SSB+RM2026

Lugano, USI Campus Ovest, July 08-10, 2026

Join us for the 2026 edition of the 30th SSB+RM Annual Meeting at the USI Campus Ovest, Lugano.

The 2026 annual meeting is dedicated to “Research on biomaterials & in vitro models, Industrial and Clinical translation”, with keynote and invited speakers providing an overview and insights into latest developments in these fields. The conference is open to everybody interested in the scientific and medical aspects of biomaterial-related topics and targets scientists and engineers from academia and industry, as well as healthcare professionals dealing with biomaterials, tissue engineering and regenerative medicine.

On Wednesday afternoon, there will additionally be a Young Scientists (YS) event.

Don’t miss out on an exciting meeting with excellent speakers, many opportunities to contribute (including prizes), to interact and to network. We are looking forward to welcoming you at USI Campus Ovest, Lugano on July 8th – 10th, 2026 for the 30th annual meeting.

Highlights

10 invited lectures
16 oral presentations
25 rapid fire
1 poster session
Young Scientist event

Confirmed International Speakers

Dr. Lauriane Cabon, Group Leader of the Applied Organoid Technologies group at Roche’s Institute of Human Biology,
Basel, Switzerland
Dr. Parth Chansoria, Lecturer at the Department of Health Sciences and Technology, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
Prof. Elisa Cimetta, Associate Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering; University of Padua; Padua; Italy
Dr. Laura de Girolamo, Director of the Laboratory of Biotechnology Applied to Orthopaedics IRCCS Ospedale Galeazzi, Sant’Ambrogio, Milan
Prof. Claudia Loebel, Assistant Professor of Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania; Philadelphia; Pennsylvani; United States
Prof. Andrea Pavesi, Assistant Professor of Cancer Biology, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine Singapore
Dr. Benjamin Pippenger, Director of Surgical research, Anapath Services, Basel, Switzerland
Prof. Shrike Zhang, Associate Professor of Medicine; Harvard Medical School; Brigham and Women’s Hospital; Cambridge, Massachusetts; United States

Program

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updated: 03.07.2026

Wednesday, July 8th, 2026

10:45 – 16:00	Young Scientist Networking Pre-Event with Bios⁺ @Bellinzona
17:00 – 17:30	Registration
17:30 – 17:45	Welcome & Opening Remarks
17:45 – 18:45	Unconventional biofabrication of tissue and tissue models Opening Lecture, Opening Lecture: Prof. Shrike Zhang Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
From 19:30	Social Dinner @ Ristorante Vetta Monte Brè, Lugano

Thursday, July 9th, 2026

08:30 – 09:00	Registration
09:00 – 09:25	Rewriting the Interface: Nascent Matrix in Biomaterials and Tissues Invited Lecture: Prof. Claudia Loebel, Assistant Professor of Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
09:25 – 09:40	Rapid Fire Session
09:40 – 10:30	Selected Oral
10:30 – 11:00	Coffee Break
11:00 – 11:25	Engineering human-relevant tumor models: microfluidics and 3D bioprinting as enablers of next-generation NAMs Invited Lecture: Prof. Elisa Cimetta, Associate Professor, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
11:25 – 11:40	Rapid Fire Session
11:40 – 12:05	Biofabrication across frontiers: engineering contractile tissues on ground and in microgravity Invited Lecture: Dr. Parth Chansooria, Lecturer, Department of Health Sciences and Technology, ETZ Zürich, Switzerland
12:05 – 12:45	Selected Oral
12:45 – 14:15	Lunch & Poster Session
14:15 – 14:40	Exploring and exploiting the TME through human microphysiological systems Invited Lecture: Prof. Andrea Pavesi, Assistant Professor of Cancer Biology, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, NT U Singapore, Singapore
14:40 – 14:55	Rapid Fire Session
14:55 – 15:25	Selected Oral
15:25 – 15:45	Coffee Break
15:45 – 16:25	Startup Session
16:25 – 16:45	The Three-Legged Stool: Why Feasible Ideas Don’t Reach Patients Keynote Lecture: Dr. Benjamin Pippenger, Director of Surgical research, Anapath Services, Basel, Switzerland
16:45 – 17:15	Industry Panel Q&A Discussion
From 17:30	Social Evening — Two Parallel Events For group leaders: Transfer to Bellinzona, Lab visit labs @Bios⁺ & Conference Dinner @Castelgrande Restaurant, Bellinzona For students & young investigators: Aperitif and Dinner, Young Scientist Night @Porto Bello!, Lugano

Friday, July 10th, 2026

09:30 – 09:55	Engineering Human Complexity: Translational In Vitro Models for Drug Development Applications Invited Lecture: Dr. Lauriane Cabon, Group Leader of the Applied Organoid Technologies group at Roche’s Institute of Human Biology, Basel, Switzerland
09:55 – 10:45	Selected Oral
10:45 – 11:00	Coffee Break
11:00 – 11:15	Rapid Fire Session
11:15 – 11:40	Supporting orthopaedic clinical decisions through regenerative medicine lab research Invited Lecture: Dr. Laura de Girolamo, Director of the Orthopaedic Biotechnology Laboratory, IRCCS Ospedale Galeazzi–Sant’Ambrogio, Milan, Italy
11:40 – 12:40	General Assembly & Awards
12:40 – 13:00	Osteogenesis-Imperfecta-on-a-Chip: An Experimental Tool to Study Matrix Defects in Brittle Bone Disease PhD Award Lecture
13:00 – 13:15	Concluding Remarks

Registration (online only)

Please note: Only online registration is available. On-site registration will not be possible!

Registration for SSB+RM2026 is open*

Registration for the Young Scientist Pre-Event is open*

*Swiss service ticketino.com for registration and payment

Conference Fees

in CHF	Early Bird	After May 31
Students	220	320
everyone else	320	420

Abstract Submission

Submit your last minute abstract here using this template.
Abstract submission deadline: June 12th
Notification on acceptance:
(Note: Only single page .docx files will be accepted and only poster presentations are available.)

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