HypoxEU Live
Essen, Germany
27 – 30 September 2026
We are pleased to announce the 3rd HypoxEU in-person event. It will take place from 27 to 30 September 2026 in Essen, Germany. Further information can be found below. Register now to attend.
15:00
Registration (at the Lehr-Lern-Gebäude entrance) and Poster setup (Mensa)
18:00
Welcome to HypoxEU LIVE Essen (Joachim Fandrey)
18:05
Introducing the keynote speaker (by Chris Pugh)
Ross Rickaby/Jeroen Smaers – Biogeochemistry and Evolutionary Biology of Oxygen
19:00
Social Hour
20:00
End of the Day
Session 1: 09:00
Basic mechanisms of oxygen homeostasis (Edurne Berra & Brian Ortmann)
- Sonia Rocha, University of Liverpool: Oxygen-dependent PHD1-mediated prolyl hydroxylation in controlling progression through mitosis
- Alexey Shapiguzov, University of Helsinki: Mitochondria affect photosynthesis through altered tissue levels of O2
- Jing Zhang, University of Wuhan: Hypoxia-induced alteration in chromatin looping
Flash talks: Plus 2-3 selected from abstracts
10:40
Short Break
Session 2: 11:00
Hypoxia in developmental and regenerative biology (Christian Stockmann & Carsten Scholz)
- Can Aztekin, Max Planck Institute, Tübingen: The role of hypoxia on limb development and regeneration in axolotl and tadpoles.
- Katrien de Boeck/Jess Snedeker, ETH, Zurich: The role of HIFs in tendinopathy
and tendon regeneration. - Philipp Lehmann, Greifswald: Hypoxia on insect development (including beetles and
butterflies), specifically on diapause, and energy metabolism.
Flash talks: Plus 2-3 selected from abstracts
12:40
Poster Session Lunch (all posters)
Session 3: 14:40
Oxygen sensing as a regulator of inflammation (Peter Mirtschink and Ben Wielockx)
- Sarah Walmsley, Edinburgh, UK: Reprogramming the Neutrophil
- Emily DeMichele, Dublin, Ireland: The impact of HIF1 during cancer-specific metabolic
adaptations - Christa Maes, Leuven, Belgium: Pharmacological HIF activation protects against diet-induced obesity and skeletal dysfunction
Flash talks: Plus 2-3 selected from abstracts
16:20
Short Break
16:50
Keynote #2 Speaker tbc
17:30
End Of The Day
Session 4: 09:00
Metabolic Consequences of Hypoxia (Cormac Taylor & Raphael Fagundes Rosa)
- Yoshi Henning, Essen, Germany: Targeting hypoxia-inducible factor-1 in cell death and
metabolic dysregulation. - Brian Ortmann, Newcastle, UK: Chromatin modifications in hypoxia
- Marcos Aurelio Ramirez Vitolo, São Paulo, Brazil: HIF-1 and the Gut Microbiome
- Edurne Berra, CIC BioGUNE, Derio, Spain: Decoding Hypoxia’s Metabolic Fingerprint Through Polyamines
Flash talks: Plus 2 selected from abstracts
10:40
Short Break
Session 5: 11:00
Hypoxia response and therapeutic indications (Johanna Myllyharju & Peppi Karppinen)
- Betty Gardie, University of Nantes: Study of hypoxia-related genes associated with hereditary erythrocytosis
- Dörthe Katschinski, University of Göttingen: Compartment-specific hydrogen peroxide
production in cardiomyocyte redox signaling and function - Peppi Karppinen (Koivunen): Cardiometabolic outcomes of roxadustat in healthy volunteers
Flash talks: Plus 2-3 selected from abstracts
12:40
Poster Session Lunch (all posters)
Session 6: 14:40
Innate and adaptive immunity (Sandra Winning and Brenda Krishnacoumar)
- Kami Pekayvaz, Munich: Hypoxic monocytes acquire a HIF1a-mediated thrombus resolving profile
- Hannah Sperber, Essen: Hypoxic CD73 surface expression of HIV latently infected CD4 + T-cells
- Aline Bozec, Erlangen: HIF signaling pathways affecting adaptive immune responses, inflammation, and bone homeostasis
Flash talks: Plus 2-3 selected from abstracts
16:10
Short Break
Session 7: 17:00
Rapid oxygen sensing and hypoxia pathway cancers (Tammie Bishop)
- James Nathan, University of Cambridge: Insights into HIF dependent and independent
signaling - Tom Keeley, University of Oxford: Oxygen homeostasis – new insights into an ancient problem
- Rodrigo Toledo, CNIS: The interplay between genetics and environment in hypoxia pathway tumors
Flash talks: Plus 2 selected from abstracts
18:30
Closing remarks by Sir Peter J. Ratcliffe
19:00
Social Hour
20:00
End Of The Day