Single Molecule Localization Microscopy Symposium 2026
#SMLMS26

Stockholm, 26th-28th of August 2026

Organisers
Juliette Griffié – Stockholm University, Sweden
Hjalmar Brismar – Scientific director of Scilifelab, KTH & KI, Sweden
Ilaria Testa – KTH, Sweden
Hans Blom – Head of Unit: Integrated Microscopy Technologies, KTH, Sweden

Scientific Committee
Mike Heilemann — Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany
Helge Ewers — Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
Aleksandra Radenovic — EPFL, Switzerland
Suliana Manley — EPFL, Switzerland

Local Coordinators
Inês Cunha – SciLifeLab, Stockholm University, Sweden
Emma Latron – SciLifeLab, Stockholm University, Sweden
Maxime Gestin – SciLifeLab, Stockholm University, Sweden
Sebastian Bauer – SciLifeLab, Stockholm University, Sweden
Bruno Stojcic – SciLifeLab, KTH, Sweden
Theresa Rower – SciLifeLab, KTH, Sweden

Program

Wednesday, 26 August 2026
Time	Event	Speaker(s)
09:00–09:30	Registration + Coffee
09:30–10:00	Foreword + Logistics	Organisers
	Session 1: Microscope Development
10:00–10:30	Invited Speaker	Sophie Brasselet
10:30–11:00	Invited Speaker	Ilaria Testa
11:00–11:15	Selected Talk	Clément Cabriel
11:15–11:30	Selected Talk	Sandrine Lévêque-Fort
11:30	End Session 1
12:00–13:30	Lunch
	Session 2: MINFLUX
13:00–13:30	Invited Speaker	Christian Soeller
13:30–14:00	Invited Speaker	Hjalmar Brismar
14:00–14:15	Selected Talk	Alexander Carsten
14:15–14:30	Selected Talk	Luke A. Doughty
14:30	End Session 2
14:30–15:30	Fika
15:30–16:30	KEYNOTE	Bernd Rieger
17:00–20:00	Poster Session at SciLifeLab / Dinner
17:00–18:00	Instrument Demo	Sponsors
18:00–19:00	Lab Tour SciLifeLab

Thursday, 27 August 2026
Time	Event	Speaker(s)
	Session 3: Data Analysis / Processing
09:30–10:00	Invited Speaker	Carlo Manzo
10:00–10:30	Invited Speaker	Sebastian Bauer
10:30–10:45	Selected Talk	Rafal Kowalewski
10:45–11:00	Selected Talk	Daniel Nieves
11:00	End Session 3
11:00–12:00	KEYNOTE	Izzy Jayasinghe
12:00–13:30	Lunch
13:30–14:00	Invited Speaker	Fariha Rahman
	Session 4: Applications
14:00–14:30	Invited Speaker	Steven Lee
14:30–15:00	Invited Speaker	Ana Agostinho
15:00–15:15	Selected Talk	Linnea Wikström
15:15–15:30	Selected Talk	Florian Levet
15:30	End Session 4
15:30–16:30	Fika
16:00–17:00	Instrument Demo	Sponsors
17:00	Departure for Gala Dinner (Boulebar)

Friday, 28 August 2026
Time	Event	Speaker(s)
	Session 5: Single Molecule Technologies to Study Kinetics (e.g. FCS, smFRET, Multimodal)
09:30–10:00	Invited Speaker	Ke Xu
10:00–10:30	Invited Speaker	Jerker Widengren
10:30–10:45	Selected Talk	Valentin Rech
10:45–11:00	Selected Talk	Kristin Grussmayer
11:00	End Session 5
11:00–12:00	Sponsors Presentations
12:00–13:30	Lunch
	Session 6: Labelling Challenges in SMLM
13:30–14:00	Invited Speaker	Sabrina Simoncelli
14:00–14:30	Invited Speaker	Johan Elf
14:30–14:45	Selected Talk	Christoph Schmidt
14:45–15:00	Selected Talk	Marina S. Dietz
15:00	End Session 6
15:00–15:10	Concluding Remarks	Organisers
15:10–16:10	Fika

Important Dates

Registrations close	31st of July 2026
Submission Deadline (talk)	30th of June 2026
Submission Deadline (poster)	31st of July 2026
Announcement of Selected Talks	15th of July 2026
Symposium Start	26th of August 2026
Symposium End	28th of August 2026