DAY 1 | 21ST OCT, 2026 | Wednesday
10:00 - 14:00
Registration
14:00 - 14:30
Conference opening
Award of the Medal of Jaroslav Janak
Session 1
Chair: Katarína Maráková
14:30 – 15:10
WP1
Cell-Type-Specific Response to Alpha-Synuclein Overexpression Reveal Divergent Post-Translational Mechanism Relevant to Parkinson’s Disease
Dominika Fričová
Comenius University Faculty of Medicine, Bratislava, Slovakia
15:10 – 15:50
WP2
Beyond the Expert: Translating Capillary Electrophoresis innovation into robust, patient-centric pharmaceutical Quality Control
Cari Sänger – van de Griend
Kantisto BV, Netherlands
15:50 - 16:10
Coffee break
Session 2
Chair: František Foret
16:10 – 16:40
WK1
Characterization of Advanced Drug Delivery System Using Multimodal Liquid Chromatography
Kevin Schug
University of Texas at Arlington, TX, USA
16:40 – 17:10
WK2
Matrix Effects in LC-MS: Why the Evaluation Strategy Matters?
Lucie Nováková
Charles University, Faculty Of Pharmacy in Hradec Králové
17:10 – 17:30
WO1
LC-MS method development from the perspective of TDM-focused laboratory
Martin Kertys
Comenius University Bratislava, Jessenius Faculty of Medicine in Martin, Martin, Slovakia
17:30 – 17:50
WO2
Singlet Oxygen as a Reactive Footprinting Probe in Structural Mass Spectrometry
Michael Volný
University of Chemistry and Technology, Department of Analytical Chemistry, Prague, Czechia
17:50 – 18:00
Sponsor talk
Hermes LabSystems – Sponsor talk
Ján Hrouzek
Hermes LabSystems s.r.o, Bratislava, Slovakia
18:00 - 20:00
Welcome reception
Poster session
DAY 2 | 22ND OCT, 2026 | Thursday
8:00 - 8:30
Registration
Session 3
Chair: Cari Sänger - van de Griend
8:30 – 9:00
ThK1
Capillary Gel Electrophoresis: Past, Present and Future
András Guttman
University of Debrecen, Faculty of Medicine, Horváth Csaba Memorial Laboratory of Bioseparation Sciences, Center for Translational Medicine, Hungary
9:00 – 9:30
ThK2
Enabling Low-Input Proteomics Using Orthogonal Nanoflow Liquid Phase Separation Techniques Coupled to Mass Spectrometry
Michal Greguš
Northeastern University, Barnett Institute of Chemical and Biological Analysis, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Boston, MA, USA
9:30 – 9:50
ThO1
Smart Samplers for LC–MS: Advancing Protein Bioanalysis
Trine Grønhaug Halvorsen
University of Oslo, Department of Pharmacy, Oslo, Norway
9:50 – 10:10
ThO2
Phytochemical and Biological Potential of Selected Astragalus Species in the Context of Modern Cosmetic and Pharmaceutical Applications
Alina Plenis
Medical University of Gdansk, Department of Analytical Chemistry, Gdańsk, Poland
10:10 – 10:30
ThO3
Automated Long-Term Monitoring for Permeation and Toxicology Studies
Hana Sklenářová
Charles University, Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
10:30 - 10:50
Coffee Break
Session 4
Chair: Jana Havlíková
10:50 – 11:20
ThK3
Towards Precision Medicine through Minimally Invasive Bioanalysis
Tomasz Bączek
Medical University of Gdańsk, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Gdańsk, Poland
11:20 – 11:40
ThO4
Deep-UV Laser Ablation as a Versatile Tool for Ambient Mass Spectrometry
Filip Gregar
Palacký University, Faculty of Science, Department of Analytical Chemistry, Olomouc, Czech Republic
11:40 – 12:00
ThO5
Hi-Fidelity N-Glycan Profiling by Capillary Electrophoresis
Gabor Jarvas
University of Pannonia, Veszprém, Hungary
12:00 – 12:20
ThO6
Enhanced Capillary Electrophoretic Analysis of Tryptophan Pathway Metabolites through Optimized Sample Preparation and Fluorescence Detection
Ilona Olędzka
Medical University of Gdańsk, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Gdańsk, Poland
12:20 – 12:30
Sponsor talk
Supercritical Fluids in Bioanalysis: From Online Extraction to Chiral SFC–MS/MS on a Single Platform
Richard Hodoši
Shimadzu Slovakia, Bratislava, Slovakia
12:30 - 13:30
Lunch
Session 5
Chair: Kevin Schug
13:30 – 13:45
YS1
Size-Exclusion Chromatography as a Tool for Simultaneous Isolation and Protein Corona Modulation of Extracellular Vesicles
Ondrej Moravek
University of Pardubice, Pardubice, Czechia
13:45 – 14:00
YS2
