Other ECM Events

Here you will find a list of upcoming ECM-related meetings and opportunities organised by the wider matrix community:

2026

JOVE Topical Collection

Methods for ECM research in Development, Health and Disease

Guest Editor: Alexandra Naba

Abstract submission: July 15, 2026

Full manuscript: November 30, 2026

https://www.jove.com/methods-collections/4883/methods-for-extracellular-matrix-research-in-development-health-and-disease

FOR 2722 Musculoskeletal Extracellular Matrix International Symposium

ECM Dynamics: Shaping Tissues and Diseases

September 9-10, 2026

Cologne University Hospital, Cologne, Germany

https://for2722.uni-koeln.de/events/symposium/for2722-symposium-2026

Matrix Biology PhD Course

Matrix Biology: Physiology, Disease and Experimental Approaches

November 4-6, 2026

Bispebjerg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark

Organiser: Chloé Yeung (Institute of Sports Medicine Copenhagen and University of Copenhagen)

https://phdcourses.ku.dk/DetailKursus.aspx?id=114014&sitepath=SUND

ASMB Basement Membrane Workshop

Basement Membranes at the Interface Between Physics and Biology

December 3-5, 2026

University of Manchester, UK

https://www.asmb.net/basement-membrane-workshop

2027

ASMB Fibroblast Workshop

Fibroblasts in Context: Disentangling Identity, State, and Crosstalk in Health and Disease

February 21-23, 2027

Cincinnati, Ohio

https://www.asmb.net/fibroblasts-workshop

The ORS-ISTS Global Summit on Tendon Research

Bridging the Gaps Between Discovery and Clinical Care

June 2-5, 2027

Hyatt Regency Boston, Boston, MA

https://www.ors.org/2027tendon/

French-German Matrix Society Meeting - SAVE THE DATE!

September 22-23, 2027

Paris, France

https://www.matrixbiologie.de/

2028

BSMB Spring Meeting

Nature's Matrix: Evolution to Innovation

April 5-6, 2027

Centenary Building, Highfield, University of Southampton, UK

Abstract submission opens: Oct. 1, 2026

https://bsmb.ac.uk/meetings/natures-matrix-evolution-innovation/

60th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Connective Tissue Research - SAVE THE DATE!

Organisers: Satsuki Mochizuki and Koji Moriya (National Defense Medical College)

June, 2028

Okinawa Convention Center, Okinawa, Japan

https://jsmbm.org/english/