{"id":4189,"date":"2026-01-19T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/infectnet.org\/?p=4189"},"modified":"2026-01-19T13:02:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T12:02:00","slug":"uebersicht-ueber-infektionsbiologie-konferenzen-fuer-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/infectnet.org\/en\/archive\/4189","title":{"rendered":"Overview of infection biology conferences for 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ren\u00e9 Lesnik and Cl\u00e1udia Vilhena<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2026 is shaping up to be an exciting year for the infection biology, microbiology, immunology, and virology communities. From international Gordon Research Conferences and EMBO meetings to national society congresses and InfectNet events, the calendar is already filling up with great opportunities for networking, learning, and collaboration. Below you\u2019ll find an overview of key conferences, symposia, and meetings throughout 2026 \u2013 mark your calendars!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A continuously updated collection of internal and external events can be accessed via our new events calendar:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Events Calendar<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

If you notice that an event is missing from our list, or if you are organising an event that is relevant to infection researchers and physicians, please let us know by sending us the relevant information via our contact form<\/a> , selecting the topic \u2018Events\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

January<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

30 January | Berlin, Germany<\/strong>
Gender-sensitive medicine in Internal medicine \u2013 luxury or necessity?<\/em>
1st Symposium of the DGIM Commission on Gender-Sensitive Medicine<\/p>\n\n\n\n

February<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

13 February | Online (Zoom)<\/strong>
Infect-Net Online Meeting<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

22-27 February | Pomona, California, USA<\/strong>
Gordon Research Conference: Biology of Acute Respiratory Infection<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

23-24 February | Bonn, Germany<\/strong>
Joint DZIF\/PEG Annual Meeting 2026<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

March<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

8-13 March | Ventura, California, United States<\/strong>
Gordon Research Conference: Biotherapeutics and Vaccines Development<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

11-13 March | Freiburg, Germany<\/strong>
NK & ILC Symposium 2026 \u2013 German Society for Immunology (DGfI)<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

11-13 March<\/strong> | Barcelona, Spain<\/strong>
Viruses 2026 \u2013 New Horizons in Virology<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

15-20 March<\/strong> | Ettal, Germany<\/strong>
Spring School of the German Society for Immunology (DGfI)<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

16-18 March<\/strong> | Burg Rothenfels, Germany<\/strong>
29th Symposium on \u201cinfection and immunity\u201d (DGfI & DGHM)<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

17-20 March<\/strong> | Gie\u00dfen, Germany<\/strong>
Human and Animal Parasitic Diseases \u2013 Bridging the Innovation Gap<\/em>
Joint Meeting of DGP DDDS & COST Action One Health Drugs<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

17-20 March<\/strong> | Heidelberg, Germany<\/strong>
35th Annual Meeting of the Society for Virology (GfV 2026)<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

22-25 March<\/strong> | Berlin, Germany<\/strong>
Annual Conference of the Association for General and Applied Microbiology (VAAM 2026)<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

25-27 March<\/strong> | Kyoto, Japan (Hybrid)<\/strong>
The 1st World Conference on Microbiology, Virology and Infectious Diseases (MVID 2026)<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

April<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

17-21 April | Munich, Germany<\/strong>
ESCMID Global Congress of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

18-21 April | Wiesbaden, Germany<\/strong>
132nd Congress of the German Society for Internal Medicine (DGIM)<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

27-30 April | Heidelberg \/ Online<\/strong>
EMBO | EMBL Symposium: Sex Differences in Health and Disease<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

27-30 April | Hannover, Germany<\/strong>
Keystone Symposium: Closing the Diversity Gap in Global Genomics, Medicine and Population Health<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

May<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

18-23 May | Cold Spring Harbor, New York, USA<\/strong>
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Meeting: Retroviruses<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

27-29 May | Heidelberg \/ Online<\/strong>
EMBL Conference: BioMalPar XXII \u2013 Biology and Pathology of the Malaria Parasite<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

June<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

7-12 June | Rhode Island, USA<\/strong>
Gordon Research Conference: Parasite Interactions in Insect and Vertebrate Hosts<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

15-18 June | Hannover, Germany<\/strong>
Keystone Symposium: Viral Pathogenesis and Immunity \u2013 From Molecular Discoveries to Therapeutics<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

17-20 June | Cologne, Germany<\/strong>
17th Congress for Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine (KIT 2026)<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

19 June | Online (Zoom)<\/strong>
Infect-Net Online Meeting<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

28 June \u2013 3 July | Barcelona, Spain<\/strong>
Gordon Research Conference: Immune Circuitry and Molecular Pathways in Tissue Homeostasis, Infection, and Disease<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

September<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

22-23 September | W\u00fcrzburg, Germany<\/strong>
Infect-Net Network Meeting<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

28-30 September | Hamburg, Germany<\/strong>
78th Annual Meeting of the German Society for Hygiene and Microbiology (DGHM)<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

October<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

30 October \u2013 2 November | Erlangen, Germany<\/strong>
5th Women in Science Symposium<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ren\u00e9 Lesnik und Cl\u00e1udia Vilhena Das Jahr 2026 verspricht ein spannendes Konferenzjahr f\u00fcr die Community aus Infektionsbiologie, Mikrobiologie, Immunologie und Virologie zu werden. Von internationalen Gordon Research Conferences und EMBO-Tagungen […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4226,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[576,577,42,43,558,103,46],"class_list":["post-4189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-veranstaltungen","tag-events","tag-konferenzen","tag-netzwerktreffen","tag-tagung","tag-termine-2026","tag-veranstaltungen","tag-vernetzung"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/infectnet.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4189","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/infectnet.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/infectnet.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infectnet.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infectnet.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4189"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/infectnet.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4189\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4337,"href":"https:\/\/infectnet.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4189\/revisions\/4337"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infectnet.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/infectnet.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infectnet.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infectnet.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}