
March 18 & 19, 2026
High-Content CRISPR Screening
Conference 
in Vienna, Austria
WHEN /
MARCH 18 & 19, 2026
ABOUT THE EVENT /
CRISPR screens have become a primary discovery engine in modern biology as well as a key tool in drug discovery. This conference features technologies that link CRISPR perturbation screens to high-content read-outs.
Meet the global CRISPR screening community in Vienna. 
Day 1
09:00 – 09:10
Welcome & Opening Remarks
Session 1: Genetic Screening for Biological Discovery
09:10 – 10:40
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Thijn Brummelkamp, NKI Amsterdam, The Netherlands (30 min)
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Silvia Domcke, University of Zurich, Switzerland (30 min)
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Luke Gilbert, Arc Institute & UCSF, United States (30 min)
 
10:40 – 11:10 – Morning Coffee Break
Session 2: CRISPR Screening with Single-cell Readout
11:10 – 12:30
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Christoph Bock, CeMM & Medical University of Vienna, Austria (30 min)
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Thomas Norman, MSKCC, United States (30 min)
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Short Talk from Abstracts (10 min)
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Short Talk from Abstracts (10 min)
 
12:30 – 13:30 – Lunch Break
Session 3: Computational Methods and Modeling
13:30 – 15:05
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Rahul Satija, New York Genome Center, United States (30 min)
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Leopold Parts, Wellcome Sanger Institute, United Kingdom (30 min)
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Wei Li, University of Maryland, United States (30 min)
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Sponsor Talk (5 min)
 
15:05 – 15:30 – Afternoon Coffee Break
Session 4: CRISPR Screening for Cancer Dependencies
15:30 – 17:10
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Mathew Garnett, Wellcome Sanger Institute, United Kingdom (30 min)
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Francesco Iorio, Human Technopole, Italy (30 min)
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Sponsor Talk (5 min)
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Johannes Zuber, IMP Vienna, Austria (30 min)
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Sponsor Talk (5 min)
 
17:10 – 19:00 – Poster Session & Networking
 
19:00 – Dinner
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Day 2
Session 5: CRISPR Screening in Primary Human Cells
09:00 – 10:35
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Sponsor Talk (5 min)
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Tilmann Bürckstümmer, Myllia Biotechnology, Austria (30 min)
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Radu Rapiteanu, GSK, United Kingdom (30 min)
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Jake Taylor-King, Relation Therapeutics, United States (30 min)
 
10:35 – 11:00 – Morning Coffee Break
Session 6: Advanced Models – iPSC & in vivo Screening
11:00 – 12:40
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Xin Jin, Scripps Research Institute, United States (30 min)
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Prisca Liberali, FMI Basel, Switzerland (30 min)
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Andreas E. Moor, ETH Zurich, Switzerland (30 min)
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Short Talk from Abstracts (10 min)
 
12:40 – 13:30 – Lunch Break
Session 7: Imaging-based CRISPR Screens
13:30 – 14:50
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Sponsor Talk (5 min)
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Samouil Farhi, Broad Institute, United States (30 min)
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Jonathan Schmid-Burgk, University of Bonn, Germany (30 min)
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Short Talk from Abstracts (10 min)
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Sponsor Talk (5 min)
 
14:50 – 15:20 – Afternoon Coffee Break
Session 8: AI Models of Human Cells
15:20 – 16:45
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Sponsor Talk (5 min)
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Mo Lotfollahi, Wellcome Sanger Institute, United Kingdom (30 min)
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Short Talk from Abstracts (10 min)
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Short Talk from Abstracts (10 min)
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Yusuf Roohani, Arc Institute, United States (30 min)
 
16:45 – 17:00 – Closing Remarks
Conference Program
Organizing Committee
Abstract Submission
Abstract submission deadline (for posters and talks): December 15, 2025
We welcome abstracts from all areas relevant to the main themes of the meeting, for both oral and poster presentations. Several oral presentations will be chosen from the abstracts submitted. Presenters of oral presentations and posters are expected to register until December 15, 2025 and are expected be onsite for the duration of the conference.
Registration
Registration: from August 1, 2025
Registration Deadline: February 15, 2026
Registration Fees:
Academic Attendees - Early Bird: 300 EUR
Academic Attendees - Regular: 400 EUR
Industry Delegates - Early Bird: 400 EUR
Industry Delegates - Regular: 500 EUR
Early bird tickets are available until December 15, 2025.
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