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Dear colleagues, dear students, dear friends,

It is our great pleasure to cordially invite you and interested members of your institution to the CMMC Symposium 2026 in Molecular Medicine:

Metabolic Control of Tissue Regeneration and Degeneration, taking place from September 28–30, 2026 at the University Cologne Medical Campus.

https://www.cmmc-uni-koeln.de/events/cmmc-symposium/cmmc-symposium-2026
Registration and participation are free of charge.

The CMMC Symposium 2026 will focus on the emerging role of metabolic programs and metabolites as key regulators of tissue regeneration and degeneration. Beyond providing energy and cellular building blocks, metabolic pathways control fundamental processes such as cell proliferation, differentiation, reprogramming and immune responses. By linking mechanistic insights with clinical perspectives, the symposium will address major challenges in molecular medicine and human disease.

We are particularly honored to welcome Elly Tanaka (IMBA, Vienna, AT), Axel Roers (University Hospital Heidelberg, DE), and Gerald I Shulman (Yale School of Medicine, US) as keynote speakers, who have also played an active role as external scientific organizers in shaping the scientific program.

With their outstanding support, we have assembled a high-level program featuring internationally recognized experts, covering the following thematic sessions with confirmed speakers:

• Regeneration and Metabolism
  Almundena Chaves Perez - New York, US • Ahmed Mahmoud - La Jolla, US • Mónica M Sousa - Porto, PT • Elly Tanaka - Vienna, AT (Keynote Speaker/External Scientific Coordinator)
• Carbohydrate Metabolism and Diabetes
  Jens Brüning - Cologne, DE • Michael Roden - Düsseldorf, DE • Roy Taylor - Newcastle, GB
• Redox Metabolism and Regeneration
  Ruma Banerjee - Ann Arbor, US • Hozumi Motohashi - Sendai, JP • Can Aztekin - Tübingen, DE
• Immunity and Metabolism
  Jane Reznick - Cologne, DE • Kenji Kabashima - Kyoto, JP • David E Sanin Pena - Baltimore, US
• Nucleic Acid Metabolism
  Ana Martin-Villalba - Heidelberg, DE • Min Ae Lee-Kirsch - Dresden, DE • Hendrik Poeck - Regensburg, DE • Axel Roers - Heidelberg, DE (Keynote Speaker/External Scientific Coordinator)
• Lipid and Fatty Acid Metabolism
  Triantafyllos Chavakis – Dresden, DE • Kitt Petersen - New Haven, US • Greg Steinberg - Hamilton, CA • Gerald I Shulman - New Haven, US (Keynote Speaker/External Scientific Coordinator)

The symposium will be complemented by a poster session and a biotech exhibition, providing additional opportunities for scientific exchange and interaction.

Further information is available here:

CMMC Symposium 2026: https://www.cmmc-uni-koeln.de/events/cmmc-symposium/cmmc-symposium-2026

• Program
• Call for poster abstracts - deadline: September 1, 2026
• Registration (free of charge)

We would be delighted to welcome you and members of your institution to Cologne in September 2026.

Yours sincerely,
Prof. Dr. Sabine Eming • Prof. Dr. Günter Schwarz • Prof. Dr. Jens Brüning
Chairs of the CMMC Scientific Organization Committee - University of Cologne & University Hospital Cologne