German Society for Cytometry
September 9-12, 2025 in Dresden
including pre-conference events
Program overview
You can download an overview of the program here.
Abstract Book
Here is the abstract book with the short programme.
35th Annual Meeting of the German Society for Cytometry (DGfZ) – Now history with a future
“Many Cytometry Technologies – One Society” will be the theme of the upcoming Annual Meeting 2026 of the DGfZ, taking place again at the Centre for Regenerative Therapies (CRTD) in Dresden from September 22–25, 2026.
A short review of this years meeting: From September 10–12, 2025, the DGfZ held its 35th Annual Meeting at the CRTD. With the support of the local organizing team and the excellent facilities, the meeting provided an ideal setting for scientific exchange, the industry exhibition, and interdisciplinary
The scientific program featured contributions from basic and applied research, clinical applications, core facilities, and industry. In the pre-program, we offered tutorials. For the first time, two industry partners (special thanks to Beckman Coulter and Cytolytics) presented applied flow cytometry analyses. Numerous poster presentations and excellent short talks by young researchers highlighted both the breadth and the high quality of research within the cytometry community. All program details and abstracts can be found.
Two poster prizes were awarded: Bob Fregin (Greifswald) received the prize for Best Technical Innovation, and Niklas Schmitt (Dresden) was recognized for Best Application in Cytometry. The jury emphasized that the overall quality of the poster presentations was exceptionally high, reflecting the remarkable commitment of all contributors.
Program Highlights
Among the highlights of the meeting were the presentation of the Klaus-Goerttler Award to Dr. Lisa Budzinski (Berlin) and Dr. Tobias Kammann (Basel) for their outstanding contributions to single-cell, microbiome, and immunology research. For the first time, the newly introduced Klaus-Goerttler Lecture was given by Prof. Andreas Radbruch, co-founder of the DGfZ. His keynote took the audience on a journey from the pioneering days of (flow) cytometry to today’s cutting-edge multiparametric and spatial methods.
This year’s European guest, the Norwegian Society for Cytometry, enriched the meeting with an engaging contribution: a brief historical overview of pioneers and remarkable scientific achievements, complemented by insightful talks on immunotherapy, mass cytometry, and translational research—further strengthening our international collaboration.
We sincerely thank our industry partners for their invaluable support and participation, which are essential to the success of the conference. As always, the lively Product Slam provided both entertainment and a dynamic platform for scientific and technological exchange between researchers and industry.
We look forward to welcoming you back to Dresden in 2026!
Oliver Otto and Claudia Giesecke-Thiel
Photos: Eric Sündermann and Jacqueline Hirscher
Our industry partners in Dresden
Highlights
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Tutorials on Tuesday, 9.9. and Wednesday, 10.9.2025
Tuesday: Tutorial 1 and Tutorial 2 with industry partners: Practical data analysis. Tutorial 3: Extracellular vesicles.
Wednesday: Tutorial 4, Mechanocytometry and Tutorial 5, High-Dimensional Cytometry. Sign up at registration (but also afterwards).
Abstract submission for posters
Discuss your projects during short talks and at the poster session! We are excitedly awaiting your contributions.
Late abstract submission open until 10th August 2025 – only for posters!
Discounts
Discounts wanted? Benefit from reduced rates by becoming a DGfZ member. Additional Early Bird (EB) rates are available until 31st of May.
Industry exhibition and interaction
Meet experts from industry present at the DGfZ at the industry exhibition, at the Product Slam, or just over coffee. Sponsorship opportunities are available – get in touch with us: Jacqueline Hirscher, conference@dgfz.org!
A look back to 2024
The 34th Annual Meeting of the German Society for Cytometry took place September 10-13th 2024 in Berlin
We are looking back at an intense and enjoyable meeting with excellent scientific and cutting-edge technical presentations covering many of the countless facets of cytometry. We are grateful to the exciting presentations provided by our invited speakers, and applaud the presenters of the selected abstracts.
We kindly thank Barry Moran for introducing the Irish Society for Cytometry at our meeting, and together with Ella Fouhy and David Finlay importantly enriching the quality and scientific breadth of the conference.
No DGfZ annual meeting without the Product Slam! This year, eleven companies conquered the stage and communicated their services and products like you have never seen before. Isabel Hahne rapping the mission of Berlin Partner won the contest – congratulations!
Thanks to more than 30 abstract submissions, we enjoyed a lively poster session. For the first time, the society awarded two Poster Prizes: Jan Maurice Wilder won the Poster Prize for the best poster and presentation in the category “Technical Innovation” and Leonard Fiebig for the best poster and presentation in the category “Application”.
We were honored to welcome Yvan Saeys who gave a lecture on artificial intelligence, explaining its terms and principles, and discussing their current and future applications in cytometry.
Lena Kaufmann´s Guest Lecture on elephant behavior ranging covering trunk morphology, brain activity and the importance of social context for behavioral decisions inspired the audience and satisfied the appetite for science outside the field of cytometry.
Education and networking is key to the German Society for Cytometry. Satellite tutorials given by hand-picked experts in their fields provided deep insight into cytometric technologies, data analysis, and cross-sectional topics such as data reusability and intellectual property. Evening events headlined „Core Facility Networking“ and „Entrepreneur Networking“ provided opportunity to meet peers and colleagues, discuss, share experiences and solutions to challenges met in core facilities, and taking the hurdles on the way to commercializing innovative concepts in cytometry. New members and first-time attendees were invited for the “Meeting Point: Cytometry” gathering prior to the start of the conference, and everyone enjoyed the “Meet the Speaker Evening”.
Last but not least, we are grateful to the support from the meeting´s industry partners who not only provide continuous support without which the conference could not take place in that style, but likewise contribute to the innovative spirit, and discussions between technology and applications in the industry exhibition
This memorable event marked the last in a row of six annual meetings organized and taking place in Germany´s capital. We thank the great local organizing team with the many helping hands from the labs of the past presidents and many more: Most of all Ute Hoffmann and Jacqueline Hirscher, for the excellent, warm-hearted and enduring support of the society´s annual meetings over the past years!
Now, we are excited to open a new chapter in the years to come!
Cytometrists, mark your calenders!
The 35th Annual Meeting of the German Society for Cytometry will take place on: September 9-12th 2025 at the Centre for Regenerative Therapies Dresden of the Technical University Dresden in the beautiful city of Dresden
We are looking forward to seeing you in 2025
Henrik & Oliver
All photos by Ute Hoffmann and Jacqueline Hirscher
