LUM 2026 (Focus Meeting)
1st European Symposium on Oncobioelectricity
Bioelectric Signaling in Cancer: From Mechanisms to Therapy
Libera Università Mediterranea, Bari, Italy
December 11-12, 2026
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The symposium brings together investigators studying how electrical and ionic states regulate cancer biology and therapeutic response, encompassing membrane potential, ion channels, ionic gradients, intracellular and mitochondrial bioelectricity, mechanosensation, metabolism and redox, tumor microenvironment, migration and metastasis, and emerging strategies for measuring and manipulating cancer bioelectricity for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes.
ONCOBIOELECTRICITY TRAVEL AWARDS
Travel Awards will support students, postdoctoral fellows and early-career investigators attending the symposium. To participate
Submit an abstract by November 1, 2026
Recipients will be selected by the Scientific Committee based on scientific merit and notified by November 15, allowing the awards to support their travel and accommodation in Bari.
Technology partners may sponsor one or more Travel Awards
Contact join@bioelectricitycluster.org to sponsor one.
People
Chair and organizer
Prof. Saverio Gentile, Libera Università Mediterranea (LUM), Bari, Italy
Scientific Committee
To be confirmed
Keynote speakers
Prof. Luis A. Pardo, Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, Germany
Dr. Rosalia Moreddu, University of Southampton, UK
Invited speakers
Prof. Sébastien Roger, University of Tours, France
Prof. Mauro Pessia, University of Malta, Malta
Prof. Francesco Moccia, University of Molise, Italy
Prof. Albrecht Schwab, University of Münster, Germany
Prof. Elena Adinolfi, University of Ferrara, Italy
Dr. Davide Antonio Delisi, Medical University of South Carolina, USA / LUM, Italy
Prof. Ildikó Szabó, University of Padova, Italy
Prof. Luigi Leanza, University of Padova, Italy
Prof. Christian Baumgartner, Technical University of Graz, Austria
Tentative Programme
Friday, December 11 (Day 1)
12:00 – 12:30 — Registration
12:30 – 13:00 — Poster mounting & networking lunch
13:00–13:15 — Welcome at LUM
President and Dean of Medicine
13:15–13:30 — From Galvani to cancer bioelectricity
Prof. Saverio Gentile, LUM, Italy
SESSION I: BIOELECTRIC STATES AND CANCER
13:30–14:20 — Keynote lecture
Prof. Luis A. Pardo, Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, Germany
Ion channels and cancer: from oncochannelopathies to oncobioelectricity
14:20–14:50 — Invited lecture
Prof. Sébastien Roger, University of Tours, France
Electrical excitability and cancer progression
14:50–15:20 — Invited lecture
Speaker TBC
Mechanosensation and bioelectric signaling in cancer
15:20–15:40 — Technology spotlight
Technology partner TBC
Enabling Technologies for Cancer Bioelectricity
15:40–16:00 — Coffee break
SESSION II: ION CHANNELS, TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT & CANCER PROGRESSION
16:00–16:30 — Invited lecture
Prof. Mauro Pessia, University of Malta, Malta
TASK channels: from membrane excitability to cancer
16:30–17:00 — Invited lecture
Prof. Francesco Moccia, University of Molise, Italy
Ca²⁺ signaling / TRP / Orai / tumor microenvironment and angiogenesis
17:00–17:30 — Invited lecture
Prof. Albrecht Schwab, University of Münster, Germany
Ion transport, KCa/TRP channels, migration
17:30–17:50 — Technology spotlight
Technology partner TBC
Technologies for manipulating cellular bioelectric pathways
17:50–19:00 — Aperitivo, poster & networking session
Presenters will be encouraged to remain at their posters while aperitivo is served.
Posters remain displayed throughout the symposium.
20:00 — SYMPOSIUM DINNER
By Invitation Only
Invited speakers, organizers, sponsors, institutional representatives
Sponsored by TheraStel Labs
Saturday, December 12 (Day 2)
08:45–09:00 — Welcome
SESSION III: BIOELECTRIC CONTROL OF CANCER BEHAVIOR
09:00–09:50 — Keynote lecture
Speaker TBC
Cancer as an electrical disease: from oncophysiology to therapeutic targeting
09:50–10:20 — Invited lecture
Prof. Elena Adinolfi, University of Ferrara, Italy
Ionic gradients, pH and cancer cell migration
10:20–10:50 — Invited lecture
Dr. Davide Antonio Delisi, Medical University of South Carolina, USA / LUM, Italy
From bioelectric mechanisms to cancer therapeutics
10:50–11:10 — Coffee break
11:10–11:40 — Invited lecture
Prof. Ildikó Szabó, University of Padova, Italy
Mitochondrial ion channels, metabolism, cancer
11:40–12:10 — Invited lecture
Prof. Luigi Leanza, University of Padova,Italy
Mitochondrial ion channels as therapeutic targets
12:10–12:30 — Technology spotlight
Technology partner TBC
Advanced electrophysiology for cancer bioelectricity
12:30–13:30 — Poster & networking lunch
Presenters will be encouraged to remain at their posters while lunch is served.
Posters remain displayed throughout the symposium.
SESSION IV: MEASURING & MANIPULATING CANCER BIOELECTRICITY
13:30–14:20 — Keynote lecture
Prof. Rosalia Moreddu, University of Southampton, UK
Bridging electrophysiology and cell mechanics to understand phenotypic plasticity in cancer metastasis
14:20–14:50 — Invited lecture
Prof. Christian Baumgartner, Technical University of Graz, Austria
Membrane potential and bioelectric states as regulators of cancer behavior
14:50–15:20 — Invited lecture
Speaker TBC
Translating cancer bioelectricity into therapeutic strategies
15:20–15:40 — Coffee break
15:40–16:10 — Invited lecture
Speaker TBC
Emerging approaches in cancer bioelectricity
16:10–16:40 — Contributed talks
Speakers TBC
16:40–17:00 — Oncobioelectricity Awards
Best Poster Award, Young Investigator Award, recognition of Travel Award recipients
17:00–17:20 — Closing perspective and Round table
Toward a European Oncobioelectricity Network
Getting to Bari and LUM
LUM is located at S.S. 100, Km 18, 70010 Casamassima (Bari), Italy, approximately 20 km south of central Bari. The campus is easily accessible by car from Bari via the S.S. 100 toward Taranto, and taxi or private transfer is a convenient option for participants arriving at Bari Centrale or Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport. Public transportation is also available: Miccolis operates services connecting Bari and Casamassima with the LUM campus. Participants arriving by air can reach Bari Centrale by train and continue toward Casamassima by bus or taxi.
From Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport
Taxis are available outside the airport terminal. As Casamassima is outside the standard Bari zone, participants are advised to confirm the fare with the taxi service before departure.
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