful to the organizations that supported the meeting: University of Haifa, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, the Department of Materials Science and Engineering -Technion , German Israeli Foundation for Scientific Research & Development (GIF) (for supporting the Young Scientists Meeting session), Tescan, @Neoscan, Elsevier (via Progress in Materials Science), and Oxford Instruments plc / WITec.
Thank you all for making BIOMIN XVIII such a meaningful and successful meeting.
I am already looking forward to BIOMIN XIX in Poland in 2029.