LA-ICP-MS: An Effective Tool for Studying Metal Distribution in Cells
Laura Tesárová
Comenius University Bratislava, Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Bratislava, Slovakia
14:00 – 14:15
YS3
Comorbidity-Associated N-Glycome Profile Shifts: A Preliminary Study Evaluating COPD and Diabetes in Lung Cancer Patients
Beatrix Kiss
University of Pannonia, Research Institute of Biomolecular and Chemical Engineering, Veszprém, Hungary
14:15 – 14:30
YS4
The Potential of Saliva as a Sample Matrix for Therapeutic Drug Monitoring
Nela Žideková
Comenius University Bratislava, Jessenius Faculty of Medicine in Martin, Martin, Slovakia
14:30 – 14:45
YS5
Comparative N-Glycan Profiling of Urinary and Recombinant Human Chorionic Gonadotropin by CZE-LEDIF and HILIC-HRMS
Chi-Phong LY
University of Paris-Saclay, Institut Galien Paris-Saclay, France
14:45 – 15:00
YS6
Development of CE-LIF Approaches for Sugar and Oligosaccharide Profiling in Food and Biological Samples
Joanna Bulesowska
Medical University of Gdańsk, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Gdańsk, Poland
15:00 - 15:20
Coffee break
Session 6
Chair: Vladimír Havlíček
15:20 – 15:35
YS7
Charting the Brain Endocannabinoid Landscape by UHPLC–ESI–MS/MS
Giulia Bottai
University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Department of Life Sciences, Modena, Italy
15:35 – 15:50
YS8
Flexible Multi-Criteria Gradient Scoring for Targeted LC–MS/MS Method Optimization
Michal Kašpar
University of Pardubice, Czech Republic
15:50 – 16:05
YS9
Rapid Voltammetric Analysis of Pharmaceutical Samples
Marek Vaško
Comenius University Bratislava, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Analytical Chemistry, Bratislava, Slovakia
16:05 – 16:20
YS10
Urinary PSA N-Glycan Profiling with Capillary Electrophoresis for Prostate Cancer Detection
Ákos Szegedi
University of Debrecen, Faculty of Medicine, Horváth Csaba Memorial Laboratory of Bioseparation Sciences, Research Center for Translational Medicine, Debrecen, Hungary
16:20 – 16:35
YS11
Sensor-Integrated Body-on-a-Chip Platform Technology for Modern, Animal-Free Toxicology
Mateo Vasconez Martinez
Technical University of Vienna, Cell Chip Group, Vienna, Austria
19:00 - 22:00
Dinner DOCK7
(Pribinova 32, 821 09 Bratislava)
DAY 3 | 2RD OCT, 2026 | Friday
Session 7
Chair: Michal Greguš
9:00 – 9:30
FK1
High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry for Identifying Novel Bioactive Pollutants in Water
Andrea Vojs-Staňová
Comenius University Bratislava, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Analytical Chemistry, Bratislava, Slovakia
9:30 – 10:00
FK2
When Antibiotics Are Not Enough: Resistance and Persistence in Obligate Intracellular Pathogen Coxiella burnetii
Ľudovít Škultéty
Biomedical Research Center, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia
10:00 – 10:20
FO1
Exploring the Analytical Landscape of Bioactive Endogenous Compounds: The p-Cresol Paradigm
Federica Pellati
University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Department of Life Sciences, Modena, Italy
10:20 – 10:40
FO2
Library-Driven Automated Selection of Fragment Ions and Collision Energies for Quantitative Mass Spectrometry
Gergő Bodnár
Thermo Fisher Scientific; Bratislava, Slovakia
10:40 – 11:00
FO3
Application of Gas-Phase Electrophoresis (nES GEMMA Instrumentation) in Exhaled Breath Condensate (EBC) Characterization
Victor Weiss
Technical University of Vienna, Institute of Chemical Technologies and Analytics, Vienna, Austria
11:00 - 11:20
Coffe break
Session 8
Chair: Jana Lavická
11:20 – 11:50
FK3
Epitachophoresis – from Concept to Commercialization
František Foret
Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Analytical Chemistry, Bioanalytical Instrumentation, Brno, Czech Republic
11:50 – 12:30
FP1
Noninvasive Diagnosis of Invasive Infectious Diseases
Vladimír Havlíček
Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Microbiology, Prague, Czechia
12:30 – 12:50
Conference closing
Prize announcement
13:00 - 14:00
Lunch
This schedule is provisional and may be updated. The organizers reserve the right to modify the program as necessary.
