The Organising Committee cordially invites you to participate in the 4th Polish-Czech Probiotic Conference PCPC 2026! The event will be held in Wrocław on 12-14 October 2026 at the Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy Polish Academy of Sciences.

The PCPC2026 will be focused on probiotics, postabiotics, nutrition and mucosal immunology. This conference mainly aims to enable the exchange of experiences and results between young scientists, especially PhD students.

Speakers

Dr Benoit Chassaing – Opening Ceremony and opening lecture
Dr Isabella Doti – Session I Immunity at mucosal sites
Dr Fernanda Petersen – Session II Next generation probiotics, microbiome therapy
Dr An Hendrix – Session III All about extracellular vesicles
Dr Renata Matos – Session IV Dealing with microbiome complexity, function in physiology and stress
Dr Piet Cools – Session V Microbiome in diseases

The speakers from the Institute will be:

Prof. Anna Chełmońska-Soyta
Prof. Anna Pawlik
Agnieszka Zabłocka, PhD, DSc
Dominika Jakubczyk, PhD
Katarzyna Pacyga-Prus, PhD

Organizing Committee:

Prof. Sabina Górska – Chairwoman
Agnieszka Razim PhD – Vice Chairwoman
Dominika Jakubczyk PhD
Katarzyna Pacyga-Prus PhD – secretary
Dominika Kozakiewicz MSc – secretary

The conference is mainly sponsored by Polish Ministry of Science (grant no. WNK/SP/0135/2025/01), Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy PAS.

More on the website https://pcpc2026.hirszfeld.pl/